TEXAS_HOSS wrote:what stuff did u use, supply list?
The large, flat surfaces are foam board. This material is incredibly easy to work with. Just draw the layout of the wall -- edges, doors, windows -- and then cut with an X-acto and a metal straight-edge. The door and window frames are made from balsa strip, glued with white glue, with dimensions to snug-fit into the openings in the foam board.
The flat wall surfaces are a neat trick I learned from my wife, who is an artist -- paper. You can get all kinds of cool "art paper" with different patterns and textures at an art or "women's hobby" store (Michael's in Houston). More texturing can be done with the paper by crumpling it and then flattening it out. I glue it onto the walls, then cut out the openings with an X-acto, then add more color with acrylic washes. The detail of the layered coloring didn't show up in these pics, but it really looks like textured concrete or stucco.
More details (like the columns on the mosque, the balcony railing supports, etc.) are made from hardwood dowels.
The "onion domes" and minaret are made from cardboard tubing and foam "eggs" -- also bought at Michael's. The surface texture is wood putty, buttered on with popsicle sticks.
Other curved shapes and details, like the inside of the archway, are made with paper over wood forms. Paper really is an amazingly great material for this sort of thing!