I'm about to embark on the biggest costume journey I've ever

attempted.  I want to make a ranger, orc, and Frodo costume by next

Halloween for myself and my two brothers.  I want the costumes to be as

accurate as possible especially the ranger.  I need resources!

Pictures, patterns, dimensions for armor, anything!



Thanks,

Ryan

Get thee to our home-LOTR Costume Research located at

http://www.alleycatscratch.com/lotr/



under characters:



Frodo   http://www.alleycatscratch.com/lotr/Hobbit/Frodo.htm



Ranger Aragorn?

http://www.alleycatscratch.com/lotr/Human/Strider.htm



Ranger of Ithilien?

http://www.alleycatscratch.com/lotr/Human/Gondor/Ranger.htm



Orcs   general  http://www.alleycatscratch.com/lotr/Nasty/Orcs.htm

plus lots more under specific orcs look under "nasties"



and in our Scrapbook section there are many many pictures and links with

tutorials from our members who have made these costumes

http://www.alleycatscratch.com/lotr/scrapbook/



under Making EM you find tons of tips and advice for just about

everything

http://www.alleycatscratch.com/lotr/MakeingEm.htm



that should get you started...

--

   Jules

Dear Ryan,

There's a German costuming group which portrays the Ithilien rangers

of Peter Jackson's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.  They have a website

and a forum, too. The different parts of an general Dunadan ranger

costume are descriped there very precisely: http://dunedain-germany.de/



Unfortunately, the site and forum are in German. But as being member of

this group and having an account at cosplay.com to present my

costumes, I've written a description of my Dunadan ranger costume in

English: http://www.cosplay.com/costume/178744/



I hope that this helps you to create your ranger costume. Christmassy

greetings from Germany!

Mohmoh

Wow! Thank you for the link, Mohmoh! -__^



I had been playing around with the idea to doing the Ithilien Ranger

for the World Cyber Game -Asian Championship event (occuring every

August and we usually pop by in Costume on the 2nd last day) here

since early this year but yet to start on it properly due to other

costume/armor commitments.



So your write-up and photos will be most useful in my attempt to make

one for myself later next year especially in possible fabric choices

(looking for certain fabrics here can be a pain in the rear

sometimes; and yet we got a lot of cloths wholesellers =__= )



Fatimah





"micha1362" <mohmoh@...> wrote:

> Dear Ryan,

> There's a German costuming group which portrays the Ithilien rangers

> of Peter Jackson's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.  They have a website

> and a forum, too. The different parts of an general Dunadan ranger

> costume are descriped there very precisely: http://dunedain-

germany.de/

>

> Unfortunately, the site and forum are in German. But as being

member of

> this group and having an account at cosplay.com to present my

> costumes, I've written a description of my Dunadan ranger costume in

> English: http://www.cosplay.com/costume/178744/

>

> I hope that this helps you to create your ranger costume.

Christmassy

> greetings from Germany!

> Mohmoh

>

nice, nice, nice! I like how the group shot shows the variations on

the outfit, all go together but don't look like carbon copies.

S



--- In LOTR_Costume@yahoogroups.com, "micha1362" <mohmoh@...> wrote:

>

> Dear Ryan,

> There's a German costuming group which portrays the Ithilien rangers

> of Peter Jackson's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.  They have a website

> and a forum, too. The different parts of an general Dunadan ranger

> costume are descriped there very precisely: http://dunedain-germany.de/

>

> Unfortunately, the site and forum are in German. But as being member of

> this group and having an account at cosplay.com to present my

> costumes, I've written a description of my Dunadan ranger costume in

> English: http://www.cosplay.com/costume/178744/

>

> I hope that this helps you to create your ranger costume. Christmassy

> greetings from Germany!

> Mohmoh

>

For translation cut and paste the pages into babelfish:



http://babelfish.yahoo.com/



They do indeed have some nice ideas...I've been working on a

Dunedain-based  costume that I've been wearing to TRF, Scarborough

(Tx) and Colorado Rennies for the last two or three years.  Most

recently I've made a sword scabbard and 3 point suspension system for

my Jody Samson sword and will soon be starting on my wife's.



On my costume, I've taken a few liberties as I'm creating a character

"Tillian" complete with his own history and not a specific

reproduction from the movies.  He does borrow heavily from designs in

the movie Aragorn's outfit obviously and items such as trim from

Theodan's costume incorporated into his belt design... along with a

heavy dose of Celtic design work.  Dunedain Rangers were a roaming

folk and I figure their kit would have been very unique given each

characters travelings and acquisitions along the way.



Good luck with yours Ryan.



Jesse



--- In LOTR_Costume@yahoogroups.com, "micha1362" <mohmoh@...> wrote:

>

> Dear Ryan,

> There's a German costuming group which portrays the Ithilien rangers

> of Peter Jackson's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.  They have a website

> and a forum, too. The different parts of an general Dunadan ranger

> costume are descriped there very precisely: http://dunedain-germany.de/

>

> Unfortunately, the site and forum are in German. But as being member of

> this group and having an account at cosplay.com to present my

> costumes, I've written a description of my Dunadan ranger costume in

> English: http://www.cosplay.com/costume/178744/

>

> I hope that this helps you to create your ranger costume. Christmassy

> greetings from Germany!

> Mohmoh

>

Mohmoh,

I was reading your Ranger costume description, and would like to know if your

cloak/cape is a half circle? It says "semi circle", so I wondered if it was half

or less for the pattern? If it's less than a half circle, can you tell me how to

make the shape correctly? I make my capes half circle, and they are always

falling to the front and getting in my way.

Thank you!

Cat

--- In LOTR_Costume@yahoogroups.com, "micha1362" <mohmoh@...> wrote:

>

> Dear Ryan,

> There's a German costuming group which portrays the Ithilien rangers

> of Peter Jackson's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.  They have a website

> and a forum, too. The different parts of an general Dunadan ranger

> costume are descriped there very precisely: http://dunedain-germany.de/

>

> Unfortunately, the site and forum are in German. But as being member of

> this group and having an account at cosplay.com to present my

> costumes, I've written a description of my Dunadan ranger costume in

> English: http://www.cosplay.com/costume/178744/

>

> I hope that this helps you to create your ranger costume. Christmassy

> greetings from Germany!

> Mohmoh

>

Dear Cat,

the cloak is exactly a half circle. The neckline is not as big as you would make

it normally, it's smaller. The front opening including the neckline is more or

less shaped like a U. ADDITIONALLY, darts are added at the shoulder to get the

front opening shiftet more to the back. It's difficult to explain, because the

darts were draped at a dress form.



Maybe a look at these pictures helps you:

http://fotogalerie.herr-der-ringe-film.de/showgallery.php/cat/6790/page/4



Bye,

Mohmoh





--- In LOTR_Costume@yahoogroups.com, "lioness4876" <lioness4876@...> wrote:

>

> Mohmoh,

> I was reading your Ranger costume description, and would like to know if your

cloak/cape is a half circle? It says "semi circle", so I wondered if it was half

or less for the pattern? If it's less than a half circle, can you tell me how to

make the shape correctly? I make my capes half circle, and they are always

falling to the front and getting in my way.

> Thank you!

> Cat

Thank you so much for that insight! I have been trying to figure out how to make

it hang better. I'll have to play around with it and try adding darts. I have a

cloak in the works right now, and was stuck at trying to figure out the neck

issue.

Cat

--- In LOTR_Costume@yahoogroups.com, "micha1362" <mohmoh@...> wrote:

>

> Dear Cat,

> the cloak is exactly a half circle. The neckline is not as big as you would

make it normally, it's smaller. The front opening including the neckline is more

or less shaped like a U. ADDITIONALLY, darts are added at the shoulder to get

the front opening shiftet more to the back. It's difficult to explain, because

the darts were draped at a dress form.

>

> Maybe a look at these pictures helps you:

> http://fotogalerie.herr-der-ringe-film.de/showgallery.php/cat/6790/page/4

>

> Bye,

> Mohmoh

>

>

> --- In LOTR_Costume@yahoogroups.com, "lioness4876" <lioness4876@> wrote:

> >

> > Mohmoh,

> > I was reading your Ranger costume description, and would like to know if

your cloak/cape is a half circle? It says "semi circle", so I wondered if it was

half or less for the pattern? If it's less than a half circle, can you tell me

how to make the shape correctly? I make my capes half circle, and they are

always falling to the front and getting in my way.

> > Thank you!

> > Cat

>

I've been working on a cloak too and I had put some darts into the shoulders

because it seemed to make it hang better.  I'm rather relieved that I didn't do

something "against canon".  It really made a difference in how the cloak drapes.





Sandra Graves, Beadin' Up A Storm

Stormcloud Trading Co (Beadstorm)

<http://www.beadstorm.com/>

Saint Paul, Minnesota USA

651-645-0343



Blog at http://sandragravesisisrising.blogspot.com/



Isis Rising

IsisRising08 @ aol.com

Artistic Endeavors with Wings of Light





--- In LOTR_Costume@yahoogroups.com, "lioness4876" <lioness4876@...> wrote:

>

> Thank you so much for that insight! I have been trying to figure out how to

make it hang better. I'll have to play around with it and try adding darts. I

have a cloak in the works right now, and was stuck at trying to figure out the

neck issue.

> Cat

Dear Ryan,

good news: ther German Dunedain plan to translate their homepage to

English! It will take some time, but I will drop a note as soon as the

translation is complete.



For further research, I'd like to recommend a gallery and a private

homepage of two of my Ranger fellows. The gallery of Moka who made my

Ranger costume:

http://fotogalerie.herr-der-ringe-film.de/showgallery.php/cat/6790



And here Milad's private homepage (she also made some amazing acurate

replicas of the dresses of Eowyn and Arwen):

http://www.direkthomepage.de/userdaten/paravandis



I hope that this helps you!

Greetings from Germany,

Mohmoh

Wow, she's doing some really beautiful work.  Her Farewell dress and

the Eowyn coat are very nice indeed.  Like Elrond's surcoat also.





Sandra Graves, Isis Rising

IsisRising08 @ aol.com

Artistic Endeavors with Wings of Light



Blog at http://sandragravesisisrising.blogspot.com/



Stormcloud Trading Co (Beadstorm)

More than "Just" a Beadstore

<http://www.beadstorm.com/>

Saint Paul, Minnesota USA

651-645-0343







--- In LOTR_Costume@yahoogroups.com, "micha1362" <mohmoh@...> wrote:

>

> And here Milad's private homepage (she also made some amazing

acurate

> replicas of the dresses of Eowyn and Arwen):

> http://www.direkthomepage.de/userdaten/paravandis

>

> I hope that this helps you!

> Greetings from Germany,

> Mohmoh

>

wow.

wow.

thanks for sharing!

wow,

S



--- In LOTR_Costume@yahoogroups.com, "micha1362" <mohmoh@...> wrote:

>

> Dear Ryan,

> good news: ther German Dunedain plan to translate their homepage to

> English! It will take some time, but I will drop a note as soon as the

> translation is complete.

>

> For further research, I'd like to recommend a gallery and a private

> homepage of two of my Ranger fellows. The gallery of Moka who made my

> Ranger costume:

> http://fotogalerie.herr-der-ringe-film.de/showgallery.php/cat/6790

>

> And here Milad's private homepage (she also made some amazing acurate

> replicas of the dresses of Eowyn and Arwen):

> http://www.direkthomepage.de/userdaten/paravandis

>

> I hope that this helps you!

> Greetings from Germany,

> Mohmoh

>

Moo!



Just wanted to tell you that the description on our homepage to make the Ranger

costumed is complete (thanks to alleycatscratch for giving the permission to use

some of your photos).



http://www.dunedain-germany.de/gewandung/gewandung.html



Unfortunately, the description is in German only, but the English translation is

done and will be available on the homepage in the course of the coming weeks. If

that happens, I'll let you know.



Byebye, Móka

>> Just wanted to tell you that the description on our homepage to make

the Ranger costumed is complete

http://www.dunedain-germany.de/gewandung/gewandung.html

<http://www.dunedain-germany.de/gewandung/gewandung.html>



That is soooooooooooo wonderful.  Yummy.  It's a great example of how

sharing research allows everyone to benefit and get more and more

details right... and have great guides like this be the result.



Will get it linked in as soon as I can.    I've sooooooooooo gota get

the software issue handled so that we can update.  AGGGGGGGGGGGGG.



Thanks for sharing.



-Cat-

Outstanding!  I was just looking at your gallery and your group is incredible!

Well done, Ranger!



Mirimaran



--- In LOTR_Costume@yahoogroups.com, Móka <moka@...> wrote:

>

> Moo!

>

> Just wanted to tell you that the description on our homepage to make the

Ranger costumed is complete (thanks to alleycatscratch for giving the permission

to use some of your photos).

>

> http://www.dunedain-germany.de/gewandung/gewandung.html

>

> Unfortunately, the description is in German only, but the English translation

is done and will be available on the homepage in the course of the coming weeks.

If that happens, I'll let you know.

>

> Byebye, Móka

>

Wunderbahr!  Sehr gut!  (That's about the extent of my Deutch on this fine,

sunny morning.)  You really did the research and it shows.  Can't wait to read

the English translation.





Sandra Graves, Isis Rising

IsisRising08 @ aol.com

Artistic Endeavors with Wings of Light



Blog at http://sandragravesisisrising.blogspot.com/



Stormcloud Trading Co (Beadstorm)

More than "Just" a Beadstore

<http://www.beadstorm.com/>

Saint Paul, Minnesota USA

651-645-0343





--- In LOTR_Costume@yahoogroups.com, Móka <moka@...> wrote:

>

> Moo!

>

> Just wanted to tell you that the description on our homepage to make the

Ranger costumed is complete (thanks to alleycatscratch for giving the permission

to use some of your photos).

>

> http://www.dunedain-germany.de/gewandung/gewandung.html

>

> Unfortunately, the description is in German only, but the English translation

is done and will be available on the homepage in the course of the coming weeks.

If that happens, I'll let you know.

>

> Byebye, Móka

>

The costumes are awesome.  Such a great group.  I would love to visit and

see every ones costume in person!



--- On Sun, 9/27/09, Móka <moka@...> wrote:











 











                   Moo!







Just wanted to tell you that the description on our homepage to make the Ranger

costumed is complete (thanks to alleycatscratch for giving the permission to use

some of your photos).







http://www.dunedain -germany. de/gewandung/ gewandung. html







Byebye, Móka









































[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

finally had a chance to look at these! you guys are doing such cool

stuff! :) thanks for sharing it with us. Love the buckles!

S



Móka wrote:

>

>

> Moo!

>

> Just wanted to tell you that the description on our homepage to make the

> Ranger costumed is complete (thanks to alleycatscratch for giving the

> permission to use some of your photos).

>

> http://www.dunedain-germany.de/gewandung/gewandung.html

> <http://www.dunedain-germany.de/gewandung/gewandung.html>

>

> Unfortunately, the description is in German only, but the English

> translation is done and will be available on the homepage in the course

> of the coming weeks. If that happens, I'll let you know.

>

> Byebye, Móka

>

>

WOW! Love the costumes! I love the detail that is in all of the costumes! I

absolutely drooled over that photos. Makes me wish I could start on my ranger

costume.

Becky



--- In LOTR_Costume@yahoogroups.com, Móka <moka@...> wrote:

>

> Moo!

>

> Just wanted to tell you that the description on our homepage to make the

Ranger costumed is complete (thanks to alleycatscratch for giving the permission

to use some of your photos).

>

> http://www.dunedain-germany.de/gewandung/gewandung.html

>

> Unfortunately, the description is in German only, but the English translation

is done and will be available on the homepage in the course of the coming weeks.

If that happens, I'll let you know.

>

> Byebye, Móka

>