How i made it
1) I got 2 pieces of Styrofoam and connected them together with tape, after trimming the Styrofoam into better shapes.
2) I put paper mache over them so I could paint it easily. 3) I put 2 layers of brown paint on the paper mache so none of the newsprint would show through the paint. 4) I made all of the buildings and furniture for the buildings as well as getting all the pieces of terrain I needed. This involved cutting 30+ dowels with a handsaw into 6-8 inch pieces. I then glued these together by attaching them to pieces of cardboard and made the roofs by gluing Popsicle sticks together. 5)I made the 2 oxen with clay. 6) I put them all on the board and the prettied it up for photography. |
Sources
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/frontierhouse/frontierlife/essay4.html
https://books.google.com/books?id=8eFSK4o--M0C&pg=PA297#v=onepage&q&f=false7
(the wikipedia sources are pictures I used for inspiration)
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Covered_wagons
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wild_west_style_houses
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Fort_Vancouver_National_Historic_Site
http://www.frontiermuseum.org/
http://www.nprha.org/Pages/Home.aspx
http://oswegohistorian.org/2010/09/the-lumber-era-1840-1928-port-of-oswego-ny/
https://books.google.com/books?id=8eFSK4o--M0C&pg=PA297#v=onepage&q&f=false7
(the wikipedia sources are pictures I used for inspiration)
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Covered_wagons
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wild_west_style_houses
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Fort_Vancouver_National_Historic_Site
http://www.frontiermuseum.org/
http://www.nprha.org/Pages/Home.aspx
http://oswegohistorian.org/2010/09/the-lumber-era-1840-1928-port-of-oswego-ny/