Vintage

Making the charcoal

I used Sculpy to make my charcoal briquettes. The directions were in the May 2006 issue of American Miniaturist. I followed the directions and came out with charcoal that looked pretty good. While the charcoal made in the magazine article was for the round grill, I made mine oblong to fit the shape of my grill.

I don't usually place people in my scenes. However, I didn't feel that it would be good for the cook to wander off and leave hamburgers and hot dogs cooking on a hot grill. I found this fellow in my friend's miniature shop. He doesn't look like my uncle but maye someone will see a resemblance to one of the cousins. Who knows???

Making the Food

I used the directions for making a backyard barbecue in the July/August 2003 issue of American Miniaturist for making the food. I ran into problems when it came to the colors I needed to use for my food. The directions gave the colors and proportions of each to create the colors needed. That would be great, however, the colors have changed once again. In order to find some of the colors needed, I had to resort to finding the paint colors in the painting department of my local craft store and taking those to the polymer clay section to match. I ended up using Fimo, Premo, and Sculpy to come out with the colors needed.