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| Caravanserai courtyard |
The "Caravanserai" (lit. "Caravan Palace") was an old timey motel for long distance travelers, particularly but not exclusively along the Silk Road. It's where the name of the city of Sarajevo comes from, for example.
A combination inn, stable, tavern and waystation, Caravanserai were essential infrastructure for overland travel in the good old days, providing food, shelter and safety for weary pilgrims and merchants alike.
My pal Al kindly provided me these buildings from a Turkish design studio, 4d printed in fdm. I am over the moon with them - I think you could play whole scenarios just using the caravanserai itself!
Also featured are a guest house for wealthy travelers, and a sawmill that represents some sort of local industry. (The sawmill attaches to a carpenter's home that I am still painting). I painted the guest house some time ago, but was trying something out and found the final result eye-wateringly garish, so have gone back to my comfortable desaturated greys and browns for these. I am very pleased with the terracotta "marbling" effect I achieved, and really think these buildings pop as a result!
My only problem is how the heck I'm gonna store them. The main building is literally too big for any of my shelves...
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| Guest House |
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| The Hotel |
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| Sawmill |
