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

Progression ? Completion , more like !

Great job on that one as well ! Did you finish casting the first one yet ? If so , how did it turn out ?

Natarn · **Posted:** Wed Feb 20, 2008 6:23 pm

I've made one mould and have begun another. The first mould looks good but I've not tested it yet. I like to leave the latex a few days before casting.

Can't wait for that though! Taking a new cast out of a mould for the first time is like magic!

Dorthonion · **Posted:** Wed Feb 20, 2008 7:18 pm

Natarn Ulka said:

Quote:

Taking a new cast out of a mould for the first time is like magic!

Do you need a wand? :-)

Take pics of the 'birth' of this new casting, please.

HH2 - very nice. So have you started on HH3 yet?

Natarn · **Posted:** Thu Feb 21, 2008 7:27 am

Dorthonion wrote:

Natarn Ulka said:

Quote:

Taking a new cast out of a mould for the first time is like magic!

Do you need a wand? :-)

Take pics of the 'birth' of this new casting, please.

HH2 - very nice. So have you started on HH3 yet?

Of course I need a wand! I will take some pictures of the birth. Hopefully the labour won't be too arduous or the pictures too gruesome.

I haven't begun hh3 but I have started some window sections which will be set into the hillside. Not much done on these yet. I'll propably post some pictures for you soon.

Ulkatur · **Posted:** Fri Feb 22, 2008 6:39 pm

What should I call? That it's impressive? I don't wanna insult you that way

But lemme ask you something: is this freaky frame, made from PC, intended to be some weird type of wood? Or is this a wicker job, as I always see it like?

Natarn · **Posted:** Sat Feb 23, 2008 9:25 am

Ulkatur wrote:

What should I call? That it's impressive? I don't wanna insult you that way

But lemme ask you something: is this freaky frame, made from PC, intended to be some weird type of wood? Or is this a wicker job, as I always see it like?

Erm... not sure what you mean. Could you rephrase your question please?

Ulkatur · **Posted:** Sun Feb 24, 2008 12:06 am

<cough> Sorry for that, I guess I had to twist it

I was thinking, are the brown parts of hobbit holes:

...intended to look like wood or like wicker?

Because it looks a bit strange for the wood... and using wicker for the outside details of the hole would be... surprising

Of course, take no offence, it's just my opinion

Natarn · **Posted:** Sun Feb 24, 2008 10:08 am

The yellowy part (milliput) is intended to be lime-washed daub, which was applied to a structure of wattle (woven sticks) - a common building material in the middle-ages.

The grey parts are intended to be a wooden framework - typical of Tudor architecture.

I hope this helps. When I've got one painted, I think you'll see better.

Natarn · **Posted:** Sun Feb 24, 2008 10:33 am

Here I am busy working on halfling hole 2.

And here I am taking a much needed rest from my work.

tagnator · **Posted:** Sun Feb 24, 2008 11:36 am

haha I am really impressed by these holes, good job

Natarn · **Posted:** Sun Feb 24, 2008 1:56 pm

Something is more or less finished! Yippee!

hh2 fresh out of the mould

I cast this in ultramix plaster. I need to make a stronger mould before experimenting with casting in resin. The cast came out really well with loads of detail. The only thing that it didn't like was the doorhandle. Drat. I think I'll have to make it a bit bigger - certainly its neck, in order to let the plaster, resin get in there.

hh2 painted
This was a treat to paint.

Now I need to make a hill! :cry: ... and a new doorhandle.

Dorthonion · **Posted:** Sun Feb 24, 2008 2:32 pm

Marvellous and now we can see how you sculpt so well - you are a halfling!

:-)

Ukfreddybear · **Posted:** Sun Feb 24, 2008 2:49 pm

Heheh.
We'll have to start calling you the Boy Wonder.

Cast looks great with such a realistic paint job. I especially like the way you did the stonework with different shades. I think most of us would have just done them all the same colour, but once again you exceed all expectations.

Cool.

BrentS · **Posted:** Sun Feb 24, 2008 2:53 pm

Outstanding. You really came through quickly on this one, it really looks great!

Lord Arcimen · **Posted:** Sun Feb 24, 2008 3:15 pm

Wow, that is some really outstanding, nice, amazing, fantastic, realistic, great.......

(1 age later) :lol:

......splendid, cool hobbit holes!!!!!

Perhaps you and ukfreddybear should run a business together? You could become one of the richest companies in the entire world! You could even buy Google, Microsoft, Nike, McDonalds.......

Lord Arcimen

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

Very , Very nice Cast ! and painted to honour the Paintjob!

What is that small halfling miniature that keeps appearing in front of the Hobbit hole ? is it you in a full scaly metal suit , as to keep the illusion that you can sculpt so well and detailed in 25mm scale ? :wink:

CaptainOfTheWolfRiders · **Posted:** Sun Feb 24, 2008 4:55 pm

Absolutely spiffy Natarn! Can't wait to see these as an actual hobbit hole (with the hill that is :wink:

).

Lord Arcimen wrote:

Perhaps you and ukfreddybear should run a business together? You could become one of the richest companies in the entire world! You could even buy McDonalds.......

Lord Arcimen

If he did that, I'd be working for him

Ulkatur · **Posted:** Sun Feb 24, 2008 8:31 pm

Great job, man

Now I'm certain, what you wanted to achieve with the frames.

And the photo with the model in front of hh... knocked me down

Whole the time I thought about it as about something about 8cm high :lol:

(w/out chimney)

Also, stunning work on the stones... I'd have to try for ages to have any chance to achieve comparatively great effect...

Natarn · **Posted:** Sun Feb 24, 2008 8:57 pm

Ulkatur wrote:

Also, stunning work on the stones... I'd have to try for ages to have any chance to achieve comparatively great effect...

The stones were pretty easy to sculpt and actually very simple to paint. I'm sure you could do it.

I did an undercoat of codex grey followed by a wash of chaos black.
Next I drybrushed fortress grey then white. 'Standard' stone painting.
The next trick is really simple. Just add a thin wash of various browns to individual stones. I used washes of bestial brown, graveyard earth, desert yellow and terracotta. To finish it off I drybrushed the whole chimney with chaos black to tone it down a bit. This stopped it from looking too shiny and new. I added more black at the top of the chimney to give it a burnt, 'sooty' look.

Ulkatur · **Posted:** Sun Feb 24, 2008 9:04 pm

Thanks for advice, I should try it as soon as I find some nice stonework to paint

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