At first glace, I thought the woman on the roof/porch was holding a shotgun, all the better to bag a dinner of elk. 😀
The impressiveness factor is so very high. Not just the overall size, which is impressive itself, but the details of incorporating the Winter Village houses and other small scenes is wonderful. And to me, this is reminiscent of Caras Galadhon in Lothlorien (LoTR) with the people living in the trees.