Terrain Workshop: Giant Cattails

Let's try to build something a little more swampy than my usual fare.  This is probably the simplest build I've made in terms of number of parts.  It uses just two.  But in terms of the use of those parts I think it's fairly complex.  It's similar to one of the elements of the Dried Flower Centerpiece from the Botanicals line in that it uses the stacking nature of the Eggshell/Crown piece to great effect.

It starts out with one Antenna, then places four Eggshells on the Antenna, with a fifth facing in the opposite direction of the first four.  Put it on a base.  You're done.  Build more if you want to.  They are 1 Hit and measure 12 feet tall and 5 feet wide in 6P scale.  The fun thing about this design is the Eggshells come in ten colors and the Antenna is available in sixteen colors, so you can swap things around and make them in whatever color combination looks right to you.

So part of me thinks these look like some sort of Giant Cattail.  Another part of me thinks they look like some sort of Giant Pinecone.  Whatever you or I call them, they are pretty neat looking and will probably draw some attention once you get them on the table.  I hope this gives people ideas or techniques to use in their terrain builds.  Flickr page.