Selkie Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Ah - a house to oneself ... sweet gifts of time ... the universe smiled on you! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathieB Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 ... and THEN begin moving all the tools, workbenches and my kits and supplies out there! Once you get to working again, we're going to want to see photos just like the ones you enjoy from us. While you're waiting to begin work again, why don't you get an inexpensive digital camera and practice with it? (And don't give me that nonsense about your body chemistry mucking up electronics ... Love from a friend, ~k P.S. I've been trying to make a potter's head in 1:12 out of Sculpey III. It's harder than it looks! I have three going at once. I'm hoping one may turn out not looking as if the poor fellow is a retired pugilist. I'm using Katherine Dewey's book Creating Lifelike Figures in Polymer Clay: Tools & Techniques for Sculpting Realistic Figures. She has good instructions and hints for beginners as well as patterns for various scales. I couldn't ask for a better instructor. I could, however, ask for a better set of eyes and fingers if that were possible! When it comes to baking, I think I'm going to have to track down a toaster over in a second hand store. The thought of having the poor guy's head rolling around in hot water is too scary to contemplate. According to Ms. Dewey, the clay gets softer before it sets, so it's possible it would come out misshapen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 I bought my toaster oven and oven thermometer at one of the dollar stores. And DH the engineer still hasn't been able to figure out the digicam we got to try, so when I finally do get back to taking pictures it'll be my usual el cheapo point&click "crappy" pictures *sigh* Maybe I should sculpt your potter and you can come take pictures for me (duck&run!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathieB Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 ... so when I finally do get back to taking pictures it'll be my usual el cheapo point&click "crappy" pictures *sigh* Maybe I should sculpt your potter and you can come take pictures for me (duck&run!) Better yet, how about I show you how to use the camera? All you need to know is the automatic and micro features. The rest is superfluous for your needs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Better yet, how about I show you how to use the camera? All you need to know is the automatic and micro features. The rest is superfluous for your needs. Gee willikers! That's a dandy idea! And I can get out my toaster oven and clay and we can have a mini doll sculpting party whilst we're at it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caseymini Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 I started on the Coventry Cottage. Already it is screaming at me. I am lowering the second floor, so that it is livable. If everything goes as planned, I will be adding a tower in the middle... If you want to see, it's on my blog yesterday and today. Just poke my blog changes daily below my name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 ...If everything goes as planned, I will be adding a tower in the middle... Minis on the Edge made the entry of hers into a twoer room: http://www.greenleafdollhouses.com/forum/index.php?app=blog&module=display§ion=blog&blogid=15&showentry=665 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caseymini Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Holly, if all goes as planned, my tower will be at the back, where the two gables meet. It will be another actual room. The roof of the porch will be an open terrace. Maybe with a canopy roof. Fingers crossed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathieB Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Casey's blog entry for Sunday, January 19, is a great example of the value of dry fitting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyckedWood Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Looking fw to seeing more of that Casey. Ive had that kit for years, that short second floor stops me from actually opening the box and building it. When I do it, I'll prob leave it off and add rafters....someday. Happily working on my DC Tudor, I had cut a large opening for a cozy fireplace and after staring at it for days on end, finally had a breakthrough and am almost finished with it (the fireplace). Im happy to have gotten to the point in this hobby where I can be more effective buying mini lumber than I can be buying a prebuilt piece of furniture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caseymini Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Karin, I will be showing how to do it tomorrow. It is fairly simple if you can use a saw or a box cutter and a straight edge. Come along for the ride! So far, it is working.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyckedWood Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 I'll be watching your blog, and I checked out the last few posts you made. I had to laugh to myself what you said about the witch luring the children in...when I bought this kit I bought it to make it into a Hansel and Gretel witches cottage, the top of the porch was (or is, maybe) going to hold a large plaster upside down ice cream cone ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caseymini Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 I hope that I didn't offend your witch, Karin. LOL. The upside down ice cream cone sounds fun! Is the oven self cleaning? It should be. When H and G push her in and put it on "self cleaning", there will be nothing left but a big pile of ashes.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyckedWood Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Hmmm... Good idea lol ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalesq Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 I really like the Coventry Cottage, it's such a cute house. It will be fun to see what you do with it Karin. I'm already watching Casey's transformation of this kit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyckedWood Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 It will be a long time before I do anything with it, unless it starts talking louder than it has been. I'll be enjoying watching what Casey does with it though. I've always thought Tracys Coventry was my favorite of all of her houses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selkie Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 I've shied away from this kit because, to me, it looked so "off" for the floor plan and second story. I'm so glad to see/hear what you folks are doing with it. It certainly puts it in a whole other perspective. I like what I see in these adaptations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caseymini Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 I dry fitted the whole thing this morning and I think that lowering the second floor makes all the difference. Now there is definitely room for a bedroom and a separate bath. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheckMouse Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 While I'm still waiting on the replacement parts for my Georgian Townhouse, I spent the day yesterday on a small project. I made a dollhouse, about 1:1728 scale, to go into a 1:144 setting. The "house" is from an address label - the kind we get free in the mail, hoping we'll donate to one cause or another. This one sported birdhouses on each label - lucky me! So here's my little house ... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caseymini Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Well done, CJ. Love the idea. The whole scene is great! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Where on earth did you find a 1:144 person!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morgansmith Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Simply fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheckMouse Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 (quote still won't work for me) Holly - I use the N-gauge train people. Very slightly smaller in scale (1:160) but close enough. And there are dozens of poses and activities available Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 In that setting he didn't look N-gauge. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxxie2 Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 I am eager to get to work on my Orchid today after I get caught up after a 3-day weekend. I guess its time to look at the directions....lol I have the house put together minus the roofs and gables. That's what I will try to get to later today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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