Dollhouse Thread
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I've never built a dollhouse before, so I'm thinking about picking up a kit and doing one of those before fucking up a bunch of basla wood on my own. Eventually, I'd like to make a whole scene with landscaping and plastic piping.
I'll never be baller enough to make something like this.
This looks cool, but I think it would've looked better if the exterior wasn't a dog turd with a stick in it.
Lastly, something a bit different.
I love dollhouse stuff but I've never built a house either. Very tempting though!
I've only made diorama stuff
http://www.qualitytoys.com/the-beacon-dollhouse.html
>>5655225
Thanks for posting the link. There are a handful of dollhouse kits out there, and almost all of them are pretty neat.
http://www.qualitytoys.com/the-glencroft-dollhouse.html
>>5655232
Yeah no worries ! I can dump some stuff but I mostly have diorama stuff so I dont know how much I can contribute .
>>5655237
Dioramas are cool, too. Hit us with your best.
Oh this is just a cute little thing
https://youtu.be/1GZDomTijOQ
>>5655245
>All those secret escape tunnels
>Rotating wall
http://www.justminiaturescale.com/1144th-Scale-Buildings-C2924.aspx
>>5655262
Damn that looks cool, I wonder if it can open up to show the interiors
>>5655245
This one isn't as cool, but I like the idea of making a bigger one as a bunny hutch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IzpwVHVmyg
>>5655281
I love bun buns and this is extremely cute
Posting some pics of my dolls house. I really want to make dolls houses on commission in a couple of years when I've got my life together. Obviously to a far higher standard than this hodgepodge, but I still like it!
>>5655285
That's super kawaii, bruh. I've honestly thought about getting a commissioned doll house, but there aren't a whole lot of people who do this. I don't even know where to begin.
>>5655285
A little bed I made just to use up some parts.
>>5655300
There aren't no (luckily for me) but when I get it all set up I'll mention it on toy if relevant. It's not hard I don't think, it just takes a lot of time and patience (and some money) to get what you want!
I began just by rooting around on ebay. What I need to do the most now is light my dollshouse!
>>5655306
>>5655309
>>5655327
>those stairs
good lawd
>>5655225
>http://www.qualitytoys.com/the-beacon-dollhouse.html
my man, are those 1:18 or 1:12 ??
>>5655537
It's 1:12 judging by the 1 inch = 1 foot tag.
>>5655650
Bummer. They would look cool as a french villa for ourwar 1:18 figures.
>>5655537
doll houses are usually 1:12 or 1:24.
>>5656598
>that painting.
Since I feel like this is an appropriate thread, for any of you that make minatures for your houses. What brand paint do you usually use?
Since I'm trying my hand at making some 1:12 scale stuff, I want to practice painting little details. I just have the basic craft paint from joann/michaels to practice with now, and would like to get better paint for later. Would I need to look more in the line of paints for painting things like model cars/planes, or something else?
>>5655262
Gorgeous
>>5656671
Honestly I just use artist acrylics. Get a basic set of Liquitex with your 50%coupon.
>>5656762
Like this or the 12 pk version right?
The best blog on dollhouses is otterine.com
There are some tutorials, and many pictures of her in progress projects, as well as all the insane amounts of detailing she does.
This particular house is a few years old, but is still my favorite of hers. When she completes a house, she posts a full indepth pictorial with links back to older in progress entries.
http://www.otterine.com/blog/blog1.php/the-haunted-heritage-a-pictorial
Pic related is the bathroom. All of her stuff looks so real, that if you didn't stop to take a close look, you'd think it was a photo of a fullscale, real room.
Bump for diorama sets ideas
>>5658140
I went to her site and found info on miniature shows coming to my area. There's one next year that I'd like to try being a vendor for. $200 for a 6' table. I used to be a vendor at anime conventions and I love crafting, so I may try to get a table.
>>5658140
Neat! Bookmarked for future references.
>>5655257
>>5655264
>dolls/action figures with tiny versions of themselves.
God damn is that shit cute as hell.
I went to Dollar Tree today and they had some wooden doll house furniture. Surprisingly, it's not made in china but some company in Virginia.
The quality is pretty poor though, glue and misaligned pieces everywhere, so hey, cheap stuff for me to practice on.
Here's some bookcovers to print if you want to make your own books.
>>5655287
this is the best so far
would love to see a Dollhouse modeled after H.H. Holmes' Murder Castle
>>5662979
Too big, too expensive.
>>5663302
Thanks anon! I love making it, though it's fiddly to pose stuff in it without knocking little ornaments over. I actually just made a loooad of miniature books and manga for this house, I can only grab a webcam pic for now but here. The ones piled up on the floor are just there until I get some wood to make a bookcase with.
>>5656671
Yeah I use acrylics too like other anon said. If you need to you can always thin the paint out a bit
I live about 5 minutes away from a dollhouse store. I've never been in but this thread makes me want to go.
any "damaged" ones? like from a bombing or something?
>>5662795
Nice
I finished this last year for the shinki thread, thought there might be some people here who'd wanna see the finished product.
>>5673642
I'm also happy to answer questions about how I did it. There's certainly things I'd do different if I went back to do it again, and I learned a lot getting it together and electrified.
>>5673645
>>5656671
I've also been painting miniatures, and found the Apple Barrel / Folk Art dollar bottles to be pretty good. Was using water to thin the paint, but read about using Pledge floor polish for thinning instead.
Overall I'm pleased with the effect. Pledge thins the paint nicely without diluting the color like water. You'll want the one that says "2x more shine", the bottles used to mention the Future name but have been phased out.
>>5673708
Basic components? The house itself is a discontinued Melissa and Doug kit. The walls, ceiling and floors are all paper, glued to the wood with Yes brand paste. (Would not recommend, if I do another house, I'll be sanding and painting everything properly, and using adhesive pressboard floorboards for the floor; in a humid climate, the paper likes to bubble up, even if you seal it) baseboards and trim are basswood stained with stain marker, I electrified it with 12 volt boat LEDs and a Cir-Kit lighting kit, which is a tape wire setup. Hid the wiring with the ceiling beams (not a good idea, it makes repairs to the wiring a nightmare) and the beams are window trim from Lowe's that I hand-stained. Chimney is brick paper on art board, hand-scored with various tools to get the bricks to have an embossed look, and the chimney cap is 1:12 scale plaster dollhouse bricks that I mixed up some custom mortar for, I -think- with glue and paper clay, but I forget exactly how I did the mortar. Foundation is watercolor paper, cut and torn up by hand, then painted with acrylic washes to look like stone. Roof is simple shingle tile strips I got off amazon, glued to a graph paper template, then ATG'd to the roof. Everything's on top of an electric-conducting ball bearing turntable, which lets me spin the house 360 degrees while the lights are on, and the house's siding is just the natural wood of the kit stained with some water-based blue stain.
I think that's everything. Anything you want me to go into detail on?
>>5674052
Looks pretty good anon. I'll have to try the watercolor paper technique. I'm gathering stuff for a witch house diorama and it might make a really cool looking floor, or fireplace.
Also, where did you get some of your furniture? Just different shops or do you have a preferred place?
>>5673858
I'll definitly keep the future shine in mind. Though I have to go to walmart to get it since apparently neither my local home depot or lowes carries it. It'd be so much easier since the Home Depot is within walking distance.
Another question in general. I'm learning how to work with resin for jewelry making, charms, etc.... Is there any ideas that would be neat to try for dioramas or doll houses? I know there's ones for food, flowers, etc... I was thinking of maybe finding a mold for like, a 5mm sphere. Maybe make some cute little "snow globes"
The smallest I've found so far is 7.5 mm.
>>5674167
I generally got my stuff from miniatures.com and superior-dollhouse-miniatures.com but a lot of the time ebay was cheaper, and that's saying something. Generally just shop around.
Another site I had good luck with was earthntree.com - I got most of my wall/floor paper from them.
>>5655327
Is this the Target dollhouse?
>>5676141
Dust isn't that bad of an issue, actually. Any that builds up can quickly be swept out with a watercolor brush, and it doesn't seem to build up that quickly.
>>5674052
How is the Melissa Doug furniture? I was thinking of grabbing a few of the sets but can't find good reviews.
>>5677852
The quality control is hit or miss. The chairs are way bent out of shape, and the cabinet needed some TLC to be any good.
Really, it's hand-made stuff, so expect there to be problems, but it's good enough for photographs or play.
>>5655237
I make those, please excuse the pic quality.
>>5673645
what scale, my man?
>>5678502
>>5678502
Thanks for the reply. I don't need anything too fancy just yet but I really need to upgrade from the plain wooden set I currently own. I decided to get the kitchen set first and if I am content with that I'll get more. Pic related.
>>5676283
Ah thanks. Dust is a big issue for me hence why I prefer enclosed cases.
>>5677852
I've found them to be serviceable for the most part myself. As anon >>5678502 said, QC can be hit or miss. I've had similar quality in build for cheaper Chinese furniture that required a wood oil coat and finish to be on par with their stuff.
>>5678567
If that's your stove, Melissa and Doug furniture will definitely be an upgrade. Not too much of an upgrade, but an upgrade none the less.
>>5678935
>>5679470
The wooden furniture came with the used dollhouse I bought. The person did a desent job putting the house together but it looks like they let their kid build the furniture. Most of the pieces are covered in glue. The Melissa Doug furniture sounds pretty good, I'm excited to get the kitchen.
>>5674167
A mold for a tiny sphere? Well making your own molds you might have luck with using ball bearings or slingshot ammo depending on whichever makes the size you need.
>>5679868
Yeah. I think I may just have to get some mold maker. I was thinking of getting some a bit later.
Courtesy of 2chan.
>>5680914
The interior is pretty amazing.
Made a new bookshelf and a bunch of books for my dollshouse!
Reupholstering the couches now.
>>5674167
Don't know about tiny spherical molds, but I have used this for some cool projects.
http://www.michaels.com/found-objects-clear-round-bottle-pendants-by-bead-landing/10421368.html#pmpt=qualifying&start=128
They're a lot more well formed and round that the packaging in the picture makes them look. You can take the cork out, turn it upside down, and put whatever you want inside and glue it to a base.
>>5687377
Here they are beside a couple of coins for size reference.
Reupholstered the couches and made a little knitted rug, going to build a new tv now.
>>5697920
Much happier with how this is progressing but I don't doubt I'll have to re wallpaper since it's so torn up. Looks like the floor needs redoing pretty badly too, guess that's my work for tomorrow!
>>5697921
forgot photo
>>5696765
>Maho tsukai
excellent taste
>>5698455
For the wallpaper I used some sketchbook paper I have (the reason it's torn up and gross looking is I used to have posters glued to the wall), and for the floor I printed off a floorboard pattern. I'm hoping to varnish the floors eventually and that will make them look a lot better I think, but I will have to re paper them first.
The posters are easy, I just grabbed some cute pictures off the internet and scaled them down to be tiny and printed them off. The ones that are a little raised are backed with cardboard.
>>5696762
sauce?
>>5655218
Spooked by those three floors.
>>5674167
Etsy is a good place to find more interesting molds. Ali, eBay, and Amazon are good if you're on a budget. Ice cube molds, sugar craft molds and the like are all fine to use, as long as it's silicone you should be fine.
Alternatively, make your own. It's easy, but bear in mind that if you use silicone putty or non-shiny items your pieces will turn out dull.
>>5678540
Nice, did you buy them or did you build them yourself?
>>5704918
I believe those come as unassembled kits so anon did a bit of both.
>>5705167
Oh I see, thanks!
>>5685546
Nice work.
