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- Fri Jan 16, 2015 7:13 am
- Forum: Weapons & Armour
- Topic: Arrow Fletching
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12921
Re: Arrow Fletching
Great! Now all I need is some shafts...
- Fri Jan 16, 2015 7:04 am
- Forum: Dunedain Culture
- Topic: Music, Laments, and...hi-res photos?
- Replies: 45
- Views: 58800
Re: Music, Laments, and...hi-res photos?
The Dwarves in "An Unexpected Party" brought a bunch of musical instruments with them. I don't have a copy of The Hobbit to hand, but I'm pretty sure they had stringed instruments including viols and a harp (Thorin's, I believe). Also wind instruments, which may or may not have included pi...
Re: wool
I got some thin wool fabric on clearance, used it to make a cloak which I lined with cheap cotton. When I washed the fabric, it took a while to get wet, even after submersing it in the bathtub - the water didn't want to soak into the fabric. It's gotten a bit less water-repellent since then, but sti...
- Fri Jan 16, 2015 6:40 am
- Forum: Soft Kit
- Topic: unconventional alternate source for tunics and clothing
- Replies: 6
- Views: 13814
Re: unconventional alternate source for tunics and clothing
Went to India last summer, ended up wearing salwar kameez-es the whole time. Mine were cheap and not very attractive, but they were pretty comfortable and did well in the heat. When I got home, I looked for a pattern, thinking to make one in a nicer fabric for everyday use and maybe Ranger-ing, but ...
- Mon Nov 10, 2014 9:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ranger event site
- Replies: 7
- Views: 11295
Re: Ranger event site
Seconded. I might only be able to make it out for a day, but will definitely come if I can.Arkansas isn't too far away from me. I would love to be able to do something with this group!
- Mon Nov 10, 2014 9:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ranger event site
- Replies: 7
- Views: 11295
Re: Ranger event site
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- Mon Nov 10, 2014 9:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Heat Revealing "Ink"
- Replies: 10
- Views: 14591
Re: Heat Revealing "Ink"
I've tried milk, it works. I would think other fruit juices would also work, so maybe we can just use our local produce rather than importing lemons from Umbar. Clearly, more experimentation is called for.
- Thu May 29, 2014 12:10 am
- Forum: WoodCraft
- Topic: Budget Bows
- Replies: 6
- Views: 12096
Re: Budget Bows
Update on elm bow: It works. But it also takes terrible set. Yeah, maybe elm isn't a prime bow wood for a reason. But... it works!
- Wed May 28, 2014 11:55 pm
- Forum: Dunedain Culture
- Topic: The Sindarin Mode
- Replies: 10
- Views: 18474
Re: The Sindarin Mode
I have been making a set of Tengwar leather stamps, slowly and with more than a few resets, but getting there. You might be able to make a "modular" kind of thing, since many of the letters are composed of just telco and luva . Would save a lot on the total number of stamps to make. Or ma...
- Wed May 28, 2014 11:47 pm
- Forum: Soft Kit
- Topic: Shoulder vs Hip Quiver
- Replies: 24
- Views: 29286
Re: Shoulder vs Hip Quiver
I prefer a back quiver and here's why: - Back quivers are quieter, in my experience, because they don't bang against your leg when you walk or run. Hip quivers do this, at least the ones that hang at an angle from a single suspension point on the belt, and it's annoying. - There's some controversy a...
- Sat Mar 29, 2014 12:06 am
- Forum: WMA / NMA
- Topic: Tricking, with bows.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 15271
Re: Tricking, with bows.
Very impractical; not only are those bows obviously pretty light, but you couldn't carry a quiver while you did that - it would get in the way, no matter where you slung it, and all the arrows would fall out the first time you did a flip. (Though maybe you could solve that problem by stuffing it wit...
- Fri Mar 28, 2014 11:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Rangers Kickstarter is Live
- Replies: 12
- Views: 12756
Re: The Rangers Kickstarter is Live
This looks awesome. I may audition. Though I have little hope of being chosen for a speaking role, if you need a flute-playing elf as an extra... well, I play the flute and have been told I look like an elf :) I would also be more than willing to work behind the scenes on making the soundtrack, if t...
- Wed Mar 26, 2014 5:05 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Awesome Irony
- Replies: 12
- Views: 11069
Re: Awesome Irony
Tolkien doesn't seem to have made an Elvish word for "squirrel". But David Salo, who is responsible for all the Elvish in the movies, did. His word, which belongs to his constructed Silvan Elvish, is "gwethling", which literally translates as... shadowtail! (It's probably based o...
- Wed Jan 22, 2014 5:13 pm
- Forum: Crafts & Skills
- Topic: Athelas
- Replies: 22
- Views: 26827
Re: Athelas
I also got my start in plants from my grandmother... but it's not exactly ancestral, she learned mostly from books. As for athelas, my theory is that it's probably similar to rosemary and/or lavender, based on these criteria: - Long, slender leaves (which, granted, plantain also has) - "Fresh&q...
- Thu Jan 02, 2014 10:47 pm
- Forum: Tolkien Movie Talk
- Topic: Desolation of Smaug: Review
- Replies: 25
- Views: 40254
Re: Desolation of Smaug: Review
I actually think the ballista thing kind of makes sense. It's a very human-like way of dealing with things, although I, like everyone else, pictured a big longbow. Tauriel - well, at least she's less annoying than Jar Jar Binks. As for the healing ritual, I'm inclined to say that athelas has some ch...