The chairs in this kit are adorable, but they’re going to be way too small for my Critters. Time to see what we can do about that!
After measuring the original pieces, and comparing them to a Critter-sized chair’s measurements, I built new pieces from craft wood. Critter chairs are about 1.6x the size of the Robotime chairs. A little fudging is okay here, as long as the pieces fit together.
Here are the fully-assembled and painted Robotime chairs, and some of the up-scaled pieces. I had to adjust my smaller set of legs because like a fool, I didn’t measure that piece before I cut. Luckily it was too big, and I was able to cut it smaller.
The seats are made of a flat piece of wood, with trimmed-and-sanded coffee stirrers to make the slats. They’re a bit sturdier than the originals, which are only one laser-cut piece.
I hand-drilled some tiny holes to indicate where the screws would be on the back, if it had them.
And voilá! Critter-sized chairs!
I’ll paint them to match later; I’m not sure how much of the original paint I’ll need for the kit, so I may have to mix my own.
after two weeks i finished my first miniature room!!!! this took so many hours and i discovered a wonderful new hobby. i'm so excited to make more of these :'))
Boss monster mini - Kit bashed a Schleich Spinosaurus into Xu'thuul the Prismatic Terror from Dr. Drohlin's Dictionary of Dinosaurs for a D&D 5e shorty game I ran. (It went ok lol my PCs were way too powerful).
Spy/Team Leader whumpee shrinks themselves for a high-stakes intelligence mission, but something goes wrong and they get caught
- Normally they give their enemies a hell of a fight, but now all it takes to restrain them is the weight of a hand, or even a single finger, and it's frustrating
- Whumper has to build a doll-sized interrogation set. While they feel ridiculous, it's worth it to watch their enemy struggle
- Needles instead of knives, a glass of water instead of a tank, a breadboard and a battery instead of expensive electrocution equipment... maybe whumper should invest in a shrink ray
- Not to mention the dramatic difference in size and strength. Where whumpee would normally be full of insults and banter, they seem a little too scared of being crushed to say anything too dramatic
- Whumpee is freed by a stranger, but still unable to get to their normal size until they reach their base. Despite being rescued, they still don't feel safe