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ever wanted to do a nice fantasy kit?
Sir Wolf:
i was thinking about it today. something like a Lord of the Rings or something like that. but where to start? how far should i go? i am more of a ranger or horselord type(rohirum?) (forget the names) than a gondorian or ork type.
any thoughts?
James Barker:
I thought about making a Rohirrim kit at one time, everything is leather and I could make it myself.
Sir Wolf:
i could get us the horses from my cousins farm hehehe, i'll get you the pony hheheeh ;)
Sir Edward:
I always wanted to do a really cool looking wizard outfit. But the problem is that it's hard to pull it off without it looking chintzy, gaudy, cheap, fake, cheesy, etc. I think to do it right, as with armor, you can end up spending a lot. So I've shelved the idea for years now.
Sir William:
I'm going to do either a Ranger or Gondorian Knight at some point...always best to start with what's closest to your skin; the clothing. Under garments are fairly generic to Medieval or Renaissance standards; Rangers were primarily leather garments and armor, mostly in the form of longcoats and bracers...I believe Aragorn's longcoat had reinforcing leather on the sword arm.
Gondorian Knights were akin to 16th Century High Medieval knights in full plate but of course, they were much more artistic having taken many design cues from the Elves.
For my Ranger, I was going to go with a leather breast plate, vambraces and greaves over leather pants, long boots and some sort of long-sleeved tunic.
As for weapons, mostly sword, bow and dagger/knife...the Gondorian knights may've used spears (no mention of lances that I can recall), the Rohirrim certainly did- as well as some really nasty battle axes, with a Danish look to'm iirc.
The Rohirrim royalty (Theoden, Eomer, Theodred, Eowyn) wore highly detailed leather-embossed plate, but the rest wore primarily leather armor and garments; of them all, the Rangers and Rohirrim should be the easiest.
There is a Gondorian harness for sale on eBay or there was...I shall look for it later, my PC is prompting me to shut down now to apply updates. PITA this thing is. lol
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