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28th April 2012, 12:17 PM #1
Dolls house Brick effect.
In my recent visit to one of my cousins in the UK I was shown a toy dolls house that he had made. I was most impressed by the house because this guy does not have the equipment that most of us have and the house was made using very basic tools. The results looked fantastic and I post the picture here for you to see. The furniture was store bought.
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The main reason for showing this dolls house is to display the brickwork which is very realistic in the picture and equally as realistic in the flesh. This effect was achieved by each small brick facade being cut out by hand. I asked Ken (the cousin who made the house) to explain his technique and I print below his answer.
Dolls House Bricks.
1 paint 3 or 4 sheets of sandpaper in assorted shades
2 when dry cut into strips then bricks whatever size you want them to be.
3 mix shades together and stick to a A4 card at random.
4 by putting them onto a card you will be able to see what your wall will look like, best of luck Ken.
so for any of you who may want to build something with a brick facade, this is a very simple idea but most effective.
Reality is no background music.
Cheers John
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Dolls house Bricks
I do agree it looks very realistic,and very strait forward to do, I think it's a top way to do the brick work and no messy carving or sawing,Great Job
Cheers Edwin.
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28th April 2012, 11:16 PM #4
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4th May 2012, 01:43 PM #5
That's awesome John, a great little idea.
You could use emery paper that you wouldn't have to colour... And if you glued them straight to 3mm or 6mm MDF that you'd use for the walls of the building...Too many projects, so little time, even less money!Are you a registered member? Why not? click here to register. It's free and only takes 37 seconds! Doing work around the home? Wander over to our sister site, Renovate Forum, for all your renovation queries.
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5th May 2012, 01:59 AM #6
Also an opportunity for recycling used sandpaper.
Cheers,
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