Execution Process
An overgrown cemetery chapel with flying buttresses uses classical ecclesiastical gothic architecture to create a miniature cathedral ruined by time and dark forces. This design features soaring pointed arches, exterior flying buttress support arches, a recessed entry portal with carved gothic tracery, and a decaying pitched roof with exposed ceiling rafters. The exterior walls are detailed with embossed stone textures and encroaching vines that snake up the buttresses. When illuminated from within, light spills through an intricate rose window cut into the front gable, casting geometric lace patterns across the table surface and creating a solemn, sacred atmosphere within your haunted village.
Execute this design by cutting front and back cathedral gables measuring six inches wide by ten inches tall from sturdy double-wall cardboard, carving a three-inch circular rose window in the front gable and tall lancet arch windows along the side walls. Cut matching exterior flying buttress arches from thick cardboard, gluing three curved buttress supports along each side wall at right angles to reinforce the structural verticality. Cut an intricate floral rose window insert from thin cardstock using a precision craft knife, backing the cutout with translucent purple vellum before mounting it inside the front circular opening. Assemble the chapel walls and pitched roof, leaving the rear roof section open with exposed internal cardboard rafters to simulate a collapsed ceiling. Coat the entire model with textured stone gesso, dry-brush with ash gray and raw umber, and adhere dried lichen and green moss along the buttress seams to mimic centuries of botanical overgrowth.