Movie Miniatures

I spent part of a three-hour train journey happily perusing the blog of Lyn Bailey, who is pursuing a Masters in Design for Film, Television...

Model builder Dimitri Kaliviotis shows off some pictures from his portfolio. Some excellent work! I love that he mentions a low-budget solut...

I'd love to go to Europe someday - now I have a reason to go to France, specifically! Check out this amazing museum dedicated to miniatu...

Over at the Replica Prop Forum, there is a thread that documents the building of a starship model for an independent short titled "C....

Last December, The Single-Minded Movie Blog did a series called "Outstanding Effects Shots," stating that, "every day will br...

A photo of the miniature mine cart used in the production of the mine cart chase scene in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom led me on a ...

Ah, Google, how I love thee! You've been helping me stumble onto interesting things so faithfully! In this case,  a search for info ab...

Although "The Hobbit" has nearly completed it's theatrical run (I haven't seen it yet, but it just hit the local cheap the...

"Philippe Toupin was the visual effects creator in this short BTS film, “A Small Trip To The Making Of Visual Effects – Miniatures Eff...

A great little retrospective on the Director's Guild of America web site from John Glen, director of several James Bond films. In this p...

I ran across an article that discussed the exhibition ‘TOKUSATSU: Special Effects Museum-Craftsmanship of Showa and Heisei Eras Seen Throug...

There are niche interests, but this is a niche interest that is right up my alley! A blog about model ships and their use in films, includin...

Ridley Scott's Alien took 1979 by storm and was followed by three additional films in what is known as the Alien Quadrilogy , with the a...