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aging

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Miniature aging techniques for dollhouses, roomboxes and dioramas

Aging, antiquing, weathering. All techniques to make projects less pristine and more realistic.

Links to miniature projects

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photo albums, blog posts, webpages

Closed for renovation - by Cindy Diamond

Grunge at its Best - from St Albert Minis, by Linda Austin

Heritage House - Otterine has fantastic peeled paint effect here

Neighbors - from Whitehorse Studios

Puppeteer's House - by Rita from Germany

Undersized Urbanite Apocalypse - from MiniFanaticus

Vintage Mannequins - from Fabulously Flawed Miniatutes

Weathered Buildings - from CD01 on Flickr

Blogs

Blogs concentrating on aging techniques or categories/labels about it in blogs

Lotje's Dollhouse - take a look at that bathroom. Wonderful!

Groups

Discussion groups, forums (or forum categories) and photo groups dedicated to aging techniques.

Supplies for sale

Supplies needed for making aged projects.

Miniatures for sale

Do you have a section for aged products in your shop? Add a direct link to that item here.

Books

Books about miniature aged projects (also books with chapters about them)

Instructions for miniatures

Miniature printables

Wallpapers

Wallpapers that go well with aging techniques

Other Printies

Book/magazine covers related to aging techniques

Videos

YouTube videos about miniature projects related to this subject

Weathered Wood Miniature Floor - from A Little More Minis, much like the Thomas’s Bug juice

Aging Coffee Stir Sticks - by Sharon Ojala, from Where the Gnomes Live on YouTube

Puddle, Mop and Rusty Bucket - by Queen City Miniatures

Research/ Inspiration

The Thomases developed "bug juice" to age wood and have a web site showing some of their wonderful projects

Tips/Hints

Make dust - put a little baby powder or chalk dust in the open palm of your hand and blow toward the attic. When satisfied with the way it looks, add a wisp of matte spray over the entire thing. If it needs more, repeat the process. After adding the dust, it's kind of cool to make some footprints, either human or animal, going across the open floor space. Use various sizes of pencil erasers to make these.
see painting miniatures for washes to achieve specific effects
mix a small amount of colour into a clear acrylic medium or varnish. Experiment with the proportions, but the mixture should be mostly clear with a bit of colour. Make up a formula so you can use it on another piece if you like the results. Burnt umber= darker glaze with brown/black look. Raw umber= lighter more golden brown appearance. White wash (to create a patina on lead flashing, for example). Grey for a driftwood effect. Grey with yellow oxide for slightly aged ivory shade. (Picture old white lead paints yellowed somewhat and slightly dingy in a kitchen or bathroom. Blues, green or blue green produce a verdigris effect such as found on copper or brass. Sap green is close to the colour found on outdoor garden items

Ideas about what is needed for these projects

links to inspiring pages

Ichiyoh Haga - Dollhouse Miniature Artisan, remarkably detailed creations, His technique for patina can not be bettered! Operates a school for miniaturists.

Mini Rustic on Pinterest - by Darlene Neilson