Crafting progress

So, I'm almost done with the outer layer of the box. I've applied little details to the inside, which took me two entire mornings, and it still isn't finished. But I thought I'd show you guys what it looks like now:



The green flaps will be decorated with images of candy canes or whatnot yet.
And this is what it looks like when all the flaps are opened:



The pop-up Xmas tree on the bottom was a real pain in the backside to make and it didn't turn out how I hoped but I'll be damned if I give it another try.

My Dwarves

Posting The Book of Mazarbul to AO3 has brought me back to my Dwarves. And while I despise many of the choices PJ made in the Hobbit films, some of the original concepts were really spectacular and I chose those images when I wrote.

So, meet a film!Thorin I could have accepted a lot easier:



Still Richard Armitage, but aged a bit so that it would fit Thorin's actual age much better, don't you think?

And then a truly venerable Baling whom I would have bought the Lord of Moria act in a moment:



And this is my female Bifur, disguised as a male toymaker prior to the Quest of Erebor:

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Sorry I couldn't insert that picture. It isn't a very good one, I might make a cut-out myself one day, but I do find her exotic and beautiful and that's why I made Óin fall in undying love with her. *g* She's the first one in the second row, btw, with the black hair and beard and the black tattoos in her face.

And, of course, the Lady Dís at her most impressive: