Learn-Something-New

I’m back after a rather long hiatus. Had to attend to matters of consequence – and oh, ye, I learned a lot of new things during that hi...

All the hard work crafting the Hobbit-themed costumes come down to this: the Manila premiere screenings (Dec 9 & 10, 2013) of The Hobbit...

It only made sense that after building Thorin’s armor vest for Oneal , as well as the scales that decorated his massive belt, I should ...

The boot armor that I made is actually a cheat. On the stock photo of Elrond, I couldn’t tell if the armor was actually overlapped bands wi...

The chest armor, which is the highlight of the costume, was actually the biggest challenge for me. It took me a long while to adjust the la...

The hip armor was my next challenge. Again, I’m thankful for the dress form because without it, I would not have been able to do the math o...