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All about Armor

Armor plays a very important part in the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy.  The production design team went to great lengths to create different armor for each of the "races".  One look and you understand the race who wears it.

The LOTR movies use a combination of just about every technique imaginable.  The top heroes were dressed in  hand forged armor decorated and tool in a detail level that cannot be seen on screen.  They wear "real" maille for close-ups and do a number of the "hero" extras.  Stunt armor is cast in plastic.  The next level of extras used plastic ring maille and less defined molded armor.  For the far background, the Weta and the wardrobe department used color and textures like knitted sweaters to imply armor.  PJ and his team blended them seamlessly into magic on the screen.

 

Here we are just presenting an intro to armor and chain maille.  We will look at both the "real" thing and great ways to "cheat" the look.  Look in the character section for each race for the actual pictures.  Here we will get into the the techniques shared by all.


Index on Armor and Chain Maille

All About Chain Maille
Armor Terms
Scale Armor
Armor Cheats
Armor Tips
Gambeson
Armor and LOTR


Armor Misc

Armor Links


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