Part 4 of the Nyne Dollhouse building series where the main first floor is worked on with the Band-it iron on wood product. This is going to be a long post with lots of pictures. While it is still work on the Nyne, this is largely an experiment/how-to-guide using Band-It wood veneer strips, wood filler, and wood stain. When conceptualizing the Nyne, my initial idea was to have the floors be removable. To plan for that, I...
Some Holiday Headaches and Happiness going on in the miniature world at Amazing Miniatures 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 and that it needs ...
Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving from Amazing Miniatures! I just want to wish everyone a safe and Happy Thanksgiving!
Part 3 in the Nyne House building series where I deliberate Material and Furniture Placement Planning. Its Monday and Thanksgiving is in just a few days.. scary how time flies! This will also probably be the last post until after Thanksgiving since I have gobs of work to do, gobs of family events to go to, and gobs of turkey to eat! This is a rather simple post anyway. Its all about planning! Picture...
The 2nd part of the Nyne House series where I start to build the first floor walls of the dollhouse. These pictures have been sitting in my hard drive for a few days, but I only got around to editing and posting them until now. Its not much, its just putting up the first floor, load bearing walls for the Nyne. I used polyurethane Gorilla Glue and “nailed” in toothpicks (pictured above) to join the ...
The Mini Bookcase Giveaway Winner! I wanted to post about this sooner but have been preoccupied with early Thanksgiving events with friends and family (I love this time of year!). So here it is, the winner of my very first giveaway!… drumroll please… Guess Who!!! Congrats to Lisa! She also has a blog where she chronicles her adventur...
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” the AmazingMiniature’s Facebook page. Heck, you can “Like” it from the Facebook panel on the right of this...
A dry fit of the Nyne House: A modern dollhouse made from styrofoam designed by amazing miniatures. Can I tell you how annoying it was to cut 3/4″ thick foam with a hobby knife? Its not as horrible as hand sanding, but it was pretty obnoxious. My cuts are not clean or perfectly square because it was all done by hand. Of course, it wasn’t until AFTER I cut everything out that I found out that there...
The first original Amazing Miniatures designed dollhouse, the Nyne house. So this is the project that I dreamt up a few months ago and have been planning since. I actually started working on it a few weeks ago in my spare time (which is very limited) and have only got to the framing process. Remember a post I made a long while back? The Nyne House is sort of it’s great, g...
Just a little update on the workspace used to great Amazing miniatures. This is an update of sorts from the workspace situation back in August when I was exiled from the dining room then. While some of my stuff is still there, the bulk of it is now back in the basement since the smell isn't as bad any more. I still do most of the "clean" crafting in my office (the door ...