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The Crime Hunter's Attic, yes that pick needs some blood on it!
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I worked on this half-scale miniature attic room kit (above) back in June. It's kind of an odd little kit, a small box, so I'd been rather stumped on what to do with the kit until I saw miniaturist J. Star's attic room. As things go, I papered it and let it sit. I wasn't really sure what to put in it or where it should go.
Well, once I finished the outside of the Halloween Shop, the answer came - the attic room fits right on top of the flat roof! Even better, the battery box to the planter light stringer is perfectly hidden by a pumpkin and sits next to the attic. I put corrugated paper on the roof, which looks nice, but it's so empty, it needed something, right? It's like the attic was made for it!
Then I signed up for this cool Halloween email tutorial I spotted, The Werewolf Post, from Miriam Stone Wilson, @miniaturewerewolf on Instagram. If you sign up for her newsletter (there's a link on Instagram) you start with a supernatural mystery, plus a miniature file box and folders to download and print. You'll get the password to the site in the NL. Every installment is supposed to come at the next full moon. The next one is supposed to come today, so hurry & sign up!
The first "case," the Werewolf, gave me the idea to not only use the supernatural cases, but add real crimes to the file box. So the attic is now a crime hunter's room! See more photos below for a better view of what's in there!
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| The attic on top of the tea shop turned Halloween shop building |
The Files:
Here's the orignal file box, folder, papers, and envelope I made from the downloads - BUT I shrunk the items down from the larger 1" scale so they'd be closer to half-scale size. I did it a bit larger than the typical 1/24th scale size so it wouldn't be too tiny but it works.
My crime files: I made original files with records - photos, newspaper accounts, papers, etc. - from infamous historical crimes and killers - Lizzie Borden, Al Capone, H.H. Holmes and Jack the Ripper. I may add others later.
Here are the interiors:
I also made crime bulletin boards with materials for each wall. There is one on each side of the room.
I also made the worn chair and ottoman, and decided to add the table with more materials. The owner's pistol is handy on the bottom shelf and there's a hatchet on the chair. The crime hunter has to do something between crimes, so they collect vintage games, which fit right on the shelves.
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| That set has seen better days! |
There's a map, vintage art, and another board of images on the wall above the desk.
This was fun to do and I'm sure they'll be more additions, more files, and some blood spatters added yet. I'll share any updates later.
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