What did they throw at stocks?
I'm painting a couple of stocks with poor unfortunates/worthless criminals inside them. I want to add some fruit/vegetable splatters on the stocks and victims - what do you think the most common projectile would have been? I'm thinking of tomatoes, as being the most squishy, but what else? Anything green? (These aren't for use in games set in north-west London, so no need to suggest papaya, kiwi, cumquats and other "yuppie" fruits.... :lol: )

I made that piece some years ago, I sculpted a couple of small boys throwing 'out of date tomatoes and fruit'. The piece was shown in WI, it also included a man being escorted to the stocks by a British guard. John

eggs!!!!!! :clap: :clap: :clap:

:doh: :clap:

Junk bonds

I bet the poor buggers went down due to some trumped up charge laid on em by the corrupt state sponsored police force. Shame on you Giles!

I think tomatoes came much later. Eggs wpuld be good.

Llama poo.

I suspect Peewee is quite close - probably whatever was lying in the gutters, which would have included quite a lot of human effluent. I would suggest painting the stocks a light colour - either grey to represent an older item, or ochre to depict something newly built - and rather a lot of brown.

It depends on your time period. Tomatoes came from the New World. If these are medieval stocks I would vote for the rotten eggs and excrement already mentioned. If these are later stocks, tomatoes would be fine, but may look like blood splatters instead.

Thanks for the ideas - for ECW and later primarily. I done a few tomatoes, which look ok. Might add some horse dung and eggs :)

:what: Well, in the hobby we have had gaiter-button counters and treadheads; now WD3 takes concern about accuracy in wargaming to a whole new level. In that spirit, note that the proper shade of brown for flung ordure would depend on dietary habits, and one needs to consult the effect of agricultural practices and and market supply upon the inhabitants of the village being modelled. No excuse for sloppy research. :mental: What rules will you use for the village pelting? :D :D :D

This is the resource I'm using for the colour of horse dung. I assume ti's correct for the mid-17th century, although I can't find anything specific on the dietary habits of horses at that time: http://lh6.ggpht.com/_LCsQT9GONe0/RuD0Rwoe-tI/AAAAAAAAAec/j15qmdp7hCc/DSC09937.JPG

I think you're all being far too gentle. I seem to recall reading (will try and dig out a reference) that the stocks were a crueller punishment than that suggested. Dung yes, but also stones and sticks were employed - you don't waste good food on offenders. I also recall a suggestion that the rear of the offender might receive as much unwelcome attention as the front.