Hollyflower36 Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 HI All: I am starting my first dollhouse. The Orchid. Does anyone know what the origianal colors are on the exterior and what type of paint is best? Thanks so much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathieB Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 (edited) Hi, Holly, and welcome to the forum! There really aren't any "original colors" for any miniature houses, just whatever happened to be on the sample photographed for the box cover. You can make it any colors you like, realistic or fanciful. Personally, I like semi-gloss satin finish paint for the exterior. It seems to fit the scale. (And high gloss paints tend to show up every little irregularity in the surface.) Do search the forum for photos of Orchids made by other members. It is a popular house, yet you won't find any two that look alike! Edited January 28, 2012 by KathieB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollyflower36 Posted January 28, 2012 Author Share Posted January 28, 2012 Thanks for your response Kathy. Yes, I have looked and there are some amazing houses! I am favoring the orginal colors. Thanks for the tip on the paint! Holly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Welcome to the little family, Holly. If you like the colors in the picture on the box, go for it! It's your kit, your blank slate to play with as you see fit. I've done one wooden Orchid with "stone" and shingled exterior and I have another one someone built with hot glue I will finish taking apart (the hot glue gets brittle over time and things have been falling off of this one since before I bought it in the thrift store) and rebuild. I find that the houses tend to tell me what they want to look like, and so far I haven't had any want to look like the picture on the box; I built one Westville for a customer who wanted it to look "like on the box" and it didn't want to; but by golly I MADE it look like the one on the box and she loved it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathieB Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Holly, I just edited my initial post (#2) to change semi-gloss to satin finish. Must have had a brain fart when I typed it. Sorry 'bout dat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollyflower36 Posted January 29, 2012 Author Share Posted January 29, 2012 You both are busting me up! Great replies! Thanks for the info! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollyflower36 Posted February 6, 2012 Author Share Posted February 6, 2012 You both were right! I ended up choosing my own colors... I am happy I did so! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathieB Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 So, what did you choose? Enquiring minds want to know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 If you really want to blow your mind with the ORchid, there are TWO team building blogs! because when we built that kit Dean had some of the community members volunteer to go head to head with the building team for a "build-off", just to show off how versatile all the GL and CC kits are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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