Kiev’s Museum of Micro Miniatures

Rose In A Hair Photo
Rose In A Hair

Within the walls of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, the Kiev Monastary of the Caves is the Museum of Microminiatures, a collection of models that are so small and so detailed that they defy belief. For example, there is the rose inside a hair, shown above:

“The hair is drilled lengthwise and polished outside and inside until being transparent. An artificial rose twig is inserted into the bore. The flower diameter is 0.05 millimeters, the stem is 0.005 millimeters thick.”

Using Children’s Board Books For Bases

Here’s an interesting idea about using an old children’s board book as a base for making terrain. I think there’s lots of other uses for this readily available source of thick cardboard.

Refurbishing Old Wargames Scenery

Scotty’s Wargaming blog has an article on refurbishing old wargames scenery. I’ve got quite a bit that I’ve accumulated over 40 years of gaming that needs touching up.

Making A Long Marshes Game / Display Board

This is a nice video showing the construction of a beautiful marshes board. The board was designed for display, but the techniques could be used to make terrific battle boards.

Making Desert Bases

Big Lee’s Miniature Adventure has an article comparing various methods for making desert bases for 6mm figures. The techniques, of course, can be applied to any scale.