Happy New Year All
Thanks all for the encouraging comments, I'm having a break from customising Playmobil at the moment I'm itching to rebuild my fairytale palace - I've got huge design plans for it so I'll be having a go at the western stuff at the end of Jan/Feb I think.
Pirateclick,
the little items are mostly doll's house items, the potatoes and veg are made from polymer clay. Potatoes are small balls of off white clay lightly rolled in dark artists pastels and poked with a pin head to create the eyes. You could do the same with plaster just mix it quite thick so you can shape it and roll in a bit of fine soil!
Emma