Straw Village

These are Straw Children, critters from the Folk Horrors miniature set released through a Kickstarter in collab with Andrew May of Meridian Miniatures. Didn’t have a world in mind when I sculpted the minis, but now something like that is starting to form in the back of my skull. I’ll be exploring it further in the future.

I hadn’t given any attention to Folk Horrors since the campaign, as I had other projects taking precedence. I’ve been happy to have seen many KS backers post their painted and/or converted sets on Instagram, though! Now I took a bit of my free time to sculpt and paint a few more Straw Children in order to have a larger group, with a bit of variety in size and detail. And I built them dwellings where they can live.

The fuzzy hollow structures were inspired by the massive communal nests built in trees by sociable weavers, a species of bird found in Africa. You can see a lovely example in the photograph below. This is actually a look at the nest from underneath; the circular entrances are found only on the bottom side of the structure.

I documented the process for those who wish to build something similar. The build itself is fairly quick and simple, but it involves rather long drying times in between steps.

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