I have finally finished building! The roof was much more difficult than I had anticipated it would be. I ended up using the cool styrofoam-like material because it had these grooves in it that reminded me of a tin roof. The hot glue gun definitely saved my life when it came to securing all of the pieces. This step also took longer than I had thought because the glue sticks I have for the hot glue gun are too big, so I had to cut them into eighths to actually fit into the glue gun. I also had to recut a few pieces because I would inevitably crinkle up a piece of paper or make a miscalculation when I measured before cutting. The dimensions of the actual frame of the house are skewed, so I had to cute the flat top part at a weird angle so that it would poke out from the main frame by equal lengths on both sides. I figured this would help with minimizing the noticeably of dimensional imperfections. It took me an incredibly long time to build the mailbox flag, too. I started with the idea that I could make it using a similar technique as I remember from elementary school with folding paper boxes: we would get a template with bold lines for folding and dotted lines for cutting. After you cut along the dotted lines, you could then fold along the bold lines and tape the edges together to make a cube. I figured I could do something similar for the mailbox flag so that i didn't have to cut any cardboard. The reason I was putting so much effort into making it three-dimensional is because I plan on keeping the actual details of the house (like windows) very minimal, so I want the structural features to look well done. Ultimately, this idea failed. I had to resort to cutting the shape from a piece of cardboard and then cutting strips of paper to cover all of the surfaces so I would have a smooth surface to paint on.
I will be getting the projector from Coach soon to work on the face part. I am not sure how that aspect will turn out, but I am trying to keep my mind open. I do think, though, that projecting a video of a (maybe my?) face will provide me with a nice opportunity to include audio that can help make my content more clear.
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