{"id":13359,"date":"2012-01-24T07:14:54","date_gmt":"2012-01-24T12:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=13359"},"modified":"2012-01-13T10:53:50","modified_gmt":"2012-01-13T15:53:50","slug":"super-terrific-teeny-tiny-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=13359","title":{"rendered":"Super Terrific Teeny Tiny Things"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Tombstones\"I recently linked to this<\/a> necklace
\nfeaturing tiny figures in vials with the comment that I’d probably replace the people with tombstones, and my dad promptly sent me a link to some adorable gravestones<\/a> meant as accessories for model train layouts. I’m surprised I haven’t written about model train accessories before now; it’s not uncommon to see layouts where the actual trains are secondary to the scenery. (They’re kind of like dollhouses for men.)<\/p>\n

Even if you have no interest in model trains, there are loads of detailed miniatures which would be perfect added to a terrarium or simply displayed on a shelf. In addition to the basic tombstones<\/a>, you can get a set featuring more elaborate graves and an Angel statue<\/a>. There are also at least two complete cemetery kits: One by Busch<\/a> complete with graves, hearse, fountain, park benches, and wreaths; and Woodland’s Maple Leaf Cemetery<\/a> with stone fenceposts, lots of different tombstones, trees, and a tool shed.<\/p>\n

To round out your graveyard you can purchase generic funeral attendees<\/a>, which also come in Catholic<\/a> and Protestant<\/a> flavors.<\/p>\n

There are also cute little horse-drawn hearses<\/a>, including a rather elaborate version<\/a> with lots of detailing.<\/p>\n

If cemeteries aren’t your thing, you can also choose from a haunted house<\/a>, including a version that lights up<\/a>, an abandoned log cabin<\/a>, a great-looking funeral home<\/a>, a generic “haunted mansion<\/a>” a spooky Vampire Villa<\/a>, or even a full-blown castle<\/a>. There’s even an electronics kit<\/a> available which allows you to provide your building with lightning and thunder.<\/p>\n

There are also plenty of little individual figures to choose from, including demons<\/a>, devils<\/a>, mermaids<\/a>, female<\/a> and male<\/a> vampires, and even the Grim Reaper<\/a>. Various animal sets feature crows<\/a>, cats<\/a>, and owls and snakes<\/a>. There are also all kinds of “pedestrian” sets in themes ranging from a crime scene investigation<\/a> to a group of punk rockers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

These would all be wonderful for dioramas, but if you want to more fully investigate the hobby of model railroading–it’s a fine pastime, much beloved of Gomez Addams–there’s certainly no reason why you couldn’t darken it up a bit too. Decorate the train with glow-in-the-dark paint and turn it into a ghost train passing through an abandoned village, or load it with pumpkins and send it on its way to Halloween Town. There’s almost surely a set of accessories to help you realize your vision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I recently linked to this necklace featuring tiny figures in vials with the comment that I’d probably replace the people with tombstones, and my dad promptly sent me a link to some adorable gravestones meant as accessories for model train layouts. I’m surprised I haven’t written about model train accessories before now; it’s not uncommon […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-needful-things"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13359"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13465,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13359\/revisions\/13465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}