I have enjoyed the many Lotro "Pub Crawls" around the Shire, and it gave me a fun idea.
Each of the Seven Taverns (Well six and the Party tree Inn League Tent you start the crawl on) have thier own Pub sign outside the door, plus there are the 3 Taverns of Bree that can be added as well. So I was thinking of making a series of Tankard sleeves made from leather with the Shire map "wood" burned (Pyrography albiet on leather) and the different Tavern Signs made into a leather "patch" and sewn on the front.
I then thought that one could actually have the Shire map on the sleeve and then collect the leather "patches" or for this purpose "medallions on ribbons" to hang from the handle of the main mug for each pub you crawled to.
This is the first one, I really like the bone/cream colored ceramic, though stoneware would also look very authentic,(the ones in the Lotro graphics look alot like this, though a bit more rounded) however they are hard to find in consistant numbers.
So I am trying now to find a source of relatively inexpensive (under 10 dollars a peice) tankards. This one is approximately 20 oz, but 18 to 22oz would be fine if it had the right look.
If I can find a reliable source, I can start producing these from a single pattern, and then of course the options for other designs are unlimited!
Proposal: Alright my little Ranger minions! find the source I need, and the one who finds me the one I end up choosing, gets his or hers free and first!
(Yeah, sorry folks, don't mean to put you to work, but I am kinda at my wits end looking for the right one and any help would be hot!)
