No power tools, just lots of people.
Tallest set here is 50 feet high !

Over the wood lathe framework
they layer on Plaster of Paris.

Where the actors are going to climb,
they used fiberglass sheeting.

An interesting effect using ropes covered in Plaster of
Paris. Just saw similar rocks in the new "Star Wars"!!!

I felt like Rameses II building the Pyramids sometimes.
Some of these set pieces weighed over 4,000 lbs.!!!