Redwizard Posted May 9, 2017 Hey guys, Does anyone have any tutorials or advice on building doll furniture? I'm in the process of building my girls a scale replica of the Black Lodge from Twin Peaks and I need to custom build some very simple chairs. For reference: https://filmfork-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/content/Twin%20Peaks%20-%203.jpeg This is a picture of what I mean and the chairs I want to build more or less. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shikaree Posted May 9, 2017 I looked into it briefly because of how hard/expensive it is to find 1/3 furniture in general. The woodworking is probably the easy part. I don't imagine it would take more skills than what a kid in shop class would have. But can depend on how much detailing you want on exposed wood surfaces. You'd need a dremel and a sculpting knife if you want to be really fancy. Cushioning and padding is also not difficult, you could use almost anything soft and voluminous for it. If you want a detailed or complex cover, or want to use difficult materials, that is its own thing. Less confident about sewing or leathercraft. To start out I would probably just focus on form rather than function. E.g. as long as it looks good it doesn't matter if its actually super uncomfortable to sit on. I don't think it's important to make a functionally accurate scale replica. Between home depo and a crafts store, you can probably get all the materials and tools you'd need. All in all, I figured it would take so many different skills and so much time to make good quality scale furniture I gave up on it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
foo Posted May 31, 2017 finnleo has several threads in the Clothes, Wigs, Jewelry and Items section where he demonstrates building stuff from scratch, like this bed and this divan. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
finnleo Posted June 1, 2017 Considering that what you are making is fully covered in fabric you have other options. but to get you on a general direction there's this from XOHimitsuOX: http://www.figure.fm/en/post/29066/Alna+the+shopaholic+D+I+Y+Sofa.html Styrofoam as a base material is also an option, here something from chun/puppy-52: http://puppy52dolls.com/dollfie-dream/dollfie-dream-armchair/ To make the styrofoam pieces into curve's you could make one of these: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
