Mt heart always warms whenever I see the Hobbiton scenes, from any of the movies; LOTR or The Hobbit... I am convinced I was a Hobbit in a prior life ! ;-)
Here Gandalf meets a young Bilbo at Bag End... from the movie...
... and the front of Bag End, not only a movie set, but also a tourist attraction, near the town of Matamata (Google it!)...
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And where did all this thinking come from... I blame Loki and his Tajima Tufts! ;-)
As soon as I saw these on Lokis site I wanted some... and then couldn't help but think what they could be used for... flowers immediately made me think of Hobbit Holes...
A rummage in the games room found this LOTR supplement...
... in which I remembered reading about making Hobbit holes...
My son had a mate round for a playdate weekend, and since he had seen the Hobbit but never seen the LOTR movies, we enjoyed Saturday night watching the Fellowship of the Ring (Ext Ed) with him... and yes I still get attacks of 'hayfever' while watching it, when Gandalf sets his fireworks off from his cart to the hobbit childrens delight, when Gandalf falls from the bridge at Khazad Dum... , when Boromir dies... "I would have followed you, my Captain, my King..."
Quick pass the Kleenex... watched it dozens of times and it still gets me, I must be getting soft in my old age...
Sunday they spent fighting the Helms Deep assault against the Deeping Wall game with terrain I made years ago and thoroughly enjoyed it...
So I realised I can still enjoy MiddleEarth even if I am not buying the new Hobbit models, as I still have a literal bunker of LOTR models to paint...
So as usual I find myself torn in several directions... ah well, such is this hobby life!
I will press on with the Empire of Dead stuff, and today did the second skim coat to the Victorian base board, and once dry sanded smooth. I hope to press on with more work today on the Victorian Pub... and I have to find time for Curts challenges painting too... but don't be surprised if you see the odd MiddleEarth terrain piece popping up now and again too... ;-)
