Thank you all !!!
One year closer to the important hobbit age of 33

Wow, this would make gambeson sewing so much easier!
Thank you!

I think there is too much computer games influence on the design of these dwarves. In LOTR the shorty guys looked much better imho. And beards - You can't have a proper dwarf without a nice long beard...and where are the hoods?
I do think Biffur, Boffur and Bombur look very well

IF you haven't read the "Witcher" series, i strongly recommend them. They've got very rangery feel at times

- tailoring/sewing(whatever the right word is)
- brewing and cooking
- battlefield tactics
- WMA
- simple blacksmithing
- supreme imagination
would like to learn leatherworking at some point

I have, but don't mind it... that's what i keep telling myself too

Ah, Damn! Stuff, I meant stuff - as in photos, stories, etc.

Thank you. With the hope that my next year will bring more rangering (I'm not sure that there is even such a verb) and stuff to share with you guys...

Damn, that's awesome...

And remember Bilbo had this big map on his wall too

I like making maps very much. Usually I prefer drawing them on paper, but have tried different digital options too. Here's the best one, I've made this far: http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/7661/kraibrejnokralstvo1.th.jpg Uploaded with ImageShack.us It's for a LARP world we use around here. Don't pa...

Of course one can always use fabric covered maille, like that in the byzantine and near eastern world in the late middle ages:
Check those wall-paintings - the guy on the left is with fully closed coat, while the one on the right has it open.

I use one suuch as this:
http://shop.oragie.com/images/meshka.gif
but in a greenish/yellow color.

Yes. That would be interesting.
If I remember correctly in the books the rangers are wearing gray cloaks, and then the fellowship also got grey ones from Lorien.