[Drakes] Viking Smithy (unfurnished) (Boxed) Version 2.1

This Viking (or Torvie) Smithy was built with the idea of trying to bridge the gap between what is Viking and what is BTB Torvie. Unlike many of the 'open' Smithy designs you see around the grid , the forge in an actual smithy would be fully enclosed so that outside light would be limited. This was so that the smith could tell (in the days before heat sensors) by the color of the metal when it was ready to work and properly heated. In addition the frigid temperatures of the north wouldn't interfere with keeping the forge at the proper temperatures. I worked from several actual smithy layouts of the Viking era to come up with this design. If you visit the showroom, you will note mine is slightly sunken into the ground as were the originals.

I have created my own carvings and textures that can be seen throughout the build, and have even installed materials layers (bump maps and speculars) so that if you turn on the Advanced Lighting in a materials enabled viewer, you see a whole new view.

Version 2 now includes a rezzable snow load on the roof for winter (touch to rez and touch to derez with the ability to set security)

I tried to keep the LI to a total minimum by making my own mesh's while still having a totally usable Smithy with no wasted space. It should be noted that all items in the build are copy/mod, however the Kool scripts in the doors are copy only.

This is the unfurnished version of the smithy. There is a furnished version of the smithy if you prefer to get some of the props I have made to go with the build (see related items).

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