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December 10, 2008, 07:30:05 AM Last Edit: December 10, 2008, 07:32:15 AM by Weaver
DRB feature about incredible Doll's Houses:

http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/12/small-wonders-miniature-palaces.html

Now my first reaction was to put this in Everyday Chat on the grounds that "that's not modelling; that's doll's houses", but on reflection, that's utterly, utterly illogical. Somebody has made these miniature things beautifully and with great skill: it damn well IS modelling by any reasonable definition of the word..... :thumbsup:
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 - Sandman: A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Neil Gaiman

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cthulhu77

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December 10, 2008, 12:20:24 PM
Unbelievable work !!!  That hobbit house is fantastic !

ChernayaAkula

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December 10, 2008, 04:57:17 PM Last Edit: December 10, 2008, 04:59:05 PM by ChernayaAkula
That IS some serious skill at work there!  :o

I think the doll house "floor" between the bookshelves is a really neat idea!  :thumbsup:
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Moritz

Must, then, my projects bend to the iron yoke of a mechanical system? Is my soaring spirit to be chained down to the snail's pace of matter?

NARSES2

#3
December 11, 2008, 04:54:17 AM
Some "Dolls House" furniture is more expensive then the real stuff. Amazing workmanship in some of them. I think back in the 18thC designers used models to show what the prospective buyer was going to get for their money and the miniature furniture was made by the apprentices.
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Joe C-P

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December 11, 2008, 10:32:02 AM
They're a subset of the diorama. I've thought about doing a minature of a boat-builder's shop. Similar skills are needed, though many of the details I will purchase ready-made.
In want of hobby space!  The kitchen table is never stable.  Still managing to get some building done.

Weaver

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December 11, 2008, 05:10:49 PM Last Edit: December 11, 2008, 05:15:02 PM by Weaver
Yeah, I've thought about doing a diorama of an aircraft factory before now. Trouble is, you're not allowed to take cameras into work  except with special permission and supervision: wandering around snapping everything is not on....
"Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot."
 - Sandman: A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Neil Gaiman

"I dunno, I'm making this up as I go."
 - Indiana Jones
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