hobbit home – Hobbiton i-Site makeover

Hobbiton visitors have an extra destination to add to their hobbit tour with the makeover of the Matamata i-Site information site. Once a fairly run of the mill i-Site, it has now been transformed to a building that would be comfortably at home in the Hobbiton set.

Opened to coincide with the premiere of Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit, the new look Hobbiton i-Site has hosted many thousands of visitors and featured in just as many photos.

The design for the i-Site was created by Lord of the Rings (LOTR) Oscar-winning production designer Dan Hennah and built by the LOTR and The Hobbit art director Brian Massey.

The cast of Resene products and colours used to transform the Matamata i-Site into a slice of Hobbiton life was extensive, including Resene Lumbersider tinted to Resene Half Tea (complex neutral), Resene Limerick (Irish green) and Resene Putty (strong cream), Resene SpaceCote Low Sheen tinted to Resene Black, Resene Pizza (rust gold), Resene Goblin (deep green), Resene Tuscany (dusty orange terracotta) and Resene Woodrush (deep olive green).

The selection also included a wide range of wood stains with Resene Colorwood tinted to Resene Blackwood (black brown), Resene Candlelight (warm yellow), Resene Dark Ebony (black), Resene Desert Yellow (warm deep yellow) and Resene Ironbark (brown), Resene Multishield+ Flat, Resene Woodsman Wood Oil Stain tinted to Resene Heartwood (light timber brown), Resene Waterborne Woodsman tinted to Resene Bark (deep brown), Resene Blackwood, Resene Jacaranda (blackened magenta), Resene Red Pepper (fresh red), Resene Shadow Match (brown black) and Resene Totem Pole (bright red), Resene Timber and Furniture Gel tinted to Resene Kwila and Resene Sheer Black, Resene Furniture and Decking Oil, Resene Lustacryl tinted to Resene Putty, Resene Qristal Clear Poly-Satin polyurethane and Resene Aquaclear satin waterborne urethane.

Visitors can tour the rebuilt Hobbiton movie set as it appeared in the films on private farmland in Matamata and check out the new look i-Site enroute.

From the Resene News – issue 2/2013

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