An Introduction to Scale for Dollhouse Miniatures
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- čas přidán 2. 07. 2024
- I'll bet if you have been making miniatures for any length of time you have heard the terms "scale" "1/12" "1/48" and other numbers but do you know what they mean? Today I will be explaining the basic concept of scale and show you examples of the main scales.
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You didn't talk at all about 1:24 scale. That's the one I wanted most to hear about.
Same here. I have a small dollhouse that is 1/24 scale and am trying to furnish it.
I can’t fathom anyone disliking this incredible video. Thank you for putting so much thought into this presentation. You are just so genuine and informative, which is tough to find these days on CZcams.
Thank you for presenting the scales for everyone. It was easy to understand. I down loaded it and showed it to my daughters and we made a field-trip to the toy store to reinforce the scale lesson you just taught. Thanks for helping me make homeschooling fun.
Thank you for the explanation. I just purchased a Victorian dollhouse similar to the one I had as a child (about 60 years ago). It is bring back very happy memories as I decide how to arrange the furniture, see what else it needs and do some minor repairs.
I can't tell you how much this video has helped.I was thinking I was going a lil crazy trying to figure out why some stuff was larger and some fit. lol
I look forward to seeing more of your videos.. thanks! so much!
After search, after search, after search i finally came across your video... fantastic! this is the best i have seen in regards to dollhouse scales thank you so much for sharing this. :)
Thanks for explaining this so well.
Thanks soooo much! Your video was very helpful in understanding the various sizes! I love all the pieces you created! 😀
What a great video, it's so hard at times to conceive scale, even when you understand scale. I do playscale and architect's scale, and don't own objects in these other scales, so when I have an idea for a project that is in another scale, it's so hard to envision the size I'd need. This video just made it a bit better visually.
Thank you so much! I'm a hopeless knitting addict and have become obsessed with making scale hand-knits. But I just couldn't grasp the "scale" concept. Now I do! Now I just need to find supplies. I just started knitting a scarf on bamboo toothpicks with embroidery floss. It is pretty stiff, but after it's washed, maybe it will drape better. Thanks again! Just subscribed. :-)
Also I love your videos! They have helped me so very very much and you go through so many things! Thank you
Very helpful video, scale was very confusing to me until you showed the differences! Thank you!
THIS is just what I was looking for! Thank you so much! I love, LOVE your videos. Thanks for sharing!!!
effective explanation and demonstrations; short and sweet. Thanks!
You didn't review the 1/24th scale or did I miss it?
THANK YOU!! you may not know how much this video means to me!! I'm going into this so so blind but I feel like this is what I'm supposed to be doing:)
Thank you so much for taking the time to explain this. It was so easy to understand and the information is very useful. Im new to crafting but I really like it.
Really good presentation, as I appreciate and thank you for making this video. I have dabbled in the past making structures out of popsicle sticks, but only really went as far as to build the buildings and then sized down the different objects and furniture on the inside. The different objects, such as the furniture, I continued using popsicle sticks to make them. I have, as of recently, I would say about a week or so now, have noticed the bug of building models once again biting at me. As of now, I am trying to learn more about the technical side, such as the size in scales. Again, this is the first time I am actually diving in a bit deeper and trying to learn the ins and outs compared to just throwing something together. Please excuse my ignorance that at the moment, as I am just learning this stuff, the way that I describe things may not be the technical wording/ reference. As I'm not sure what the scale size of the last building was that I made, It roughly was 12 inch tall, from the floor of the building to the peak of the roof. Approximately 14 inches or so square. Previously, I did not use figurines such as people. It was just the house with furniture. I am unsure by the dimensions of the building, what scale of furniture/figures I should use that would look realistic. I am thinking of making a 19th-century one room church. Unsure the scale size of furniture/ figures that would be appropriate as I attempt to stick to realistic size comparisons. Any input or direction would be much appreciated. Thank you in advance.
Thanks for this primer. I am collecting dollhouse furniture for some small stereoscopic dioramas. I now have some idea what sizes I have and the people I'd like to populate the scenes.
WOW! I love Fern's set up...especially the log cabin and the water scene was cool, too! Please tell her thanks for sharing! Thanks for this, heading over to your other videos. Many I have watched were years old, so I was glad to see the laundry basket from 2 days ago. I was worried I found you too late & you wouldn't be making more videos. Take good care of you & yours.
Have you ever tried using the Chelsea dolls and 112 scale houses? I use them and try to fix them up like they're adults. It's fun
This was so helpful!! Thank you! Also I'd love to see more. For example on how to measure food from real life into 1:12. And "translated" into the metric system would be absolutely perfect! :)
Wow! So cute at ALL sizes! 🥰
Extremely helpful, thank u, great educational video on miniatures.
Thanks for the mini lesson. Very informative.
Very helpful- thank you for posting this video!
Thank you so much. I just purchased a vintage dollhouse and was starting to think I was stupid for not knowing what scale furniture I needed.
Thanks for posting. Appreciated the overview and visuals. Curious why you didn't include 1/24 aka half inch. Is that a less common size to work with?
Wondering that as well.
I aas wondering about that too
Thank you so much for this very helpful video! You are amazing!
Hi thanks for the video, could you please advise me where to find tutos for the 1:24 scale ? I learned that it's the perfect scale for making a house plus a landscape and thats what I want to do but I can't find any tutorials :/
WOW 😮 what a difference thank you for helping me decide what size scale I would like to start collecting I wasn’t sure on the sizes and the big difference it would make I really like the 1/6 for My toner and for my kish dolls it verys depending on size of kish dolls come in different sizes for displaying and my doll house will be the scales 1/12 seems to be more collectible and more easily found and to have details that I will like I guess I love them all thank you 😊 I enjoyed your video
Thank you soo much! I want to purchase some more doll house furniture, and I got confused when looking at some of the options for furniture!
I have a puzzle dollhouse thats on 1:24 scale. I'm not sure what scale of food and furniture I should use. I am new to this.
THANK YOU! I’m new to the miniatures world and I’m so timid to make anything because I’m not sure what size to use. 💖💖💖
I'm wondering why you didn't include 1:24 scale?
Thank you for explaining. Very usful 🙏🏼👍😻
thanks for such a good explanation
I have a question. I love to add real like things to my Lego collections. What size would you suggest is around the size of them. ??? I was thinking 1:48 you mentioned O scale as well that's what I was thinking but not sure. Thank you.
Thank you! I just got a starter 1/2 inch scale house for $10. Is the 1/2 the same as the 1/48th? I am a bit confused. I have to figure out how to build it! And, figure out what scale I should make my items.
Very Helpful! Thankyou!
My aunt used a glass front lighted hutch and made each level into a 1/6 scale, it was wondrous! Also locked 😂👍🏻😂
Oh thank you!! Great info!!!!
As I'm continuing on watching your video here. Would I be wrong, and say if a building was of 1:48 scale, the design of say furniture, vehicles, all the realistic additives that would be placed in or around the building would also be considered 1:48 scale? Even though they are the same size of scale, would the building be designed to be bigger than the figures, the additives so that it would look more realistic? So if I build a 1:48th scale house, would I use 1:48 size cars, or smaller to look realistic? Sorry for the question.....😒 lol
I have always worked in 1/12 scale but I will have the opportunity to do 1/48 scale as a club project in September. I hope I can make it work, it seeing what I am doing, sometimes 1/12 is a problem but I will be ok. Thanks for the infro.
I prefer to start my project with the same size as your friend does. It's 1:48, right? Love it!!! Can't wait to start but I don't know where to start first...
Holy crap! 1:144 is crazy tiny! I never even knew they made stuff that small
I started out working in 1:12 scale, and then a friend infected me with the microminis bug, so I started working in 1:144 scale. Another name for the scale is DOLLHOUSE FOR A DOLLHOUSE. The houses and roomboxes created in 144th scale fit perfectly in a 1:12 scale dollhouse or roombox. It is a really fun scale! :)
Do you sell 12" instructions on paper to make games, food etc?? I would love to buy them.
Great video!! Could you tell me the height of your fisher price doll centimeters or millimeters? Im trying to order a doll & it doesn't have 1:12 only 1:48, 1:72, 1:64, 1:18, 1:24,1:32,1:35 &,1:43 so im not sure which one of these sizes can fit my 1:12 scene im new to the miniature world please help!!!!! Thanks..
would 1:6 fit azone international dolls?
This has been very helpful. What would you consider the scale for American Girl dolls?
the 18" dolls are generally considered to be 1/3rd scale. I have a separate youtube channel dedicated to them. You can find it here: czcams.com/channels/TLVsVKJIJ5rn_eUDVtzLDg.html
Hi do you know what scale lol surprise dolls are?
Awesome! =) Do you know what scale American Girl dolls are? I will hopefully be making my daughter lots of food for her doll later on...once I buy a doll (for Christmas!) ;)
thanks for the information wondering why you didn't include 1/24 scale ?
When I recorded this video very few people were working with 1/24th scale. Since then it has gained a lot of popularity.
Question! What scale furniture would you recommend for a dollhouse that’s 51” tall x 45” wide x 12” deep with rooms being 12” high from floor to ceiling? It’s an open dollhouse so there’s no front door/doors. I can’t figure out if 1:12 or 1:6 would look better. Please let me know which one u think would work better- This is a Xmas gift for my daughter so I need to place furniture orders asap :) thanku!!
that is a bit of an odd size. I think you would be better with 1/12th scale since Barbie would be so close to hitting her head on the ceilings in the rooms. My fear is that the 1/12th is going to look tiny but 1/6th is going to look too big.
joannesminis thanku for responding! My husband decided he’s gonna make the rooms 10 & 1/4” high instead of 12”. Were in the process of building the doll house so now that the height has changed, do you think the 1:12 will still look tiny?
Thanks for that now I finally get it lol I'm a newbie.
Thanks for sharing. I want to make a Barbie size room box. How tall should it be to look real in photographs?
two inches = one foot in that scale, so that should help.
can you use 1:16 scale ceramic dishes for 1/6 scale doll?
In scale the higher the number (in this case "16") the smaller the item, which means that your ceramic dishes in a 1:6 scale dollhouse will be even smaller than 1:12 scale dishes would be.
Dude... I have a dollhouse for a dollhouse I built from a teeny tiny kit. I’ll have to use some of this home time to make 1/144 scale furnishings for the lil guy.
This has been really helpful but I have a silly question.. Say you measure something in real life how do you calculate the size when getting into cm and mm, for example a case or roast chicken?
if my ceiling to floor height is 7" what scale should I use?
+Danielle Pirkle how tall are door openings? If they are around 6" it is probably a small 1/12th scale house. If they are shorter, closer to 5 and a quarter to 5 and a half (especially if it is an older house) then it might be a scaled with 3/4" to the foot. This was a more common scale in commercially available dollhouses from 40 or more years ago.
idk, i used to play with small polly pockets back in the mid 90s. Is it smaller than those? lol I wonder
I like 1/12 and 1/6
☺ thanks alot... I was wondering what it meant myself.
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thank you very helpful
Thanks
That's really asesome
“A lot of people still think of this size as toys, so that might bother you that people think they’re toys.”
Then me, trying to figure out what scale to use so I can make furniture for my toys...
I would say it depends on how much space you have in your home. 1:12 scale needs a lot more room than, say, 1:24 or 1:48 would need. 1:48 scale is very popular, so there are lots of artisans working in that scale, providing dollhouse and furniture kits, as well as completed houses and furniture.
😯 But you didn't talk about the 1:24 scale 😕
What would scale be for American girl dolls?
The 18" dolls like American Girl dolls are considered to be 1/3 scale. I have a seperate channel for that scale if you are interested in seeing tutorials for that scale. You can find it here: czcams.com/channels/TLVsVKJIJ5rn_eUDVtzLDg.html or if the link doesn't work search "Joanne's 18" Dolls" here on CZcams.
what size would a 4.5in doll be?? I've heard both 1:12 and 1:24.
My first question would be is this doll supposed to represent an adult or someone younger? In 1/12th scale 4 ½” is equal to 4' 6” (or 4 ½') about right for a teen/pre-teen or a very small adult. On the other hand in 1/24th scale 4 ½” is equal to 9' so that would not be the correct scale. If the doll is supposed to be an adult it might be closer to ¾”= a foot, a scale that used to be common for dollhouse in years past. We don't see much in the way of new dollhouses in that scale.
Is this a doll that was made recently or is it an older doll?
Not all dolls even ones made today fit neatly into common scales.
I hope this helps.
***** its a chibi doll not young or old really. Her heads about 1/3 of her body. Shes a cu-poche figure which means she was recently made.
I would say your best bet is to just go with the 1/12th scale because she really doesn't fit any common scale. I do have a video on my channel that tells more about determining what scale a doll is. here's a link to that video:
czcams.com/video/gezGlguNA90/video.html
10/10 for comic sans.
Big things easy.. but making cups, etc..😢 my 1st venture to making miniature is scary, all the work then to find out..oops pizza is huge..so watching video to clear my brain.❤
so a 6 inch doll would be 1/12 scale?
providing the doll is an adult, yes that would be 1/12th scale
What scale is 1/2?
DarahSmile 1:24 but for some reason she skipped that one
12 inch Gi joe = 1/6
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Meanwhile I'm suffering to find anything for 1:4... lol
There are lots of artisans that work in 1:48 scale ... if you do a google search for "one quarter scale dollhouse miniatures" you will find quite a few. You can also go to www.miniature.net and you will find links to artisans listed according to the scale you are interested in. :)
Ur voice is a little scary