Useful items for sixth-scale environments (continuously updated)

Stryker2011 wrote:Cool. Does the handle on that coffee grinder move?

ukshaun wrote:

Stryker2011 wrote:Cool. Does the handle on that coffee grinder move?

what coffee grinder?

Lynkhart wrote:I too bought some bits and bobs from Tiger recently - they don't always have them in stock as they're more of a seasonal item, but they sell these great metal chairs for about £3 each. The original one I bought from there a few years ago was matte black, but the more recent ones were painted in various pastel shades, but they painted up nicely after some primer.

Deja Brew WIP by Christine Sutcliffe, on Flickr

image by Christine Sutcliffe, on Flickr

I can't remember the branding of this, but I found it on holiday last year in one of those 'not-quite-a-£1-shop-but-close-enough' kind of shops. It's a novelty condiment/cutlery holder and cost me about £7 if I remember correctly. I really bought it for the umbrella as it actually works, but the chairs are actually a pretty good size for my dolls, though it'd be a little more of a squeeze for larger 1/6th figures. I added a fake mosaic on the tabletop to disguise the hole for the parasol, and I'd really like to get rid of the wooden boxes under the chairs which held the cutlery, but they're glued on there pretty solidly unfortunately.

image by Christine Sutcliffe, on Flickr

Enjoying the sunshine by Christine Sutcliffe, on Flickr

Enjoying the sunshine by Christine Sutcliffe, on Flickr

On that same holiday I found this scaffy old tealight holder in a charity shop and thought it had potential. I stripped off the painted leather sides and stuck on some wooden shelves instead and boom! Industrial side table!

image by Christine Sutcliffe, on Flickr

image by Christine Sutcliffe, on Flickr

Also on the industrial theme, you can get sets of novelty 'pipe' straws from £1 shops, and when combined with balsa wood, textured wallpaper and lots of weathering, you get a rather snazzy 'reclaimed' desk!

Industrial Desk WIP by Christine Sutcliffe, on Flickr

Industrial Desk WIP by Christine Sutcliffe, on Flickr

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This next one's a little hit or miss as its really too chunky for true 1/6 but I think you can get away with it. I've seen these miniature easels at £1 shops and The Works here in the UK but I'm sure they're fairly easy to get hold of elsewhere too. They usually come with a mini canvas, which is really too thick for our purposes, but could be used as one of those big printed canvas artworks you can get. I made my own of course, and I think it works fairly well as a desk-mounted easel.

GubernatorFan wrote:

ukshaun wrote:

Stryker2011 wrote:Cool. Does the handle on that coffee grinder move?

what coffee grinder?

Look again, last photo. Probably my favorite piece among these. And I was thinking of Stryker's Westworld when I saw it.
Also like the lantern in m76's post, although I suspect it might actually be designed to be a sixth scale piece.

Stryker2011 wrote:Yep. That last item is an old school coffee grinder. Similar to this real one:

ukshaun wrote:Excellent!
What animal/animals was the couch intended for?

GubernatorFan wrote:

ukshaun wrote:Excellent!
What animal/animals was the couch intended for?

I saw it pictured with a lizard in a review. Another reviewer complained that their rats had shredded it in seconds...

collectorofmany wrote:I was in Petsmart close to closing this evening and they were down to one cashier with a bit of a line so I wandered around the store and came across some small pet items and I immediately thought of the sixth scale environment.

https://www.petsmart.com/featured-brands/nate-and-jeremiah/small-pet-collection/nate-and-jeremiah-faux-leather-small-pet-couch-72352.html



With a set of short legs (shouldn’t be a hard task) and maybe a thin but sturdy board to set it on (bottom isn’t sturdy so would sag if you added legs) this thing would be a pretty decent couch, if a bit oversized. $20 which might seem a little high but it did appear well made.