It had been brewing in the back of my head for a while now. Finding the right legs took some time but eventually I found a cheap plastic T-Rex with the perfect locomotive gear. And so the building could commence.
The actual hut was a simple foamboard box with a peaked roof. I cladded it with coffee stirrers to get that classic Russian timbered look.
And a matchstick porch.
I sawed the legs off the T-Rex and re-sculpted parts of them, as the ugly hinge parts had to be obscured of course.
Then I followed my tried and proven method of cardboard roof tiles.
I sawed off the legs at a slight angle to give the impression that the house was actually moving, tilting slightly forward but not too much to topple any figures I would want to put on the porch.
And then it was time for priming and painting. I got the chance to try out my newly acquired airbrush for the underlaying colours and finished it with brushes
As an afterthought I added some suitable gruesome Baba Yaga details, as I thought the house of a cannibal witch would look a bit less cosy.
Witch figure shown for scale. She is a 28mm Westwind figure.
