DofWorks: Bag End

SonsOfHurin · **Joined:** Wed Oct 15, 2014 10:54 am **Posts:** 42

Great piece of terrain allready!! Can't wait to see this finished, keep it up!

DofWorks · **Posted:** Sun Nov 23, 2014 11:03 pm

Thanks for the kind comments!

I just finished the door, made from cardboard and green stuff:

And I've painted the wall-pieces:

The yellow wall might seem a bit TOO yellow on the pictures... It looks much better live. :)

Dead Marsh Spectre · **Posted:** Sun Nov 23, 2014 11:04 pm

Looks great!!! Love the door. Its come out very nice.

Gandlaf the Grey · **Posted:** Mon Nov 24, 2014 7:05 am

When I did my yellow work, I added some thin glazes of browns to the tops to create some shading, I also very very lightly drybrushed some very pale yellow onto the mid sections of the walls.

Nevinsrip · **Posted:** Mon Nov 24, 2014 8:27 am

That's wonderful!! Any chance that can post the plans you drew here with measurements?
Again, excellent stuff.

Oldman Willow · **Posted:** Mon Nov 24, 2014 9:54 pm

Beautiful work!

DofWorks · **Posted:** Thu Jan 08, 2015 9:27 pm

Happy New Year everyone!

It's been a while. Always stuff to do around Christmas and New Years Eve, so I haven't spent much time in the Shire lately... My Bilbo-miniature has started to complain since it's pretty cold outside and he really needs a house! And since New Years Eve is now left behind I'm back in Bag End!

I've almost completed the hill-shapes. Plaster was used for the large areas and then milliput for the parts where I had to be more precise. I still need to add some more milliput, especially on the edges of the model to make it stronger.

It's very difficult to find pictures of Bilbos garden, so I might have to improvise a bit on that one... Bilbos bird house is made from green stuff. The pole it's attached on is not glued in place yet (I will cut it down to an appropriate size when the garden takes shape).

Now I can open and close the door in the fence. The wire-henges works! It might look a bit weird on the picture though (especially the pole on the left), since it's not actually attached yet...

And I can open and close the door to the house. This is done in a much easier way since the henges are hidden inside the house and didn't have to actually look like henges...

And finally, a picture of the whole model so far:

Gandlaf the Grey wrote:

When I did my yellow work, I added some thin glazes of browns to the tops to create some shading, I also very very lightly drybrushed some very pale yellow onto the mid sections of the walls.

Thanks! I took your advice and it looks much better now (Still a very aggressive yellow on the pictures though... The picture of the whole model has the most reliable colors).

Nevinsrip wrote:

That's wonderful!! Any chance that can post the plans you drew here with measurements?
Again, excellent stuff.

I have changed so many things during the process. So my original measurements isn't the most reliable... But I can make a new drawing based on the finished model when it's done - with correct measurements! ; )

Gandlaf the Grey · **Posted:** Fri Jan 09, 2015 3:54 am

Very nice,taking shape lovely. Are you using different length grasses ?

Ridgeback · **Joined:** Mon Dec 22, 2014 3:25 pm **Posts:** 105

Wow that looks awesome

im looking forward to the painted and finished version

Reto · **Posted:** Wed Jan 21, 2015 12:59 pm

It's looking good, nice details.

Oldman Willow · **Posted:** Wed Jan 21, 2015 1:23 pm

Very very nice

enosphere · **Joined:** Wed Jan 21, 2015 5:24 pm **Posts:** 48

Really taking shape. Hope to see an update soon.

DofWorks · **Posted:** Mon Feb 02, 2015 6:21 pm

Gandlaf the Grey wrote:

Very nice,taking shape lovely. Are you using different length grasses ?

Yes - I have the usual 2mm static grass (The bag on the right)and then some 10-12mm grass on a sheet. I don't know how the sheet will work on this model - Hopefully this long grass will make a nice effect in corners and maybe around the tree, but I think it's a bit too long to be used as basic grass so I've recently bought two bags (Spring and summer) of 6mm static grass. This gives me 3 lengths and a few different colors and I think the 6mm will be a perfect basic grass-length for the hobbits.

Even though I didn't plan on it, I've decided to decorate the inside walls a bit. For now it will be frames around the windows, maybe a wooden floor, just so the inside looks a bit more finished.

I also decided to make the other side of the door:

The garden is now covered with a VERY thin layer of miliput. It's a little stronger now. And the rock tiles are in place. These took a while to do - I wanted them to look different and rough. The same goes for the "wall" along the garden.

Bilbo have these seven sticks stuck into the ground in his garden - I don't know what it is called, but I guess it helps the flowers stay vertical or something like that... Anyway, I made this whatever-it-is with small pieces of steal wire.

Once again a picture of the whole thing... The Scouring Of The Shire-box is seen in the background waiting to be painted (I finally bought it on eBay this december... Perfect timing! I've been searching for an affordable one for a while!

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Oldman Willow · **Posted:** Mon Feb 02, 2015 7:44 pm

Very nice. One of the best I have seen. Making so many of the parts and textures with clay/milliput adds a lot.

I am looking forward to more photos.

YOrcShire · **Posted:** Mon Feb 02, 2015 8:19 pm

Nice progress so far. Lovely piece of work.

SonsOfHurin · **Joined:** Wed Oct 15, 2014 10:54 am **Posts:** 42

Amazing work! Also one of my feature projects, so thanks for the inspiration;)

Mars_2000 · **Posted:** Tue Feb 03, 2015 12:10 pm

This is an excellent work. I love it.
Can't wait for further updates.

Just one hint about static grass.
If I remember well, I have used 10-12mm lenght on my own hobbit house diorama and final result was ok. If u would like to see it, u may find one photo in my introduction post.

DofWorks · **Posted:** Tue Feb 03, 2015 1:53 pm

Mars_2000 wrote:

Just one hint about static grass.
If I remember well, I have used 10-12mm lenght on my own hobbit house diorama and final result was ok. If u would like to see it, u may find one photo in my introduction post.

I found it – beautiful work! (Can't wait to paint my own Gandalf in Cart and let him ride to the finished Bag End!)

I don't think the grass looks that long, at least not compared to Gandlaf The Greys Bag End-model ( http://www.one-ring.co.uk/viewtopic.php ... &start=420 ).

And don't get me wrong... I actually really like the 10-12mm grass, it looks great on both models! But both are dioramas and they probably don't have miniatures with bases walking all over them; I need to be able to place my miniatures on top of my Bag End and if the grass is too long I'm afraid they will probably tip over all the time.

I hope the 6mm grass will still look a bit wild, when mixed with the longer 10-12mm here and there. Compared to the images of the Bag End from the movie, this scale should work just fine. And 6mm grass is still pretty long for a tiny Hobbit-miniature. : )

Oldman Willow · **Posted:** Tue Feb 03, 2015 2:58 pm

Making a static grass projector is an option you should consider.

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=you ... 4BF8D8EE64

Grass tufts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJSFTHy5rWw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFXgSky6JMU

DofWorks · **Posted:** Tue Feb 03, 2015 8:15 pm

Oldman Willow wrote:

Making a static grass projector is an option you should consider.

What is that?

I'm definitely going to make some Grass tufts.

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