Guild wars 2 - Geeks love mini's too!

I play Guild wars 2 - recently they had a diorama contest - you can click on the entrants to see their work (the honourable mentions below the winning pics) - some awesome stuff there! Check them out :)

Guild Wars 2 Diorama contest

Floors :)

Dremel - the dream tools :) Always a must in mini work hey ;-) I have spent up biggly on Dremel tools - finally I get to use them a bit - here's a small part of my dream ownership lol

Have had this glass coat for years.. thought I might put it to work.. no idea what the outcome will be but..

I have used it to coat my floor, which I have since 'distressed' a little and sanded etc.. it's looking great! 24hrs till dry time - covered it to stop dust :)

The next thing is the icy-pole sticks (or popsicle sticks as others call them).. dremel to work on these! Going to be a long haul.. 

Which means I need more of my favorite soft drink LOL (oh yes that's my year)

I found some empty space!! Woohoo!

Oh and.. putting my kliovance container into action :P (pre floor finish)

Money.. spending lots of it! It's worth it.. best entertainment I've had in ages!!

Back to it! 

Pumping out the posts to keep them a bit shorter...

Firstly bricks... just added some furniture for the effect ;-) Kez bought this bar for me for my birthday - can't wait to use it!!  The maid is preparing the floor for me :)

I bought these a LONG long time ago, got them from England LOL Didn't realise I can actually get them in Aus too! Go see Tombthumbs! I love this store :)

Laying these with Tacky glue, and using a black chalk to dust over it & rubbing it in.. liking the effect so far!

It's Melbourne Cup day!! haha - what better way to display scale while things dry :)

Still working.. nice to see my plans coming together!

Wet Monday!

A little bit of progress, not lots because it was raining on and off today so I couldn't really work outside.  I wish I had a shed or garage to work in! Anyway - here's today's effort.. I had to paint inside - a couple of coats on the building..

This is son #2's new desk - he is painting also - I borrowed a corner!

Undercoat and a first coat of paint on the windows.

Tomorrow I hope to finish the windows - hope I have a steady enough hand ;-) 

Sunday Progress

Still working on things, but here's some progress.  Quite time consuming but it's good fun!

Painting outside, I was surprised to get a visit from the ducks who are using my pool for a while! They've never come so close before :)

Part of the reason the mystery box isn't 'complete' is that I had been wanting to use this!

Lots of cutting & measuring.. gluing.. and that wonderful masking tape!

Meanwhile.. inside isn't getting very far at all.

Tape off! And looking through the window you can see my favorite cutters :) They make life SO easy!

Primer :)

Of course, working on mini's comes at a price - in my house - it means my kitchen/dining area becomes a workshop! ..... a really messy one!

Will be doing a bit more painting tonight if the light is good enough.  Stay tuned!

2 weeks of leave :)

Finally it's here - 2 weeks off work! Going to be very busy as I need to finish the mystery box and get photo's up this week, and I have been researching for a project I want to work on.. all I can say at this stage is that I am using the kit below.  I bought this a year ago, paid $20 for it (on sale).. not realising the shipping to Australia would be so much! My total spend? $97.99 haha!! 

Let the fun begin!

A little shopping...

Kez has come to visit! I was lucky enough to be able to take the week off so we could explore the world of shopping again :) I think, so far, we have been successful!

Waiting.. at the airport LOL

Some of the shopping - we went to a shop on the other side of town, oh SOOO much stuff there!! Some of these things didn't come from there, but from the Doll House & Miniature show.  The BAR and the Filing cabinet.. - Kerry snuck into her shopping bag for me for my birthday :) 

Just one of the many many displays at the DH show.  Great day, a tad hard on the back! :)

We scoured op shops too.  Some of this came from op shops.. some from the fair.. some from the DH shop we visited :)

Went to Daiso too - a Japanese store.  Some interesting things there.  As above, of course a lot of this didn't come from there.. 

More things from all of the places we have been LOL.  Sorry for the blurry pics, they get worse if you want to view it larger :/

I'm sure there will be more!

Mini shopping is great fun, so much can fit in a little shopping bag!!