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Building a Ruined Farm House

here is the fence...

While the wall was drying I began to construct a small wooden fence. To build it I used wooden coffee stirrers, pieces of balsa wood and thin metal wire. I started by making several wooden planks out of coffee stirrers. They were then sanded and set aside. Next step was to come up with the actual frame for the fence. It is basically a rectangular frame made out of two long flat coffee stirrers and four square-diameter wooden posts. Flat boards were laid out horizontally and wooden post were then glued to them vertically. I let that dry for a bit and then started gluing on the planks. As you will see from the photos, planks on the left and right side of the fence are pretty much in tact. The middle of the fence is a different story however. To achieve this destroyed effect, I laid six planks out on my workbench and then slowly broke one at a time to form a rough circular shape. This was done by braking the pieces by hand at different angles and by twisting the wood while it was being broken. Now you probably ask: "OK, but what about the top part of the fence?" The horizontal beam was also broken before it was glued in place. I figured that braking it after the glue had already set might have had some undesired results.
When the glue had dried I drilled four holes in each of the planks to represent nail holes. Also, in some places where the planks were missing, I drilled holes to represent missing nails. I then added a few rusty nails using thin wire and the fence was ready to be painted.
Process of painting the fence was not a difficult one. I first applied a base coat of dark grey. Let that dry and then followed it with several washes of dark brown. After this had dried, I dry brushed the whole fence with beige and light brown.