The next step was the roof.
I've been collecting these cardboard coffee cup holders for ages because I just love the ridges. I've done all kinds of projects with them, like punching shapes out of them, printing with them, making frames out of them. There's just something really satisfying about those neat, parallel lines in such a grungy looking material. And it looks like tiny corrugated metal!
The top right corner panel was part of one of the test ones. It had a coat of white spray paint under the silver but I thought it looked too 'clean'. However, I ran out of panels and used it anyway. I like how it looks like one of the panels has been replaced - just like on a real roof.
I used a piece of scrapbooking paper on the outside back wall. I love that shabby wooden look and I'll have a go at doing it for real one day but for now, it's just paper.
I actually took this last photo after I had done some work on making a base for it. You can see it in more detail here.
I've been collecting these cardboard coffee cup holders for ages because I just love the ridges. I've done all kinds of projects with them, like punching shapes out of them, printing with them, making frames out of them. There's just something really satisfying about those neat, parallel lines in such a grungy looking material. And it looks like tiny corrugated metal!
I gave them one coat of silver acrylic. A single coat allowed the dinginess of the brown cardboard to show through and I liked that. I used a yellow-brown, a dark brown and an orangey-brown watercolour to wash on some rusty stains.
Mr Gypsy said my roof would leak because I didn't overlap the tin. Mr Gypsy made his own supper that night. My Gypsy understands now that I don't like it when he critiques my miniatures.
The top right corner panel was part of one of the test ones. It had a coat of white spray paint under the silver but I thought it looked too 'clean'. However, I ran out of panels and used it anyway. I like how it looks like one of the panels has been replaced - just like on a real roof.
I used a piece of scrapbooking paper on the outside back wall. I love that shabby wooden look and I'll have a go at doing it for real one day but for now, it's just paper.
I actually took this last photo after I had done some work on making a base for it. You can see it in more detail here.
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