All right, had a lot of good guesses from a lot of good people and y'all nailed it
That's right, I'll be crafting the famous horse tent from Breath of the Wild, one of my favorite Zoldos
But first, we need to go outside and collect some ingredients
Today's build is going to be pretty recycle friendly
I'm starting by just breaking down a bunch of dead bushes into some miniature logs and giving them a stew n' bake
Cool, we're good on collecting ingredients, now it's time to collect some research
Close-up pics of the horse are a bit hard to come by online,
so my best bet was to climb all over it and take screenshots
For the base, I'm starting out with some medium weight chipboard, which is basically just glorified cardstock
Honestly it feels a little off brand that I actually spent money on cardboard and didn't pull a Cheez-its box from the recycle
But this stuff is the top tier thickness
Highly recommend having some of this in your crafting arsenal
Though sometimes it's a little too thick...
Which is why we need to shave off some of these hang nails to blend the cut into the tabletop
Eventually this part will be covered in dirt and grass so we need to hide the abrupt paper edge
Beautiful. I'm building the stables at 28-millimeter scale so it fits with various tabletop games
Each of the 12 posts around the stable are clipped to 2", which is a decent height for 28 millimeter minis
I'm using coffee stirring sticks to add beams between each post
For the little deck that juts off the front of the stable, I'm loading it up with glue and then rows of more stirring sticks
I'm gonna come back and paint this later, but for now let's start building the tent part of the tent
For the tent canvas, I'm gonna use some old rags and clothes that I have lying around
I've seen other crafters have great success with using tissue paper as scale cloth for tents...
Like Neil over at Real Terrain Hobbies, but I wanted to see how actual fabric would work
since it actually has visible woven fibers
I can already see we won't get as fine of details in our folds, but this is an experiment more than anything
Generally I try to donate clothing to goodwill before cutting it up to make toys for myself
But this clothing was already too far gone or soiled to be donated
By the way, did you catch that 300 IQ move there? I'm using the hem of the shirt around the edge of the tent...
So I don't have to have an exposed tattered cut
For the two entrances and the stable window, I'm using a couple other fabric chunks...
With a slit cut down the middle, then tying them back with some twine
The Mod Podge wasn't falling exactly how I liked, so I'm using binder clips to keep it tight around the edges
For the center post, I'm using Big Stick, then poorly hiding the hot glue squirt in the center with coffee stirrers...
But ultimately you won't really see it because I don't plan on having a playable or viewable interior for this build
I made a big old ring for the second roof peak using more coffee stirrers...
Then carefully balanced the stick and hot glue until it was suspended in midair from the main post
This part was a little frustrating as the posts kept wanting to fall, but we made it, congrats...
Oh no! Where'd this come from?!
Using a straightened out paper clip, I'm giving this blue fabric some bones...
To help it keep its shape as the archway doors for the stable
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Now that we have some bone-in doors, I'm using these pleather scraps to make some leather straps
I'm hitting these strands with a glaze of super glue, then wrapping it like this
Some hot glue secures it to the door frames, then polishing it off with the thickest crown strap before moving on to the roof
I cut 12 triangles about this size, using my initial triangle as a template before arranging them into a very non-Zelda logo
I don't have a sewing machine so i'm going to use the worst alternative
But actually you know what? It didn't turn out like complete garbage
I'm hemming together each roof wedge with some molten plastic and... Hey, look at that! Take that Big Thread
I kept a hole in the center of the canopy so I could fit it around the main post here
Then made a quick garbage glob to prevent the center from sagging
And here's why hot glue trumps a needle and thread:
It comes with "Easy-Tear Technology So You Can Just Rip Those Seams Open To Fit Them Around Your Sticks"
I sealed the edges with hot glue, then tried to give them a nice ruffle to add some additional fabric folds...
Then used watered-down Mod Podge to seal in the folds and add strength
After the Lon Lon milk was left to dry for a few hours in the sun, I was left with a nice crispy tent
Okay, next up on deck is the deck again, which I'm painting with some watered down...
Brown and terracotta in a nice earthy tie-dye pattern
I also hit it with a little bit of additional brown wash to blend it all together before hot gluing it in place
In my stash of old jewels, I found this gold chain to work as a garland around each post
I used ugly dabs of hot glue at each point which, will become hidden behind these whittled posts I'm making here
After this glue stopped being a little stinker, i decided to hold this twine in a very smart way...
And use a lighter to singe off my finger hairs. And also the twine hairs, too.
Next, I split some coffee stirrers in half to use as boards to mount the stable banners, which I'll be making later
One kind of sad thing I realized while researching this project was how...
Little space the horses actually get at the stable
The tent houses like 50 deluxe beds and the horses get a little dirt square on the side
I could have taken some artistic liberties and made the horse portion a little bit bigger
But I already ran out of room on my base, so... sorry horses
We'll toss them in later once we have dirt but for now let's make the little front counter
Using a soft piece of balsa wood and a hard piece of toothpick...
I engraved some board and nail hole details for the counter
then i sliced out the horseshoe shaped window from more balsa wood and used some pleather scraps...
To add the stitch details around the edge
I stained it with some watered-down acrylic paint then i took off my horse toe ring...
Which I keep on my pinky toe and sacrificed it to this project because it was too perfect
While everything here is mostly recycled, I did make one specific purchase for this project actually...
This bag of 100 horseshoe pendants, of which I only needed about 15
Be sure to comment your horse and non-horse ideas for what i should do with the other 85 horseshoes
Cool, so the tent portion is pretty much structurally done at this point, so we're going to move on to the more interesting part:
The horse assemblage up top
The horse neck is largely a lot of sticks and twine and hot glue so...
I'm going to kind of just fly through this area so it doesn't get repetitive
Sorry, I really didn't do much measuring. It was mostly eyeballing to see what looked right before gluing it together
For the head, I happen to have this little robo-puppy lying around, which if...
You squint and do a handstand, you can sort of imagine how this would look like a horse head
Time to break out the big guns... And by guns, I mean rotary tool
This is my first time using this tool, so please tell me about my dangerous form in the comments below
Anyway to make a horse head, just sort of casually behead this poor innocent dog
Now it's really taking shape, but plastic has no place in Breath of the Wild...
So I'm covering it up with a little bit of paper mache using tissues and watered-down glue
Then after letting it dry for several hours and then giving it the old knock test
It was ready
Dang, actually I wish it was a little bit longer... let's see what i have lying around
This is perfect horse nose mouth shape
I'm gluing a couple of these ping pong wedges on for extra length and it only temporarily looks like a parrot beak
Time to base coat it in brown
After giving my horse god a nice wooden necklace I pulled out some clay nuggets...
That I conveniently already had dried and chopped them into some horse teeth
My horse has gingivitis; let's hide the teeth roots with some more ping pong wedges as some gums
And then let's hide the ping pong with some balsa wood wedges
To shortcut a lot of the various fabrics that cover up the horse assemblage...
I'm using many chunks of an old multi-colored sock I had in my rag bag
Then I'm using some watered-down brown acrylic paint to stain all the wood
Next I'm using these two watch straps I had for the horse mask aka the face of Melanya, God of Horses
For the eyes, I'm drilling a couple holes...
Then using these old earrings to bend them into shape and force them into the sockets
Next up is constructing the wooden crown mane-thing using a bunch of coffee stirring sticks and some hot glue
And then to finish off the crown, I'm using a little piece of craft foam and painting it brown...
Until it kind of resembles leather, but it's not as good as the actual leather underneath it, that's okay
For the rest of the horse mask it's time to dig back into my rag bag and pull out a nice scarlet
In the game, this red section looks sort of like one solid banner running up the length of the mask
But it was actually easier just to attach it piece by piece and to give the illusion that it's one solid banner
These are tiny tack pins super glued in place then the flap is secured behind the mask using secret hot glue, shhh...
A couple more horseshoes as nostrils
And then I'm using these beads and more pleather straps to build the bridle around this untamed wild horse
Personally, I am DEEPLY offended by the arrogance to put a bridle on a horse god
For the ridge on the back of the horse mane, i'm whittling some of these triangles...
Until they are nice and lumpy and look like they were carved by the hands of someone using ancient tools of old
More horse neck and then I'm prepping the other neck with some whittled logs...
So I can join the two necks as one
Just a few more sticks at this point; we are almost at full neck
And voila! Full horse! But it needs some twine around each joint to give the illusion...
...that it's not held together with hot glue
Look at all these choice colors and patterns on this one sock
This is pretty much all I'm going to use to fill in all the gaps on the horse neck
I believe in the game there is a wreath of blue feathers that goes around the base of the neck
So the next best thing is a strip of fabric sliced into tatters instead
Now we're about to get dirty, so I'm laying out a bib for baby
I'm spreading out some mod podge then attempting to sprinkle the dirt, but it was hard to get it into the nooks and crannies
So I used my fingers instead
There's plenty of good dirt in this dirt, so i'm saving it for later
Here's Luke Towan's classic combo of isopropyl alcohol and watered down mod podge to seal it in
And add some bonus dirt in the spots I might have missed
But my secret trick for proper horse dirt is tamping it down with some tiny hooves
We really got to make sure this looks lived in
Yeah, even at the entrance here. I only had tiny hooves and not tiny feet
I care about my horses so they get a roof made of Hanes Comfort Flex Fit
Hope I've done you proud Breen
To make the stable banners, I blocked the camera with the back of my hand
Then used tissue paper and super watered down Mod Podge to add wrinkles and stiffen it up a bit
While that was drying i wanted to highlight the single tone tent so i dry brushed a lighter red
along any raised fabric folds using a chisel brush to add a little bit of contrast
I made this tiny trough off-camera using balsa wood and some two-part epoxy as water then using
gloss Mod Podge, I'm adding ripples by using a straw and blowing at it until it's nice and wrinkly
Ah, wrinkly is definitely a word people use to describe water
In my stick haul from earlier, I found this tiny stump which was from a tree that i felled with this tiny axe
I'm adding the stump as some additional detail in the diorama as well as a full tree to stand next to its fallen brethren
Oh, HAY, you didn't think I was going to let my horses go hungry, did you?
For the grass, I'm using a blend of green and yellow turf from Woodland Scenics...
Sprinkling on a base layer of green first and then topping it off with a bit of yellow to add some variation in a few places
I could have saved the excess that didn't stick here for later...
But instead i'm being a wastrel and just vacuuming it up
Whoops! Bye!
To bush it up a bit, I'm using some of this clump foliage from Woodland Scenics in a few select places...
Then placing my tiny axe into the body of its murder victim
Back at it again with the horse god; this time closing in with some finishing details such as...
A brown acrylic wash on the coffee stirrers, ears made of craft foam, and the requisite markings on the mask
As you know, horses have no souls...
So I'm amping up the fear factor by creating a black abyss in the center of the eyes with acrylic paint
And then for the final horse details...
I'm using citadel null oil to bring out some of the cracks in the leather
After the tissue paper banners dried, I tried my hand at painting some crude horses and suns
Thankfully the paintings on these banners in the game are already kind of crude so I nailed it
Then I turned my attention to the stable sign which, I assembled using coffee sticks
And then practiced my hylian handwriting to scribe out the word STABLE
It took me many years to become a scholar of the Hylian language, so do not attempt to comprehend this ancient script
I'm using a homemade acrylic wash to remove that classic Kleenex white and age it up a bit
I'd say one passive wash per Age of Calamity is a good rule of thumb
So I used to have cats, but now I don't, but I still have this cat scratcher...
Which I use as a great tool for mounting alligator clips
I'm going to create the two pennant banners that hang off the front of the horse
I'm using the same technique as before using tissue paper and Mod Podge
and then painting the flags in various colors
These banners I made actually ended up having a practical purpose
After I finished the horse, I realized it was kind of leaning to one side so I was able to rein it in a little bit by...
Putting a little tension on the twine before pulling it to the edge and gluing it in place
After a little bit of dry-brushing to bring out some of the edge details around the deck
and around the edge of the horse god mask, it was time to feed my need for steeds
*kiss*
Using a little pva glue, I made it so the horses can never leave and that's it
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