I recently started work on an Elven House, it is made from Foamboard, Blue Insulation Board, Hirst Arts bricks, wire and cereal board. First thing I did was grabbed some cork tile to use as a base, it is a little flimsy, but the blueboard added a lot of strength. Anyways, I took a sharpy and sketched out the basic plan for it on the cork tile. Then I whipped up hirst arts blocks to make the basement. Cut the blue board out to make the hill, it was a little iffy getting the hill to fit around the basement, but I did so (has a big gap on the one side though). I then took some foam board and made a floor, then I cut the walls to fit, though because the floor and walls aren't square, there are gaps on the walls. So I cut some cereal box out to fill in the distance, these will be painted as wooden planks. The roof was cut out of strips of cereal box, these have a diamond pattern on the bottom and are just a strip on the top, they are glued in layers and trimmed to fit. The corners have diamonds covering them. I just did the wire work today, it is simply small gauge wire curled with some needle noses, I figured the imperfection of the curls would help make it look better rather than worse.
I still have a fair amount of work to do though, I need to make a cap for the roof, and build the chimney. Now, I will also be doing various decorations on the ground and such. I hope to make some various flowers and things to decorate. The roof will have a bit of flocking to represent mold, and maybe some crumbled green herbs for leaves. The wife is still working on the railing, hopefully she'll be done soon. I think it'll look nice and the piece is good for gaming around, allowing a lot of cover and some height advantage, without being as boring as a hill.
It has been based on a work I saw on Terragenesis:
http://www.terragenesis.co.uk/infopages/page414.htmlHere are the most recent WIP.
A closeup of the door area:
Roofed:
First couple shots:
Later,
Glenn
