Trees!

And a base to put them in, with indents so I can move them around and replace them with my other weird woodland things.

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This works, I think. I might try and sponge the base edges with green a bit so it blends a bit more with a grassy surrounding, but yeah.

Obviously this is mostly for historical wargaming, but it might be pretty versatile.

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Whatever this is, I'm getting somewhere?

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A cardboard circle covered in sand, filler, and the separator from egg cartons pointing out diagonally upwards in a semi circle around the edge.

Another angle of the previous construction.

And now for something completely different!

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A cardboard circle with a broken stick sticking up in the middle and some L-shaped pieces of cardboard sticking up at the edges. This was to give a sort of structure for the next step, although I eventually added parts of toilet paper roll cut up (rounded cardboard) inside for extra structure. I didn't measure anything properly and went entirely by feel because a) that was more fun for me, and b) it felt more like an orc or goblin way to do it, and I was going for crude.

The circle structure covered in kitchen towel making some sort of cave or hut like structure. I soaked a kitchen towel in probably too watered down wood glue (apparently my kids used up the PVA glue for... Nothing, really?) and tried to drape it over. Not fancy, probably not great. I realized I wanted more structure, so I put in quickly cut bits of toilet paper roll in this stage, doing some damage in the process.

"Hut" from the back. It's a mess. Commentary: Yeah, see previous.

Hut slightly finagled to look a bit more like a hut. I did this by taking some cut offs and another towel and trying to patch things up.

Making an experimental and very crude attempt at making some sort of hut. Figured I'd document my process for posterity/inspiration/cautionary tale.
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