Miniature Abandoned Cabin

This is, as far as I can recall, the first miniature model I had actually finished, so congratulations to ME!

The center piece is a house made of paper and painted with watercolour, the fence is fine mesh, and the base plate is a piece of slate I “borrowed” from my school. I am particularly satisfied with this one because it is one of the few pieces that has a high level of detailing like the grass, the barrel out back, the individually placed roof tiles (yes, you read correctly, and yes it was excruciatingly tedious), and things like that that really make this piece stand out.

Now from a narrative perspective (because me describing what you are already looking at is going to get boring eventually) I created this model with a backstory. With most of my creations, the actual creative process is completely organic. And sometimes they come with a story.

This particular one had a really brief tale of woe. It might not seem like much but it was enough to fuel my enthusiasm. The story was about two people who ended up near a quarantined forest. They were on the run and had nothing to look back to. These two, after weeks, were lost and hopeless until….one of them spots a house in the distance. Its old, rusty, and smells of rotting wood, but something about it makes it enticing enough to stay. Things went along fine for a few days, a sense of calm fell on the travelers. Then one day, one of them killed the other….no warning, no reasoning (as best I can identify), just cold blooded murder.

“Yes”, people have told me I am weird and “No”, I do not have psychopathic tendencies (or do I?).

I understand it seems odd that THIS story leads me to THIS house, I can’t really explain it either, but it just helps me visualize what I want the thematic feel to be and sometimes all you need is that slight inclination to start and that pushes me till I finish.