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Ball Jointed Dolls for 1:12 Scale

I’ve been intrigued by ball jointed dolls (BJD) ever since spotting Donn Kinney‘s work on DeviantArt a few years back. These dolls, also known as “modern dolls” or “Asian Ball Jointed Dolls” are very realistic, very pose-able, and are for the collector who is primarily focused on fashion and cosplay. I’ve never cared all that […]

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franken resin cast

Resin Tinting and Ebay Experiments

I mentioned to a few mini buddies that I am experimenting with tinting my resin casts. As you can see from the images, some of the results are pretty horrible. I bought the generic craft store tints (the set for $30) and not the one that was specifically made for the resin brand, because it was way […]

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Mini Christmas Tree from HomeDepot

Mini Xmas Trees from HomeDepot

To pick up where I left off on my last post, I want to show off some mini Christmas trees I bought from Home Depot! I was clued into this by Barb, the Flying Piglet when she showed off her purchases on her blog. Thanks Barb! You can find them by all the seasonal, holiday […]

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Lyssa's Mini Paintings!

Holiday Headaches and Happiness

I’ve been meaning to post earlier, but last Saturday morning, my Macbook’s screen would not turn on so I ended up doing a whole lot of freaking out. On Sunday, I was able to bring my laptop to the Apple store to diagnose the problem, only to find that the GPU (video card) is fried […]

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The casted shelf in all its glory!

Reminder! Mini Modern Bookcase Giveaway Ends on the 19th!

Just a friendly reminder to anyone who wants a chance to win a FREE 1:12 scale modern bookcase, pictured above! Here are the rules again: To be eligible for the giveaway, #1) you have to “Like” theAmazingMiniature’s Facebook page. Heck, you can “Like” it from the Facebook panel on the right of this blog to make […]

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