That is undeniably cool, I congratulate her for the amount of time that must have gone into making it.
Woman Makes Kick Ass Hobbit Hole
- Thread starter Logan Westbrook
- Start date
aww =( i when i saw the title i was given the impression someone made an actual life sized hobbit hole...but you give me this?! ...just disappointing...
That is absolutely amazing. Even scale portraits of Bilbo's parents above the mantle as well Thror's map. That is some serious attention to detail.
I want to see this lady build a life sized model of bag-end next, then sell it so someone can live in it. Hell I'd buy it if I had the money, how many people would be able to say they live in a hobbit hole?
Now I know hobbits are small, but I was hoping it'd be big enough to live in...
Well, still a terrific job, lady!
Well, still a terrific job, lady!
I was disappointed when it turned out the hobbit hole wasn't life sized. That would be epic.
Dang razzafrazzing headlines that don't tell everything!
OT: I think that is awesome. Makes me wish I still had my modeling sets.
Dang razzafrazzing headlines that don't tell everything!
OT: I think that is awesome. Makes me wish I still had my modeling sets.
Yes, she totally wasted her time putting patience and effort into a very well crafted miniature. Something many people had as their hobbies before computers became so viral. Never mind the fact she could probably eat for a year off of the money she would make selling that, over what Gamestop pays for a little used videogame.Subzerowings said:
Logan Westbrook said:Woman Makes Kick Ass Hobbit Hole
A UK woman has built a stunningly detailed replica of Bilbo Baggins' home from Lord of the Rings.
Maddie Chambers has built a miniature replica of Bilbo Baggin's Hobbiton home, Bag End. The model, which took a year to make, is incredibly detailed, with a one-inch version of the Baggins family tree framed on one of the walls, a map of Middle Earth and even notes in Elvish in the lounge.
That's just the tip of the iceberg too, as Chambers made an entire house full of miniature furniture, a well stocked kitchen and a vegetable garden.
On her blog, Maddie describes her deep love for Tolkien and how she came to build the model: "This all began when I was a young child and read the Hobbit for the first time. I believe I was about 10 and I was instantly hooked."
"I decided to take on this project as part of a college course I was doing part time when my twin boys were one year old. The module was called 'the importance of play' and we had to make a toy to hand in at the end of the term. Of course, me being me, I took it to the extreme and at first I decided to make a little hill with a front door like Bag End."
"Then I thought, 'well, what if I made the roof removable and had a little room inside?' Then, of course, I started drawing up plans and added more rooms and then decided 'what the hell? I might as well make a replica of the one from the movie and make it big enough to fit in doll's house type furniture!'"
The only way to really appreciate this amazing model is to see it, and fortunately, Chambers has taken a ton of pictures for her blog, both of the finished product, and of how she put it together. You can see them all here [http://madshobbithole.wordpress.com/].
Source: Topless Robot [http://www.toplessrobot.com/2010/04/lord_of_the_tiny_tiny_rings.php]
Permalink
Awesome! Considering my title is halfling supremacist, this is just awesome.
I never said that videogames were a good way to spend your time, nor is anything that doesn't help other people. Don't get me wrong. The miniature looks amazing, but what are you going to do with a miniature? I just can't fathom why any one would spend all that hard work on a miniature, like most non-gamers don't understand why I/we spend time playing videogames. I'm no sculptor, I think the miniature looks amazingly detailed, but I can't understand why.samsonguy920 said: