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The Hobbit - Bard the Bowman cosplay costume, Bard the Bowman impersonation cosplay costume

Darrell GreenDarrell Green ✭✭✭
edited March 2023 in Costumes & Cosplay
Bard the Bowman from The Hobbit - This build was only possible because of a temporary job in Salt Lake. Elk hides are abundant in the area and I was able to purchase a fully tanned hide for 100 dollars. I trimmed out arm holes and wore the entire pelt as a single piece coat. The arms, leg wraps and hand wraps are all scrap cuttings from the same. I grew the hair including facial hair and colored it to match. The shirt was hand sewn and the pants were a found thrift item in size 8x. I made the shoes from a prefab mocassin kit painted to match. Sashes, rope ties and belts were the final touches. I intend to retake posed photos when I am down to a comparable weight like the actor.


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    Darrell GreenDarrell Green ✭✭✭


    This is me getting caught working on my costume in the living room. I was notified by my wife that I was "shedding" too much and needed to take myself outside. I would have said it was too cold outside if maybe I hadn't been wearing an entire elk hide at the time.
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    Darrell GreenDarrell Green ✭✭✭

    This was my max facial likeness percentage from my likeness app:


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    Darrell GreenDarrell Green ✭✭✭
    9 gojillion years later, I finished the arrows and quiver. I am currently coloring the bow string and will be ready for final pictures soon. This is a cardboard USPS mail tube covered with the leg of a pair of faux leather pants. I followed a tutorial on making medievil arrows from scratch. The arrow head is sculpey that was pretinted as metallic.


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    Darrell GreenDarrell Green ✭✭✭
    edited April 10
    I am working on some hair options, a wig and the world's greatest comb-over. I got the comb-over to work very well the night before my pictures but on day of, I ran out of super hold hairspray so it was a fail for the full costume. But this next set of pics is my recent work on hair, costume weathering and color, bow, arrows and quiver.






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