Mini Stephen world - bottles part 2

[nid_dabeille]

Tonight I distressed miniature bottles.  Bet your evening wasn't as awesome as that.

(The oblong bottles have a tendency to fall over.  No matter - I'll use wax to hold them in place on the shelf in my dispensary.)

And I distressed the medical instruments too.  I'm especially proud of my bone saw on the right.  It took a lot of altering.  And I sharpened all the knives with a tiny emery board too.  And I have two different styles of trephines!  And I made the glasses with jewelry wire.  The black trephine is made from a nail and a carved toothpick.



These were the same tools before I started tampering with them - note the bone saw with its bright red round handle there, and its square blade!  And the trephine was a hand drill before I cut off the end of it.



I also found a way to paint with superglue to make it look like spilled liquid on the sides of the bottle.  I was doing that anyway with paint, but then I realized that superglue would stick to some of the really shiny slick smooth bottles better than my paint would - or would give the paint something to cling to.

And those little jars with metal lids open and are hollow.  I put sawdust in one, baking soda in another, and painty water in the third.



And for scale, and to give you an idea of my painting technique (which was primarily smear some paint all over the things with my fingers):

Up next: labels on the bottles, leather covered books and a bookshelf.

ETA: And look at this miniature model of a ship's surgeon's dispensary at the NMM site!  How I squeaked with delight when I saw it!

Linked at doll_houses.

Comments

[sakka.livejournal.com]

Oooohhhh, there's nothing cuter than miniature bottles. Looks like you have a great collection -- I'm glad the little scissors turned out from the scrapbooking charm ;)

Keep us updated if you have time! I'm certainly enjoying it! :)

[shecountscrows.livejournal.com]

Delightful! I think I'm going to enjoy watching this project progress!

[kiramowett.livejournal.com]

Wow. That's just cool!

[elizabathory.livejournal.com]

Very impressive!

[tootsiemuppet.livejournal.com]

That is just amazing.

Little trephines!!! *love*

[ladybugjo.livejournal.com]

Your attention to detail is astonishing!! The bottles and tools really do like they've been living on a weather beaten ship.

[drezdyndawll.livejournal.com]

Terrific work!!! I can't wait to see your finished project! You will post piccies, yes? :)

[derekcfpegritz.livejournal.com]

Congratulations, mate--you're lovely work has just made it onto Ectomo.com (http://www.ectomo.com/index.php/2007/09/21/sorry-jimyer-miniature-legs-got-to-go/)! That truly is some spectacular miniature work.

[sharpiefan.livejournal.com]

Those look fantastic! The amount of detail they've got - if you don't know the scale, you'd swear they were full size! Mini-Stephen is certainly going to have a very well-stocked sickbay!

Huzzah!

Now, if I can tear myself away from my shiny new tech, I will start hunting out stuff for my own old-tech doll's house...

Ho hum.

[larimoon.livejournal.com]

Absolutely fantastic, can't wait to see the next lot!

[ladyhamilton.livejournal.com]

Wow. These are amazing- they look great, and I hadn't realized how small they are until I saw the scale picture. WOW!

No, my evening was definitely not as awesome as yours. =)