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All Miniature Models
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Blathers’ First Digs: Building a Miniature of the Museum Tent in Animal Crossing
Think “field museum” meets “cozy campsite.” Warm interior light pushes through the miniature canvas tent like lemonade through linen, pooling on the wood step and catching the satin edge of the rope stanchions.

Brandon
Aug 22, 20258 min read


Brick by Brick: A Guide to Crafting Tiny Masonry Walls (Running Bond to Herringbone)
This miniature brick wall tutorial lives where texture meets patience: fine mortar lines, chipped arrises, soft lime bloom, and color variation from rusty orange to soot-dark umber. If you’ve been itching to add a dollhouse brick pattern to a 1:12 garden wall, an HO-scale factory, or even an Art Deco dollhouse fireplace surround, this is your field guide.

Brandon
Aug 17, 20256 min read


Gilded Nights on the Lagoon: A Venetian Carnival Miniature With Gothic Balconies & Canalfront Glow
A luminous Venetian carnival miniature—arched windows, café awnings, and rippling “water.” Explore the backstory, build tips, and get it as a canvas print

Brandon
Aug 12, 20257 min read


The Ultimate 80s Sewer Lair Miniature Diorama – Inspired by the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!
This diorama reimagines the Turtles’ sewer lair as it might have looked in the late 1980s, back when pizza, VHS tapes, and arcade games...

Brandon
Oct 31, 20249 min read


Retro Apocalypse: Miniature Diorama Inspired by Fallout and 1950s Nuclear Chic
Meet “Rad Ralph’s Refuge,” a cozy hideout for survivors of the Great Atomic Ruckus of 1957. After "The Big Boom," Ralph—once a...

Brandon
Oct 30, 20248 min read


The Curious Curiosities Cart: A Tim Burton–Style Miniature Halloween Market You Can Practically Smell
October is here, and what better way to celebrate the spooky season than with a Tim Burton-inspired miniature masterpiece?

Brandon
Oct 6, 20249 min read


Concrete, Cozy, and Clever: A Modern Industrial Miniature You’ll Want to Move Into
The diorama’s design inspiration can be traced back to the Modern Industrial aesthetic, which originated in the loft apartments of NYC…

Brandon
Mar 5, 20249 min read


Petals & Ziggurats: A 1940s Art Deco Floral Shop in Miniature
Step into the elegance of 1930s Los Angeles with this fantasy Art Deco floral shop model. Its white, black, and champagne gold palette…

Brandon
Nov 25, 202311 min read


The Night Market of Krampus Lane: A Tim Burton–Inspired Christmas Ornament Vendor Miniature
Here lies a Christmas ornament and décor vendor stand, a meticulous miniature that reimagines the warmth of the holidays with a twist of…

Brandon
Nov 22, 202313 min read


Whispers and Potions: The Enchanted Elf-Style Apothecary
Welcome to The Potion Shop at Lumen Lane, founded in Year 403 of the Willow Calendar by the elf apothecary Asteriel Fernwright and her not-entirely-reliable familiar, Kettle (a soot-smudged magpie with a hoarding problem and an eye for shiny corks).

Brandon
Nov 18, 20238 min read
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