I've been doing small things in preparation for when some additional supplies arrive.  I've been cutting egg carton bricks a little at a time and tried out the color I bought for the foundation: Liquitex Burnt Sienna.  This is a thicker artist color acrylic, but it is a wonderful brick red color and has a great texture when stippled on with a stencil brush (two coats).  It was on sale for 30% off at Hobby Lobby this week, so I didn't mind paying a bit more for it.  Grouting will come later.

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I plugged the hole where the original stairs were to be with the very pieces that were originally cut from them along with a couple of backing pieces made from scraps from the die-cut boards.

I fitted the second bay window, again having to cut 1/16" off each side of the bay window walls and coordinating foundation pieces.  I marked the associated connectors with the letters of each adjacent piece before starting the aging process.  These markings will face the inside of the foundation and not be painted over, and therefore will still be visible when I am ready to glue it all together.

The wood for the connectors was a bit more resistant to the paint washes, so I followed up with a dark grey paint mixture.  I painted only the portions that would face the exterior of the house since I am still deciding on what to do for the interior, but I wasn't especially careful to avoid getting any paint on the interior portions.  Any stray marks will all be covered eventually.

I also didn't bother to repair any defects or cracks in the wood or gaps in the joins between pieces.  All of these imperfections will actually work in my favor for an old rundown house.  Maybe a tree branch fell on the house at some point.  ;]

After that dried, I put in a bit more black paint and thinned out the mixture with some water.  I brushed it on quickly and then dabbed the pieces with a paper towel to lift some of the color and to remove any obvious brush strokes.

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Once these dried, I used the same crackle medium and white paint process as I did for the siding.  Now we're getting somewhere.  :D

I think the red brick is going to anchor the nearly all white-grey house very well.

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