Using screenshots from the T.V. series, I tried to make the house and barn from Little House on the Prairie. Then figured I may as well try to put them on a little diorama.
I drew the files in Illustrator and cut them out of .125” MDF. For the texture on the walls (the bricks and clapboard siding) I engraved photos of bricks and wood paneling. I didn’t have to color them at all because the laser burned the glue in the MDF and gave it a nice, natural color. The chimney is a photo of stones engraved into a .125” x .125” Basswood stick , then colored with chalk pastels. The “shingles” are made from scrap book paper that I printed wavy lines onto then cut into strips on the laser and glued on. The people, horses, and wagon were store bought. The landscaping and ground cover is all made from “twigs” and foam - some homemade and some store bought.
