1664 ‐ NPCs - TimeWalkOrg/Manhattan GitHub Wiki

We will build a number of representative 1664 New Amsterdam NPCs, in this priority order:

1. Peter Stuyvesant - Director General
2. Barentje Fullewever - Female colonist (wife of Gerrit Fullewever)
3. Gerrit Fullewever - Male colonist, miller
4. Captain Marten Cregier - Male soldier
5. Clergyman - Male church leader
6. Soldier #2 - Male soldier, non-uniformed
7. Merchant
8. Female colonist

Peter Stuyvesant (Director General)

• Wikipedia "Peter Stuyvesant"
• born 1610 (age 54 in 1664)
• Face: Ensure face is properly rigged as a Metahuman (so he can talk like the other characters)
• Clothing: needs updating (too "plastic" looking)
• Animations: Ensure walking and stairs-walking animations look good with his peg-leg and walking cane

Barentje Fullewever (female colonist)

• Age 35?
• Married to Gerrit Fullewever
• Lived in
• Remarried in 1683 after Gerrit's death
• Clothing: Dressed as the woman in the 1657 Vermeer painting "Officer and Laughing Girl" (detail below)

Gerrit Fullewever (Miller)

• Age 35?
• Married to Barentje Fullewever
• Bought house on Broadway near Bowling Green in 1650, lived there until at least 1677
• Died in the 1677-1683 range (per this note)
• Clothing: how would a miller dress in this period?)

Captain Marten Cregier (Soldier #1)

• Age 30
• Clothing: see "Soldier #1" in reference painting below

Clergyman

• Age 45?
• Clothing: see "Clergyman" in reference painting below

Soldier #2

• Age 25?
• Clothing: see "Soldier #2" in reference painting below

Female Colonist

• Age 25?
• Clothing: see "Female Colonist" in reference painting below

Reference painting by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris:

General References:

• Vermeer paintings
• Rembrandt paintings
• New Amsterdam clothing in the 17th Century
• Paintings of New Amsterdam (Granger collection)