Damn fine tiny cafe

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Post by thecsw » Fri, Aug 28, 2026, 4:43 PM UTC

My hobby of building miniatures and taking pretty pictures

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Post by mholt » Mon, Aug 31, 2026, 4:50 AM UTC

Ah neat, my daughter likes to do this too, with Rolife. I let her borrow our camera with our 105mm macro lens to take artsy shots of her builds, and it was a fun learning and creative experience together. Highly recommend.

Also, dust and hair at that scale looks hilariously huge, so you might want a cleanroom. :-/

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Post by sebmellen » Mon, Aug 31, 2026, 5:06 AM UTC

Super cool. Love these kinds of posts.

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Post by sixtyj » Mon, Aug 31, 2026, 5:15 AM UTC

There should be some scale for comparison just to wow people more. I think that most of us underappreciate how really tiny models are.

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Post by skybrian » Mon, Aug 31, 2026, 5:30 AM UTC

Not directly related, but one of the more impressive artists I've seen along these lines. Each photo has a bit of a story to it:

https://bsky.app/profile/maggiemice.bsky.social/post/3mqty4y...

https://bsky.app/profile/maggiemice.bsky.social/post/3mpqrsc...

https://www.maggierudy.com/making-mouseland

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Post by sshine » Mon, Aug 31, 2026, 6:39 AM UTC

My wife collects and resells these miniatures.

It is quite fascinating. It's kind of like Warhammer.

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Post by kuerbel » Mon, Aug 31, 2026, 6:50 AM UTC

sshine wrote: post #6

My wife collects and resells these miniatures. It is quite fascinating. It's kind of like Warhammer.

They buy them assembled? or rare versions or something?

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Post by veunes » Mon, Aug 31, 2026, 7:06 AM UTC

The tiny newspaper and individually assembled tulips got me. There is a strange amount of joy in details that almost nobody will ever notice unless they stop and look closely.

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Post by veunes » Mon, Aug 31, 2026, 7:07 AM UTC

skybrian wrote: post #5

Not directly related, but one of the more impressive artists I've seen along these lines. Each photo has a bit of a story to it: https://bsky.app/profile/maggiemice.bsky.social/post/3mqty4y... https://bsky.app/profile/maggiemice.bsky.social/post/3mpqrsc... https://www.maggierudy.com/making-mouseland

Wow, these are excellent. I clicked for the miniature craft and ended up staying for the tiny mouse drama

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Post by veunes » Mon, Aug 31, 2026, 7:09 AM UTC

sixtyj wrote: post #4

There should be some scale for comparison just to wow people more. I think that most of us underappreciate how really tiny models are.

Definitely needs the traditional banana for scale, although in this case the banana might occupy half the cafe (just a joke, sorry (just in case))