Tips and Hints

If you've got all the things on this list, you can make just about anything!

A useful primer on mitring and framing.

Looking for inspiration for your next roombox or miniature scene? Want to build in something entirely unique? Can't find just the right container to build that scene you've planned in your head so long?Here is a list of fifty unique containers that can be hollowed out, emptied, transformed, turned upside-down or otherwise modified into roomboxes.

It's hard to work in a mess. Here are some ideas to help you organize everything you need.

Series of articles taken from the November 1995 Nutshell News on decorative painting techniques for miniatures. Topics included marbling, stencilling, bambooing, spatter painting, verdigris, rubber stamping, faux wood techniques, spongework, stippling, and crackle.

Brooke Tucker once said "Miniatures are art. And like all good art, it should be framed to enhance the art and to focus the viewers attention." This tutorial teaches you how to turn any picture frame into a shadow box to display your minis.

Do you ever have a problem sanding your minis, especially delicate operations like getting laser burn off tiny breakable quarter-scale pieces? Then this sander is for you. You can easily make one for yourself out of a Braun Oral B battery operated electric toothbrush (or any other round headed electric toothbrush from the drug store).

It's often difficult to find just the right cording to embellish miniature furniture. This article allows you to make your own from embroidery thread.

A few short tips on improving your painting and finishing techniques.

Hate that fabric covering an otherwise lovely wing chair? Cover it in Leather!

Building cupboards is like building any other piece of "case" furniture. Basically, it's a box with a drawer/door on the front. These are non-working drawers/doors, and are "just for looks". Any piece of furniture that incorporates a box can be built using these techniques.

The most useful miniaturist's tool is an X-Acto knife or other craft knife. Find out more about the different blades and their uses.