I love Perry miniatures! If only they would do more zombies, but I guess that would break their no-competition deal with GW... I just threw that pic together in a hurry, so I only smudged what I absolutely had to! Thanks for posting the link!
As for materials for the house, I am almost done an article which is an expose on all of the popular thatch methods as well as a few not-so-popular ones. I will post a link when it is done (hopefully tomorow).
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