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Re: A Hobbit's Hole, Bag End
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Tue, 29 Jan 2002 10:01:19 GMT
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Thats _REALLY_ great Jon. I love it. Loads of detail, loads of nice touches.
If only I had that much green :)
was it hard to maintain stability for the walls (or are they solidly solid)
fantastic. Thanks for sharing
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James Stacey
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www.minifig.co.uk
#925 - I'm a citizen of Legoland travelling Incommunicado
"Jon Furman" <Rambocalrissian@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
> I present my first modest attempt at translating a Tolkien location into • brick.
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=9222
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> "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet • hole,
> filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, • sandy
> hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, • and
> that means comfort." -- J.R.R. Tolkien "The Hobbit"
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> Bag end is the home of Bilbo Baggins, the Hobbit who becomes an unlikely
> hero in the book "The Hobbit" the precursor to Tolkien's "Lord of the • Rings"
> Trilogy. While not to scale, Bag End is much larger, It does feature a
> round door (that was the hardest part). I was going for the "feel" of
> Hobbiton, not necessarily a dead on recreation, so I tried to approximate
> the look and atmosphere. The tree and the roof lift off to reveal a quite
> modest (by Bilbo's standards) living area. As always, let me know what • you
> think. I hope that you enjoy it.
> Jon
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| The walls are very stable, but I did use colors other than green to achieve this. After I did the walls, I panelled the interior in Tan. This blocked off the White left side window, so the that window is only a facade. The green window however is in (...) (22 years ago, 31-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle)
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