Ithilien Ranger

[Squire Mickey]

Well good greetings one and all. I have been taking a bit of a departure from  my pirate persona and have put together a LOTR inspired garb for an Ithilean Ranger. These where the Gondorian soldiers who patrolled Ithelian, the eastern most part of Gondor and closest to Mordor. They where warriors of stealth, bow and blade.  Here is my versions:





and here is a regerence photo




Here are some additional elelmernt:
Quiver:


Arrows:



Bracers

[Auryn]

Absolutely AWESOME.
You are going to sweat your butt off and lose 5 pounds in water weight at BARF but its totally freaking awesome.
I love it.
I particularly like the quiver and the bracers, nice tooling job

[LadyShadow]

great work. i really like it.

[Squire Mickey]

Absolutely AWESOME.
You are going to sweat your butt off and lose 5 pounds in water weight at BARF but its totally freaking awesome.
I love it.
I particularly like the quiver and the bracers, nice tooling job

Yes, this is indeed a cool weather item. I am currently making 2 more complete outfits for Michael McFukker and Hector Smith. We will be unveiling the Ranger Company at the Hogesmead Festival in Gainesville in January. Hopefully it will be cool those weekends...

BTW, we are currently accepting new members :-)

[Auryn]

Oohhh
Do you accept female rangers?? 
How do you keep the bracer lining from sliding around and bunching since its separate from the bracers??

now you have to tell what Hogsmead Festival is

[Squire Mickey]

Absolutely we accept female rangers. They were among the most deadly! We actually may have another female ranger joining us as well. PM and we can chat,

the underbracers are made of suede. They have grommeted and cord closures. They come down to just over your 1st knuckles and have a cut out for your thumb. Once the are on, they are not moving, believe me. The bracers then buckle over the top.

Hogesmead festival is here http://www.gvlculturalaffairs.org/website/programs_events/HMF/medieval_index.html
January 30-31 & February 5-7, 2010

[Elennare]

Awesome costume!  It looks great!   

[Manwariel]

Nice! It looks like we have the same sword.

I made a gorget based on the rangers' a while back.

[Squire Mickey]

Nice! It looks like we have the same sword.

I made a gorget based on the rangers' a while back.

Funny you mention the sword. I have been searching for someone who has done a Gondorian sword. No on seems to have done one. I am hoping to modify the costume sword that I found that was sort of close...

[Manwariel]

It looks like the guard on yours might be different but it's kind of hard to tell in those pictures. The rest of the hilt looks very similar. This is mine:

[Squire Mickey]

Actuallly yours is different. Mine is quite, shall we say "inexpensive"...
Yous is way nicer 

The gondor sword actually had an almost half circle guard on it with a circular pomel with the 7 circles of the city of Minas Tirath engraved in tt.  

Here it is:

[Manwariel]

Yeah, mine isn't a replica of the ranger swords; it just reminded me of them. Yours looks nice. Mine is actually quite inexpensive. I got it here.

[Var Greyshadow]

VERY nicely done! 

I'm surprised they never did a Gondorian sword replica.  It seems like they did everyone else's. 

Squire Mickey, is this Ranger Company of yours limited to Florida and to the Rangers of Ithilien?  If not, this TX Dunedain Ranger might like to join too!

[Squire Mickey]

Yeah, mine isn't a replica of the ranger swords; it just reminded me of them. Yours looks nice. Mine is actually quite inexpensive. I got it here.

I owe you some thanks as well. You gave me the measurements of your  yoke a while back and it was just what I needed to get my measurements right.

I didn't get the replica yet. Still trying to find one. The sword I have is almost the same as yours (you where right!) and it was also VERY inexpensive. The good thing is that it is light...

[Squire Mickey]

VERY nicely done! 

I'm surprised they never did a Gondorian sword replica.  It seems like they did everyone else's. 

Squire Mickey, is this Ranger Company of yours limited to Florida and to the Rangers of Ithilien?  If not, this TX Dunedain Ranger might like to join too!

We would be honored to count ye among our ranks!!! Post ye some pictures of you in your garb!!!!!