Building

Hi! Sorry I haven't posted for awhile. I've been really busy. I was just cast in the show called Annie, so I've had rehearsals and stuff. However, I have got lots of work done on my doll houses. My mom and I have decided to enter a competition with medieval meat, fish, vegetable, and bakery shops, so I now have two doll houses to work on.

For the plague hospital, I have been doing a lot of work. So far, I have my wooden shell put together, bricked, and painted the base color. Here are pics of each step:

(Sorry the pic is sideways... I'm not very computer savvy and I couldn't figure out how to rotate it. to do the bircks, I used some stuf that comes in a red tub called "Wallboard Joint Complex. It comes in gigantic tubs the are sold at ace hardware, probably home depot, and other such stores. The consistancy of it is thick and goopy. After spreading it on my wooden structures, I used a flexible plastic palate knife the trace brick lines in it, leaving blank lines the thinkness of my second floor, so I can just pop it in easily. After my bricks were dry, i painted with with a paint color called "Latte", as a base coat.)



This is the painted building. Over the latte base paint, I used a maple water based stains, mixed with water (always mix paints with some water, It helps them spread, and makes your paint last longer. Just be careful about your added water quantities, you don't want too much) and lightly coated my bricks. I then gently used a rag to dab away the extra paint. Over this, I paint a very watery wash of the latte color, which I almost immediately wiped away. I then used a water black wash, and a watery burnt sienna wash to paint a few random brick different colors. I wiped the excess from these, and tah dah!!!! My bricks were done!!!





For the floor, I first painted it a base color of mud stone paint, then i did a series of washes of brown and finally a VERY watery wash of black. If you make one, just keep experimenting until you get the look you want.

I've also been hard at work on bricking and painting my shop buildings, but the look pretty much the same as the plague hospital, so I won't show you pics until it's all put together.

All I have left to do for the plague hospital is put in my second floor, my roof, and decorate my interior, as well as strategically place the rat i made!!!! But, I'll write more on my rats, and my finish dead people and bodies in my next post!!! Bye!