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So.. While waiting for the water to cure itself on the nymph's base,I found this little guy begging paint. I couldn't resist he's so cute, and he practically painted himself so far. Of course he wanted to be a garden gnome and because he's a garden gnome he needed a tree house.

For the tree form I used some paperclip and thinner brass wire and then globbed lots of greenstuff onto it for a solid form.. I made the door separate on my flat hobby mat, scored it and let it cure then attached it.

 

I need to fill out the tree more and fix the door into the tree, widen the trunk and add some more.

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I've come to the conclusion that gnomes live underground, and the is his door is the entryway.  Also if his house was made to scale it would be the focal point of the piece instead of an accent, so I took artistic license:).  

 

I have some more photos of him but the forum is flopping the pictures sideways no matter the orientation so.. I'm gonna try to get them the right way.  

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Well I had a little bit of spare time to work on this tiny guy.
He is painting so nicely.
I also got some basic dirt on his base. The nest step is to prime his base and let it set and finish gnomey's paint.

edited to fix the sideways pics...

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