One twelve scale character figures

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Fimo posable characters next         Characters : one of the most difficult thing to make in miniature. But it's worth trying, the cheap 1/12 scale characters more look like children dolls than people on reduced scale. That can pass for a small girl but becomes ridiculous for an adult man or an old person, unless spending really much money in a character.... One can find on the Net dolls sites with detailed explanations. I make the head, the arms and the legs in flesh Fimo. The eyes and the mouth are then painted. The character is articulated (pipe-cleaner) then the reinforcement is covered with stuck fabric strips.         Last attempts after study of James Carrington book, August 2005 work :             1/12 Scale character figures for the dolls' house, a really excellent book. I read it several times and I made several heads before understand all and benefit from his methods. I thought not being able to do better than my first characters, but with practice, I saw all the progress made. But I does not make yet the complete chest in Fimo.       hands                                                                                 top next