10th Ave Angel house and "Fair Set" Repros

Post by **BrianB** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 3:29 pm

Good Afternoon!

Finished up house #6 (the Blue house)! I had a lot of fun with this one, tinting the fence to the green color was an interesting process, but I'm pretty happy with the results. After I'm done with this set if I do any more with green raffia fence I may just buy raffia that is already dyed. I think it would be a whole lot easier.

Im going to do the Red house next and finish with the Church.

Hope everybody is enjoying their day!
Thanks
-Brian

Post by **BrianB** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 3:33 pm

Heres an ariel view of houses 1-6, I will try to do up a proper scene to display them when they are all done.
Thanks
-Brian

Post by **paulrace** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 8:31 pm

Love the raffia fence and other great details!

Post by **Howard** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 8:36 pm

Each one seems to get more colorful...wish Ted could have seen what you've done...and of course --Pete's coconut...my very best regards...Howard...

Post by **Lee** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 9:09 pm

I just love these. They are so colorful and cheerful; they just make me smile.

Post by **maria** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 11:14 pm

Ditto!

Post by **les** » Tue Aug 20, 2013 9:49 am

Wonderful eye candy!!!! Super job!!!

Post by **BrianB** » Tue Aug 20, 2013 12:29 pm

THANK YOU so much everyone!! I really appreciate all the comments! I started the pattern for the Red house last night after the kiddo went to bed. So hopefully I'll have another one put together soon! Hope you all have a wonderful day!
-Brian

Post by **PutzinVT** » Tue Aug 20, 2013 1:28 pm

Brian:

From start to finish. Can you estimate how much time it take to build a house.
Minding you have all the supplies at had when you start.

Seems you can make a house in not too much time.
Either that or I'm real slow.

Steve

Post by **BrianB** » Tue Aug 20, 2013 3:11 pm

Hi Steve,

Don't feel bad, I've got some advantages working in my favor, as well as a bit of OCD once I start a project. But, I've got a pretty good system going now too.
It takes about an hour to do up a pattern, which I do on my computer, most of the house patterns for this set are pretty basic, with the exception of the Country House, that one took some figuring, but I was lucky enough to have one in my collection too. So if its not too crazy, I'm able to import pics of the originals and make a template pretty fast. On the new ones I've been doing it goes even faster because I already have the dog house pattern and base pattern from previous houses. I also have an advantage because I've been a graphic artist since 1995 and know my way around the programs pretty well. The other thing atleast for this set, is that all the door and window holes are the same, so I can reuse without having to measure each time in my program from house to house. If I had Pete's punch set, I would really be able to fly!
If I was doing a new house or creating something that hasn't been done before, Im sure this process could take several hours up to a few days.
Then it probably takes me an hour or two to cut out all the pieces and glue them together. I work at home, so when Im eating lunch I might do a piece, or if I come in for a break from printing and have it all layed out I will paint a little or something. I do most of my bulk work after my daughter goes to bed though. But being able to work a little throughout the day, when I can helps because it allows me to do tiny pieces and have them dry while doing other stuff. Im a big multitasker.
The primer, which I always do two coats takes about two hours with drying time. The coconut goes on with the paint, and all together takes about 2 hours to actually paint, but it has to be broken up so different parts can dry before moving on. So I can paint a whole house in about a day and a half. As for the trees and such, I do a lot at a time so they are ready when I need them.
If Im on a roll and not too distracted with other stuff I could probably crank out a house in 3 days, but so far once I've had the pattern done, it usually takes me about 5 if I have everything ready to go. On average I would say it takes around 5 to 6 hours of actual work time.
This next one might take me an extra few days, cause I'm out of trees, and I don't have the next raffia fence sewn up yet. Im not an ace with the machine yet so those take me a little longer too.
But that is pretty much my work process.
Thanks
-Brian