This time Master KAF and MrsDTB are reflecting on the interesting appendices footage from The Fellowship Of The Rings. We got to learn lots about prop design and costumes. Here are some of our favourites.
The design of the Orcs armour, though at first glance may look completely impractical, when you take a closer look it is in fact very good. The armour they have is functional but not fancy (if you don’t count the occasional sharp parts!). Orc armour looks impractical due to the way we think about historical man-made armour, which is smooth without large areas of sharp ridges and usually made of metal. Ors armour is often made of leather because they needed it to be lightweight as they were travelling long distances on foot.
To be continued…