Clay and Deanna's Examples Louisiana, USA

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Balar Hammer-Fist and his betrothed Rosengirtle Proudfoot

My wife and I are members of a Live action Role-playing Group which meets here in Southern Louisiana . Deanna’s costume was created specifically for Halloween. While my costume was made before any pictures from the movies were released. It has been forming for several years because my character in the larp is a dwarf. And I have always based his costumes on my interpretations of “The Lord of the Rings”. The only change I made to my costume is to wear the chain mail arms with the rest of it. I thought this gave it a look closer to those of the movies.

Deanna's costume was made with Simplicity pattern - 9966SIM. Her vest was made from cotton upholstery remnants, while the shirt was made from unbleached homespun. She used green and purple poly blend cottons to make the skirt. And added a thick commercial trim.

The hobbit feet were made from commercial costume rubber feet slippers. All I had to do is repaint them and add the hair which was taken from synthetic hair braids.

The only Cloth on my costume is the hood and the green and white striped cotton pants that are barley visible. The hood is a red cotton homespun with black linen edging and a small black, red and white commercial trim.

The coat is reminiscent of 13th Century Mongol armor. The only difference is that the individual plates I used are larger than the originals most of my plates are 2”X4”. The armor is made from 26Ga. sheet aluminum which has been riveted onto a heavy canvas backing. The rivets are the two piece leather quick rivets. The coat is a simple sleeveless vest that buckles across the chest. The upper arms are shaped like a T. Downward part of the T runs down the arm while the cross bar hangs down the front and back to protect the armpit. The legs and the forearms are basically made the same way but are long and narrow. This style is easy for novices as most of the components of the armor are flat and have simple cuts that can be made with tin snips. The only pieces that were formed are the helmet, the gloves, the elbows and the toe plate of the armored boots. They were dished with a round hammer over a tree stump. The symbols and designs are painted with enamel model paints.

The beard was created with synthetic hair braids that were sewn to a lace strip. The beard was braided and decorated with jeweled button covers, that were found at a craft store.

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