"Imm, get it right BB.
Overhead eyes interested in shapes and forms and comic-book styles are always watching,
which by the way is very much to my liking.
AIR DRYING CLAY
I decided upon an easy quick build on these two Asterix type buildings,and although not having built dwellings before with air drying clay i found this over laying random stone higgledy-piggledy pattern quite to my liking. Chaotic disorder,yes best describes it.
I had bought a huge bag of that clay years and years ago,and it being sealed up in a plastic bag of magnitude,well it was still wet as the day it was mixed up.
Tip`s based upon the first use of it.
Wrapped in plastic bags until the next day to stop it drying out to much,so tools can be used to define each large boulder laid upon each other that needed that sort of touch up.
Reinforced wire pushed into the base and covered.
Reinforced by pushing in cocktail sticks right through the courses after they had been laid. One might say, "Overkill", but better to be safe than sorry later. I angled some of the sticks to give a much better support structure too.
A stone lintel reinforced with wire was placed over each window and the entrance too,just like one would do upon a real build. Be it a model, a crude toy or a real building the same method of mathematics applies.
Another three courses were laid on top after this picture was taken and half sized cocktail sticks were stuck through these newly laid pieces .
The stick ends were covered over,and the floor was tidied up, any finger marks visible as seen in the photograph were simple to brush out. So guys,i feel all good tips provided upon needs and requirements covered.
Now I will tidy up the stone work and make plans on how to construct the roofs,these will be overlaid with plumbers hemp. The triangled roofs can be seen in the picture above with smoke rising up from their tops which is good intel on construction shape and details needed.
BB