Lake Town in need of Spring Cleaning!
Tiling time
One of the things I think will really tie all the buildings together is consistency in the roofing finish. The GW kits use very small shingle tiles, all in a single side. The shingles themselves are tiny – 0.5cm in width and less than 1cm long. I haven’t been able to find any manufacturers making tiles that small, which is understandable. So I’m making my own.
These are from Sarissa Precision, and are about 1cm wide.
Using my small scissors, I’ve snipped each tile up the middle.
Then, going back along the row – trimmed, snipped, tapered and cut broken tiles to give them a closer finish to the GW kit.
It’s time consuming, but pretty mindless activity, so I can churn out a whole bunch in a sitting.
I’m pleased with how close they look to the GW kit version, and think that they will add coherence and consistency across the different builds. I’d be really interested in your thoughts on this approach.
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