I figured that since we have mini everything else, we should have mini houses too. So here 'tis. And I think making regular houses was hard.... As always, comments and constructive criticism welcome and wanted.
Gallery:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=74872
And a few deeplinks:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/porsc ... to0303.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/porsc ... to0301.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/porsc ... to0305.jpg
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1/2 Scale House
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Interesting, good amount of detail, but it could be for Will's dwarves too, they could fit on everything except the bed and the stool. So it could be a one dwarve house, but thats not the point, the point is nice house, I dont think we've had a half scale house yet, just 1/4 and whole size.
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Re: 1/2 Scale House
Nice job, and good imagination. I'm trying to picture how big the fig would have to be to live there. Maybe 2 bricks high?
Here's a challenge for all C-Cers: create a suitable fig creation that would fit with this house.
Alan
Here's a challenge for all C-Cers: create a suitable fig creation that would fit with this house.
Alan
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The two most important days of your life are the day you are born
and the day you discover why. (Donald Sensing)
One plus one equals three... for large values of one. (Bruce Fournier)
Actually, a fig who lived here would be about 3 bricks tall (the door is three+1 tall) - making it not quite half-scale for a fig. The wheelbarrow next to the house is easily full-size scale.
Indeed, when I first saw this house, I thought it would make a really cool peasant's hut - or a peasant shed. Something I've been seeing more of is plate-made doors for medieval buildings (Christina Hitchcock's house at PDX was this way, and Sava has one on his post mill) - and the technique looks good.
Over-all, I'd say this house is more successful than your larger house.
-lenny
Indeed, when I first saw this house, I thought it would make a really cool peasant's hut - or a peasant shed. Something I've been seeing more of is plate-made doors for medieval buildings (Christina Hitchcock's house at PDX was this way, and Sava has one on his post mill) - and the technique looks good.
Over-all, I'd say this house is more successful than your larger house.
-lenny
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Pretty cool house, and you put in a lot of detail for something that small. I really, really like the way you did the fireplace, and the way the house hinges. Very nice work!
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Thank you very much. But the cart isn't a wheelbarrow-or at least it wasn't meant to be. 
It was supposed to be sort of a 1/2 scale version of the cart with my pole turner's shop, but now that I look at it, I guess it would work for a wheel barrow. lol. I started building the slanted chimney in the back, thinking 'hey, this is pretty kool'. Then I got to the top, and saw how that threw the hinge point off, and said 'uh oh'. Then I had to do some interesting workings to get it back where it was supposed to be. 
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But the cart isn't a wheelbarrow-or at least it wasn't meant to be. It was supposed to be sort of a 1/2 scale version of the cart with my pole turner's shop, but now that I look at it, I guess it would work for a wheel barrow. lol. I started building the slanted chimney in the back, thinking 'hey, this is pretty kool'. Then I got to the top, and saw how that threw the hinge point off, and said 'uh oh'. Then I had to do some interesting workings to get it back where it was supposed to be. Cm2