LOTR Costume/Props exhibit

[Tigerlily Gamgee]

Well, I went to the LOTR museum exhibit in Indy this past weekend... so, here are my thoughts/observations:

Costumes included were:
~Galadriel (wow, this gown is gorgeous, and the beadwork on both the gown and cloak are amazing!
~Aragorn/Strider (very lovely in real life, I enjoy the materials)
~Frodo (his traveling outfit, it was the double's costume, though. It was cute, but not overly impressive)
~Arwen (her chase dress... very lovely, indeed)
~Arwen (blue gown... amazing bead work on this gown, and the case also included other fabric samples from some of her gowns not included in the exhibit)
~Gandalf the Grey (I loved it!)
~Saruman (very nice, but not as impressive as I thought it would be)
~Ringwraith (I wish it had been lite better so I could've seen the fabric texture... very intimidating, though)
~Sauron (GAH!!!!!!!! So cool! That is all...)
~Legolas (not as impressive in real life as you'd think, it looks better in the movies)
~Gimli (his double's costume... very lovely, I enjoy the detail)
~Theoden's armor (I still think this is some of the most awesome armor in the movie)
~Prologue Eleven Armor (stunning... absolutely stunning).
~They also had an array of various armors from the various kingdoms on display, and I think my favorite was actually that which belonged to the Haradrim.

There was tons of weaponry on display. The detail is amazing.
There was also a lot of jewelry. The One Ring got it's own room. It was one of the solid rings, though... no engraving. It was one of the oversized ones, too. Not as intense as I thought it may be. Too much "schtick" in the room to accompany it. The rings of the kings were nice, though. I never realized that they changed when they went from kings to wraiths. Nice attention to detail.
Galadriel and Celeborn's jewelry and accessories are stunning... as are Theoden's. And... they had Eomer helm!!! *swoon* I love that helm!

There were also some of the set piece minatures. They had Orthanc, Barad dur, The mill from the Shire (from Frodo's vision when it is in ruin)... they had a full sized version of Treebeard's upper half (his eyes are gorgeous), and they had the "dead Boromir in a boat"... he was just creeeeeepy. It looked like he would wake up and reach out to grab you!

Overall, it was a lovely exhibit, but I wish it would've been larger. The lack of any Eowyn costume was disappointing, as was the lack of actual Hobbit things. It was all, mostly, of the world of men and elves.

And, to end, here is my favorite picture... this is my friend, Ros, and I :-)