Cool mag: American Miniaturist

When I was at my class on making polymer clay foods last night [more about which later], the instructor, Melissa Cook, brought in some copies of American Miniaturist magazine. Must subscribe! The tutorials are for 1:12 scale stuff, but can very easily be adapted for 1:6 scale.

Muggins = Bombay

What I've read about Bombay cats is that they are black, very social, intensely loyal to their peoples, attention-loving and interested in cuddling. Muggins is clearly a Bombay! 

EDIT: Bombays have yellow to copper eyes, so green eyes are out for Muggins. Phooey.

1:6 scale food I made last night

Last night I took a class in making polymer clay foods with Melissa Cook, a local miniaturist. I really enjoyed myself as she taught us how to make jack-o-lanterns, apples, bananas and bread. She was teaching in 1:12 scale, but she provided enough clay for me to make fewer items, but larger ones.

Jack-o-lantern: formed, carved and baked around a core of loosely wadded tin foil.

Apples: lime green dusted with bright red pastel.

Bananas: bright yellow flattened to make four "ribs," brushed with lime green along top, bottom and ribs. Top to be colored with black Sharpie. Spots to be added with brown marker.

Bread: very pale tan with most color added via pastels: red, orange, brown, yellow, ochre. Red and dark brown look good for the toasted parts. Ochre gives the cooked parts a nice depth.

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Delphine as she is now

Delphine, Béatrice's twin sister, arrived today! Here she is [at right] with Béatrice [at left]. Like Béatrice, she came too loosely strung, with elastic of too narrow a gauge. She also has the elastic strung around her headcap hook, which needs to change. Additionally, she has scuzz keeping her eyes in her sockets and a very light default faceup.

Delphine needs all the improvements that her sister required almost a year ago: 1) restringing more tightly with the appropriate gauge of elastic, 2) adjustment so that stringing does not hook into headcap and so that  wrists/ankles have S hooks, 3) removal of eye scuzz, 4) removal of default faceup.

Of course, I'll also sand down her ears, redo her faceup, replace her eyes, wire her arms, make her a wig and find her some shoes. I didn't give her one of my existing wigs now because I had a suspicion that whatever wig I plopped on her would inevitably become hers, and I don't want to fight with her over a wig that I intended for Isabel. :p


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