I mentioned recently that I had been working on a rather exciting Radagast
project.. Well, it was a rather special
hat! This hat was bound for Comicon in
Kansas City earlier this month, to be worn by one of the organisers. And most excitingly of all would be meeting
the ‘real’ Radagast.. Sylvester McCoy was attending Comicon.
The hat was
very similar to other Radagast hats I have made, but slightly bigger to
accommodate a wig.. and it needed ties like the one in the movie has. I must confess right here and now that when
watching the film I thought they were dreads in his hair.. but once it was pointed
out to me I remembered seeing them tied behind his head in the 2nd
film. Stephanie and Chris, my lovely
customers, sent me lots of really useful photos and info, and this was the
result:
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| Custom Radagast front |
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| Custom Radagast back With ties up out of the way |
I packaged
it up and posted it off, using Airsure (the fastest international option) 3
weeks before it was needed.. it should of got there in PLENTY of time. Unfortunately US customs decided to sit on
it.. then it took the scenic route from New York to Kansas.. arriving on the very morning that
Comicon started! You can imagine how
nervous we all were.. I was soooo
relieved when I saw 'delivered' pop up in the USPS tracker!
Stephanie
and Chris have sent me a lovely email and some great photos from Comicon.. of their meeting with Sylvester McCoy. Chris was (understandably) wary of
removing the hat once it was in place over the wig and beard.. but they got him
to wear the last minute emergency hat that Stephanie had whipped up incase mine didn't arrive (she did a fantastic job, especially on such short notice!)
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| Chris and Stephanie with Sylvester McCoy |
I think their costumes look amazing! Stephanie is a Valkyrie
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| 2 Radagasts :) |
Apparently Sylvester McCoy asked about the hat :) and they told him it had been 'specially made in England by
me.. It is such a buzz for me seeing one
of 'my' hats with the REAL Radagast! :)
12 comments:
Wow Deborah, this is amazing, I am really pleased for you. How did you come to be making such a hat, did you know Stephanie and Chris before they approached you to make it? Well done, it looks great!
Thanks Teri :)
I was soooo excited (and felt rather honoured) to be asked to make a piece that would meet the 'real' Radagast :)
I didn't know Stephanie and Chris before hand, they saw some other Radagast hats in my Etsy shop and contacted me through there
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A great hat (again) ;-)
What worries before it arrived there JUST in time !
You are now a Comicon rock star!...and what a cool group to be in!! Congratulations!
Awesome hat!!! What a thrill to see your hat modeled! You have fabulous creative skill.
Oh Els.. it gave me a few new grey hairs that's for sure x
Thanks Heather, though Chris is most definitely the Comicon rock star :) apparently he kept getting stopped by folks wanting their picture taken with him x
Thank you Nancy :) I love it when people send me photos modelling their goodies x
Wow thats fantastic Deborah, yay Im so glad your hat got there in time for such a special occassion, you must have been on the worried. How cool, I love "radagast", he has to be one of my faves. x
Oh my goodness Ruthie.. I was worried indeed!
Yes, Radagast is a lovely character. I love all the costumes in the Hobbit and LOTR films but his is probably my favourite - along with Bofur's amazing hat:)
x
I'm surprised I did not hear your squeal across the Atlantic! How exciting. The hat is fabulous of course.
Bardzo fajne pomysły. Musisz wkładać sporo pracy by stworzyć tak fantastyczne kostiumy.
Kelly I'm surprised you didn't hear the squeals too lol they were loud enough! x
Thanks Karolina. I'm only responsible for the hat though :) x
How cool!!
Ali x
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