Old Witch's Dancing Hut
First Steps
One thing I knew before I started, was that I didn’t want to make a plan of any kind. If this was to be a ramshackle building, it had to be built like that. One bit at a time, mixing up angles and materials.
So I started with the floor.
The floorboard was cut from a single piece of styrene. It is a bit harder to make the planks look random, but I really needed the structural sturdiness that this provided.
As I do with all my planks, I sculpt the general shape first. Then I take the back of my sculpting tool (the sharp point) and carve the woodgrain into the plastic.
Next up was the chimney. I wanted the chimney to be the basic spine of my model, from which everything else would be hanging. So I mad it first.
4 sheets of styrene were cut out and glued together I used some L-brackets and superglue for this. Styrene glue doesn’t cure fast enough and it was a difficult shape to hold (because most of the sides aren’t straight).
Divided over a couple of sessions, I used modeling putty to sculpt the brick onto the chimney. Some bits of carved styrene were used to make the mantle.
I am interested to see how this goes… Great work so far . Keep it up
Thanks, mate. I’ll try and keep you guys updated as often as possible.