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Kenneth Childres page 2 The back of the building was sawed off and sanded flush with the base to make a nice clean edge. You can also see the basic colors for the 1st and 2nd floor rooms and the holes for the floor joist.  To add some detail on the corner I added a column made from wood and Bondo with individual stones scored in with a razor saw.Also the large picture window was framed out with styrene.  With some trepidation I began adding rubble to the street and guts of the burned building. In the past I’d had no luck with rubble because it looked fake and stuck on. Sprinkling stones over plaster lumps wasn’t going to get it. I really wanted to be able to put all the rubble elements on dry so that they could be arranged and played with until they looked right then glue the stuff down. The answer was to mix Elmers white glue with rubbing alcohol and a few drops of dish soap. Also a bit of brown paint was added to tint it but not much. The alcohol speeds up the drying and is also a flattening agent so that there is NO shine to the rubble. The soap helps break the surface tension. It worked perfectly. Even the smallest particles of dirt and dust are locked down but look completely loose and realistic.  Weathering began on the exterior walls of the building. Airbrushed streaks, washes and pigments were all used to give it a grungy look.  I went through a lot of experimentation to try and get the interior walls to look burned and my good friend and fellow southerner Chris Mobley who is a firefighter provided me with invaluable insight into burned houses and some great pics to work from. Thanks Chris! Also the rubble in the interior of the house was given more timber in the mix and soot.  A couple of sections of foil were pressed on a homemade jig to replicate tin sheet. These were buried under rubble and twisted about. Floor joist were burned over a candle and inserted.  
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