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this is my favorite shot so far! to say it is good looking would be the understatement of this year (fully aware that we are only in january atm )

and just for your notice... i never assumed you wouldn´t do the furniture not by yourself... really... where would the honor be?...

but also... i spilled my spit all over the desk when i read

OH NO! I'm gonna buy it all from www.28mmhobbitikea.com

that was the best punch line ever!!!

 lone dirty dog wrote:
For a minute I thought you had made furniture then I realised they were set shots

It's a good sign it took you a minute to realise the real life photos weren't 28mm models by dave, eh?

Haha ..you guys kill me!

Ahh saved by the beginning shots in this news report!
http://www.3news.co.nz/The-Hobbit-Jackson-and-the-actors-speak-out/tabid/367/articleID/182467/Default.aspx

I don't have the window leading figured out yet...check out what some guys started a couple of years ago
https://one-ring.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=145121&sid=773300cc801003006d95d5405379284e

let me get this straight a few days ago I saw a skeleton... now I see bagend do you own a time machine/have a time altering superpower!??! This is simply amazing!

It is looking really good, Dave. I am amazed at the level of skill you, and others, have on this forum. It is definitely the right place to come and learn.

And I really want to live in a real house like that. It really does look like a cozy hole in the ground.

Thanks Val! I wanna live there too

@Rogue Thanks bud, just for you...MOAR Bones

its beautiful

This is Hard Core. Not much more to say! And I can't wait for the shrubbery...

is there not dollhouse furniture you can buy close to this scale or close (i'm guessing 1:48 might work)? I wonder.

No, there is no pre-made hobbit-scale furniture I'm afraid. You are all forgetting what size a Hobbit is....

There not really that size Dave its camera trickery

No, they made three sets, one scaled up for normal people, one for the little stand-ins, and a third for Ian McKellan. There is no camera trick that changes the fact that Hobbits are small

 dsteingass wrote:
No, there is no pre-made hobbit-scale furniture I'm afraid. You are all forgetting what size a Hobbit is....

True, but much like vehicles there are individual components that can be adapted, or lets say a small desk with drawers would turn into a larger dresser or cupboard.

Sometimes that is true, but furniture (especially any hardware on it) is usually a scalebuster. 1:48 is O scale..for 28mm Humans. It would work perfectly fine for regular 6 foot people, but would be huge for a hobbit. Then how would you buy furniture with those elements before seeing it and scaling it by eye? It's absolutely impractical, and stupidly expensive. I don't understand the obsession with furniture?? Why is everyone worried about the damn furniture?? I will build it when it's time, there is absolutely no reason to have furniture of any kind right now in the process.

So WHY?

We're just wondering what you'll do. Sheesh, man.

Dave, what re the windows meant to look like mate? I have a few tricks up my sleeve that may work for them?

I guess I just assumed it was understood that I would build all of the furniture, since for hobbits that is the only solution. It doesn't scare me at all, it's no different or more difficult than any other model, just built one layer at a time.

@Nerd

Hmmm o.k the 'ol brain is spinning now, are they just clear window panes in them with leading or are they stained glass style? from your pics of the windows before they look like they have a bit of depth to them? this should work in your favor, I've been searching for how to do the stained glass windows in my shrine of the Aquila which i'm still waiting for my dad to do something for me so i can actually do them! but if you have a fairly stiff acetate or plastic you can add the leading on them using a 'black gel pen' usually used for scrapbooking grandma's it leaves a 3d raised line on any non porous smooth surface and it's what i'll be using to break up the lead panels in my windows! any help to you?

Ship model builders make leadlight windows for stern galleys and the like by pouring resin out into flat forms inlaid with wires for the lead. Sound pretty easy.

edit:
forgot to mention that I follow your threads for quite a while now and as the rest of the folks I am overwhelmed by your skills. I would like to see what you produce if you ever decide to lay your hands on a model of the "Golden Hind" or the "Great Henry"...

About living in a house like that, my grandad and uncles lived in an 800(ish) year old house made from layers of mud and pebbles. The walls were six foot thick in places (riddled with mice tunnels and the like) and bulged in odd ways. The interior was full of the same sort of clutter you see in Bag End and the same sort of "deep" windows with soft edges. Added to that that it was originally built for shorter people, and you often got the "hitting your head on the stupid rafter" effect. It didn't have round window or doors, but in many other respects (especially the general atmosphere) it was about as Hobbity as can be.

Sadly, no one lives there any more so it's sort of decaying, but it was a wonderful place to spend christmas eve every year growing up.

Thanks Hruotland! Why have you lurked so long? I'm not familiar with "Golden Hind" or the "Great Henry"- What are those?

@Nerd, For the entrance, the hobbit door (because if you remember I built the outside facade first) set the scale of the rest of the room. That room is now my scale-setter for the other rooms. For the parlour, I am working from the inside out, because the tunnel to the entry hall is the scale setter. the paneling in the parlour is taller than the entry hall (because the arch diameters are different), and the arched cutaway sections are very symmetrical in this room. The tunnels to the entry hall and the kitchen need to be directly opposite each other, just like the outside window is directly opposite of the fireplace. I have to get the fireplace in place in order to build the window opposite from it. Then the small round windows are set in at 45 degree corners to the rest of the paneling. The outside wall actually has small 45 degree sections, but because of the plasterwork inside disguises that angle somewhat.



I have to fit the wall shapes to the room before I can lay out the window in the available space, let alone worry about the leading in the window.
These guys used some scrapbooking stickers and brass rod for the leading in their interpretations.


What I don't understand is why they went to so much trouble making the window leading 100% movie accurate, but yet not the colors?
I'm going to be more concerned with the overall shapes, and fitting them into the walls rather than accurate leading.
Then, there is the fact that the sets were completely rebuilt between LOTR and The Hobbit films, even the floorplan has changed.

As you can see- these are the blanks after LOTR and before they turned Hobbiton, NZ into the tourist attraction it is now (with permanent facades)
Can't you just drive over there and take some detail pictures for me?

That third pic is sort of what the technique I mentioned looks like, I wish i could be more help and show you my own example but like I mentioned I'm actually waiting on my dad to print me all the window designs for my modeling, he's been trying to find time since late last year but his presses have been flat out and he can't get on them! i'll kick him up the backside and try and get some to play with soon, then I'll know if it'll be any real help to this project you're working on so bautifully!

The Golden Hind was a ship. I assume the Great Henry was also.

Yup, Golden Hind http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Hind was Drake's Flagship, while with the other one I made a mistake (blame my bad memory), Henry Grace a Dieu http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Harry or short "Great Harry" was the biggest vessel of it's time.

Man, in the hands of a modeller as skilled and creative as you, Dave...

I always wanted to build a ship...

Many many years ago there was this racing ship I believe called 'Defender' my father obtained plans for it and scratch built a model of the entire thing, laying every single panel of wood and knotting all the rigging by hand, made every porthole from brass himself and made his own decals from scratch too, printing out the name on paper then varnishing it and lastly sanding the paper from behind off so just the ink was left! he's a crazy man I tell ya! I'll see if i can take some pics just to show you if you're interested?

Absolutely! The old-fashioned modeling techniques can be some of the most inspiring nowadays!

Very, very nice! Looking forward to seeing the whole of Bag End 28mm-ered!

Alright then i'll have a word to my old man and see what he knows! I have a sneaky suspicion if you and he ever got talking i'd be shoved aside and my banner would be handed to him in a heartbeat :-) he is VERY talented! i'll get some images of the ship on monday for you, did you want them PM'd or up here or your old blog?

It should be shared for all to see! post it here!

Thanks Noctem!


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Not sure if this helps explain better, but it helped me to figure out a few things..

 dsteingass wrote:
I always wanted to build a ship...

er... i put this here for no actual reason...

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/488652.page


if there is someone more talented out there for this task... i doubt it

and dave... i am actually looking forward to you going all furniture...in your own time... and just to sound like a bootlicker... what´s the point in making all the decorations now, when the rooms are not even finished? seems to be the right order you´re currently following...