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Maggie and Danny's OutfitsPicture hyperlinks will open to more details about the costumes. Index
Arwen's Rose Dress
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The ears are the small alien ear tips by Woochie that I bought at a costume
store. The wig is called "Color Showgirl" by Wow Wigs in shade 2. Here's
the link:
http://store.yahoo.com/wowwigs/colorshowgirl.html
The headpiece is a one that I found at a Renaissance Faire at the
chainmaille shop. I just thought it looked good with this
costume!! The contacts I am wearing are called Eden by Freshlook
Dimensions. They're not prescription contacts, they're just for
color. You can't see my feet, but I have deep rose sandals that
I also got at the Renaissance Faire that go perfect with this dress.
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| Close up showing the contact collor |
worn by Danny
I made the coat out of black pleather that has a grain in it that makes
it look like real leather. This fabric can be found at almost any fabric.
I did not use a pattern for the coat, but just traced a similar coat to get
the shape and then I altered it. The coat comes down below the knees and
has a split down the back. It also has splits along both sides. I wove
black satin cording around the waist seam, the seam of the sleeves, and the
seam where the sleeve is attached to the coat. On the right sleeve, I used
leftover scraps the make a basket weave pattern. I took long pieces that
were between one and two inches wide and wove it together, gluing the strips
down where they overlapped. I then sewed this piece to the sleeve.
The vest I made out of black cotton and put brown grommets on both sides so
that it can be closed using black leather cording. It is the same pattern
as the coat, only shorter and without the sleeves. The shirt and pants are
just regular clothes that I did not make.
For the boots and gauntlets I used black vinyl, silver grommets, and black
cording. The boots are actually only upper parts that were measured to fit
my cousin and he's wearing black shoes. The gauntlets were made just by
measuring the circumference of the wrist and the forearm. The right
gauntlet has a fingerless glove, but a hole for the thumb.
The sword is made out of wood. First, I made a scale drawing of the sword,
traced it on the piece of wood and cut it out, and then painted it. The
sheathe is made out of cardboard. I made a long, thin box that the sword
would fit in and then made the same thing out of black vinyl. I then
slipped the cardboard sheathe in the vinyl one and sewed it to a belt made
out of the same material.
The wig is called Wayne by Wilshire Wigs (here is the link)
WAYNE: Wilshire Wigs and Accessories
For the beard, a black eyeliner pencil was used to draw it on.
This costume was not too hard to make, but making the sheathe, boots, and
gauntlets were probably the most difficult parts. Over the summer, my
cousin and I went to a Renaissance Faire, and he was complemented on his
costume and even recognized as Aragorn!
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by Maggie and Danny
The hat was made using the hat pattern from Simplicity 9887. The fabric is
a blue wool type fabric that has light interfacing in the brim. I tried
putting wire and then cardboard in the brim, but it was way too stiff. It's
supposed to be floppy anyway, though :)
The robe and cloak are made out of grey, light weight suiting material that
I found on sale at Hancock Fabrics. I did not use a pattern for either of
these. The robe I made by just by tracing a shirt and making it much longer
and the sleeves wider. The cloak is actually just a long, rectangular piece
of fabric. I put snaps in the center of the longer side of the rectangle
for the clasp that goes around the neck. Snaps were placed in the center of
the two shorter sides to go around the wrist.
The belt is just a very long braided leather belt that I bought. The bag is
made out of brown vinyl and the strap is made out of braided twine. Another
smaller bag was made out of the same brown vinyl as a drawstring pouch with
green twine. The staff is just a broken tree branch that I found. The
beard was bought at a local costume shop.
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Sam worn by Danny
For this costume, we found a shirt, vest, and pants that looked similar to
Sam's costume and altered them. The pants were just hemmed up to the
correct length. The jacket was made by tracing a similar jacket. Brown
patches were added on the elbows.
The backpack was made of brown vinyl with a pattern that we made up. This
is not exactly like Sam's pack in the movie - we altered it. Straps were
added on the bottom of the pack for the blanket roll. White rope was used
for the Elven rope and a pot was attached.
The ears are the Demon Ears by Woochie, and the wig is by Paula Young. I'm
not sure what the name of the wig is, though.
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