What else?

[Drudonn]

I'm putting together my wizard robes for TRF, and it looks incomplete. I've got the basic pieces done--an outer robe made of light brown linen, a surcoat made of dark brown burlap, and a tunic made of muslin I dyed a dark brown (tunic not pictured). I've got a small bag I wove, which you can see, and a pouch that's underneath the robe; and two throwing axes (you can see them faintly in the picture). I'm working on a hat, which is about halfway done. I've also got a rather magical looking walking stick (also not pictured).

I've put the entire look together, and it seems somehow...incomplete. My character's name is Drudonn Thorn, a wizard of the wilds--everything is in shades of brown, to fit that theme. What sort of things should I incorporate into my garb to make it look more lived in? Little odds and ends that I would have picked up over the years, living mostly in the woods and wild places of the world...



thanks for the help

[Becky10]

Do you have a belt on this? Maybe you can attach a bundle of dried herbs or a small dangling glass of some elixir or specimen of some sort.

[Drudonn]

I have a belt, but I need a sturdier one...the dried herbs are a great idea! thanks

[Dinobabe]

If you are a woods wizard then I would anticipate some clinging forest items to the robe such as moss, leaves, sticks, etc.  Put a little mouse or squirrel under your cap (fake of course!).  Wrap vines/leaves around your staff.  Add something celestial such as a star compass (you can find them online, print, convert/transfer to whatever material you want).  Bed roll, for sleeping in the woods.  Animal calls.  Add vines/leaves, moss, or wicker to the hat.  "Tear" a hole in the hat for the mouse to look thru.  Rocks, just because.

[LadyFae]

If you are a woods wizard then I would anticipate some clinging forest items to the robe such as moss, leaves, sticks, etc.  Put a little mouse or squirrel under your cap (fake of course!).  Wrap vines/leaves around your staff.  Add something celestial such as a star compass (you can find them online, print, convert/transfer to whatever material you want).  Bed roll, for sleeping in the woods.  Animal calls.  Add vines/leaves, moss, or wicker to the hat.  "Tear" a hole in the hat for the mouse to look thru.  Rocks, just because.

This is what I was thinking too!

[Sir. Kindle]

If you are a woods wizard then I would anticipate some clinging forest items to the robe such as moss, leaves, sticks, etc.  Put a little mouse or squirrel under your cap (fake of course!).  Wrap vines/leaves around your staff.  Add something celestial such as a star compass (you can find them online, print, convert/transfer to whatever material you want).  Bed roll, for sleeping in the woods.  Animal calls.  Add vines/leaves, moss, or wicker to the hat.  "Tear" a hole in the hat for the mouse to look thru.  Rocks, just because.

These are excellent suggestions. I wanted to also add some pictures of wizards that I've taken at faires, that I think, for the most part, work well and might give you more ideas.

Now this is how a wizard should look! by Lord Gregor, on Flickr


Wizard number three. by Lord Gregor, on Flickr


Wizard number two by Lord Gregor, on Flickr


Greeman at the gate. by Lord Gregor, on Flickr


Gandalf the Gray! by Lord Gregor, on Flickr


Merlin by Lord Gregor, on Flickr

[Anna Iram]

Maybe tuck a a couple of Turkey feathers in your cap or hang them from your staff.

http://www.symbolic-meanings.com/2007/11/13/brief-look-at-native-american-symbolism-of-feathers-sioux-hopi/

[Dinobabe]

Since you're a woods wizard I would stay away from jewels/gold all together.  Only use things found in the woods.  And you would be surprised how much is out there!  Have you just taken a leisurely walk thru the woods for inspiration?

I would also be careful about using animal parts (fur, bones).  You would be the animals' friend after all.  If you do use a skull/bone/fur then say it was from a dear animal companion, perhaps with magical powers itself, and it's wish was for you to be able to use those powers for good after it died.  Something like that.

[Elennare]

I did not see it mentioned in your list, but everyone seems to be assuming you have one.  Since it hasn't been explicitly mentioned yet...you need a hat!  Or some sort of head wear.  A circlet of some sort could also work well, but no proper wizard goes around bare headed. 

[Drudonn]

I'm about halfway done making my hat, so I've got that covered 

[Philomel]

I think you need an amulet or six around your neck.

[robert of armstrong]

If you are a woods wizard then I would anticipate some clinging forest items to the robe such as moss, leaves, sticks, etc. 

I was thinkning along these line as well, and you are gong to have to dirty/muddy up the lower hemlines, they wouldn't be clean through all your wanderings in the woods/wilds.