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Aragorn's Strider Outfit

  Version 2.4  - November, 2004

We've seen these in person, so the notes we have are good, even if the art work is not up to date.

	Description fine, grey linen shirt, embroidered around neck and a smocked panel at each shoulder Leather trousers according to 3 different exhibits, although the Weapons & Warfare book claims black woolen hose; tall soft boots long sleeveless jerkin w/braided ties long duster/coat of heavier leather cloak rolled up on back

Strider Outfit Index

• General pictures and links
• Individual pieces
  • Duster
  • Jerkin
  • Grey Shirt
    • How to make / Smocking
  • Trousers
  • Boots
  • Cloak
• Kit and weapons
  • Narsil

General pictures and details

Strider costume from London exhibit (or here for high rez)	Same outfit, lightened for details Thank you to Torn for these pictures.  Full gallery here: http://www.theonering.net/scrapbook/group/987
(higher rez pic)
Detail from ROM, look at the texture of the cloak and detail on the belt		(higher rez pics here)
		belt and bottom detail
Aragorn's Strider outfit (From Casa Loma)	(lightened to show detail)	Lightened and enhanced to show stitching.

There are braided ties on his boots, duster and jerkin.  They're all finished differently on the edges, but all look to be the same braiding.

• ties on the jerkin are four-strand round braids
  • http://www.saroftreve.com/wwl/braiding/4roundnocore.shtml
     

Trousers

In it's own section <here>

Grey Shirt

In it's own section <here>

Original Cloak

The cloak looks almost leather, but in all likelihood, it is a wool that has been heavily fulled and weathered that give it almost a shine.

The basic shape is a rectangle slit up the center front (or has a long narrow "U" cut out of it.).  The cloak is as wide as the fabric, probably 60".  The length is lower calf.  The hood is a simple rectangle attached to the "U".

Ends are very ragged. Do not finish the ends.  Use a stiff wire brush to beat up the ends.  Other aging techniques <here>.

• Strider walking though meadow, cloak and hood up
  • http://www.warofthering.net/quintessential/movieshots/dsr3_18.jpg
    • long shot, med
    • can see a bit of the shapes
• almost the same
  • http://www.warofthering.net/movies/photos/thenazgul/imagepages/image18.shtml
    • long shot, large
• The "lighter" shot
  • http://www.theonering.net/movie/scrapbook/large/6108
    • med, good rez
    • get to see the cloak front on
• Confrontation at the tavern, Frodo's back in shadow, Strider's hood up
  • http://www.warofthering.net/quintessential/movieshots/frodo_meets_aragorn.jpg
    • med cu, dark, slightly fuzzy
    • Can seen the seam in his hood, very squared shape
• Smoking pipe - tight
  • http://www.warofthering.net/quintessential/movieshots/bree_aragorn.jpg
    • med rez, med shot,
    • can see the front edge is straight, ties at neck that is fairly wide.
• same shot, pulled back
  • http://www.warofthering.net/quintessential/movieshots/strider_at_bree2.jpg
    • wide, includes the table
    • can see the stiff point in the leather hood that says it's a 90 degree seam join.
• On the mountain, hood down
  • http://www.warofthering.net/photos/fotraragorn/imagepages/image122.shtml
    • large, med shot, good rez
    • can see the tie on the cloak is the same braided leather
    • neck hole looks to be large round... see it down on his shoulder a bit
       

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