DofWorks: Bag End

Mars_2000 · **Posted:** Tue Feb 03, 2015 9:07 pm

DofWorks wrote:

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.

Search for words "electric fly static grass applicator" and you will see :-)

An easy, self made tool which is very "usable" for applying grass onto dioramas.

Can be made in less than 30 mins.

Oldman Willow · **Posted:** Tue Feb 03, 2015 9:26 pm

I should have used the term applicator.

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 10:10 pm

Well, I should have figured that out... Static grass applicator, I know that one! In december I saw a video tutorial showing how to make one, but I found a cheap one and decided to buy it, since this probably won't be my last hobbit-hole.

I haven't tried it yet, so I'm still a bit excited (Especially since it's a cheap one):

If you look VERY closely it's actually hiding in the background on the last picture I posted of the whole model

Oldman Willow · **Posted:** Tue Feb 03, 2015 10:38 pm

Cool
The other two links have some good tips. I have an old applicator that works on a train transformer.

Gandlaf the Grey · **Posted:** Tue Feb 03, 2015 11:14 pm

Looking very nice, with a ll that milliput it reminds me of mine.

DofWorks · **Posted:** Thu Feb 05, 2015 8:01 pm

Just a short update... The walls are paintet and I've glued some transparent plastic sheets on the back to represent the glass in the windows.

The floor is made of balsa wood. I used a sculpting tool to make the lines. The color will probably be adjusted a bit, depending on how it works when the rest of the inside is painted. I know Bilbo doesn't have a wooden floor like this, but it's the easiest way I could make it look real without too many details and after all the outside is first priority.

As you can see the walls are hold in place with needles while the glue dries. I will take a picture of the floor inside Bag End when I can remove them again.

Gandlaf the Grey · **Posted:** Fri Feb 06, 2015 4:32 am

Excellent stuff, watching with interest.

DofWorks · **Posted:** Wed Feb 18, 2015 5:12 pm

The doors are painted:

The bottom of the tree is sculped directly on the hill.

The rest of the tree has to be removable and so it has to fit into the bottom. I placed some plasticwrap over the bottom-part of the tree and then it kept the two parts from sticking together. I simply removed the plasticwrap when the miliput was dry. The edge still needs a little cleaning though, but it worked very well.

A lot has happened to the inside of Bag End. I didn't plan on making walls inside like this when I started building. It was difficult to add them on this stage, so they're not perfect at all, but it's way better than no inside-decoration at all.

Most of them are balsawood - I started out with a couple of milliput-pillars, but they didn't look very good, so I decided to use balsawood for the rest.

Perfect or not, I really think the inside adds that little extra depth to the model. When the door is open, you can look inside and see the walls.

And I've finally started painting it!

Actually it just hits me that I forgot to take a picture of the postbox. Well, next time.

Gandlaf the Grey · **Posted:** Wed Feb 18, 2015 5:17 pm

Lovely lovely work

DofWorks · **Posted:** Tue Sep 17, 2019 11:01 am

I just realized it has been about 4,5 years since I made an updated in this thread... Maybe it's time to let you know that the model is pretty much done! Some of you might have seen it on Instagram ( instagram.com/longbottomleaf ) and now you can watch a full presentation video on YouTube - Enjoy! ^^

Prepare your gaming table for The Scouring of The Shire! Find my Bag End video along with a lot of tips for making hobbit holes on this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvDm4iAyUUg

Mapper · **Posted:** Tue Sep 17, 2019 3:58 pm

Thanks for another LOTR instagram to follow! Nice video and great job on Bag End. Don't worry, terrain projects are never done, always can add vegetation, dry brush something, etc.

Kuribo · **Posted:** Sun Sep 22, 2019 6:01 pm

I enjoy following Longbottomleaf on IG. He takes great pictures and it is inspiring to see his Shire projects. Thanks for sharing Dof!

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