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The Hobbit Cosplay/Art References

Dear Fellow Cosplayers of the Tolkien persuasion,

Wellington is currently doing this “Costume Trail” thing which is fantastic. What they’ve done is taken the costumes of the main characters from The Hobbit movies and placed them around Wellington, NZ, for people to look at. There’s usually one at each location but some places like The Roxy and Embassy theatre have three.

So, naturally, I am doing the thing but I’m also doing it with a fairly powerful camera to take hi-res photos of the costumes as references. What I am going to do once I’ve got good photos of all of them: upload the pictures to tumblr, one character costume per post. I’ll upload the ones I’ve seen already but I won’t get photos of all of them until probably Christmas or Boxing Day.

One minor thing to be noted: The costumes are housed in cases with super reflective glass which gives the photographer in me nightmares. I do my best taking the photos [including making my mother hold up table cloths to block the light, lunatics that we are] and with photoshop but alas, I can only do so much. Detail shots are fine because I can easily block the glare but full body shots are dicey.

Characters being displayed:

Thorin

Bilbo

Oin

Gloin

Bifur

Bombur

Bofur

Fili Part 1 & Part 2

Kili

Dwalin

Balin

Nori

Dori

Ori

Gandalf

Legolas

Tauriel

Radagast

Elf Lieutenant

Elf Soldier

Bard

So if anyone would like detail photographs to help build their Hobbit cosplays, watch this space. You can message me for extra photos if needed.

Bard’s costume

Actor: Luke Evans

Designer: Bob Buck

Made By: 3 foot 7 Costume Dept., Chainmaile by Weta Workshop.

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Post 1/21 from the Costume Trail in Wellington. Sadly Bard’s costume was in a super glare-y position. It was really difficult to get good photos. Message me if you’d like higher resolution photos or other detail shots.

More costumes from the Hobbit here.

Bifur’s costume

Actor: William Kircher

Designer: Ann Maskrey and Bob Buck

Made By: 3 foot 7 Costume Dept.

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Post 2/21 from the Costume Trail in Wellington. Message me if you’d like higher resolution photos or other detail shots.

More costumes from the Hobbit here.

Bofur’s costume

Actor: James Nesbitt

Designer: Ann Maskrey and Bob Buck

Made By: 3 foot 7 Costume Dept.

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Post 3/21 from the Costume Trail in Wellington. Message me if you’d like higher resolution photos or other detail shots.

More costumes from the Hobbit here.

Bombur’s costume

Actor: Stephen Hunter

Designer: Ann Maskrey and Bob Buck

Made By: 3 foot 7 Costume Dept.

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Post 4/21 from the Costume Trail in Wellington. Message me if you’d like higher resolution photos or other detail shots.

More costumes from the Hobbit here.

Ori’s costume

Actor: Adam Brown

Designer: Ann Maskrey and Bob Buck

Made By: 3 foot 7 Costume Dept.

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Post 5/21 from the Costume Trail in Wellington. Message me if you’d like higher resolution photos or other detail shots.

More costumes from the Hobbit here.

Dori’s costume

Actor: Mark Hadlow

Designer: Ann Maskrey and Bob Buck

Made By: 3 foot 7 Costume Dept.

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Post 6/21 from the Costume Trail in Wellington. Another very reflective display case, guys. :/ Message me if you’d like higher resolution photos or other detail shots.

More costumes from the Hobbit here.

Nori’s costume

Actor: Jed Brophy

Designer: Ann Maskrey and Bob Buck

Made By: 3 foot 7 Costume Dept.

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Post 7/21 from the Costume Trail in Wellington. Another very reflective display case. :/ Message me if you’d like higher resolution photos or other detail shots.

More costumes from the Hobbit here.

Elf Soldier costume

Actor: Various

Designer: Weta Workshop and Bob Buck

Made By: Armour and Weapons by Weta Workshop, Fabric Elements by 3 foot 7 Costume Dept.

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Post 8/21 from the Costume Trail in Wellington. Another very reflective display case. Message me if you’d like higher resolution photos or other detail shots because I got loads of this costume and the Elf Lieutenant costume.

More costumes from the Hobbit here.

Elf Lieutenant costume

Actor: Various

Designer: Weta Workshop and Bob Buck

Made By: Armour and Weapons by Weta Workshop, Fabric Elements by 3 foot 7 Costume Dept.

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Post 9/21 from the Costume Trail in Wellington. Another very reflective display case. Message me if you’d like higher resolution photos or other detail shots because I got loads of this costume and the Elf Soldier costume.

More costumes from the Hobbit here.

Radagast’s costume

Actor: Sylvester McCoy

Designer: Ann Maskrey

Made By: 3 foot 7 Costume Dept.

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Post 10/21 from the Costume Trail in Wellington. Unfortunately this costume was behind some truly grotty glass so I had to fiddle with these photos a lot in order to pick up any detail. I tried, o lord how I tried. Message me if you’d like higher resolution photos or other detail shots.

More costumes from the Hobbit here.

Bilbo’s costume

Actor: Martin Freeman

Designer: Ann Maskrey

Made By: 3 foot 7 Costume Dept., Sword by Weta Workshop

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Post 11/21 from the Costume Trail in Wellington. Another reflective case. Message me if you’d like higher resolution photos or other detail shots (I have many- these are the highlights).

More costumes from the Hobbit here.

Thorin’s costume

Actor: Richard Armitage

Designer: Ann Maskrey and Bob Buck

Made By: 3 foot 7 Costume Dept.

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Post 12/21 from the Costume Trail in Wellington. Message me if you’d like higher resolution photos or other detail shots.

More costumes from the Hobbit here.

Tauriel’s costume

Actor: Evangeline Lilly

Designer: Lesley Burkes-Harding

Made By: 3 foot 7 Costume Dept.

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Post 13/21 from the Costume Trail in Wellington. Message me if you’d like higher resolution photos or other detail shots of her costume clasps and the like.

More costumes from the Hobbit here.

Gloin’s costume

Actor: Peter Hembleton

Designer: Ann Maskrey and Bob Buck

Made By: 3 foot 7 Costume Dept.

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Post 14/21 from the Costume Trail in Wellington. Message me if you’d like higher resolution photos or other detail shots. This costume had heaps of wonderful detail in the leather work and construction of his tunic and coat.

More costumes from the Hobbit here.

Oin’s costume

Actor: John Callen

Designer: Ann Maskrey and Bob Buck

Made By: 3 foot 7 Costume Dept.

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Post 15/21 from the Costume Trail in Wellington. Message me if you’d like higher resolution photos or other detail shots. 

More costumes from the Hobbit here.

Dwalin’s costume

Actor: Graham McTavish

Designer: Ann Maskrey and Bob Buck

Made By: 3 foot 7 Costume Dept.

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Post 16/21 from the Costume Trail in Wellington. Message me if you’d like higher resolution photos or other detail shots - I have a lot for Dwalin because his harness is so intricate.

More costumes from the Hobbit here.

Balin’s costume

Actor: Ken Stott

Designer: Ann Maskrey and Bob Buck

Made By: 3 foot 7 Costume Dept.

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Post 17/21 from the Costume Trail in Wellington. Message me if you’d like higher resolution photos or other detail shots. The fabrics used in Balin’s kit are awesome.

More costumes from the Hobbit here.

Gandalf’s costume

Actor: Ian McKellen

Designer: Ngila Dickson

Made By: 3 foot 7 Costume Dept., Sword by Weta Workshop

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Post 18/21 from the Costume Trail in Wellington. Message me if you’d like higher resolution photos or other detail shots.

More costumes from the Hobbit here.

Legolas’s costume

Actor: Orlando Bloom

Designer: Lesley Burkes-Harding

Made By: 3 foot 7 Costume Dept., Knives and Back rig by Weta Workshop

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Post 19/21 from the Costume Trail in Wellington. This one was impossible to get good photos of. Just way too much glare. Message me if you’d like higher resolution shots.

More costumes from the Hobbit here.

Kili’s costume

Actor: Aidan Turner

Designer: Ann Maskrey and Bob Buck

Made By: 3 foot 7 Costume Dept.

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Post 20/21 from the Costume Trail in Wellington. This one was, yet again, a very glarey case but look! The scale replica costume! Very cool how identical they both were in every detail.

Message me if you’d like higher resolution or more detail shots. Things not pictured in this photoset: his buttons and ties, vambraces, other perspectives of his boots, fur, edging detail on Kili’s coat, fixtures on his belts &c.

More costumes from the Hobbit here.

Fili’s costume PART 1

Actor: Dean O'Gorman

Designer: Ann Maskrey and Bob Buck

Made By: 3 foot 7 Costume Dept.

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Post 21/21 from the Costume Trail in Wellington. Yet another very reflective case. Message me if you’d like higher resolution or more detail shots. Part 2 can be found here.

More costumes from the Hobbit here.

Fili’s costume PART 2

Actor: Dean O’Gorman

Designer: Ann Maskrey and Bob Buck

Made By: 3 foot 7 Costume Dept.

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Post 21/21 from the Costume Trail in Wellington. Part 2 at the request of countrichmond. Part 1 here. Message me if you’d like higher resolution versions.

More costumes from the Hobbit here.

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