Ithilien Ranger

Manwariel · December 29, 2009, 08:42:34 PM

Quote from: Squire Mickey on December 28, 2009, 05:38:30 PM

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.

Oh, haha, so that was you. You're welcome!

renfairephotog · December 30, 2009, 08:59:08 PM

Very cool, well done.

Squire Mickey · February 07, 2010, 06:19:20 PM

Well we finished the company and made our first appearance! Let me know what you all think!

NoBill Lurker · February 07, 2010, 10:07:53 PM

Well done!

Anna Iram · February 08, 2010, 12:00:06 AM

You all look great. Well done!

Manwariel · February 08, 2010, 08:13:11 PM

Splendid! I do suggest giving your clothes, especially the leather, a more worn look (you can find plenty of aging techniques online) if you're going for authenticity. It looks too shiny and new to think you'd been rangering in it

Distressing the cloak hem would also help. But otherwise the costumes look great. Very nice job.

Squire Mickey · February 08, 2010, 08:55:05 PM

Quote from: Manwariel on February 08, 2010, 08:13:11 PM
Splendid! I do suggest giving your clothes, especially the leather, a more worn look (you can find plenty of aging techniques online) if you're going for authenticity. It looks too shiny and new to think you'd been rangering in it Distressing the cloak hem would also help. But otherwise the costumes look great. Very nice job.

You make an excellent point! It does all look quite new (as it is

). Truly though if we are going to go for movie accuracrey you are very correct.

The hem on my cloak is indeed quite distressed, but the other 2 are not. The other green cloak is actually quite beautiful and I doubt my friend would be interested in distressing it too much (an I cant really blame him). We may just have to spin that a bit with our story line

Elinor Hakebourne · February 10, 2010, 03:53:18 PM

Perhaps it's clothing recently purchased/created (as it is in real life?)? Perhaps your characters needed better disguise from certain folk, and tis why your clothing looks so new

(Just a few thoughts.)

But wonderful job with the garb, though!

Very imposing!

Ken · March 09, 2010, 07:41:34 PM

That's some good looking garb, I do say! I was always intrigued by Captain Faramir and his Rangers of Ithilien from Professor Tolkien's books, and I remember at one point during my youth making an outfit of my own. The mask I came up with was different, though. It fit completely over my head and eyes, leaving my nose and mouth exposed. Never got any photos of it, though. That was something like...25 years ago at least! I've recently thought about creating a Northern Ranger outfit, one of the Grey Company. I'd have to shave my beard to do it properly, though, and my wife hates that.

Anyway, I hope to see you and your Ranger Company out and about at a faire one day!

~Ken

Squire Mickey · March 09, 2010, 08:19:28 PM

We will be out as the White Company this Sunday at BARF

DragonWing · March 12, 2010, 11:33:42 AM

You all look great. Good job.

iain robb · March 16, 2010, 08:59:44 AM

It looked great in person this weekend at BARF. I was very envious, and when you unfurled the banners at the drum circle at the end of the day, I felt like everyone should be shouting for Gondor.

Squire Mickey · March 16, 2010, 09:20:10 AM

It kills me that I missed that Rob! Damn booth vending!

Here are some great shots of McFukker and Hector. Hopefully someone got a shot of the brief time we where all together!