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I knew I wanted the underside of the eaves to be either copper or aluminum.  I bought some shiny, mirror finish, silvery, tape, but it didn't stick to the mdf, so I switched to copper paint.

My original plan was to shingle the top of the big roof, but now that it's so close to the contest deadline I decided to do something faster, so continued the copper paint up and over.

The first coat brushed on poorly.

I switched from a brush to a sea sponge, which was messy but effective.  I sponged two coats on, then left it to dry overnight last night.

This morning I pulled the tape off.  I was left with a white line between wall and eave and along the top edge of the smaller roof.  The primer bled under the tape a bit.

I ran a black sharpie along the top edge of the roof, that was an easy fix.  I was going to paint over the line between wall and eave with a bit of burnt umber paint, but the tube dried up.  I put a little raw sienna on a pallet instead, along with some thalo blue to touch up the walls where I dropped copper on them.  The raw sienna was not the right color, but it mixed nicely with the thalo blue to make a accidental green patina-ish color.

Today I hope to get the wooden siding on and the skylight glued in.  I was going to use the wood strips as is, but test colored one with some golden oak stain.  I like the stained one better.  I guess I'd better get off the computer and start staining if I'm going to get the walls done this weekend.