I have at last finished writing my book on how to create special effects for your miniature house or shop using Microsoft Word and a colour printer. Special graphics packages are not required. The detailed instructions given are basically for 1/12th scale, but these can easily be adapted for 1/24th, 1/48th, or even 1/144th.
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The book covers such topics as creating your own wall and floor coverings, including kitchen and bathroom tiles, wooden wall panels, and wood, marble and mosaic floors, stained glass and etched windows, plus making co-ordinating fabrics for soft furnishing, dresses and patchwork quilts.
Anderson's Antiques Shop can be seen in greater detail under 1/12th scale Miniatures
When building Anderson's Antiques shop, I used "The Book" method to create the fascia and marble panels under the windows, and internally the wooden panelling (which just shows behind the shelf units), the wallpaper and top frieze, and the frame around the picture above the fireplace.
In Aphrodite's shop I used this method to create the fascia, brown marble tiles under the windows, and the brown marble columns; also, the mosaic doorstep (above right) and decorative marble floor, the centre panel of which is shown above left. These too can be seen in more detail under 1/12th Scale Miniatures.
The hat boxes and corset boxes were also created this way, although details of these are not included in this book.
