FFO Hobbit Holes 7

The 'Mayors house' has been grassed

 and a fence of balsa (posts)

 and coffee stirrers constructed and painted.

As it's a fiddly job,

I sprayed it using 'Firefly Green' from FOW.

The stepping stones are from a cork beer mat

bought from Madeira 20 odd years ago.

Painted dark grey and dry brushed light,

they look OK, if a little large for Hobbit strides.

Think of them as stops when weeding.

The fence glued in and some flowers planted,

and from above.

A balsa post with a chain pinned to it instead of a gate.

I'd hoped to use a similar idea for the Mathom House

 but couldn't find any chain.

I might go back to it.

Overview.

 

FFO Hobbit Holes 6

Many moons later-

I've made a decision about that chimney and, using a 6d rocket stick painted in 'Dark Earth', marked out, then dry brushed light grey, I think I have a reasonable looking partner to the bell-tower chimney stack. The pot itself is just the usual hex bodied pen.

A big improvement on this type of building

The addition of rock balls* for the gateposts and a large post box for all the Mayoral mail

 makes this one complete.

*I did wonder about having gold balls for the gate

but thought that would be a tad too showy.