shingled roofs are a very common type of roof, whether, wood, slate or metal shingles are an easy way to make any building look real. so let me show you how I make them...
Materials;
- card (cereal boxes are good)
- PVA glue
- scissors or a craft knife
- paint
- and a surface you want to roof
Step1: cut the card into thin strips, you could use a paper shredder to make it uniform but where is the fun in that?
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| sorry about the fuzzy pics |
Step2: find the correct length for the roof, then cut appropriately
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| this is the roof to the corner shop the one that used to have the black tarpoline over the top, I decided it needed replacing |
Step3: cut the card but not all the way across so that you make it look like a series of tiles. I recomend you leave a good 2-3mm of uncut card at the side
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| really really sorry about the pics, it's hard to work and take photos at the same time |
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| this is the desired result! |
Step4: carry making small cuts along the strip of card, once done glue down onto the roof
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| there we go now just loads more to do |
Step5: repeat the previous processes but glueing each new strip of card lightly further back than the other so that it hides the uncut area.
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| getting there |
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| sometimes adding more card underneath is necessary to get the right gradient |
Step6: keep going until you reach the edge, then cut a thicker strip of card and fold it over the edge, then cut the whole side that is over the roof. if you are making a normal roof cut the strip into rectangles and fold them over the top
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| you should end up with something like this after a while |
Step7: paint in whatever fashion you like
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| here is an example I prepared earlier the church roof. |
there you go guys hope you have enjoyed this tutorial.
Very cool mate, wish I had your patience :)
ReplyDeleteThat's amazing patient work Gowan, nicely done and explained.
ReplyDeletesimple "how to", and a good one!
ReplyDeletethanks Gowan!
Looks good, got to try this myself as well some day ;-)
ReplyDeleteIt turned out really good! I'm surprised!
ReplyDeleteWell done and thanks for sharing!
Nice one.
ReplyDeleteThe worst thing i find, apart from the bits getting stuck to my fingers is getting the tiles to overlap properly, ie; the rows are staggered.
Good tutorial.
Cheers
paul
Fantastic James!! Very nicely done!!
ReplyDeleteVS
Very tedious looking but it has a fantastic result! Great tutorial.
ReplyDeleteLooks the biz, all right! I use the same method, but with a couple of small differences. First, I measure the width of the slates so that I can get a more regular 'brickwork' arrangement. The other is that I trim a tiny bit off the bottom corners of each individual 'slate'. This isn't really necessary, but I just like the way the roofs look with this treatment.
ReplyDeleteYou have obviously used thin cardboard for your roofs. I have discovered that thin cardboard - possibly even simply a heavy paper stock - allows the shingle roofs to sit flatter.
I also finish of the ridges in one piece, scoring and bending the whole thing to fit. Along the score line, then lay a thin strip of thicker cardboard on its side, or, better yet, some sort of round rod (thin skewer, tooth pick, plastic rod, spaghetti noodle).
Cheers,
Ion
actually I do trim the edges off. it does give the best appearence and on the church I did measure out the strips. but I decided in this tutorial that I'd keep it nice and simple
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