Author Topic: How to: Easy Scratchbuild Corrugated Roofing (Read 2273 times)

Belgian · « **on:** 04 November 2012, 05:57:22 PM »

Welcome to the first part of a series of "How To" posts on how to roof your scratchbuild buildings. In this first part we will take a look at the usage of corrugated cartonboard to represent the real-life equivalent known as corrugated steel. "CGI was invented in the 1820s in Britain by Henry Palmer, architect and engineer to the London Dock Company. It was originally made (as the name suggests) from wrought iron. It proved to be light, strong, corrosion-resistant, and easily transported, and particularly lent itself to prefabricated structures and improvisation by semi-skilled workers. It soon became a common construction material in rural areas in the US, New Zealand and Australia and later India, and in Australia and Chile also became (and remains) the most common roofing material even in urban areas. In Australia and New Zealand particularly it has become part of the cultural identity, and fashionable architectural use has become common." As you can see this piece of roofing can in quite useful in lots of settings and is especially easy and cheap to reproduce.

http://wargameterrain.blogspot.be/2012/11/how-to-scratchbuild-corrugated-roofing.html

If you have comments, questions or request please don't hesitate to ask. Cheers and stay tuned fo the shingled and thatched tutorials.

Cherno · « **Reply #1 on:** 05 November 2012, 01:02:46 AM »

Thanks for the tutorial. The technique is really effective in creating the "used look". Those shanties look really great

Marine0846 · « **Reply #2 on:** 05 November 2012, 02:23:18 AM »

Excellent write up on using corrugated cardboard.
Lots of useful tips in your tutorial.

Belgian · « **Reply #3 on:** 05 November 2012, 06:46:08 PM »

Glad you found the tutorial useful stay tuned for the thatched and shingled version!

Melnibonean · « **Reply #4 on:** 16 November 2012, 01:47:37 AM »

Very nice. I don't have a need for a shanty town but you've given me the inspiration I was looking for to build a large corrugated iron warehouse/factory.

Wirelizard · « **Reply #5 on:** 16 November 2012, 06:24:05 AM »

I was actually wondering how early you could take corrugated iron, hadn't realized it went all the way back to 1820!

Cool stuff, I really need to get back into terrain building, it's been months since I've done any.

Michi · « **Reply #6 on:** 16 November 2012, 06:44:37 AM »

very nice introduction to the use of corrugated cardboard. You can still go further than just doing roofs. You mentioned that entire architectural structures were made of those iron sheets. This is what I did:

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