I really want to make one of these fake heads in a jar. I’d keep it behind my desk at school.
Here’s a video on modeling cypress trees / swamp trees.
Plastic Legions has some photos of a terrific skirmish battle board of some ruins set aside a sea. Wonderful stuff. I’d love to play a pirate skirmish game on this.
Tile roofs are a feature of buildings in a variety of regions and time periods. Here’s a good tutorial for modeling them.