Lord Of The Rings

[The Survivor]

Being a bit of a kit fanatic, it has always amused me to try and figure out what different types of soldier/book characters/war-hammer figures etc. would carry in their kit.

So just for the why not of it, pick a lord of the rings character and tell us what you think they would carry.

This thread will either die or thrive.

 

[crosslandkelly]

Gollum has no kit at all.

 

[Man of Tanith]

Search for elvenising my kitnon this forum some great ideas in there.
theres also a ranger reenactment forum that I can dig the link out for later.
be interested to see what folk say..

in my eyes stereotyping into various types.
elves-ultralight weighter
hobbits-traditionalists lots of canvas and vintage style stuff
rangers- toughie erm military influenced
dwarves more vintage tradtional kit fans
orcs-primative tech fans

 

[Man of Tanith]

http://ranger.budgetauthenticity.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=5
ranger reenactment forum

 

[ozzy1977]

I can sense a challenge coming on

 

[Kong]

Isnt this all a bit wierd?

 

[copper_head]

Isnt this all a bit wierd?

Haha perhaps, but then some might the same about sleeping in the woods for fun, no?

Samwise's gear always appeals to me. Pretty sure Tolkien gave a pretty good description of his kit. I'll take a look when I get home.

 

[John Fenna]

Isnt this all a bit wierd?

Yes.
My nickname from Waaaaaaaay before the film was made has been "Gimli".
Like my namesake it has to be trad gear, lots of wool. leather, heavy metal and an axe.... it would not be Bushcraft otherwise!

 

[Huon]

Haha perhaps, but then some might the same about sleeping in the woods for fun, no?

Samwise's gear always appeals to me. Pretty sure Tolkien gave a pretty good description of his kit. I'll take a look when I get home.

Not that good
From memory:
Rope (eventually), cloak, flint & tinder, pots and pans, shortsword/knife.
I can't remember much about his breeks etc. but you wouldn't have to worry about boots

The kit varies based on where they've been too. For example, pretty good after Lothlorien. Not so nice after the watch tower in Morder.

 

[JohnC]

I believe that Viggo Mortensen took Aragorns "kit" very seriously as part of his role prep... his sword sheath had a sharpening kit attached to it as a wandering ranger would want kit handy etc. Fair bit of info about the kit on the DVD "extras" from the Weta workshop..

 

[rik_uk3]

This thread has joined my 'bizarre BCUK threads' list. If it was any action figuare then

me

John Fenna

 

[Huon]

This thread has joined my 'bizarre BCUK threads' list. If it was any action figuare then

me

John Fenna

You wouldn't be derailing this thread would you?

Besides, I see John as more of a Geyperman type. No sheep but a goat should do:

 

[The Survivor]

http://ranger.budgetauthenticity.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=5
ranger reenactment forum

That forum is a very interesting. I saw one of these "rangers" wandering around my town a while back. Cheers.

 

[Man of Tanith]

I mainly just go on to drool over some of the leather work and kit lists

 

[rik_uk3]

You wouldn't be derailing this thread would you?

Besides, I see John as more of a Geyperman type. No sheep but a goat should do:

I thought thread de-railment was de rigueur these days? No, John has a history of African expeditions so the Bwana outfit is more apt IMHO

 

[Huon]

I thought thread de-railment was de rigueur these days? No, John has a history of African expeditions so the Bwana outfit is more apt IMHO

Nah! He has to have his sheep substitute

 

[John Fenna]

In Wales there is NO substitute for a sheep!
Dwarven costume kinda suits me though....

 

[Huon]

In Wales there is NO substitute for a sheep!
Dwarven costume kinda suits me though....View attachment 27675

Wool?


Dwarven gear does suit you but where's your axe? Perhaps you intend to batton with a knife instead?

 

[crosslandkelly]

In Wales there is NO substitute for a sheep!
Dwarven costume kinda suits me though....View attachment 27675

John???? View attachment 27676

 

[John Fenna]

Wool?


Dwarven gear does suit you but where's your axe? Perhaps you intend to batton with a knife instead?

http://i1150.photobucket.com/albums/o614/dave531/IMG_1150_zpse2ef3525.jpg
The axe is in the skull of them that insulted me....
http://s15.postimg.org/dl00wjphn/P1070064.jpg