#Gilgalad cosplay

[foedhrass]

“Gil-galad was an elven king…”

The autumn colors 10 days ago were perfect for my Gil-galad cosplay, especially the cloak.

[darksabreassassin]

Met some super nice people at Convergence! #cvg2018 #cosplay #lotrcosplay #gandalf #gilgalad #galadriel

[foedhrass]

It’s time for a close-up shot. I love the colors on this.

Fun fact: I made Vilya, the Ring of Air, on the morning of the photo shoot and I got really lucky because I had exactly one acrylic rhinestone in the right shape and it was light blue too, so I just had to paint it a bit darker, but the base just makes it glow.

Cosplay & edit: Foedhrass

Photo: Eva_wso

[foedhrass]

I’m really excited about the new trailer that dropped yesterday and the second season which starts airing in only just about a month! What better occasion to post another photo of my Gil-galad cosplay that I made just prior to season 1.

Cosplay & edit: @Foedhrass

Photo: Goldiepond

[foedhrass]

"Hope is never mere, even when it is meager. When all other senses sleep, the eye of hope is first to awaken and last to shut."

Gil-galad cosplay & edit: Foedhrass

Photo: eva_wso

[foedhrass]

“A king’s place is wherever the need is greatest.”

Originally I planned to post another one of the results of our cosplay vacation today but today is ROP day, and I absolutely loved the episode, so here is a battle-ready Gil-galad instead. Well, maybe not exactly battle-ready, but I definitely need to make a full armor for him now.

Cosplay & edit: Foedhrass

Photo: @little_solnyshka

[foedhrass]

“But in Lindon Gil-galad still maintained his power, and Sauron dared not as yet to pass the Mountains of Ered Luin nor to assail the Havens.”

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion

I couldn’t wait editing one of the photos we took today of my Gil-galad cosplay. I wanted to do a proper autumn shoot with Gil-galad and while I almost chose another cosplay to wear, in the last minute I returned to my decision to wear this cosplay, and I’m so glad I did.

Cosplay & edit: Foedhrass

Photo: Eva_wso

(I upped the color balance a little bit to give it even more of a Lindon vibe, but not much since there was already a lot of yellow in those birch trees.)

[foedhrass]

It’s finally time for season 2 tomorrow and what better way to celebrate that than by posting one of my favourite cosplay photos. It’s from that very first photo session two years ago, a few weeks before the show even started.

I spot a pattern of making cosplays before the seasons even begin. 😅

Anyway, I look very much forward to the next season and I can’t wait to see more of the costumes that we already saw glimpses of in the promo material.

Cosplay & edit: Foedhrass

Photo: little_solnyshka who brilliantly captured the sun behind me!

[foedhrass]

From left to right: a Teleri OC, Aegnor, Amras, Annatar, Caranthir, Gil-galad.

From left to right: Irmo, Eöl, a Nandor OC, Maeglin, a Mirkwood OC, Thranduil

And of course Thingol.

Welcome and thank you to all new followers! The Thingol cloak post brought you here, but I have several more Middle-earth cosplays, most of them own designs for Silmarillion characters.

[foedhrass]

A photo of my Gil-galad cosplay from last year.

[foedhrass]

“Hope is never mere, even when it is meager. When all other senses sleep, the eye of hope is first to awaken, last to shut.”

Cosplay: Foedhrass - Photo: Noldorheart

[foedhrass]

“And when the tidings came to Balar of the fall of Gondolin and the death of Turgon, Ereinion Gil-galad son of Fingon was named High King of the Noldor in Middle-earth.”

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion

This is the cosplay I ambitiously finished within two weeks exactly back in July/August. Gil-galad had been on my cosplay list for a while, but with pretty low priority, until the golden costume from the Rings of Power series caught my eye. Since I am more confident in armor it was clear to me that the torso part would be armor instead of a tunic. It was too good an opportunity to not do a mash-up between the LotR and the ROP costume, with ROP as the base and two beautiful elements from LotR Gil-galad.