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« Thread started on: Jan 17th, 2003, 08:35am » |
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Is it just me, or do the fellowship cloaks look really thin?
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Re: Fellowship Cloaks (Putting it here just becaus
« Reply #1 on: Jan 22nd, 2003, 11:35am » |
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Not only do they appear very thin, there is also a very unusual pattern to the fabric that appears to be woven rather than printed. I also noticed that the front edge does not seem to be hemmed; either this fabric doesn't fray or this is the selvage, but neither option makes sense.
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Re: Fellowship Cloaks (Putting it here just becaus
« Reply #2 on: Jan 22nd, 2003, 6:10pm » |
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Ah, fabric that doesn't fray...a dream come true. I'd live in Middle-earth just for that.  But yes, I know what you mean about the pattern being woven in there. Another question, why does the cloak look so thin, but the actual hoods look very thick? If they were going to have to make the hoods thick, why not make the whole thing thick and full? It's weird, because I'm trying to think about the cloaks as I saw them in TTT yesterday, and when Frodo covers Sam and himself with his cloak, it seemed to me that it was thicker there...well, looks like I'll have to go see TTT a fourth time. 
EDIT: Here's another pic, Frodo this time: http://councilofelrond.com/modules/My_eGallery/gallery/characters/frodo/totalfilmseite11.jpg
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Re: Fellowship Cloaks (Putting it here just becaus
« Reply #3 on: Jan 22nd, 2003, 7:17pm » |
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Well, the hoods are definitely thicker because they are self-lined, though I have no idea why, unless they were trying to avoid a visible hem around the face edge. I suppose they also figured that the hood didn't need to be transparent; there weren't going to be too many instances where you would have occation to see through them.
I didn't pay attention to the cloak in the scene where Frodo covers Sam, but it could very well be a movie trick (i.e. they substitute another material for the cloak just to make the scene work).
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« Reply #4 on: Jan 23rd, 2003, 3:39pm » |
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Yes, I'm sure when they're actually under it that that's some movie magic there, haha, but when he's throwing the cloak over them, in that instance I think it's their actual cloaks. I may be wrong, of course. hehe
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Re: Fellowship Cloaks (Putting it here just becaus
« Reply #5 on: Jan 23rd, 2003, 3:44pm » |
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Check out this link!
http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/Rings/Store_contents.htm
These are the people that actually made the cloak fabric. They also sell a cloak but the style is nowhere close to the ones in the movie. It sounds like you might also be able to order fabric from them. Check out the close up of the fabric--it has that incredible pattern that we have been talking about.
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Re: Fellowship Cloaks (Putting it here just becaus
« Reply #6 on: Jan 23rd, 2003, 3:53pm » |
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Wow, awsome find Ithilwyn! That fabric is really amazing...now I want one. I used a currency converter thingy, and that's like 1000 bucks in USD...wow, don't have that much. But at least that picture will help me in picking out a fabric. Thanks!
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« Reply #7 on: Jan 23rd, 2003, 4:48pm » |
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Yeah, $1000 is a little steep for me too, but I have emailed the company to see if they can give me any information on purchasing the fabric itself. I'm sure it will still be pretty pricey, but not nearly THAT much. I'll let you know when I get a response.
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Re: Fellowship Cloaks (Putting it here just becaus
« Reply #9 on: Feb 23rd, 2003, 8:29pm » |
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I saw it! Haha, dude, okay I went to Toronto for the weekend, and lo and behold, we were just wandering around town and I found the Stansborough fabric in a store there! It was like 300 bucks for a blanket or something...it was very cool. It's not very soft though, it's kind of rough. It was really cool though, I was like putting my hand under it and it is really thin too. If only I'd had 300 bucks to blow on it at the moment. And I'm totally blanking on the store name too. Darnit. It was pretty funny though, cuz I was flipping out in the middle of this store. Anyways..lol that's my story.
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Re: Fellowship Cloaks (Putting it here just becaus
« Reply #10 on: Feb 24th, 2003, 6:48pm » |
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Yep I've sen it in person too AT Te Papa. The stuff used for their cloaks looked a lot thicker. It maight have been because of the construction of the cloak, or it might have been that the wool used for the cloak was the same weave but a different fibre. It also looked quite brown rather than grey which is the natural colour of the fibres, not the green as seen on film (filters, film stock etc).
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Re: Fellowship Cloaks (Putting it here just becaus
« Reply #11 on: Feb 24th, 2003, 9:51pm » |
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Really? I thought it looked as grey as it did in the movie
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Re: Fellowship Cloaks (Putting it here just becaus
« Reply #13 on: Feb 25th, 2003, 8:35pm » |
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Lol I think it's your monitor...it looks as grey as grey gets to me. lol
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Re: Fellowship Cloaks (Putting it here just becaus
« Reply #14 on: Feb 27th, 2003, 9:30pm » |
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Umm... nooo.. I said it looks as brown on my monitor as it did in person. Not that the monitor is what's making it brown.
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