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Gimli's Belt and Gauntlets

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Gauntlets

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• Posed against grey - two axes are better than 1 - DVD still
  • http://www.fantasyplanet.cz/lotr/picture_show.asp?id=3326&obr_url=../gfx%2Fpictures%5Fclanky%2Flotr%5Fgal%5Fvelky%5F2002112992509072%2Ejpg
    • waist shot, great rez, long
    • marvelous detail of gauntlets
• Halt!  Gim holding hand up
  • http://www.warofthering.net/quintessential/decipher_cards/023_nobodytossesadwarf.jpg
    • m shot, med rez
    • very good shot of hand from a different angle... vambraces are much closer to gauntlets.

Description

As with Gimli's legs, his lower arms are exaggerated in width.  The gauntlets are actually in two pieces, as you can see in the FotR Extended DVD Design Gallery (Gimli slide #18)

The square piece that covers the back of the hand is attached at the wrist with two "x" lacings in the corners. In addition, the guard is not as shaped as the rest of the gauntlet, so, as it goes towards the fingertips, the guard becomes more and more flat. This two piece design was probably to enable the actor to have a greater range of movement in his wrist.

The hand guard piece has a short lace that goes underneath the hand, probably to keep the guard from flipping. The gauntlet is laced (from underneath the gauntlet) so that the edges completely join in the back. You can see this in the FotR Extended DVD Design Gallery (Gimli slide #16) It was probably pre laced, very loosely, then slid on the arm and the laces tightened. Of course, for those of us without wardrobe staff, you might have to come up with a different solution :)

Last (and this was what took me the longest to figure out), the dangling laces are wrapped around the wrist across the guard. As you can see during the movie, the join between the gauntlet and the hand guard is very "muddy" most of the time… the laces were obscuring the join between the two pieces.

The Patterns

Cuff	Back of the hand
patterns by Judy Stitchinbabes

Belt

Belt detail	Belt pattern by Judy Stitchinbabes

• Posed against Grey - Me and my Ax - DVD still
  • http://www.fantasyplanet.cz/lotr/picture_show.asp?id=3325&obr_url=../gfx%2Fpictures%5Fclanky%2Flotr%5Fgal%5Fvelky%5F20021129925018%2Ejpg
    • waist shot, exec rez, large
    • best detail of front above the belt.  Also best of the beards crimps.

• Photos from portraits - sepia
  • http://www.fantasyplanet.cz/lotr/picture_show.asp?id=1065&obr_url=../gfx%2Fpictures%5Fclanky%2Flotr%5Fgal%5Fvelky%5F2001%5F12%5F24%5F16%5F15%5F2%2Ejpg
    • Sitting, 3/4 shot, great rez
    • Amazing detail on leather, armor and belt

Looking for more on Gimli?  Check out Judy's study pages at: http://www.stitchinbabes.com/gimli1.html

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This page was last updated 04/22/08