This is gonna be my fiftieth post! Woo! If I'd realised sooner I would have done something a little bit more special but I'll make up for that another time okay?
Previously; Stage 1, Stage 2
So, Stage 3.
So no time was wasted getting it tipped out and sorted
There were a lot more smaller pieces than in the other two stages but that was probably due to the fact that this stage had much of the detail in the interior and garden whereas the other two were mainly structural in composition.
So, minifigures!
We have Gandalf, Balin and Bofur! Which is nice as they're Bilbo's particular friends (in the movies anyway, Bofur doesn't get much in the way of character in the books so we've no way of knowing if he wasn't Bilbo's friend there too)
I was more excited than usual about these minifigures than normal as they have so many parts to them. Like, they each have a cloak and weapon the the casts for their hair and beards are so cool!
I missed Gandalf's beard as it was in one of the smaller bags separate from the rest of the pieces but once I found it all was well.
Minifigures out of the way it's time to get into the main building phase!
This stage had so many small bits to it that I ended up storing them in a shot glass so as not to lose then during the build. In particular the brown studs that were used extensively in this stage were so numerous that they got their own container.
With the plants in place and the fence all put together it was really starting to look like a pretty little hobbit hole.
But it's not a proper hobbit hole if the inside is bare so it was time to activate my powers of interior design! and fit a writing desk, a dining table, six chairs amongst other things which included a very nice selection of maps and... The Red Book of Westmarch.
It's not called that yet but it is that very same book and it makes the Tolkien nerd inside of me curl up and giggle like a five-year-old on a sugar high.
For anyone who doesn't know just what the significance of it is; it's the book in which Bilbo records the story that we know as "The Hobbit" in and Frodo later does the same with the "Lord of the Rings" before passing it on to Sam. Sam then adds to it up until he also sails West, after which Sam's decedents are left in charge of it. (this is all found in the LOTR appendices at the end of RotK which can be really boring at parts but are worth a read for anyone interested) So you can imagine why I'm just a little bit giddy over it.
Anyway, once the furniture was in and everything that could be secured was, it was just a matter of laying out the items that couldn't be secured, getting everyone into view and taking some final photos.
Stage 1, Stage 2, Stage 3, Stage 4, Special features.
Previously; Stage 1, Stage 2
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| In case you needed a reminder this is what was complete at the end of stage 2 |
So, Stage 3.
From the instruction book it can be seen that there's not one, not two, but THREE minifigures here.
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| So exciting! |
So no time was wasted getting it tipped out and sorted
There were a lot more smaller pieces than in the other two stages but that was probably due to the fact that this stage had much of the detail in the interior and garden whereas the other two were mainly structural in composition.
So, minifigures!
We have Gandalf, Balin and Bofur! Which is nice as they're Bilbo's particular friends (in the movies anyway, Bofur doesn't get much in the way of character in the books so we've no way of knowing if he wasn't Bilbo's friend there too)
I was more excited than usual about these minifigures than normal as they have so many parts to them. Like, they each have a cloak and weapon the the casts for their hair and beards are so cool!
I missed Gandalf's beard as it was in one of the smaller bags separate from the rest of the pieces but once I found it all was well.
Minifigures out of the way it's time to get into the main building phase!
This stage had so many small bits to it that I ended up storing them in a shot glass so as not to lose then during the build. In particular the brown studs that were used extensively in this stage were so numerous that they got their own container.
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| This is probably as close as I'll ever get to actually gardening |
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| Sticker sheet in action on the fence! |
But it's not a proper hobbit hole if the inside is bare so it was time to activate my powers of interior design! and fit a writing desk, a dining table, six chairs amongst other things which included a very nice selection of maps and... The Red Book of Westmarch.
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| *insert angelic chorus here* |
It's not called that yet but it is that very same book and it makes the Tolkien nerd inside of me curl up and giggle like a five-year-old on a sugar high.
For anyone who doesn't know just what the significance of it is; it's the book in which Bilbo records the story that we know as "The Hobbit" in and Frodo later does the same with the "Lord of the Rings" before passing it on to Sam. Sam then adds to it up until he also sails West, after which Sam's decedents are left in charge of it. (this is all found in the LOTR appendices at the end of RotK which can be really boring at parts but are worth a read for anyone interested) So you can imagine why I'm just a little bit giddy over it.
Anyway, once the furniture was in and everything that could be secured was, it was just a matter of laying out the items that couldn't be secured, getting everyone into view and taking some final photos.
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| Poor Bilbo, all of these Dwarves invading his lovely Home! |
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| Nice and safe until next time |
I put all of the unsecured extra bits of scene dressing that weren't into the shot glass just to keep them all in one place for now.
Next time! Stage 4!
Stage 1, Stage 2, Stage 3, Stage 4, Special features.
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