Old Witch's Dancing Hut

In february 2018, I started a project that had been hanging around in the back of my mind for quite some time. Ever since the official model for Warmachine’s Old Witch 2 came out.

I loved the idea of turning her trusty scrap jack in a walking hut. Old Witch is loosely based on the old Baba Yaga form Russian Folklore, so I really digged the concept of having a steam punk version of Baba Yaga’s dancing hut. And then the model came out.

To say I was disappointed would be a huge understatement. I understand that there are limitations to production and material cost, but the tiny thing that made up the official model was just too puny to my taste. Moreover, if you look at the model, you will see that the model for old witch is even too big to fit in her own doorframe, let alone be able to fit into the tiny chamber behind her.

Now, I have always been a big fan of converting miniatures (as you might have gathered by now). What you might not know, is that I am also a big fan of making terrain. Miniatures are cool, but sometimes you just need a bigger canvas to tell a compelling story. The only downside to terrain building, is that you can’t take it with you to show off to other people at tournaments.

And so I started with my next project: making an epic version of Old Witch’s dancing hut. It is a slow-burn project, that phases in an out of my project cue. I have no idea when it will be ready in other words.

Also a final caveat: this will not be a full tutorial. Doing tutorials take a lot of time and I just don’t have it at the moment. This will be an illustrated report of the journey I am taking to build this model, so you can come along for the ride and hopefully enjoy the view.