Hey GreenRanger8!
Eofor and I were commenting that you do in fact have the correct color palette. There's very few references to the Northern Rangers and even less to what they wear but we do have a few notes as to colors.
The Lord of the Rings, Book I: The Ring Sets Out, Chapter 9: At the Sign of the Prancing Pony wrote:Suddenly Frodo noticed that a strange-looking weather-beaten man, sitting in the shadows near the wall, was also listening intently to the hobbit-talk. He had a tall tankard in front of him, and was smoking a long-stemmed pipe curiously carved. His legs were stretched out before him, showing high boots of supple leather that fitted him well, but had seen much wear and were now caked with mud. A travel-stained cloak of heavy dark-green cloth was drawn close about him, and in spite of the heat of the room he wore a hood that overshadowed his face; but the gleam of his eyes could be seen as he watched the hobbits.
The Lord of the Rings, Book II The Ring Goes South, Chapter 3 The Ring Goes South wrote:The Company took little gear of war, for their hope was in secrecy not in battle. Aragorn had Andúril but no other weapon, and he went forth clad only in rusty green and brown as a Ranger of the wilderness.
The Lord of the Rings, Book V, Chapter 2: The Passing of the Grey Company wrote:A little apart the Rangers sat, silent, in an ordered company, armed with spear and bow and sword. They were clad in cloaks of dark grey, and their hoods were cast now over helm and head. Their horses were strong and of proud bearing, but rough-haired; and one stood there without a rider, Aragorn's own horse that they had brought from the North; Roheryn was his name. There was no gleam of stone or gold, nor any fair thing in all their gear and harness:
As you can see, the color palette you've chosen is quite appropriate.
GreenRanger8 wrote: ↑Sun May 21, 2023 9:52 am
Thanks for the warm welcome!
Eofor, First Thanks for your feedback.
I want to portray more the Rangers of The north. I know the colors are not what they would wear. Those would be more the ithilien palette?
The belt should be thinner than portrayed in the concept drawing, Maybe I've drawn it a bit too large (oops!).
Your take on the lower leg part is great, before I did the pants the outfit had Grey leg wraps. So maybe I should switch back to that. (I wanted to give the ranger less equipment, so they could gear up faster - Less is more was my thought for removing the leg wraps).
If you want quick and easy leg-wraps, you might take a look at the Søgård Mose II legwraps.
Iodo Ionite made a pair here!
Wool leg wrap's the easy way [link]
GreenRanger8 wrote: ↑Sun May 21, 2023 9:52 am
With the leather collar, do you mean the Grey triangular upper body piece? That piece was inspired from the ithilien rangers from the movies. Should those be removed from the design?
In my opinion, yes, they should be removed. I cannot think of any practical use for them and consider them just "movie fluff." I suspect Rangers, if they were real, would quickly discard them as well. Like I said, if you want the aesthetic of the pointed collar but want to make it practical, the pointed Skjoldehamn hood would provide the same silhouette.
GreenRanger8 wrote: ↑Sun May 21, 2023 9:52 amCimrandir, Also thanks for your feedback.
Your question about the masculine and feminine versions, I wanted to incorporate the same outfit also for females. As for uniforms, it would be nice if there is one garb that is worn by all rangers. But that is not a must.
Yes! I agree with your comment on the leather cuffs/bracers. I practice archery myself, so maybe I should only add one small leather arm bracer just for the bow wielding part of the garb.
I think a single archery bracer would look just fine.
As regards a uniform, it is my opinion that Rangers of the North would not have a uniform per se. Uniforms are a modern-ish military custom and the Rangers are rather individualistic. I think their gear (made for rugged traveling) would be the main thing that distinguishes them from your regular man of Bree.