E House <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
I thought the witch's dresses towards the beginning looked very odd
(especially the weird sticking-out-six-inches-at-the-back thing) but I
think the material it was made of was pretty well chosen; it looked
more like it was sort of magically grown than made, which strikes me as
right.
I did like her last two dresses, though--the strapless dark brown one,
and the maned chain mail battle outfit. Wonder how much that one
weighed; to me it actually looked like chain mail rather than that fake
metallic knit stuff that some movies use to impersonate chain mail.
The mane was a nice touch. It seemed like something Jadis would do.
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-E House
I haven't seen it yet, but I just noticed the chain mail dress on the
poster at the bus stop I stand at every day (took me a week to notice it
was mail!) I believe all the armour and weaponry was done by Weta
Workshops, who invented plastic chainmail for the Lord of the Rings
films. It's made from individual links, so it looks and moves like real
mail, but the links are plastic, so it's really light. The main reason
for using it was the logistics of trying to shift armour for hordes of
extras all round New Zealand, but I guess it also allows you to do these
kind of totally fantasy costumes. IIRC it even pools round her feet -
do that with metal mail and you'd be completely immobilised!
Jean
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Jean Waddie
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