Thanks for the kind words, Andy! It's always great to hear our efforts are being appreciated.

"‘Leastways old Bilbo was cracked, and Frodo’s cracking. If that’s where you get your news from, you’ll never want for moonshine. Well, friends, I’m off home. Your good health!’ He drained his mug and went out noisily." (LR I:2) Unfortunately, Ted is not speaking here of high-proof alcohol...

The one thing I haven't had sorted out for my Second Age kit has been a suitable water container. I figured a waterskin of some sort would be most appropriate but didn't know much beyond that...idly checked facebook market for a bota a few months ago but didn't pursue any too far. Then, this week I ...

Photo link still not working, darnit. If you're able to shrink or compress to less than 256kb, you can attach it directly.

<Took too long writing a reply and got logged out, message lost, argghhhhh :evil: If only JRRT had finished the 1960 Hobbit, we probably would have learned a bit more about the area! We know the locals (of whom the Narrator says "There were many of them") have "[built] themselves plac...

First thing - double-check your link for the image - doesn't seem to be working! Shepherd or bard are great angles for a Beorning/woodman. Not knowing how much division of labor their culture has, I don't know if I'd call them 'occupations' or 'professions', but they're definitely skillsets that wou...

Bamboo would obviously be inappropriate for NW Middle-earth, but we already know they CAN turn mallorn bast into silken hithlain rope (and presumably the Galadhrim's cloaks are made of the same stuff or similar), so....in light of Clarke's quote about "sufficiently advanced technology", I ...

If you've been wondering why I've been inactive this spring, this is largely the reason why: I've been weaving a new more-Beorning-style woolen sash! Aistan2,0-sash.jpg As you can see in my initial 'Aistan 2.0' post , I've been using the same brown/green/red sash I wove on my inkle loom back when I ...

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Welcome Valladon. Questions of period/setting appropriateness aside, the thing about hammocks (at least in my experience) is that using one at any time other than summer requires two sources of insulation, because whatever you're lying on gets compressed and makes your back cold. There's a reason wh...

Well, hot damn, that's beautiful. Excellent research/citations, historic inspiration, and execution! I can't wait to see it with the whole ensemble some day.

Ughhh that stuff looks gorgeous, the herringbone especially. So much more character than plainweave rustic linen, but without being wool a la OWC/ECHO. (The way things are going, I get maybe 2 weeks each year when wool is needed. It was nearly 80*F here this week :| Why does Europe get to have all t...

Straelbora wrote: ↑Fri Feb 24, 2023 11:38 pm I thought the idea of step 1 is that male and female Dwarves look the same. But I guess it works as male/male or female/male.

That was my understanding as well, but as you say I guess it works either way.

i will take this!! as my first purchase from this sweet ranger's forum, how do i go about the details? Aw shucks, this piece actually found its new home earlier this winter. Since I can't delete the thread, I'll edit the original post to reflect that. I totally forgot I had even made this listing!

I am hypothetically in favor of a facelift or reworking of the wiki, but in its current iteration has never been particularly user-friendly to work with. Or at least, it never seemed to give the same amount of control as something like Wordpress's blogging platform. (I'm pretty sure my original non-...