stormcrow20
Mithlond
Oct 21 2008, 9:08am
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My favorite "look" for Gandalf
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These cloaks are gorgeous, and the brooches really compliment them wonderfully. I like how you can see right through them in some scenes, yet they appear to be warm and cozy. Exactly as they are described in the books!
"For each they had provided a hood and cloak, made according to his size, of the light but warm silken stuff that the Galadhrim wove. It was hard to say of what colour they were: grey with the hue of twilight under the trees they seemed to be; and yet if they were moved, or set in another light, they were green as shadowed leaves, or brown as fallow fields by night, dusk-silver as water under the stars. Each cloak was fastened about the neck with a brooch like a green leaf veined with silver."
I've even found the fabric used by Toy Biz for the cloth elven cloaks on some of their figures, and bought a couple yards to make one for each plastic member of the Fellowship. Alas, I have not found the time to make them, nor the skill. Having no clue on how to sew doesn't help, but I'll attempt it one o' these days....
This is by far my favorite variation of Gandalf's costumes. I wish he had worn his elven cloak a little longer. How he looks in Fangorn and Edoras before his "uncloaking" is an image straight out of the book for me.
I had never noticed before, but judging by the photos you provided, it looks as if the pattern on Gandalf's cloak is the same as the others, doesn't it? What a great detail!
As always....thanks a million for this, Arwen's daughter!
Happy Halloween!
(This post was edited by stormcrow20 on Oct 21 2008, 9:16am)
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