Author Topic: (Commercial) Tiny furniture, tabletop props (and figures too) (Read 78720 times)

Dr Mathias · « **Reply #300 on:** October 31, 2020, 02:05:08 AM »

That Siren poster is pretty sweet

I picked up some sci-fi stuff from the Etsy store several weeks ago, good stuff!

Tiny-Furniture · « **Reply #301 on:** November 02, 2020, 10:17:45 AM »

Just a perfect day for a work... in Tinyburg dungeons!

ced1106 · « **Reply #302 on:** November 08, 2020, 07:59:58 PM »

Nice job!

AKULA · « **Reply #303 on:** November 08, 2020, 10:39:29 PM »

Excellent additions

ced1106 · « **Reply #304 on:** November 13, 2020, 03:32:40 AM »

(WIP and full review on Reaper : https://forum.reapermini.com/index.php?/topic/93680-tiny-furnitures-old-woods/
(Other Tiny Furniture reviews on RPG.net : https://www.rpg.net/reviews/search-review.phtml?productCompany=tiny+furniture&orderby=category&showinfo=publisher

Tiny Furniture's "Old Woods" consists of three upright broken trunks, and one fallen one. Each trunk is a single-piece cast. As expected from the Tiny Furniture line of miniatures, the details are impressive, including mushrooms, shrubbery, grass, fallen leaves, knotholes, making these miniatures well-suited for not just rpg and miniature gaming terrain, but dioramas and displays as well. The three upright trunks fit on a 2"x2" area, and the fallen one is somewhat wider than 1"x3". The models have no sprues and no mold line preparation. The miniatures are available unpainted and painted.

Color Scheme : Realistic and in the Background. You'll probably be using these miniatures as scenery or gaming terrain for your other miniatures. So it's more likely that you'll be painting them in less vivid and eye-catching colors, so your attention will be on your character miniatures. Also, given the realistic details on the miniatures, you'll want to paint them more like real trees than cartoon illustrations. Note that, since most of us have seen trees, anything realistic can be a challenge to paint because we have an unconscious expectation of what a tree looks like, so anything painted incorrectly will stand out. I thus recommend, despite the mundanity of the miniature, that you have some experience in painting realistic terrain.

Real vs. Cartoon. Thus, you may want to look at some actual tree pictures, and contrast them to cartoon trees. One immediate difference, besides the green head of leaves, is that cartoon trees are almost always not just brown, but a vivid shade of brown. While real trees have dark and vivid brown, they will also have a desaturated brown, such as from how the light catches on the raised areas of the bark and not the deeper cracks. Desaturated brown is not light brown. Light brown hobby paint is often an orange-brown paint, and can be just as saturated as any dark brown. Simply painting a tree in saturated light and dark browns can make it look unrealistic. The other color trees are often is gray, although this gray is often in conjunction with some brown. Gray is an unsaturated color, so you may actually have an easy time painting a tree realistically in gray.

Trees vs. Wood. Besides any color assumptions based on cartoon trees, we also need to discard those based on wooden objects. In fantasy, most wooden objects are handheld weapons. We're also familiar with wood as furniture and planks of wood from a hardware store. None of these are trees. Because trees have bark, they have an entire different rough texture than most smoother wooden objects in miniature painting.

Cross-section vs. Broken Trunk. Additionally, if you see a cross-section of a tree, it's almost always either a clean illustration or a fresh cross-cut from cutting down. Neither is applicable when looking at the broken trunk of a tree. A broken trunk has been sitting in the forest for years, accumulating dirt and debris. It needs to be painted that way.

ced1106 · « **Reply #305 on:** November 20, 2020, 05:37:43 AM »

Tiny Furniture's "Inserts 25mm - Village garbage" is a five-piece set of 1" circular garbage base inserts for your miniatures. They may also be used as terrain, objective markers, etc, with or without bases. Like Tiny Furniture's other miniatures, they have the high level of detail you expect, and can be painted easily by beginner players. Like Tiny Furniture's "Dungeon Garbage", the miniature bases have an assortment of garbage suitable for dungeons, city states, and villages. Each heap pile is a collection of smaller distinct items, so, like "Dungeon Garbage" you have the option of giving as much attention (and time) to the details as you would like. The bases are available unpainted. While I didn't see a painted version in the catalog, you can contact Tiny Furniture and see if a painted version is available.

The five bases have different garbage:
* Rat with barrel, plate, and bone.
* Chest with broken plate.
* Broken wheel, urn, and skull.
* Broken barrel bottom, wood, and urn.
* Broken pottery and wood.

Tiny Furniture's "Inserts 25mm - Village garbage" and "Dungeon Garbage" miniatures set. Inserts are meant to be painted "realistically". Other set is meant to have more pop and contrast.
TF Catalog: https://tiny-furniture.com/products/search?sort=0&balance=&categoryId=&min_cost=&max_cost=&page=1&text=garbage
WIP and review: https://forum.reapermini.com/index.php?/topic/93731-tiny-furnitures-inserts-25mm-village-garbage/
Other TF reviews: https://www.rpg.net/reviews/search-review.phtml?productCompany=tiny+furniture&orderby=category&showinfo=publisher

Tiny-Furniture · « **Reply #306 on:** November 21, 2020, 05:00:02 PM »

Just finished this table with the Gloomhaven maps

Calimero · « **Reply #307 on:** November 22, 2020, 05:10:58 PM »

That's an insane amount of details!

gamer Mac · « **Reply #308 on:** November 22, 2020, 06:01:58 PM »

love what you have done with the magnifying glass
out standing

Tiny-Furniture · « **Reply #309 on:** December 03, 2020, 11:24:27 AM »

A few months ago we received a special request from our customer - he wanted "some cats on the maps".

And we created Catland for this purpose ^___^ Meowwww.