"Dollar Tree Tiny Gemstones for Minis" Topic
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| Chris Palmer | 06 Feb 2016 10:28 a.m. PST |
I've read a couple times, somewhere along the way, about using actual tiny craft gems to replace or add gems on miniatures. The difficulty is in finding gems small enough to not look totally out of scale with the minis themselves. Well, today I was in my local Dollar Tree store, and I happened to notice these nail art sets hanging at the end of an aisle, and I wanted to give folks a heads up, so they could get some themselves if they wanted.
They come in various styles: some with glitter, some with sequins, but also, I found these two (pictured above) that came with teeny tiny little gems. One with blues, green, and pinks; and the other with oranges, reds, yellows, and whites. Below is a photo of some of them with one of the Reaper Bones minis for scale. I also placed one on the sword hilt as an example.
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| darthfozzywig | 06 Feb 2016 10:50 a.m. PST |
Nice find! Also, do you prefer the melon scent or watermelon? |
| Redroom | 06 Feb 2016 11:33 a.m. PST |
nice idea on the gems; the scent thing reminds me of the orange smell of the non-toxic plastic cement back in the day |
| Syr Hobbs Wargames | 06 Feb 2016 12:03 p.m. PST |
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| WeeSparky | 06 Feb 2016 12:16 p.m. PST |
You can buy kits of just the gems on ebay. |
| Chris Palmer | 06 Feb 2016 2:59 p.m. PST |
darthfozzywig- Lol, the scent is in the nail polish on top of the gem vials. I never opened them to find out what they smelled like. In fact, I would have thrown them out, but the polish bottles actually form the lids to the gem vials, by screwing into the top of them.
Redroom- I remember that stuff! i also remember it not working very well.
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| Coyotepunc and Hatshepsuut | 06 Feb 2016 6:14 p.m. PST |
I bought the melon scent, they had no watermelon. And a toy shark. You can never have too many toy sharks. |
| Chris Palmer | 07 Feb 2016 5:23 a.m. PST |
Hey, I'm glad you were able to find one.
And I agree about the toy sharks! :) |
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