two small houses to start 2014...

Post by **Howard** » Fri Jan 03, 2014 7:09 pm

good evening from a rather cold north florida...cold for us anyway...

really didn't get out of the high 40s today...

i've made several of the "three peak house" before...this is my favorite color combo for the little fellow...pink, blue and gray...still have to paint the snow detail on the roof...i did do something a little different on this one...it's made entirely of ordinary cereal box cardboard...it will be covered with mica flakes only...no glitter...

the "castle-look house" was inspired by the "orange house" which brian posted on the forum a short while back...my copy is a little different...i went with a canopy entry with scallops and single-fact trim...still have to finish painting this one as well...may use only mica flakes...no glitter...

my very best regards...

howard...

Post by **les** » Sat Jan 04, 2014 12:09 pm

Happy New Year, Howard!! A great start...looking forward to seeing them finished!!

Post by **BrianB** » Sat Jan 04, 2014 12:15 pm

Love the bright Orange!!

Tom nicknamed it "Florida Orange" house. Very nice, cant wait to see them all finished up!

Post by **Lynn** » Sat Jan 04, 2014 5:31 pm

Very nice Howard!! I have always loved the three peaks, it was one of the first houses I made. Here in RI we started our day at zero degrees with lots of snow we had between Thursday and Friday!!

Post by **Howard** » Sat Jan 04, 2014 7:33 pm

good evening to all...

the little guys are finished...i did go with all mica flakes...which i ran through a flower sifter first to make the flakes smaller...no glitter finish this time...i do like the vintage look of mica...still not sure if i will add a touch of snow-tex to the white snow details...but probably won't...

the orange house is not quite as brilliant as the photo shows...the canopy does not show well in the photo either...the gray house is actually more colorful than the photo...

base size...3 1/2" x 4 1/4" x 5/8" high...orange house is 3 1/2" tall including base...gray house is 4 1/4" tall including base...

my very best regards...howard...

Post by **Lee** » Sat Jan 04, 2014 7:54 pm

I love the colors!

Post by **BrianB** » Sat Jan 04, 2014 11:03 pm

Very Nice Howard! The mica is cool, I have used it a few times on fixer uppers and such, and it has such a cool shine and vintage look!

Post by **les** » Sun Jan 05, 2014 10:02 am

Terrific!!! Love the mica!!!

Post by **paulrace** » Sun Jan 05, 2014 12:50 pm

Another winner! Well, two winners. The folks on this forum will be outproducing the prewar Japanese if they keep this up.

Post by **karincorbin** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 6:28 am

BrianB wrote:Very Nice Howard! The mica is cool, I have used it a few times on fixer uppers and such, and it has such a cool shine and vintage look!

I love the mica look and those are very cut houses.

One year the folks at Vintage Mica Snow gifted me a huge jar of it. http://micasnow.com/
I have it sitting on the table right now and have not used it all up but am starting to make a dent in it

I have thought about tossing some into a little coffee grinder but have not yet resorted to that. I like putting it on the ground in a scene it adds a fluffy look unlike any other.