I finally finished the Ogre Display Boards Project Logs. I would have enjoyed it better if I wasn’t already knee deep on yet another project which by the way is turning out to be a fun one. I’ve done a lot of Pueblo style before but this Ranch Set will feature some of my newest accessories as well as a new critter Runt is making. It turned a little more elaborate than previously conceived but that’s just a norm around here.

Lets see, after this Ranch set there are some upcoming projects that have been long overdue. Remember this project?

Well this beautiful baby was injured [Read more...]

Going through my unsorted pictures I found this gem. I realized that there are a lot of things we haven’t shown and included in our gallery. I barely remember making this but looking at it I thought it was worth posting,

Another angle.

I also found in the same folder this picture of my beloved cat fluffy, I just realized why these picture were never added or why I haven’t done any content on our website for a long time. About August last year I lost my cat. He was a semi indoor outdoor cat and one day when I let him out he just didn’t came back. Last year was a very uninspired year for me. I miss you boy. :(

My background on miniatures started about 12 years ago. At that time I had recently bought a townhouse dollhouse that I started to furnish and was in the process of adding details such as miniature food and dish items for the dining table. I must have gone to half a dozen miniatures stores between CA and AZ and nowhere did I find any food items or miniature dishes and when I did come across any, they were never to my standards. It was something that just wasn’t available at the time. It would take another 3 years before I actually had the idea to make my own and it is only after my mom in law showed me her old collection of food item/dishes that she had sculpted using Play-Doh. I noticed though that this material shrunk and cracked over time and so began my quest to find a material that was both durable and easy to work with.

I’ve worked with clay and Papier-mâché pulp before and know that these things just aren’t suitable for sculpting small and detailed items. It was then such a wonderful thing when I first discovered polymer clay.  Polymer clay is a soft and smooth material that comes in three consistency, soft, firm and super firm. It also comes in variety of colors and opacity. It is often unnecessary for me to paint the miniatures that I’ve created and any color tones I needed could be executed by simply kneading the different colored clays together to achieve the look I want. But paint is nothing to worry about because this material is compatible with almost any types of paint and dust pigments. This material has made it possible for me to sculpt realistic looking miniatures. Here are some of my earlier works.

Here is a platter of Turkey in half-inch scale. [Read more...]