The palette

Spruce logs and planks, dark oak roofs, turf of dirt and moss, grey gravel and clay on the shore, red and white for the sail and shields. A natural, earthy palette; colour is kept for the sail and shields.

Techniques

• Longship
• Upright log walls
• Turf roofs
• Great hall
• Palisade

The steps

1. Flat ground
2. Dig the fjord
3. Rocky beach
4. Fjord bed
5. Longship: keel
6. Longship: hull
7. Longship: deck and rail
8. Longship: prow and stern
9. Longship: shields
10. Longship: oars
11. Longship: mast and yard
12. Longship: striped sail
13. Dock posts
14. Dock planks
15. Dock mooring and lanterns
16. Great hall: footing and floor
17. Great hall: log walls
18. Great hall: long fire and benches
19. Great hall: roof
20. Great hall: dragon horns
21. Great hall: porch
22. Great hall: shields
23. Longhouse west: walls
24. Longhouse west: roof
25. Longhouse east: walls
26. Longhouse east: roof
27. Longhouse north-west: walls
28. Longhouse north-west: roof
29. Longhouse north-east: walls
30. Longhouse north-east: roof
31. Palisade
32. Gate
33. Watchtowers
34. Paths
35. Plaza and bonfire
36. Rune stones
37. Forge
38. Paddock
39. Barrels, crates and woodpiles
40. Spruce trees
41. Fill the fjord

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