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Dorthonion · **Posted:** Mon Feb 04, 2008 6:44 pm

Natarn Ulka said:

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Well, you are only out by six days!

March 5th or March 17th? 17th is St.Patrick's Day - bad for snakes, wyrms, reptiles including dragons, generally...

BilboOfTheWhiteTower · **Posted:** Mon Feb 04, 2008 7:49 pm

Very nice hobbit hole...you an Alan should go into business together and make an entire miniature replica of the whole Shire.

Beowulf03809 · **Posted:** Mon Feb 04, 2008 9:01 pm

Personally I would have liked to have seen the Hobbit hole with more of a scale-style surface. Just to keep him in practice while he's taking these breaks.

Natarn · **Posted:** Mon Feb 04, 2008 10:18 pm

BilboOfTheWhiteTower wrote:

Very nice hobbit hole...you an Alan should go into business together and make an entire miniature replica of the whole Shire.

There's an idea! Well, we've made a good start.

Beowulf03809 wrote:

Personally I would have liked to have seen the Hobbit hole with more of a scale-style surface. Just to keep him in practice while he's taking these breaks.

I sculpt scales in my sleep!

Daub, doorhandle and doorknocker.

It was fun covering over that wattle!

I like this picture. I've finished the little doorhandle and the doorknocker.

It's coming together now.

Thanks for all the encouraging comments.
Cheers,
Natarn.

Beatrice · **Posted:** Tue Feb 05, 2008 4:11 am

it looks absolutely wonderful!
when can I move it? ;-)

Dagorlad · **Posted:** Tue Feb 05, 2008 4:32 am

BilboOfTheWhiteTower wrote:

you and Alan should go into business together and make an entire miniature replica of the whole Shire.

I'm game!

Dorthonion · **Posted:** Tue Feb 05, 2008 1:26 pm

Beautiful work - the lock and handle plus the knocker bode well for any future move into figure sculpting - you should be able to translate that fine detail work into buckles, brooches, helmet and armour elements and decoration.

I wish I could sculpt. Maybe if I take my socks off and uses footses as well, Preciouss?

Beowulf03809 · **Posted:** Tue Feb 05, 2008 4:48 pm

That is just amazing work!

What do you use as your sculpting tools? I have a modest start that has been fine for limited work I do but I am trying to learn more about what's out there in use by others.

Natarn · **Posted:** Tue Feb 05, 2008 7:44 pm

Beowulf03809 wrote:

What do you use as your sculpting tools? I have a modest start that has been fine for limited work I do but I am trying to learn more about what's out there in use by others.

I have used just three tools for this project: my old favourite (as seen in my round fort article); a similar metal tool with a flat knife edge at one end and a smoothing/pushing shape at the other; and my new, and first, scalpel.

Each one serves its purpose. The scalpel, obviously, is great for the fiddly diddly work such as key holes.

I tried to build up a few layers of texture in this daub. It'll be great to paint!

I tried my stone roof idea out but it didn't work well, so it's back to tiles.

Joansean · **Joined:** Mon Feb 19, 2007 12:23 pm **Posts:** 760

Very nice ! You are making progress ! :wink:

Beowulf03809 · **Posted:** Tue Feb 05, 2008 9:38 pm

That is gorgeous.

DurinsBane · **Posted:** Thu Feb 07, 2008 8:12 am

How the hell did I miss this, what can I say that already hasn't been said..its simply stunning. Really look forward to seeing it completed and painted (make sure you make some casts and my name is top of the 'freebies' list).

Dorthonion · **Posted:** Thu Feb 07, 2008 6:47 pm

DurinsBane growled:

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(make sure you make some casts and my name is top of the 'freebies' list).

What? Buy a hobbit-hole and get a balrog free?

:-)

JohnandTricia · **Posted:** Fri Feb 08, 2008 10:40 pm

DurinsBane wrote:

How the hell did I miss this,

Welcome back from vaction

I have to say this is awesome and it is going to be hard to decide which freebie I am going to paint first one of these or one of Daggy's

Natarn · **Posted:** Sat Feb 09, 2008 8:29 am

JohnandTricia wrote:

DurinsBane wrote:

How the hell did I miss this,

Welcome back from vaction

I have to say this is awesome and it is going to be hard to decide which freebie I am going to paint first one of these or one of Daggy's

Freebies?! Freebies?! :roll:

Of all the cheek! You're going to need a small fortune to get hold of one of these beauties! :wink:

Radagast the white · **Posted:** Sat Feb 09, 2008 9:44 am

3 Gold coins?

Excellent sculpting as always Natarn!

Natarn · **Posted:** Sat Feb 09, 2008 11:10 am

Radagast the white wrote:

3 Gold coins?

Tres amusant!

Natarn · **Posted:** Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:23 am

With my first attempt at the roof beams I used match sticks, but they didn't fit in with the rest of the model. Off they came and out came the putty for sculpted beams.

Red Corsairs · **Posted:** Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:39 am

That's absolutely amazing! The whole thing is a wonderful piece so far! I can't believe how well this is al turning out, your doing a great job Natarn :wink:

. More please

Dorthonion · **Posted:** Sun Feb 10, 2008 11:59 am

Looking at this hobbit hole, I am guessing it represents one that has seen better days - otherwise the plaster would have been patched up again. There is a good stout door and lock so the owner/previous owner had some prosperity at one time.

So now I am trying to work out which hobbit would be living there... (named character or family)... the Sackville-Bagginses, perhaps?

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