Bag End Build Off !

joris267 · **Joined:** Sun May 25, 2008 6:07 pm **Posts:** 112

amazing piece of work, if you're not confident with the plastic, you could always paint it like it was "glas in lead" (don't know what it's called, it are bits of window with a colour to form a patern/image/look good)
or you could leave it the way it is (recommend

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Ukfreddybear · **Posted:** Tue Oct 28, 2008 10:42 pm

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DurinsBane wrote:
I doubt the camera will pick it up other than a 'flare' if I use the flash.

Haven't you heard Brian? Flares are back in fashion these days.

From now on I will picture you terrain building in your widest bell-bottoms!

Nice little window that, by the way.

Dagorlad · **Posted:** Tue Oct 28, 2008 11:28 pm

"Stained Glass Window" is the English term Joris267, or you could use "Leadlight" too.

Dagorlad · **Posted:** Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:00 am

Ok, day has come and gone since Brian's update...

My turn.

I tried a paint job on one panel (no DayGlo pink, sorry). Most of the facade will be obscured by grass and plants, but I just wanted the brown stones to show through them - a little hard to imagine I suppose, but I know what look I am going for and this hits the spot pretty well.

This is the kitchen window. The small spout under the window is the outlet of a drain from the inside - it saves having to carry buckets full of dirty water through the house each day. A primitive form of plumbing I suppose.

The second photo shows two bottles that are just visible inside the window.

Lords of glamorgarth · **Posted:** Wed Oct 29, 2008 4:15 pm

really loving this project! Nice and very detailed progress of both of you.
I'm expecting an amazing result, worthy the Hall of Fame

Olofér · **Posted:** Wed Oct 29, 2008 4:52 pm

Great work on the stone!

lorderkenbrand · **Posted:** Wed Oct 29, 2008 7:33 pm

Blimey! Alan, you dark horse, that's incredible paintwork, how did you get the bricks and plaster looking so natural? The drain is a nice touch and the bottles are a neat idea

Can't wait to see more!

Dorthonion · **Posted:** Wed Oct 29, 2008 7:35 pm

Erm, so the build-off now includes the contents of Bag End as well as the structure.... :shock:

Dagorlad · **Posted:** Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:56 pm

@Lorderkenbrand, the paints I use are from P3 and Vallejo mostly so the names of the colours won't mean much to most people I suspect. I'll try to translate them into the nearest GW equivalent.

I undercoat the whole thing in white, then base coat the bricks with Graveyard Earth and, while that is still wet, mix in a little Khaki or Bleached Bone on the stones themselves.

Leave that to dry and then drybrush a range of lighter shades of brown and grey over selected stones. And then use a wash of GW's Devlin Mud over the whole thing, concentrating on the joints between the stones.

Then I drybrush and highlight again. And finally, on a few stones, I use a very thin wash of Bleached Bone to give a subtle variation of the colour of the stones.

The plaster is a blend of two colours that have no real equivalent in GW's range, so I'll use their P3 names: Moldy Ochre and Menoth White Highlight. The 'white' is tinted slightly yellow and gives the whole thing an aged look. If you use khaki or other 'brownish' tints, the plaster comes out looking pink (not DayGlo, but bad enough).

Hope that helps

lotrscenerybuilder · **Joined:** Sun Jun 01, 2008 8:03 pm **Posts:** 128

Good job guys!

Dagorlad · **Posted:** Thu Oct 30, 2008 12:20 am

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Now let’s take a break and visit the actual site of PJ’s Bywater and Hobbiton by way of using Google Maps.

Let's not do this inside this thread please. If you wish to discuss this sort of thing, please do it in its own thread thanks.

DurinsBane · **Posted:** Thu Oct 30, 2008 8:15 am

Another excellent piece Alan, I am glad you took the 2nd close-up pic as it shows off the detail of the window much better than the first. Colouration is perfect and absolutely love the overflow pipe...very nice touch mate !

lorderkenbrand · **Posted:** Thu Oct 30, 2008 12:02 pm

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the paints I use are from P3 and Vallejo mostly so the names of the colours won't mean much to most people I suspect. I'll try to translate them into the nearest GW equivalent.

I undercoat the whole thing in white, then base coat the bricks with Graveyard Earth and, while that is still wet, mix in a little Khaki or Bleached Bone on the stones themselves.

Leave that to dry and then drybrush a range of lighter shades of brown and grey over selected stones. And then use a wash of GW's Devlin Mud over the whole thing, concentrating on the joints between the stones.

Then I drybrush and highlight again. And finally, on a few stones, I use a very thin wash of Bleached Bone to give a subtle variation of the colour of the stones.

The plaster is a blend of two colours that have no real equivalent in GW's range, so I'll use their P3 names: Moldy Ochre and Menoth White Highlight. The 'white' is tinted slightly yellow and gives the whole thing an aged look. If you use khaki or other 'brownish' tints, the plaster comes out looking pink (not DayGlo, but bad enough).

I should probably invest in the Vallejo range as a number of people here use it, and tend to prefer them. I googled P3 and found Menoth White but I couldn't see a set with Moldy Ochre in.

Thanks for the thorough reply, the brickwork still amazes me, I still can't understand how you got those results :shock:

The texture of the polyfilla just adds the realism of stonework. Now that you mention it, I can see an orangey yellow glow in the plaster, which I may have to consider when I come to paint mine.

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Hope that helps

Certainly did, thanks again

Dagorlad · **Posted:** Thu Oct 30, 2008 12:14 pm

The rough stonework effect is done by pressing a kitchen scouring pad into the polyfilla while it's still wet. It gives a nice mottled surface texture nd is quick and simple to do.

I have to thank Natarn Ulka for that trick - he mentioned it in his article for his ruined round fort and I've been shamelessly using it ever since.

Joansean · **Joined:** Mon Feb 19, 2007 12:23 pm **Posts:** 760

Alan, do you mean like a sponge or the tissue like things?

Corsair · **Posted:** Thu Oct 30, 2008 4:34 pm

Great stuff - Love your update Brian - Its absolutely brilliant!!

Alan, superb effects - the stone is so natural, the drain and bottles are fine additions too

I am loving it all

Dagorlad · **Posted:** Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:14 pm

Sean, I mean one of these:

lorderkenbrand · **Posted:** Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:32 pm

I knew you were up to something sneaky, I may have to nab the idea, thanks Alan and to its inventor Natarn

Joansean · **Joined:** Mon Feb 19, 2007 12:23 pm **Posts:** 760

Great Alan, thanks a lot!

Darac · **Posted:** Sat Nov 01, 2008 1:30 pm

This is indeed great work!
Stone is really realistic!

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