Have you ever finished a beautiful diecast scene, positioned the cars perfectly, added realistic weathering: and still felt like something was missing?
You are not alone. Too many dioramas become ghost towns because the right people are difficult to find. A busy street needs pedestrians. A repair shop needs mechanics. A historic setting needs characters who belong to that era. Without them, even the most meticulous environment can feel frozen.
That is exactly why DoubleG Diecast created Regular People Volume 8.
This Kickstarter campaign is not simply another miniature collection. It is a community-driven project built around one powerful idea:
You suggest. You vote. We create.
With more than 300 planned miniatures, multiple eras and themes, flexible STL formats, stretch goals, and five Community Choice slots, Volume 8 gives you a direct role in shaping the figures that will populate your next scene.
1. Your Ideas Can Become Real Miniature Sets
How many times have you searched for a specific character or scene and come up empty?
Maybe you need a group of workers outside a small-town business. Perhaps your next diorama needs a historic crowd, a strange roadside encounter, or a complete cast for a story you have been developing for months.
With Volume 8, you do not have to wait for someone else to guess what the hobby needs.
Backers can suggest theme ideas for consideration. The community then votes on the strongest concepts. The top five themes earn the five Community Choice slots and become part of Volume 8.
That means your suggestion could influence:
- The next occupation or profession added to the collection
- A new historical era or decade
- A complete scene built around a shared activity
- A group of characters in natural, narrative poses
- The figures thousands of other creators want to print and use
This is a chance to move an idea from your imagination into a real STL collection.
2. More Than 300 Miniatures Mean Fewer Empty Scenes
A single figure can add interest. A complete group can tell a story.
Volume 8 is planned as a major expansion, with 300+ new miniatures designed to give your dioramas more variety, scale, and personality. That matters whether you are building a compact 1:64 street scene or printing larger figures for another modeling project.
A collection of this size gives you room to create:
- Busy sidewalks and public spaces
- Workplace scenes with multiple roles
- Families, groups, and background characters
- Crowds with different poses and silhouettes
- Before-and-after storytelling within the same display
- Cinematic moments for diecast photography
Think about your favorite miniature scene. Is it a lone person standing beside a car? Or is it the interaction between several people that makes the image feel authentic?
The right supporting characters add soul. They create visual rhythm. They give your viewer somewhere to look and something to imagine.
3. Multiple Eras and Themes Open Up New Stories
One of the biggest strengths of Regular People Volume 8 is its range.
This is not a collection locked into one time period or one type of scene. The campaign is designed around multiple eras and themes, giving you more freedom to build worlds with different moods and historical details.
You could use the collection for:
- Modern everyday environments
- Period-correct streets and communities
- Industrial or commercial settings
- Family and neighborhood scenes
- Diecast photography with a strong narrative focus
- Cross-era displays that show how a location changes over time
The clothing, posture, accessories, and group dynamics of a figure can completely change the feeling of a diorama. A person carrying a toolbox tells one story. Someone waiting beside a bus tells another. A group gathered around a vehicle creates an entirely different moment.
That is the creative advantage of having a broad library: you are not forced to build the same scene as everyone else.
4. STL Formats Give You Control Over Scale and Workflow
Do you print your own miniatures? Volume 8 is built with you in mind.
The campaign includes STL files in 28mm, 32mm, and 54mm formats, giving creators flexible options for different printers, projects, and display scales.
You can choose the format that fits your workflow, then prepare the files for your specific project. Depending on your setup, that may mean:
- Printing figures for tabletop or gaming environments
- Using 54mm files for larger display pieces
- Working with 28mm or 32mm formats for compact scenes
- Scaling designs for custom dioramas and photography
- Printing multiple copies for crowds or repeated background roles
STL files are especially useful when you want control over the final result. You decide how many to print, how to orient them, how to support them, and how to finish them.
For creators who prefer finished pieces, DoubleG Diecast also offers a growing collection of miniature figures. For DIY builders, the 3D STL files collection offers another way to bring detailed characters into your projects.
5. Stretch Goals Can Make the Collection Even Bigger
Backing the campaign is not only about reaching the initial project target.
As the campaign grows, stretch goals can unlock additional content. These milestones may add extra figure packs, more community-voted themes, and additional models to the collection.
That creates a shared sense of progress. Every new pledge helps move the project closer to the next unlock. Every milestone gives the community another reason to follow along, share the campaign, and invite fellow builders to participate.
The stretch-goal structure includes opportunities for:
- An additional figure pack
- A voted mystery theme
- More voted themes as higher goals are reached
- Additional models selected by DoubleG Diecast
- A larger overall Volume 8 collection
What happens when a campaign reaches further than expected? You get more creative options. More background characters. More scene combinations. More ways to make your next build feel complete.
6. Your Vote Has a Direct Creative Impact
Most product launches ask you to buy what has already been decided.
Volume 8 takes a different approach.
Eligible backers participate in the voting process and help determine which ideas move forward. The process is simple:
- Suggest a theme you would like to see.
- Review the community’s ideas and available voting options.
- Cast your votes for the concepts you want most.
- Watch the top five themes become part of Volume 8.
- Help push stretch goals that can unlock even more winning ideas.
That is meaningful participation. You are not simply adding another product to your collection. You are helping decide what the collection becomes.
Have you ever said, “Someone should make figures for that”? This is your opportunity to make that suggestion count.
7. You Join a Community That Builds Together
Regular People has always been about making scenes feel lived-in. The same philosophy applies to the campaign itself.
Earlier Regular People projects showed what happens when hobbyists, collectors, photographers, and 3D-printing enthusiasts share ideas. The result is a collection shaped by real creative needs: not by generic assumptions about what a miniature shelf should contain.
Volume 8 continues that builder-first approach.
You can back the campaign because you want the files. You can participate because you have a theme idea. You can vote because you want more realistic people in the hobby. Or you can do all three.
Either way, you become part of a community working toward the same goal:
More realistic figures. More complete dioramas. Better stories in miniature.
Back Regular People Volume 8 and Help Choose What Comes Next
The campaign is live now, and the opportunity to influence the collection is limited to the Kickstarter campaign process.
If you want a voice in the next generation of everyday miniatures, now is the time to participate. Back the project, submit your strongest theme ideas, cast your votes, and help unlock the stretch goals that can expand Volume 8 even further.
Ready to help build the collection?
Back Regular People Volume 8 on Kickstarter
Your ideas. Your votes. Your collection.
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