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Our World War X game* is on temporary hiatus because of two things - one is that our ST is a bartender at Frank's bistro, so he occasionally works on Thursdays. The other is that we are using those days to prepare our group costumes.
I don't usually do costuming. I'm really, pretty picky about what I wear, and I don't tend to go in for costumes because I'm not really good at making them. But, you know, there's going to be 9 of us and when it comes down to it, quantity is a quality all of its own. Yeah, we're going to be Ringwraiths. Some of the names of the wraiths can be derived from the Lord of the Rings and the Silmarillion, while others were created for use in the CCG when it was released years ago. I'm slated to be Hoarmurath of Dir.
We also lost at least one person, who had been slated to be the Witch King of Angmar, so, who knows.
Most of us are pretty broke, and I'm really the only one who'd be willing to spend a lot of money on something that looks like a tattered black robe. It's more important for us to look identical in terms of cut and cloth then it is for me to stand out, so we bought our fabric in bulk. That means hundreds of square yards of cheesecloth and hessian. I took some pictures, which I'll upload later. We started up Fellowship of the Ring and took a look at the costumes as presented, and they appeared to be made out of black wool. Careful observation seemed to indicate that they're not one piece robes, but actually black robes with hooded mantles. After sketching out some of how we expected the sleeves to fall and how we wanted mantles and hoods to drape, we cut out the 39" x 30" sleeves, which we'll probably re-size per person.
I had to go around 9:45 PM, the other three prep peeps began dying the sleeves. Tests with cheesecloth find the fabric dying purple regardless of how long it's left to set, but the hessian dyes excellently. A little research indicates that the purple is the result of the fabric being bleached, so we're looking for a solution to that. We'd like to avoid the emergency 'spray paint solution'.
Look, the first costume tag!
* WoD-based X-Men game set during WW2, pre-US involvement.
I don't usually do costuming. I'm really, pretty picky about what I wear, and I don't tend to go in for costumes because I'm not really good at making them. But, you know, there's going to be 9 of us and when it comes down to it, quantity is a quality all of its own. Yeah, we're going to be Ringwraiths. Some of the names of the wraiths can be derived from the Lord of the Rings and the Silmarillion, while others were created for use in the CCG when it was released years ago. I'm slated to be Hoarmurath of Dir.
We also lost at least one person, who had been slated to be the Witch King of Angmar, so, who knows.
Most of us are pretty broke, and I'm really the only one who'd be willing to spend a lot of money on something that looks like a tattered black robe. It's more important for us to look identical in terms of cut and cloth then it is for me to stand out, so we bought our fabric in bulk. That means hundreds of square yards of cheesecloth and hessian. I took some pictures, which I'll upload later. We started up Fellowship of the Ring and took a look at the costumes as presented, and they appeared to be made out of black wool. Careful observation seemed to indicate that they're not one piece robes, but actually black robes with hooded mantles. After sketching out some of how we expected the sleeves to fall and how we wanted mantles and hoods to drape, we cut out the 39" x 30" sleeves, which we'll probably re-size per person.
I had to go around 9:45 PM, the other three prep peeps began dying the sleeves. Tests with cheesecloth find the fabric dying purple regardless of how long it's left to set, but the hessian dyes excellently. A little research indicates that the purple is the result of the fabric being bleached, so we're looking for a solution to that. We'd like to avoid the emergency 'spray paint solution'.
Look, the first costume tag!
* WoD-based X-Men game set during WW2, pre-US involvement.
