History in Miniature

Some of my latest creations. 1/48th scale dolls all in different period costume. From Tudor throught to a modern Gran and Grandpa.

All the doll are are just under 1.5" tall

I also have some witches finished but they were very relutant to have their picture taken. And there are a couple of Wizards awaiting wigs.

Camelot Characters

I might not have been blogging much but I have been busy over the last few weeks. These are 2 dolls I dressed for the latest minidoll project, Camelot's Court.

Darius and his granddaughter, Nell. Darius is a medicine maker and healer and he is teaching Nell all the secrets of his trade.

I researched the costumes by watching lots of Merlin episodes(BBC TV series) - at least that was my excuse.

The dolls are porcelain from various sources and are 1/12th scale.

Hello Dolly

Here are just a few of the little 1/24th scale doll's dolls I have recently added to my web site. Of course they would also work as smaller dolls in 1/12th or 1/16th scale. These are the same ones I posted undressed, a few weeks ago. They are made from polymer clay and dressed with fabric, lace and trims.

I only made a couple of little clowns as I wasn't sure these would sell as well as the cute dollies, but, low and behold, I sold one straight away. I will definately make more.

They are shown sat on a 1/24th scale chair which gives you an idea of the size in scale.

If you want to see them all, you will need to look on my shop web site - A Trifle Small

Enjoy :o)

Morgana

And finally my third doll for the Astoria project.

The Gothic bride, Morgana.

She is holding a bunch of black roses and I also made a bunch of red roses. Both sets of roses were made from thick tissue paper. The black tissue came with a pair of shoes and the red off a party hat. I'm not sure about the black, not tested it yet, but the red isn't fade resistant, but then what Goth girl likes bright lights or the sun?

Her hair and that of Embers was made from dismantled hair bands. I will try and get some pictures of the sort I mean and how I got hair from them.

She is 1/12th scale porcelain doll.

Ember

This is Ember, my fantasy doll for the Astoria project.

I am considering whether or not to add wings and she needs something in her hand, but what?

She is a 1/12th scale porcelain doll.

Hope you like her.

Chandra

Here's Chandra, my Astoria Black Dress doll (see previous posts).

Chandra means "The Moon". Which I thought was an opt name for this doll with her dress as black as the night sky and her face pale and shinning the the moon.

I finally managed to take some full length photos in which you can see the dress detail and face.

She is a 1/12th scale porcelain doll, (with some shapely fimo bits added).

Hope you like her.

Astoria Trio

I knew it was going to be tricky taking pictures of the black dresses but convinced myself I could do it. After a full hour taking pictures and trying to edit them, I'm not so sure.

I have taken some full length shots and the dresses show up quite well, but the faces came out to bright. Get the faces right and the dresses are to dark to see all the detail. I'm not so easily defeated so I'm going to give it another go to see if I can get some better shots.

Here are some close up head shots of my three ladys, which came out fine.

Remember to click on the pictures to get a biger view.

Astoria Trio - Black Dress

I'm on to my "Little Black Dress" doll.

I added polymer clay to build up a figure for a tight fitting dress. I used one of Dana's patterns, altered slightly and some old blouse fabric reversed for the dress (too shiney on the right side). It was very difficult trying to get a tight fitting dress without glue showing. I finally finished off the side seams with a piece of very narrow ribbon to hide the last bit of glue that I couldn't remove.

Still trying to think what to do with her hair. I want to keep the goth look but do something different from the other two.

Now where are the finished doll pictures? I hear you asking. As soon as I finish up the last of the trio, I will take some pictures.

Astoria Trio - Fantasy

I finished my bride and now on to the second doll for the minidolllist Grand Astoria Hotel Project ( http://www.minidolllist.com/ ).

This is my fantasy doll, again I'm doing a Gothic style - this one will be modern meets Georgian, well sort of! She just has a few finishing touches and then I can take some pics.

Astoria Trio - Bride

This is my first Astoria doll for the for the minidolllist Grand Astoria Hotel Project ( http://www.minidolllist.com/ ).

I need to create a bride/wedding doll, a fantasy doll and a "Little Black Dress" doll. I also decided to add the additional theme of GOTHIC to my series of dolls (no surprise there).

This doll is being turned in the wedding doll. I have almost finished her, just need to drape her dress and make a bouquet of flowers. Of course she isnt dressed in white.

"Muffin Dolls?"

My first post - finally got around to it.

I made a start on some 1/24th scale dolls, dolls.

I was thinking of calling them "Muffin Dolls" due to their muffin shaped heads but will have to check I'm not copyrighting any names there. I will start dressing them once I have finished the 3 Astoria Dolls.

Also in the picture are a pair of 1/48th scale dolls with the same muffin style head. If they look OK when they are dressed, I will make some more.