House progress: Roof

The house has a roof!

Took long enough!

The roof panels start out like this.

Lots of 1x1cm square piece of card.

I got very excited the other day when my friend lent me a War-gaming making book and they'd used the same method for roof tiles. It means I'm doing it right.

Each roof tile is then glued to a piece of mount board which I measured out horizontal lines on.

That's the part that took a long time.

For example, when working on one panel I got through the last Harry Potter film, A Town Called Panic, an episode of The Voice and an episode of Casualty.

But, in my defence, A Town Called Panic has subtitles so I had to keep stopping to read. 

Once all the titles were stuck I went over them with chalk and charcoal to make them look weathered and added some 'moss'.

I made guttering and drainpipes out of drinking straws.

Cutting straws so that they're straight is hard, so just don't look too closely.

They really help the piece look like a proper house.

I also made lead flashing out of paper that I painted a silvery grey.

I didn't know that it was called lead flashing before this, so it's nice to see that I'm learning something.

House progress: porch

More house progress. It's been a busy week guys.

The porch and garage now has a roof!

But before I attached the roof I realised I should probably finish the inside of the porch because once the roof is on I'll have limited access.

I made a little chest with a seat on which I imagine the little inhabitants of this house sitting on to put on their shoes. You've seen the fabric I used on the top here and here. That stuff was a good buy.

I also make a row of coat hooks from some small pins that I bent into shape. They kept scratching my hand when I was reaching in to arrange things. 

The porch also has a doormat but I wouldn't want to wipe my shoes on it as it's actually made of sandpaper that I painted.