Started working on this mansion a couple weeks ago. I've been crafting my whole life, but this is my first Playmobil.
Originally, I was going to leave the foundation color alone. But, my second auction I won came much more yellowed than the first, so the pieces didn't match. I don't know that I'm thrilled with the color I painted it, but it was the best I could find in the Fusion paint. It's slightly darker than the original plastic. The house color is satin dover white and the trim is gumdrop.
I first tried to paint the tops of the steps to look like stone. That did not work out so well and my results were mediocre at best. I had some plastic tile sheets laying around that I cut new tops for the stairs and sprayed them. It was more of a fix than anything. Trying to remove my original painting attempt did not work out so well. lol
The sun room does not fit on the front of the house. You can see in the one photo that I had to take away part of the foundation. I removed the plastic right up to where the visible floor begins. I also had to remove the bottom edge of the wall that the sun room will attach to. I used plastic card to create a brick look for the corners where the sun room meets the house.
I'm plastic gluing the house together. Plastic glue actually kind of melts the plastic together and it bonds in a way that is nearly impossible to ever get apart. With the size I'm making this house, I want to be able to move it without the weight of it pulling joints apart.
The first and second floor will be 10 wide. The third floor will be 7 wide starting from the left and then two dormer window roof pieces then the corner roof piece. I think that's going to be the toughest to customize a good fit. I doubt the roof will butt up to a solid wall easily. Then the attic will be 7 wide from the left.
The little paintings... I just printed the pics and put sticky laminate over the front to look like glass in a frame. Twilight and Sims3!
