Tile Roofs: Help Request

[DeWolfe]

I am working on some Spanish buildings for a Peninsular War skirmish game and I've run into a stumbling block with the roofs. There are three ways I know to make tile roofs; plasticard tile sheets (I'm too cheap to buy these), corrugated paper (I can't find any anwhere in my town) and corduroy cloth (I can't find any of that either). Since I can't use any of those three options does anyone have any other ideas on making some tile roofs?

Thanks.

[Lowtardog]

One option is drinking straws cut in half, the bigger the diameter the better and free from MCDonalds etc

Or packing cardboard which in the UK you get from Greengrocers

[Mainly28s]

I'll suggest taking ordinary boxes and splitting the top layer of cardboard off- the corrugated stuff makes up the middle.

[Mosstrooper]

Think corduroy is very good if you can get it ,did some Mexican houses with an old pair of trousers I had . Have you tryed fabric shops or online craft sites or even charity shops - they might have an old cord jacket or somthing going cheap , good luck with your search!

[fastolfrus]

Option 4.
Tell us where you are and see if one of us can post you a small pack of corrugated card or corduroy.
I'm in North Yorkshire (UK) and we have plenty of carboard here. We might have corduroy too.

[Gluteus Maximus]

Wooden skewers from barbecue packs sold in most supermarkets etc. Very cheap & you get various sizes. Great for pantiled roofs [with some watered down filler washed over for a more "tiley" look], log cabins, wooden stockades etc.

mind you, this may not be the best time of year for barbie supplies......  ::