Uploaded April 2014 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
The HobbitCon 2014 in April in the German city of Bonn was an amazing get-together of fans, experts, celebrities and artists to celebrate the works of J.R.R. Tolkien.
In this episode of "The Enigmatic Baboon" Marin visits the HobbitCon and experiences fun, friendship, fandom and fantasy. See the amazing workshops about masks and prosthetics, drawing elves, stunt fighting, building armor and film make-up. See writer and director Tommy Krappweis spill the beans on his new fantasy movie "Mara und der Feuerbringer" and how the special effects for the dragon (Lindwurm) were made. See the actors playing the dwarves in "The Hobbit" tell intimate stories about embarrassments in the past. And see how the participants of the costume competition got the whole auditorium to join in singing "Misty Mountain Cold" while waiting for an indecisive jury to choose the best costume.
Music by Bobb Trimble "Premonitions: The Fantasy" (Premonitions: The Fantasy by Bobb Trimble is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.)
The Enigmatic Baboon is the monthly video cast by Marin Balabanov about comic books, video games, science fiction, drawing and mobile devices.
The HobbitCon 2014 in April in the German city of Bonn was an amazing get-together of fans, experts, celebrities and artists to celebrate the works of J.R.R. Tolkien.
In this episode of "The Enigmatic Baboon" Marin visits the HobbitCon and experiences fun, friendship, fandom and fantasy. See the amazing workshops about masks and prosthetics, drawing elves, stunt fighting, building armor and film make-up. See writer and director Tommy Krappweis spill the beans on his new fantasy movie "Mara und der Feuerbringer" and how the special effects for the dragon (Lindwurm) were made. See the actors playing the dwarves in "The Hobbit" tell intimate stories about embarrassments in the past. And see how the participants of the costume competition got the whole auditorium to join in singing "Misty Mountain Cold" while waiting for an indecisive jury to choose the best costume.
Music by Bobb Trimble "Premonitions: The Fantasy" (Premonitions: The Fantasy by Bobb Trimble is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.)
The Enigmatic Baboon is the monthly video cast by Marin Balabanov about comic books, video games, science fiction, drawing and mobile devices.
