The Story of Gnome Village Volume 1
Gnome Village Volume 1 is a set of eight 3D models based around the fantasy race of gnomes. Most of these models are available through authorized Meshbox Design resellers. However Gnome Village Volume 1 Complete Edition also includes an eighth bonus model, unavailable through any reseller.

The Village Series
Meshbox Design's Village series of models are extremely popular with artists and animators.

• Strong Outside Value. The Village Series of models are designed to not only "fill in a background" but also provide "inside" functionality. Designs are logical where possible, inside and out.
• Continuing Logic. The Village Series volumes are usually based around a specific culture. There may be variations from one volume to the next but there is an internal consistency so that its possible to mix one group with another.

The Models
The series includes the following models released to date...

• Gnome Village Watermill. Gnomes rely heavily on the bounty of the forest, yet none crave fine white grains more than gnomes! One of the largest complexes of the gnomes, and one of the most easily found, are Gnome Village Watermills. Gnomes will even make use of wild beavers to build up dam fortifications in order to channel the power of a small stream and speed up their milling. This mushroom building is three floors - the top floor where grain is dropped down into the grist below, then the finely milled grain drops into bags at the very bottom. Included props (by format) are of mailbox and sack.
• Gnome Village Inn. Gnomes rely on natural phenomenon to conceal their homes and lives from big folk. The Gnome Village Inn is concealed inside an ancient stump of an old, huge tree. A sign outside welcomes visitors, who can spend some time at a private table, at the bar, or even rent a room. This three floored building has a main room and guest floors. Each window pane is a sub-object, allowing you to tint it with a native shader in applications that allow selection of 3DS subobjects. A bump map gives wooden surfaces additional realism.
• Gnome Village Church. Gnomes grow exceptional mushroom churches, with tall bell towers and a wide hall of worship. Of course, Gnome Village Churches feature unique gnomish architecture, including assymetric windows. This building includes both a main chapel and bell tower and an enriching bump map. Versions that include props include: podium, bell and bench.
• Gnome Village Blacksmith. Although a little folk, gnomes posess a special talent to manipulate size, shape and mass - allowing them to grow or transform even living objects beyond their natural size. The Gnome Village Blacksmith lives in a giant apple, shaped by eldrich magics into his workshop. The building features a balcony for viewing the night air and pipe smoking, and a complete workshop with multiple anvils and hammers.
• Gnome Village Woodcutter. The Gnome Village Woodcutter is a funny fellow - even the smallest of trees is a beyond an imaginable size for cutting down with his little tools! Instead, the woodcutter harvests twigs, limbs and branches, or tiny gnome trees that he also grows for the purpose of building gnome homes. This is his home, and it comes equipt with a bedroom, a front room with a glass windowed stove and more.
• Gnome Village Guardhouse and Fort Kit. Although a peaceful, woodland folk, the Gnomes learned much from their close allies, the Dwarves, about defending themselves. Gnome Village Guardhouse is an incredible model featuring a main guardhouse bunk room (with all the comforts of home) a reusable lookout and defensive tower, plus a fort kit for building a gated, wooden walled fortress - its like getting two complete models plus an infinite variety of keeps!
• Gnome Village Market. The gnome market rivals halfling markets for sheer gaity - if not in noise but in color! Gnome Village Market features 17 market tents, and tables for crates, eggs, Gnomish Bread-Pie and pumpkins. Comes with a preconfigured demo market that you can expand in almost any way!
• Gnome Village Pie Shop. Pies are a gnomish specialty and gnome pies are something special. Gnome pies are magicked so that they always have a crust, now matter how many times you take a bite! The Gnome Pie Shop has a full shop and display case on the first floor, where gnomish patrons can pick out their own pies. On the second floor are work tables to create the magical dough, and a huge mystical oven.