Mitgardian Farmhouse: Build Log

This house was built for the AFOL Designer Program, though I then chose to add a landscape and enter it in the CCC.

The building style is very similar to my Skyrim houses, but at a smaller scale.

The small model size made it easy to experiment with different options, and I tried to keep the piece count fairly low without sacrificing detail.

Which meant using primarily large tiles for the thatch roof. Once again I went with a 45° roof slope, though this time filling the peak gap with a SNOT 1×1 tile.

The roof is easily removable to allow access into the interior. At this point the house exterior was nearly complete.

Though the interior hadn’t even been started.

I finished the chimney next incorporating some SNOT plates, tiles, and cheese slopes to transition from four studs down to two.

I included a small irregular base with chicken coop in my AFOL designer submission. The unprinted chickens were used as regular chickens weren’t available in the Bricklink Parts Palette.

When I decided on building a full landscape for the house, I wanted it to fit on a 32×32 baseplate. So I roughed out an irregular base making sure to stay in that size.

Including a section of stream was more difficult than I anticipated due to the limited space.

Next I could attach the house to the base – angling it for a more natural look.

Olive green fit well with the color scheme of the house, so I used that for the grass.

Adding some grass stalks, spiky plants, and RB friends flowers made the scene look much more complete.

My last additions were the tree, a few mushrooms, and the farm animals

And here’s a shot of the finished base sitting over a 32×32 baseplate – only overhang being a few leaves from the tree!

Thanks for reading and leave a comment if you have any questions.