Nachoman's summer 2010 enginehouse challenge.

[nachoman]

I'll see about making a short tutorial on the roofing - But I really don't know if I can do much better than I have already described! I take a piece of aluminum foil, cut it to size, lay it onto a piece of ribbon wire that I have glued to a block of wood, and then rub the foil with my finger. I'd do much better to find a bigger piece of ribbon wire so I can can sandwich the foil between two pieces of wire. Then, the whole thing gets weathered using an ugly alcohol-based wash that began as the india ink staining solution I used on the wood. I added more alcohol, and some model master acrylic "rust" paint, and some matte medium in the hopes of giving the wash more thickness without adding more color. Then I sprayed the whole thing a with Rustoleum matte spray. The matte spray also seems to give the foil a little bit of rigidity and allows the roof to withstand a little bit of handling.