Woman Makes Kick Ass Hobbit Hole

Logan Westbrook

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Woman Makes Kick Ass Hobbit Hole


A UK woman has built a stunningly detailed replica of Bilbo Baggins' home from Lord of the Rings [http://www.amazon.com/Lord-Rings-J-R-R-Tolkien/dp/0618260587/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1278528551&sr=1-4].

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]




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Tzekelkan

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That's just awesome! Lord of the Rings is awesome and Tolkien is pretty full of win, even though I find his books exhausting to read. I read them when I was younger, maybe I'll attack them again sometime. Anyway, that's a dollhouse I'd play with any day.

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Subzerowings

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It looks nice, but don't people have better things to do with their time?
I just realised how hypocritical that sounded coming from a guy who plays Disgaea 3 and hangs out on a videogame discussion site.
 

adderseal

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Fantastic! Top effort. This sort of stuff is a skill I realized I had no aptitude in whatsoever when I was into Games Workshop ages ago.
 

tzimize

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aaaaaahhhhhhh beautiful...altough I thought someone had made a real home look like Bilbos cozy cabin...that'd be REALLY awesome.
 

Space Cowgirl

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I have to applaud her for her efforts! And... It's just so.... Beautiful! But seriously though, I commend her for making a sweet tribute to an awesome book/movie trilogy.
 

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Tzekelkan said:
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Dammit! I stopped playing that game after I finially hit 90,000 and now I'm back on it! Curses!
 

Jandau

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I am turned on. I'm not sure if that's something to be proud of, but a good looking woman who can make a perfect Hobbit Hole miniature replica works for me for some reason...
 

Cpt_Oblivious

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I believe I speak for most of us here when I say: Marry me!
*ahem*
Very good, thought I bet she wouldn't let her kids play with it after all the effort that's gone into it.
 

Mr. Grey

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So all we need to do is to inform the Tolkien Estate, hope they don't sue her pants off but instead decide to hire her to design more models and sell them to children around the world. It'll be enriching for the future and she may very well get some awesome royalties.

But the way Estates have been acting lately... they'll sue her for everything she has. Then burn the dollhouse.

Cpt_Oblivious said:
I believe I speak for most of us here when I say: Marry me!
Apparently so... as I was going to make that very same statement.
 

De Ronneman

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That's art man, just, wow!

It looks awesome, it's in proportion and looks just gorgeous, wow, I'm so speechless, my sentences lose coherence somewhat...
 

Tim_LRR

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That's pretty awesome. Can you imagine having that as a center-piece in your living room?
 

GL2814E

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She is a very talented woman. I envy her. Maybe I could build a Vault, lots of smooth metal...
 

Brian Hendershot

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Tzekelkan said:
That's just awesome! Lord of the Rings is awesome and Tolkien is pretty full of win, even though I find his books exhausting to read. I read them when I was younger, maybe I'll attack them again sometime. Anyway, that's a dollhouse I'd play with any day.

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What does this link have to...woah..pretty colors

*four hours later* still trying to hit 90,000