Here is another Tolkien inspired booknook, Lake Town from the Hobbit movie, complete with Bard and the fish barrels hiding the dwarves. This time I made it entirely from cardboard and balsa wood, craft sticks and twigs for the wharf decks. I used wire for the portcullis front gate.
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| I started out with an energy bar box, painted a strip of water down the inner side between the folds. Then I set the dock posts made of real twigs, and built the narrow docks from craft sticks. |
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| I changed my mind and decided to use a mirror to give more depth to the canal, so I cut out the end section. This is the first house I built. I felt it wasn't quite ramshackle enough for the look I wanted. |
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| This is the second building, a bit more ramshackle |
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| The third house is done. I started adding some rope |
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| And a drying fishing net |
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| Another net for later |
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| The left side cardboard flap with some midnight blue paint and marked for lighting |
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| The left side done and lights tested. The torch gets replaced by a lantern later. There were no torches in the movie, just lanterns |
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| The first building for the right side. Now this is the ramshackle look I was working towards. |
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| Forming the boat prow second story deck for the next house out of cosclay |
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| The first few buildings done. Room for one more... |
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| The buildings for the right side are done |
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| Drawing out the design |
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| sandwiching a piece of balsa wood between the upper and lower deck templates, then sanding the edges smooth |
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| My supervisor |
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| Looks pretty close, I'm satisfied |
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| The left side |
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| The right side |
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| This was my reference for building the front gate |
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| These are all of the Tolkien nooks I have left. The others are with my daughters, relatives, and friends |
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| I ended up shortening the portcullis gate a bit for easier viewing |
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