So I went to Hobby Lobby today, inspired by Moonbase Alpha Male, and picked up a bunch of stuff that could be used for sixth-scale work. Here's the relevant part of the loot.
This includes a somewhat squishy sea turtle, some Vallejo paint (oops, different category), and a bunch of Explorer jewelry items that happened to be 50% off. These were a pair of passports (with real pages), a scarab brooch (that can be turned into a fairly realistic ancient Egyptian pectoral), a weird bracelet-like thing (that might be turnable into some sort of lamellar armor), a little leather backpack, and that pack of 48 tiny coins that MBAM showcased.
I liked the coins, and MBAM was right, the smaller of the two sizes is close enough (just a tad too big) to what US quarters and dollar coins and Euro coins might be in sixth scale.
The passports are nearly perfect, considering the scale. Yes, they flare a little bit and the inside pages are repetitive, but that doesn't detract much from the effect. * Remember the good old days, when you had to carry a ton of quarters in case you had to call from a pay phone at the airport?
The little backpack is diminutive but not excessively small. The real problem is that the straps are not long enough for it to hang realistically, but one can make do or maybe modify it.
The sea turtle actually works great! Apparently giant sea turtles can be even bigger, so my initial hesitation was in vain. And here's Chris treating it with all the excitable respect and consideration you can expect from a buzzed fratboy on spring break. * Disclaimer: no animals were hurt in the making of this photo.
Hope you found it useful or mildly amusing.