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by caedmon
Tue Oct 11, 2022 1:28 am
Forum: MER Websites Talk
Topic: Whoah what's going on here?!??!?
Replies: 0
Views: 13016

Whoah what's going on here?!??!?

Hey guys, I'm updating the forum software, and doing the groundwork for some of the changes that have been discussed in the MER Website Talk forum . Other than some basic house cleaning (like restoring forum descriptions that were never meant to go away), I don't intend to change much without consul...
by caedmon
Mon Oct 10, 2022 6:16 am
Forum: Dunedain Culture
Topic: Numenorean Heraldry
Replies: 3
Views: 2925

Re: Numenorean Heraldry

Ok, this makes more sense than what I got on the discord channel. You should also look up the Numenorean Design thread ( https://middleearthrangers.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=3152 ) The Numenorean design we have from Tolkien can be broken into representational and geometric motifs. Most of th...
by caedmon
Fri Sep 30, 2022 3:55 am
Forum: Weapons & Armour
Topic: A Dwarven Sword? What do you think of this?
Replies: 13
Views: 5568

Re: A Dwarven Sword? What do you think of this?

Let us not forget, Narsil was a dwarven sword. Made by Telchar of Nogrod. (Which sounds a lot like Novgorod BTW)
by caedmon
Wed Sep 28, 2022 7:29 pm
Forum: Hard Kit
Topic: A large leather barrel costrel.
Replies: 12
Views: 4181

Re: A large leather barrel costrel.

...So, I went to a party supply store and got some big, 24" latex balloons. I put one in the hole, blew it up with my air compressor, tied it off and left it to dry. Worked amazingly. I'll definitely use the balloon for future (maybe smaller) canteens. Yeah, I did a similar thing for my costre...
by caedmon
Wed Sep 14, 2022 4:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What's everyone working on?
Replies: 207
Views: 309546

Re: What's everyone working on?

redhandfilms wrote: Tue Sep 13, 2022 6:22 pm Putting together my first kit for a multiday trek in October. I've been making leather pouches. Just making random sizes from whatever pieces I've gotten from Tandy Leather's $5 remnant bags.
Like your stitching. Is it a spcific style, or your own devising?
by caedmon
Mon Sep 12, 2022 10:32 pm
Forum: Soft Kit
Topic: On the Subject of Star Brooches
Replies: 10
Views: 4956

Re: On the Subject of Star Brooches

EDIT: Well holy cow, look what I just found with a quick Google search! Those are seriously cool looking, I had never thought of doing a penannular star broach but now I see it it does make a lot of sense Silly point of order. Those are annular brooches. Penannular have an opening. (there is also a...
by caedmon
Fri Sep 09, 2022 6:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How far would a ranger range?
Replies: 10
Views: 4224

Re: How far would a ranger range?

I agree with Forge Corvus, our problem is that our sole data point is not a common Ranger. Aragorn was, according to Gandalf, "the greatest traveller and huntsman in this age of the world". However, at Weathertop (really, any time before meeting Bilbo at the Hall of Fire), he is presenting...
by caedmon
Wed Sep 07, 2022 5:09 pm
Forum: Soft Kit
Topic: Thinking about the birrus...
Replies: 29
Views: 9529

Re: Thinking about the birrus...

So yeah, plenty of precedence for woolen garments being worn un-hemmed, as far as I am aware (especially outer garments). Yes, this really only works with well fulled cloth (like a Melton or a Hudson Bay Blanket). This probably wouldn't work for the Birrus' broacloth, or even the MER old standby, a...
by caedmon
Wed Sep 07, 2022 3:23 am
Forum: Tolkien Movie Talk
Topic: Rings of Power- Your thoughts?
Replies: 17
Views: 8541

Re: Rings of Power- Your thoughts?

- "detachable party hoods" ... wait. detachable from what? Do dwarves have formal hoods that button (presumably they have buttons?) to capes or something? I actually am attempting this with my latest cloak. There is a rather common 14th c. Short caped hood that is often worn under the clo...
by caedmon
Wed Sep 07, 2022 2:59 am
Forum: Soft Kit
Topic: On the Subject of Star Brooches
Replies: 10
Views: 4956

Re: On the Subject of Star Brooches

I have also made these ones based on the forum masthead (and with 3D design work from Elleth).

Alas I have not figured out a good peri-oid pin back for any of my star brooches. The pewter they are made with is seriously resistant to solder.
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by caedmon
Thu Sep 01, 2022 7:31 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Question- Not really sure where to put this
Replies: 21
Views: 7696

Re: Question- Not really sure where to put this

Elrond had to read the runes on Orcrist and Glamdring, but the Great Goblin knew them on sight.

Just saying.
by caedmon
Thu Aug 18, 2022 9:05 pm
Forum: MER Websites Talk
Topic: What's your opinion on a forum update?
Replies: 34
Views: 11554

Re: What's your opinion on a forum update?

And respectfully, I disagree with the categorizing of an inclusivity statement as "ideological." I don't think it is too much to say that a short statement declaring that we welcome all regardless of "race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identi...
by caedmon
Thu Aug 18, 2022 8:20 pm
Forum: MER Websites Talk
Topic: What's your opinion on a forum update?
Replies: 34
Views: 11554

Re: What's your opinion on a forum update?

Hey Guys, I'm not against updates, but I don't have time to make them. If there are any long time (i.e. trusted) forumites out there who are technically saavy and want to put their hand to it, I'd be happy to share access to the server. As for upload size limits, etc. most of these are capped becaus...
by caedmon
Fri Jul 29, 2022 6:49 pm
Forum: Soft Kit
Topic: New legbands from Kram Bu.
Replies: 11
Views: 4939

Re: New legbands from Kram Bu.

Elleth wrote: Fri Jul 29, 2022 6:14 pm .... and I'm really curious why those came back in for the early 20th c. , then went right back out again. Curious.
Convergent evolution. The puttee was introduced to the British Army via India in the 1860's.
by caedmon
Fri Jul 29, 2022 2:34 pm
Forum: Soft Kit
Topic: New legbands from Kram Bu.
Replies: 11
Views: 4939

Re: New legbands from Kram Bu.

How are these finished? They look to me to be narrowband woven rather than cut down from wider cloth? (ie. are the edges selvedge or folded & hemmed?)