Movie Miniatures

I was disappointed in Martin Scorsese's "The Aviator" as a film. I felt that it was bloated and uninteresting as a whole. Howe...

While not specifically miniatures made for film use, these large-scale ships that graced the pages of Modern Mechanix magazine from 1938 sho...

Here's a look behind the scenes at the model shop that produced the models for the first Starship Troopers movie. A good selection of ph...

If you're interested in scratchbuilt Star Wars models and can't wait for the book mentioned below, check out Lasse Henning's si...

Well, well, well! Two hundred and sixteen pages of Star Wars model goodness, lavishly illustrated with hundreds of photographs. Looks like t...

I finally took the time to get some video captures of the miniatures used in Coronado (mentioned in a previous post). Again, lots of attent...

Duplicating real-world items in miniature requires that you duplicate normal wear and tear as well. Although most models that are constructe...

If you're interested in building film miniatures, you might want to check out this Web site by a Star Wars fan who builds dioramas for h...

It's likely an impossibility that any miniature aficionado overlooked the arrival of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings film trilogy....

In the previous review, I mentioned the large-scale model tanks used during the filming of Coronado. If you're looking for tanks of your...

When a movie uses "from the Academy Award-winning special effects team that brought you Independence Day!" as it's main selli...

There are blogs for all sorts of things. Why one on movie miniatures? Simply, because I like them. I've always had a soft spot for speci...