From a recent browse on Pinterest, this structure cuaght my eye. Apparently this structure resides somewhere in an urban environment. With its extreme ramsackal appearence I thought it might be fun to build someday. I wonder if I would have enough material on hand?
The whimsy of Andrew McIntosh
Nicely done. And this from card board and other bits.
A new roof is being constructed for the shack. The one I had built simply does not fit on the structure.
Structure updates include inside bracing and something to glue the new roof too.
Two other additions: a porch and porch roof.
I am glad I had a "Micro" label for this post. Otherwise I would have had to create one. These miniature structures look like they will be fun to build, even though they are so very small. You will find links to the card stock models and the tools mentioned under the video on YouTude.
If I have already posted about this artist who works in paper I apologise, but I don't believe I have made a post on this set of Charles Young paper miniatures.These miniatures were crafted solely from paper.
It has been a while since I posted an update for this project. I completed the addition some time ago. I added a stone foundation using the material from an egg carton and glued the bits to a piece of Strathmore board. I probably have enough left-over Strathmore board to complete the roof for the addition and for the sub-walls of the main structure.
The floor piece was cut from that same piece of Strathmore board. I scribed boards into it, painted it tan and added a black wash. I believe it looks pretty convincing.
This is another example of my saving a link for further examination. Old World Doors features miniature doors created out of paper. Very fine and inspiring work.
I have cut out two window openings for the addition and I need to cut the individual walls apart. I will be using scale clapboards for the walls and will be clapboarding over the window openings. I believe the clapboards will look better this way than if I place the clapboards up to the window openings and then again on the other side of the opening. I will cut the widows out after I have completed the clapboarding and then start the construction of the windows.
Although I don't know where this project is heading, I do have a few of ideas on where it could go, but let it move head a little and lets see.
Although I have over simplified what I have left to complete, the shed is almost ready. I need to fashion a roof for this unit. The components for the left side been cut and painted. I just need to paint a couple of windows, create some form of roof, and attach the sign "Malcolm L. McKenzie & Son" and the goods shed will be complete.
I am still trying to get my windows down pact.
Sometimes a clamp just will not do, especially when working with a small cardstock or paper project. Usually after using gluing bracing to a section of a structure I would grab whatever was at hand, a bottle of paint, or a block of wood.
I started putting these random items aside after finding them in my travels or in my collection of random bits and miscellaneous hardware. These items are the perfect weight for my paper and cardstock projects
I have cut out openings for the door and window and painted the rock faced embossed paper. I still need to fashion a door and window and add some trim around the door.
I added some bracing to the interior to help brace the structure and also I am hoping to keep the wall section from warping.
When I tired of using the traditional gabled and slanted shed roofs on my structures I did some research of other roof types. I didn’t realize just how many different types of roofs there were. Although I have come to the point where I am willing to try other types of roofs, at the time when I saw the pyramid roof, I told myself that I would have to try this roof out on my next structure. The pyramid roof is a type of hip roof and can be built either on a square or rectangular frame.
I have experimented with different methods of fabricating this roof type and the best method that I came up with was to lay out the four triangles side by side on a piece of cardstock. I layout the first triangles width out. The width is equal to the width of the structure plus a scale foot or two. This depends on how much over-hang you want. Once you ascertain the width, divide the width by two and at this point measure up to how high you want your roof.
Score each quarter and cut out the four triangles. By the way there shouldn’t be a gap between the second and third triangle. That is a “my bad”. I used masking tape to join the four triangles from the inside. I cut the tape in half widths and used a tweezer to help position the tape to the correct position.
I have experimented with different roofing methods. One method I tried was to use corrugated panels, paper corrugated panels would be perfect, however the metal Campbell roofing look great, however will will need rubber cement to attach them. I have also used industrial paper towels, those with the right pattern embossed on them. This is what I used on the structure above and is my preferred method.
I am quite excited about starting this project. The inspiration came from an image I found in the "extras" folder on a video disk. As you can see I have cut the sub-walls for the smaller of the two shacks. This structure will "lean" against the structure on the left. This shack measures 8.5' wide by 13' long, in HO scale. The front and back will be clothed with stone embossed paper and the right hand side with hand-crafted clapboards. The clapboards measure approximately 9" wide, in 1/87 scale.
The clamps are spring loaded and can be used to clamp items up to 7/8". They have non-marring pads on both sides of the clamp points. These will hopefully work well when glueing multiple layers of paper, like when adding clapboard strips to cardstock subwall. I don't know if would trust them when working with plastic cement though.
The book nook is a model constructed from cardstock and foam core that depicts the "Notre-Dame de Paris". The video steps through the process of building of this "perfect illusion".
I was rummaging through my windows and doors resource box looking for just right set of windows for a project I was working on and I came across this set of windows. I believe it was a Polo greenhouse kit (perhaps not). I took notice of the casting and I thought chicken coop. I finished my exploration, dropped the casting back into the box and went on to something else.
The other day after bringing in an item that was needed for my home I took note of a 150 x 150 mm piece of a 1mm cardstock. It had been part of the packaging. As always I grabbed it with the idea of storing away with my “paper” resources, but then decided that I might have need of it for a project. The project; I cannot say I remember what it was. I must have come-up with another solution for the project and so here again is that square of cardstock.
The structure will measure scale five foot wide by fifteen feet long. It will be topped with a flat shed roofed that will be eight foot high slopping down to seven feet. I will use the slightly modified plastic casting for the windows.
The challenge: to build the structure and its components from this one piece of cardstock. I believe I can get the sub-walls, doors, roof, flooring, and clapboard siding out of the one piece of cardstock. That is the challenge.
To be quite honest I am a little concerned on whether I will enough clapboard material to cover the whole structure. We will see. And of course I will need material the foundation and the roof itself.
This page offers some of the props that were used a Stop Motion Film. All were made primarly from cardboard. The creations and film are by Daniel Agdag an Australian artist.
More about the film can be found here.
More of Agdag creations can be found here and an interview between Evan Pricco and Daniel Agdag can be found here.
I enjoy working with cardboard myself and I find Agdag's work inspiring.
A very nice article on the buildings of shoe shop. The structure was built from the authors Seaview Hotel Sketches. I see the author used paper to create clapboard. I very fine build indead.
Recently, I viewed this twentty-three minute video on creating a 40k Terrain piece totally from cardboard.
