Showing posts with label Crown. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Crown. Show all posts

Sunday, 17 December 2017

Crown


The crown a headress worn by a monarch or emperor to show thier power, wealth and also used in a coranation to endorse thier position.


Crowns come in many shape a date back to time of pharoes, the one shown here is shaped like a traditional european crown.

Often made of gold or other precious metaerial, covered in jewels and lined with some expensive animal skin, this headgear is not practical or confortable, its nothing but a symbol of the wearers rank. 


This is a cheap fancy dress plastic crown which I have repainted and distressed, lined with felt all to give a bit life and make it less plasticky.


One up from the cracker crown shown in my previous post.

Monday, 11 December 2017

Its a Cracker


The cracker hat is usually made of thin tissue paper and shaped like a crown.


These hats have fallen out of most Christmas crackers since the early 20th century, along with mottos, love notes, gifts and many a bad joke.


The first Christmas cracker was based on a novelty bon-bon developed by a London confectioner Tom Smith which made a bang when opened, he and his company eventually developed this into the gift delivering item we know today as the Christmas Cracker.

Tom Smiths sons who took over the business when he died eventually where the ones who introduced the hat into the cracker.










Sunday, 16 July 2017

Nefertiti Hat


This home made hat is based on the Nefertiti hat/crown


Nefertiti was a Queen of Egypt from 1370 BC to 1330 BC


This hat was made as a lrp prop and not historically accurate in any shape or form, plus its made of cardboard and felt.


To make this hat I made a basic paper pattern by trial and error and then transferred it to some thicker card.


Lots of glue and staples later I got the basic shape.


Which I then covered in felt and gold leather look fabric.


before finally glueing on some gem cake decorations.



Below in use 



Monday, 3 July 2017

Nemes


The Nemes is the striped head cloth worn by pharaohs and nobility in ancient Egypt.


Most famously seen on King Tutankhamun burial mask 


The Nemes extension to the typical Egyptian headcloth or kerchief worn by many ancient Egyptians it covers the whole crown shoulders and drapes down past the the neck. Each side are 2 large flats which should hang down behind the ears past both shoulders on to the chest.


.All the images I've seen also show striped fabric.


.Like this one they also can include a decorated crown. 


Purchased from lrp market selling second kit