Old Witch's Dancing Hut
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With the ground floor and chimney in place, I wanted to get the other floors ready first. I wanted the building to look really ramshackle and one of the ways of doing that is by making sure that nothing in the entire thing is quite parallel. Especially the floors.
Another way of making things look rickety is by breaking up floors and walls. So I made an extra level for the ground floor. For the first floor, I shoved a beam all the way through the chimney. This takes care of sturdiness and stability.
With the floors in place to serve as a frame, I trimmed down the blcony and glued it to what would become the front part. I then started on the walls. First, some upright beams, with walls attached to these. It was all unplanned, just taking a piece of plastic, seeing where it fits and putting it there. I love seeing a project literally coming together in front of you, without knowing exactly how it will turn out.
At this point, I got some commentaries from people who thought it looked more like a boat. I have to say that was a bit intentional. First, because I felt like it suited the style of a mobile home. Second, because for me, a boat really fell in more with the whole steampunk style than a regular hut.
In the end, I liked the idea of the old witch standing at the helm of her hut, navigating it through the forests and battlefields of Immoren.
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