Roman Watchtower 1 by IanMPalmer April 2020 Contact by Renderosity Sitemail The reason that the several modern reconstructions are so different is that we don't know exactly how Ancient Roman watchtowers were constructed. Parts of stone versions have survived, but of the wooden types, we have little but post holes, mounds and ditches, and carved illustrations. Even these remains vary, suggesting that there were either no or many set designs. Watchtowers were constructed along the Limes, the Roman frontiers in Germany, Britain, and Africa as well as elsewhere. The first in each location were built quickly by small military teams, from timber felled locally; some were replaced with more permanent structures, some in stone, and sometimes incorporated into forts and border walls. Earlier versions may have conformed less to Roman construction standards like sizes of cut timber. We do know that Roman troops included skilled carpenters familiar with a variety of joints, and were capable of building very quickly. They carried stocks of nails, but also used wooden pegs. Timber was plentiful in most of the Limes territories - the Romans were not choosy -, and worked more rapidly as full or split logs than as sawn planks. Sleepers were often laid directly onto the ground. Dimensions used here are from some of the Gask watchtower sites in Scotland: a 17m mound with a 3m ditch 1m deep, the tower fairly small at about 3m wide, but the standard 10m or so in height - its whole purpose - if it had a pavilion roof (which this example doesn't), employing 30cm uprights set 75cm into the ground, standing in a square palisade. The uprights were tapered and their ends scorched to harden and proof them before setting into the ground. This particular watchtower received a timber upgrade before it was eventually demolished and replaced: the model has removable cladding and roof. This set consists of several components, which are parented to the tower; gates and "gate bar" are parented to the palisade. The set will load with the internal ground at 0, which means that the ttrench falls below Poser's Ground plane. The Ground plane can be made invisible, or, if preferred, the set can be elevated above it. To use your own terrain, simply delete the Watchtower's ground from the scene. The gates' origin is at the hinge, with rotation limits set. System Requirements: This product has been designed for Poser 11 using its default settings. There may be issues, especially with smoothing, in earlier versions. However, materials are image-based, for maximum compatibility with earlier and other software. Installation Instructions: Unzip the files into your Poser directory. Poser 11 incorporates a facility to import zipped products from the File menu. To load the product, follow the paths indicated by the file structure below. No external products have been used; no other product is required. Templates for creating textures can be found in the Templates folder. This product can be used in renders. No part of it is to be re-distributed, by sale or otherwise. Files Included: Documentation\IMP\Roman Watchtower 1\ IMPRomanWatchtower1readme.txt renderositylicense.txt Runtime\Geometries\IMP\Roman Watchtower 1\ IMPRomanWatchtower1CladdingFull.obj IMPRomanWatchtower1GateBar.obj IMPRomanWatchtower1GateL.obj IMPRomanWatchtower1GateR.obj IMPRomanWatchtower1Ground.obj IMPRomanWatchtower1Ladder.obj IMPRomanWatchtower1Palisade.obj IMPRomanWatchtower1Roof.obj IMPRomanWatchtower1Tower.obj Runtime\Libraries\Materials\3D Scene Sets\IMP\Roman Watchtower 1\ Watchtower1.mc6 Watchtower1.png WatchtowerCladding1.mt5 WatchtowerCladding1.png WatchtowerGate1.mt5 WatchtowerGate1.png WatchtowerGateBar1.mt5 WatchtowerGateBar1.png WatchtowerGround1.mt5 WatchtowerGround1.png WatchtowerLadder1.mt5 WatchtowerLadder1.png WatchtowerPalisade1.mt5 WatchtowerPalisade1.png WatchtowerRoof1.mt5 WatchtowerRoof1.png Runtime\Libraries\Props\3D Scene Sets\IMP\Roman Watchtower 1\ Roman Watchtower 1.png Roman Watchtower 1.pp2 Runtime\Textures\IMP\Roman Watchtower 1\ IMPRomanWatchtower1Cladding1.jpg IMPRomanWatchtower1Floors.jpg IMPRomanWatchtower1Gates.jpg IMPRomanWatchtower1Ground.jpg IMPRomanWatchtower1Ladder.jpg IMPRomanWatchtower1Palisade.jpg IMPRomanWatchtower1Rails.jpg IMPRomanWatchtower1Roof.jpg IMPRomanWatchtower1Tower.jpg Templates\IMPRomanWatchtower1Templates\ IMPRomanWatchtower1Cladding1Template.jpg IMPRomanWatchtower1FloorsTemplate.jpg IMPRomanWatchtower1GatesTemplate.jpg IMPRomanWatchtower1GroundTemplate.jpg IMPRomanWatchtower1LadderTemplate.jpg IMPRomanWatchtower1PalisadeTemplate.jpg IMPRomanWatchtower1RailsTemplate.jpg IMPRomanWatchtower1RoofTemplate.jpg IMPRomanWatchtower1TowerTemplate.jpg