New Hobbit Holes 4

 

After patching in the windows I had a thought.

Wouldn't it be good if these Hobbits could actually see out of their windows!

Unless there are stairs in these Hobbit holes (unheard of)

it would be impossible unless they were stood on the furniture.

As you can see his head is above the centre of the fascia window.

The base gives him a leg up.

After hacking out all the windows and lowering them,

this is what you get.

Too low?

Here's as far as I could get before the arrival of our Christmas guests.

Not sure of the detail on either of them but this one has a pond

or is that yet another pot hole on the A429

New Hobbit Hole(s) 3

 

After a further hack or three with the saw,

I was still not happy.

So I made two more using the recently arrived hot wire cutter.

I'll find the other one now!.

I've been tinkering with ideas for extra windows.

The right sized card tube and coffee stirrers.

The arching window frame is a problem.

I've tried Greenstuff (recently arrived)

and Balsa but neither worked.

I've re-thought the window arches.

Coffee stirrers are too thick, see above.

One of the new hills coated with Brown Earth.

No pantiles* on the fascia yet though.

Sorry, I've been calling them pantiles but they need to be wobbly! 

Tiles then.

Here's the other hill complete with windows and chimneys.

I've added the two cross pieces to the door as further disguise.

The lean on the chimneys is only partly the closeness of the camera.

John's mixture sinks and maybe shrinks when your back is turned.

I'll sue!

New Hobbit Hole 2

 

Here's the finished front 

(though I do have thoughts on a couple of bars across the door

to change its looks further)

Another bit of tinkering is with the chimney pots.

Both these ideas come from existing ones around the village.

Much to do with them yet though.

Having searched all hiding places for my hot wire cutter,

I tackled  the new Hobbit hill with a couple of saws.

I'm not happy.

New Hobbit Hole 1

Well, sorry about that folks. Covid, kids and carrots with a healthy smattering of Settlers have caused me to ignore this blog for nearly a year.

However, I think the stubbornness of the donkey had something to do with it so I have turned to Hobbit Holes.

I decided to use the same side as the previous Hobbit Hole

to see if I could disguise it.

I've cut two pieces of coffee stirrer and four of Karndean flooring.

The Karndean is the dividing strips they lay to provide patterning.

It has a wood texture.

To change the look of the door frame,

I put a layer of Milliput on the bricks.

I would have preferred Greenstuff (stickier) but I'm fresh out of it.

So here's the stirrers, Karndean and Milliput all in place.

I've also used John's glue/filler mix around the left hand window.

The right hand one already has a similar texture.

Now mostly painted and dry-brushed.

I also thought about modifying the chimney stacks.

However, the double pot piece is slightly wider than the single

so a re-think is needed.

The brick arch over the right hand window is now wooden.

This time I 'simply' sanded and scraped it down

rather than adding Milliput.

Of course, the truth is that, even after all these mods,

it will hardly look different to the first Hobbit Hole.

It's the equivalent of tying a red ribbon on the tail

of Lady Godiva's horse and expecting people to notice the difference.

Their eyes will be elsewhere.