My dear friend Móka made this costume for me. She convinced me to join the Dúnedain Germany. This is a German costuming group which portrays the Ithilien rangers of Peter Jackson’s “Lord of the Rings” trilogy.

Shirt:
The shirt is made of an olive green polyester blend fabric. It has long sleeves, a low stand-up collar and a triagonal yoke. It closes in front with a small lacing.

Long vest:
The long vest is calf-length and made of a dark brown cotton blend fabric. There’s a slit at the back up to the waist. It closes with 3 pairs of laces.

Tabard:
The tabard is made of dark olive green cotton blend fabric. The tabard is slightly longer than knee-length. It’s open at the sides and has a V-shaped neckline and hem. The edges of the tabard are decorated with stripes of anthracite artificial leather. It’s laced at the sides with 5 pairs of eyelets.

Leather jerkin and gorget:
The medium brown leather jerkin has dark olive green cotton inlets at the sides. There’re 5 pairs of brass rings and a dark brown leather cord to lace the jerkin at each side. The jerkin closes in front with the help of a leather cord which runs through a lot of eylets. There’s a gorget in dark brown fixed on top of the jerkin. It’s fixed in position by the front lacing of the jerking.

Detachable Sleeve:
The detachable sleeve is made of a fawn cotton fabric. It’s quilted and closes with a lacing.

Underbracer and vambrace:
The underbracers are made of a soft, thin, dark brown leather. They extend over the forearm and the back of the hand. They are closed with the help of a lacing at height of the forearm. The part at height of the back of the hand is held in place with a small strip of leather. The leather vambraces are made of the same leather than the jerkin, gorget and the quiver. They are decorated with the swan of “Dol Amroth”.

Cloak:
The full-length cloak is made of a wool blend fabric in dark brown. The pattern of the cloak is a semicircle. It has a hood and closes in front with the help of two brass clasps and a thick leather strap. There’s a slit in the back for the leather strap of the quiver.

Pants and footwear:
I wear ordinary riding pants in medium brown and dark brown laced leather boots with the costume.

Mask, belts and belt pouches:
The shape of the mask is nearly triangular and is made of some left over fabric from the shirt. I don’t have a swordbelt so far. So, I have just the main belt with a Gondorian type of belt buckle. There’s additionally a vertical belt fixed at the main belt at which belt pouches can be attached.

Quiver:
The quiver is made of the same leather than the jerkin. It has decorative leather stripes sewed on it. There’s a fabric bag attached on top to protect the fletching of the arrows from rain etc. The strap is made of the same leather and closes with a Gondorian type of belt buckle.

Accessories:
I have a bow made of ash tree. The arrows are made out of pine, goose and buzzard feathers which I collected on my own. And I can hopefully add a sword and some more belt pouches soon.