Lake Town in need of Spring Cleaning!

…apart from paint, texturing and finer details!

These are 2 built GW Lake Town houses. One has been glued to the platform base, the other is currently loose while I figure out how to arrange them.

Hopefully you can see even here how versatile the kits are. I’ve given one of them an en-suite dunny!

These have had resin chimneys from Grand Manner added as some extra detail. Even though Lake Town is meant to be built entirely from wood, I figure that some elements made from stone would be acceptable.

One of the advantages of being a hoarder (yes, there are some!) is that we develop an eye for spotting how things can be repurposed in different ways.

When I first saw these Belvita boxes, I just knew they would make perfect little houses for a future project. They even come with ready made pitched roofs!

These really are a perfect under frame for some fun scratch-builds. So I’ve saved half a dozen of them.

They are a little taller than the Lake Town house kit, as you can see here. But, I’ve got some ideas for that!

As mentioned in the project description, this project will make use of a range of methods to bring the buildings and terrain scape of Lake Town to life. A staple of this however, will be the official GW Lake Town house kit.

In my view, this is the best and most reasonably priced (in terms of bang-for-buck) kit GW currently make. Even better, get the multipack if you can – giving you 3 of the houses for just £70 (versus £30 individually).

Each house comes on 2 packed sprues.

The house itself features reversible gable ends so you can make different styles, and the kit includes a ton of extras:

• 1 rowing boat with separate oars
• 2 barrels
• 2 fish baskets
• 1 glass float
• 3 lanterns
• 1 hanging sign board
• 1 outhouse, including seat and door
• 1 loading hook
• 3 long walkways and 1 short walkway.

With a little extra effort and imagination, a whole range of variety can be created, and I’ll be aiming to show that through this project.

I currently have 7 of these houses, so am excited with the opportunities!

Sadly this project didn’t survive moving over to my new account, so I’m adding the posts I’d previously made. If you could hit the little recommendation and upvote buttons on them, that’d be awesome x

For a project like this, I think a mood board is a must. It’s really helpful to collect pictures that can be used as a reference and help guide the outcome.

I was surprised how hard it’s been to find decent Lake Town images, but here’s some I’ve collected.