Hi Jess! You did a fantastic job!
1) regarding the mansard and tearing...sometimes that happens...you get the jaggedy bits where the roofs intersect each other at certain points. What works for me (only if I dont have other roofs on the house yet) is to take the all roofs angle and crank it all the way up and then slide it back slowly until it reaches the desired level. For some reason, that seems to make the tears blend together..moving them as one. Does that make sense? I dont know why it works exactly, but it just does.
2)This ties in to the first question....getting the top of the mansard as close to the edge of the wall as possible. It is just a matter of using a delicate touch on the tool...and sometimes it is persnickity. Personally, if the edges come up a bit higher, I dont think it is an issue. As a positive, it hides dormer roofs a bit better and I dont think you lose much on the fencing...just a little. :-)
3) as to the last one..the spanish house....if you think what you have done is boring, I would look at the shapes and see if you have too many of the same kind of roof. If so, look and see if you can change one of them to a different type. A little variety makes things more interesting. Here is another way to go with that roof:
I just swapped out a couple of the flat front roofs for the peaked gable roof for variety...to mix it up a little.
I hope that helps answer your questions, and if you come up with any more, please let me know. :D
