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by Elleth
Tue Oct 03, 2023 1:04 pm
Forum: The Prancing Pony
Topic: Happy birthday Barandir!
Replies: 6
Views: 11896

Re: Happy birthday Barandir!

Happy Birthday!!
by Elleth
Sun Sep 24, 2023 9:54 pm
Forum: Getting Started
Topic: Dúnadan Ranger Illustrated Kit By Layers
Replies: 8
Views: 12285

Re: Dúnadan Ranger Illustrated Kit By Layers

First - as to your critics. Llove him or hate him, Old Teddy was right about this - It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face ...
by Elleth
Sun Sep 24, 2023 9:33 pm
Forum: Hard Kit
Topic: Point of Curiosity, re: Snapsacks/Knapsacks
Replies: 7
Views: 4059

Re: Point of Curiosity, re: Snapsacks/Knapsacks

... interesting! Whereabouts in the midlands, may I ask?

Some while ago Albion's Seed went into great detail about the regional origin of the New Englanders of the late 18th c. -
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Any chance your word came from that "to New England" region?
by Elleth
Sun Sep 17, 2023 11:01 am
Forum: MER Websites Talk
Topic: Just Fixed the wiki
Replies: 4
Views: 10619

Re: Just Fixed the wiki

thank you!
by Elleth
Sat Sep 16, 2023 11:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What's everyone working on?
Replies: 207
Views: 309641

Re: What's everyone working on?

ForgeCorvus, good eye! You're right, it's a reproduction canteen for the American Civil War era - it came covered in that wool, and was carried that way in period as well. This one's a cheat though - it has a stainless steel body, since real tinware can rust so easily. I'm not MERS-picky about every...
by Elleth
Sat Sep 16, 2023 1:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What's everyone working on?
Replies: 207
Views: 309641

Re: What's everyone working on?

I've gotten hardly anything done at all this year - there have been far too many commitments for much fun. :( I did manage to wrap up that Mark Baker inspired "knapsack from a converted haversack body" though, and got out into the forest with that and some other old-timey toys: merf-18thc-...
by Elleth
Sat Sep 16, 2023 11:06 am
Forum: Getting Started
Topic: Greetings!
Replies: 13
Views: 8278

Re: Greetings!

Well met!

... do you have a particular location or culture of interest yet?
by Elleth
Tue Sep 12, 2023 12:43 pm
Forum: Hard Kit
Topic: Good enough for the common man
Replies: 7
Views: 4218

Re: Good enough for the common man

Oh, ABSOLUTELY have a go! That is the most awesome thing - and I promise, every single photo of the very best handwork you see comes from someone who started from scratch, just like you. In fact, I suspect in this we're more like those denizens of Eriador than the pieceworkers Tod talks about in his...
by Elleth
Tue Sep 12, 2023 11:00 am
Forum: Hard Kit
Topic: Good enough for the common man
Replies: 7
Views: 4218

Re: Good enough for the common man

Hunh. A bit of this is counter-intuitive. Tons of work goes into tanning a hide or weaving a bolt of wool - then at the very last step its finally time to be lazy and do a slip-shod job? I get that the archaeological record shows but it shows, but I can't help but think we're missing something. The ...
by Elleth
Tue Sep 12, 2023 2:08 am
Forum: Getting Started
Topic: Dúnadan Ranger Illustrated Kit By Layers
Replies: 8
Views: 12285

Re: Dúnadan Ranger Illustrated Kit By Layers

I LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS SO VERY MUCH!!!! I especially like the little stitching touches like that square under the dude's neck slit that show you've actually made and worn this stuff. :) I also really like that gal's tunic with the arc motif at her sleeves - classy! I have thoughts on the undergarment...
by Elleth
Tue Sep 12, 2023 12:47 am
Forum: Human Culture(s)
Topic: Man of the Greyflood - c. S.A. 850: KIT
Replies: 16
Views: 11720

Re: Man of the Greyflood - c. S.A. 850: KIT

That is just exquisitely done.
I love love love that you're off exploring all the nooks and crannies we don't see much of.

... pardon if you've talked about it and I've missed it - but I'm curious to hear your thoughts on the Drúedain. They seem very much akin with your spirit.
by Elleth
Mon Sep 11, 2023 11:34 pm
Forum: Hard Kit
Topic: Treasure!
Replies: 8
Views: 10967

Re: Treasure!

SO COOL
I think Gulli's rendition of Middle-earth aesthetics grows on me more every time I see his work - for points east of the Misty Mountains especially.
by Elleth
Mon Sep 11, 2023 11:23 pm
Forum: Middle-earth Reenactment Society
Topic: Summer 2023 now available!
Replies: 5
Views: 7598

Re: Summer 2023 now available!

(belatedly) - awesome and thank you!

Gah. I need to finally do a proper MERS-worthy thing to.
Next year for sure. :mrgreen:
by Elleth
Mon Sep 11, 2023 11:19 pm
Forum: Hard Kit
Topic: Just a little knife.
Replies: 5
Views: 3547

Re: Just a little knife.

Pretty!

... that's also a really interesting way of doing the hanging tab on the sheath. I'd never have thought of that, clever!
by Elleth
Mon Sep 11, 2023 11:17 pm
Forum: Hard Kit
Topic: New Coin Purse (Or: Little Pouch; Big Headache?)
Replies: 13
Views: 6135

Re: New Coin Purse (Or: Little Pouch; Big Headache?)

Well that is just gorgeous!


.... and for what it's worth, if you told us that was walnut dyed, I'd have believed you. It's a close match!