In a Hole in the Ground there Lived a Hobbit…
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About the Project
With Scouring of the Shire for LOTR SBG on the Horizon I decided it was time to start making some Hobbit Holes and Painting some Hobbits.
Related Game: The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game
Related Company: Games Workshop
Related Genre: Fantasy
This Project is Completed
Making Another Hobbit Hole
Before I Start the New One I Cut the Awning of the Last One to Size
I;m Going for a More Panel These Here
Here we Have a Window Jutting Out and An Indent where a Tree will be Once the Hobbit Hole is Based
After Gluing a 10 Cent Piece (25mm Coin) to a Handle I Heated it With a Lighter and Melted a Perfect Hole for a 25mm Base to be Inserted.
A 25mm Circle was then Cut to Size
This was then Glued over the Base. This will be Painted Later to Resemble Shutters
A Quick TrimSome Colour for the Hobbit Holes
I want to Break up the Greed on the Hobbit Holes with some Splashes of Colour. A Friend of Mine used this Method to make Tiny Flowers for his Elves Bases Years Ago so I’m trying it now for Large Clumps of Flowers.
The Materials are Two Small Sponges, Remove the Green Part
My Initial Mixing Pot was an Old Army Painter Bottle
It Worked Fine, Mixed Well and Coloured the Sponge but Tipped Over Very Easily
You can see the Spillage in the Background. Instead I'm Using a Toothpick Holder
It was Easy Enough. Fill with Water, Apply a Bit of Paint and Squish with Old Brushes to Soak the Colour
The Colour was then Left to Dry and the Container Washed and Repeated for Other Colours
The Finished Product Waiting to DrySomething Different
This Will be a Ruined Hobbit Hole with a Rock Face on Front and Back
The Wicker Fence was Cut to a Very Slim Base
All Fences got a Single Coat of Cheap Acrylic Paint
I Made these a While Ago but They'll work for the More Ravaged Parts of the Shire. Just a Welcome Mat Cut Up and Glued to a Base then Painted to Look Burnt
The Signpost Flocked
Fatty Next to the Shaded Seat
These Will be Grape Vines, Not 100% Sure How but I have a Few Ideas. I'm Thinking String with Very Bright Grass Like Strands on it.
One Big (For A Hobbit) Animal Pen
4 Small Garden BedsA Splash of Colour
The Hobbit Holes are Coming Along but the Solid Green needs Breaking Up.
Later in the Week I’ll be Adding Flowers Made from Pins but for Now I decided to add some Clotheslines and Rocks
Each Hobbit Hole got a XPS Foam Rock. These are Very Easy to Make 
To Start a Washing Line I Stuck Two Toothpicks into a Piece of Foam. Then Trimmed them to Size and Super Glued a Single Strand of Jute String. Once the Glue was Dry then Fix Them in Place with More Glue.
Once that was Dry the Entire Line was Covered in Superglue and a Piece of Tissue was Draped over Them. The Poles were then Painted with Cheap Paint
The "Sheets" were then Painted Red or Blue
The Second Batch
I Like the Effect that the Bright Colours Have. It Really Breaks up the Monotone Green.
The Chimney's Will get Some Creeping Vines and Funnels Later in the WeekFlowers, Clotheslines and a Barrow
I Picked up a Nail Variety Pack at my Local Hardware and Stuck the Smaller Ones into a Piece of XPS Foam. There's a mix of Head Sizes which is Fine for What I'm After.
They were Then Painted Green, They'll Need at Least One Maybe Two More Coats.
A Close Up
The Paint
Here's some More Fences. The Foam Piece is a Rock with Holes in it that will Form a Dual Gate.
You can see a Space Left in the Front Fence for a Loose Piece of Wood to Slide into.
The Holes were Made by Heating Up a Very Thin Brass Spear and Sliding it Through
The Finished Fence will have Two Horizontal Pieces of Wood that can Slide in and Out of the Stone to Open and Close the Gate.
One of Four Barrow's I made Earlier now being Flocked
The Flocked Barrow. These can be Used for Either Barrow Downs Barrows, Rohirrim Barrows or just Generic Barrows.
The Clotheslines got some PVAFlowers
The Flowers Painted and Ready for the Black Dot
More Washing
The Flowers, not 100% sure about them just yet. I've got some proper Flower Tufts coming next week so I'll see which way I go
Basing the Hobbit Holes
Apologies for the Pic Quality I Broke my Phone so I'm Using one with not as Good a Camera
Four MDF Bases were Cut to Size and Beveled with an Orbital Sander
The Buildings were Matched to the Bases with Letters and in some Cases Directional Markings
Again Sorry for the Picture Quality, Combination of a Dodgy Camera and Me Having Zero Idea how to Tune It In
All the Hobbit Holes are Glued to their Bases. They Have Since been Based with Sand.
A Ruined Hobbit Hole Getting some Wallpaper
Trimming off the Excess
One End of a Matchstick was Cut to a Point and Pushed into the Foam then the Opposite End was Roughly Snapped Off.
