Yayster's Horn of Gondor

[YayBoromir!]

As some people know I'm making my own Horn of Gondor - thought I'd update you on its progress so far :)
I first made the shell out of cardboard but to get the proper curvature I had to leave gaps in some of the pieces so they would slot together properly.
Then I covered the whole lot in papier mache (including the holes) and left it to dry. A few layers of papier mache later, and it was hard enough to work with.
I found some red fabric and wrapped it around the top and the middle to create a raised level on which to papier mache - these were the golden sections of the Horn.
I papier mached over the fabric which took a few days to dry - but when it did, I found that it worked quite well. I then did some more modelling on the centre section of the Horn to make it smoother (still need to do more of this)!
I then got some string and stuck it with sellotape into the patterns on the Horn - when I papier mached over these, you could see clear raised parts to create the effect of a 3D pattern.

At this point, half the Horn is white and the other is grey (papier mache) but after I have done the other half and painted it with a coat of white acrylic, gold and silver paint will be ready to be applied. When this paint dries I will add final details and then add a strap so I can carry it over my shoulder. :grin:
And of course I will take some photos to put here!

Phew!

[Hobbit]

Thanks for the update YayB. I've got a vivid imagination from what it looks like now from your discription :)
Can't wait for the pics... makes me wish I was as creative as you YayB :grin:
Do take your time and make it a masterpiece as great as Boromir himself :grin:

[YayBoromir!]

Well that'll be difficult, Hobbit, but I'll try :grin: Thanks for the compliments :blush: :cuddles:
Just a suggestion, but why don't you try making a Hobbit pipe? That would go with your character. :)

[Hobbit]

YayB you're a genious! :thumbs: :gofatty:
I think I might do that with clay... fun!
I'm looking forward to your pic of the horn....

[YayBoromir!]

Genious? Well, I don't know about that, but thank you Hobbit! :blush: :cuddles:
It sounds like a good idea to make it out of clay - I've never been too good with the stuff but because you're making it it should turn out great! :thumbs:
I'm glad my descriptions were clear enough - I thought they might be a bit confusing...

[Winyaél Greenleaf]

Cool, Yayster! Can't wait to see the final product! :grin:Good luck with it!

[Polly Sandybanks]

Ah.. I can't wait for those photos of that horn, Yay. It sounds great. :)

[YayBoromir!]

Thanks, Polly :)
Today I aim to finish the papier mache and put the first coat of paint on! I should have it nearly finished by the end of the weekend!

[Bonos-Girl]

wow! i can't wait to see it!

[YayBoromir!]

Expectations met, it's just had its first coat of paint and is currently drying in the airing cupboard lol Not exactly spectacular! I'm getting some gold paint tomorrow so it should look a bit more colourful! :)

[Hobbit]

Thanks for the updates YayB :thumbs:
You don't have to be shy about the horn, we all know it's gonna be great :grin:
Can't wait to see the pics!

[Winyaél Greenleaf]

I've decided that since Yayster has been kind enough to update us about her project and everyone's giving comments about it, I think a thread ought to be dedicated to her project alone. In future, she can post up the pic of the completed horn in here too. :grin: So I shall split the thread.

Note: Yayster, if you wanna change the thread title or the content of your first post, just PM me.

[Igtica]

lol now I know why you said to look here ;) I wonder why I said make one out of cardboard sometimes, I mean u were obsessing over trying to buy a replica too much :girn: but what can I expect :p I mean u r yayboromir! ;) I'm glad that your enjoying making it so much, the papier mache sounded fun. I'd love to see the finished thing :)

[Saruman]

It sounds like you've got everything worked out perfectly, YB! Sometimes making it is just as fun as viewing the finished product. Let's hope it doesn't suffer the same fate as it did in the movie!lol

[Winyaél Greenleaf]

lol Nice one Saruman! lol

Do keep your precioussssss well! :thumbs:

[Lasgalen]

I look forward to seeing a pic of the finished horn. Will you be posting a pic on this thread?

[YayBoromir!]

I will make sure it doesn't get cut in half Saruman (i.e. make sure my brother doesn't get hold of it) lol ;)
I certainly will, Lasgalen, I will be taking pictures from different angles so you can get a feel for what it is like. I have even considered making a short film so you can see it in 3D!
Today I went out and bought some gold and silver paint and have added the first bit of colour to the horn - it's looking great! I reckon if all goes well I should have it finished by tomorrow, Monday at the latest.

[Igtica]

Oooooooooooooooo ...I'm all excited now :hyper: :hyper: :hyper: :hyper: :hyper: :hyper: :hooray: :boromir: :boromir: :boromir: :boromir: :boromir: :boromir: :boromir: :boromir: :boromir: BORI"S HORN by such a fab artist, can't wait :hyper: :hooray: :boromir: !

[Hobbit]

Do take you're time for it YayB and make it as great as possible (I know you will ;) )
The pics alone are really exciting and a minifilm would be so great!

[Luvara]

Ooh! How exciting! I'm sure the horn will look great!!! :thumbs:

[Lasgalen]

I like the idea of a short film so we can see it in 3D. But I will be happy with whatever you post. :boromir:

[Celebrían]

I can't believe I haven't seen this thread, yet...I can't wait to see it, Yay! From all that I can tell it will be fab! ;)

[Winyaél Greenleaf]

You missed this thread cuz I just split it from the 'Your Creations' thread recently. lol

Yayster tells me the horn is about 37cm long and the diameter ranges from 3 to 8 (from the narrow tip to the open end). And I think she's gonna finish it up soon :thumbs:

[YayBoromir!]

:grin: You all have such confidence in me...but is that confidence misplaced...lol
This morning I've painted the hooks silver and tomorrow we are going to go to a music shop to see if we can buy a mouthpiece so the Horn actually works. I hope we can find one and more importantly that it fits! (this was Illu's idea, thanks Illu!) Not much to go! :thumbs:

[YayBoromir!]

OK after talking on the phone last night to Igtica we have decided we are going to make a short film showing how the Horn was made and so you can get an impression of what the 3D model looks like. We also plan to add a bit of British humour in there (hehe!) lol Should be a laugh and would also give us some experience at film work!

[Hobbit]

Hehe great idea YayB! :thumbs:
I'de love to see the horn and the making off in 3D. And a good portion of British humour should be a nice bonus lol ;)
But do take your time for it YayB: you don't have to rush things up. I'm sure everyone will be happy to wait for a while, till we can see your horn when it is truly completed.

[YayBoromir!]

I would never rush a project such as the Horn ^_^ for Bori! :boromir: :grin: :drool: We are going down the music shop tomorrow to get the French Horn mouthpiece which with any luck should fit - adding that extra authenticity! I have to make sure to get a silver one though. Does anyone know what kind of glue sticks metal to cardboard?

[Igtica]

lol, I'm I know we're british, but I'm wondering if it is typical of british humour? I mean after what you said Yay I think we have our own type of humour! It's gonna be a right laugh to make that film though, thats all i can say! I've gotta travel a little bit 4 it though ;). *thinks abouta all the weird ideas* hmmmm I wonder if we'll be classified as sane afterwards :) Well the fab horn will be in it at least! Yay:boromir:'s horn finally revived! Good luck at the music shop :thumbs: !

[Celebrían]

Oh boy...a short film with British humor :whoohoo:....I'm all about some British humor....;) lol I'm really getting excited about this! :grin:

[YayBoromir!]

lol As Ig said, it's *our* British Humour, so don't be expecting the typical stuff, more insane random madness!

[Luvara]

lol I'm sure it'll be just great!!! ;)

[Lasgalen]

Will the movie have sound so we can hear the horn of Gondor (assuming the mouth piece works)

[YayBoromir!]

Yes it will have sound, Las :) We will also be talking on it so you can hear our British accents! lol

[Illuvatar]

Be afraid.......be very afraid! lol :p

[YayBoromir!]

Thank you Illu for that contribution! lol
(but he's right...) ;)

[Igtica]

Originally posted by Illuvatar
Be afraid.......be very afraid! lol :p

*coughs* UNDERSTATMENT OF THE CENTURY *coughs*

Oooo I think the british accents will be enough! Oh dear we're both from southern counties, so it'll be standard english all the way :s Oh dear if only you knew....if only you all knew......

[Celebrían]

Why all the fear? lol I can't wait to hear you both! There's nothing wrong with being typical British....;) I'm really looking forward to this....

[Lasgalen]

What is it about southern counties that we need to be afraid of?

[Bonos-Girl]

i dont know....hm....does essex count as southern? i know a lot of scary people...lol

[Igtica]

lol good question BG....not to worry neither of us are from essex. Erm Lasgalen, it's just the fact that we both happen to talk in standard english, but some accents could be worse i suppose :grin: Not to offend anyone but i don't like the Newcastle accent (jordie) or the old cockney...erm...accent.....don't no if accent is right, more like language! Apples and pears being stairs is still weird to me. Hmmm Cel u want to hear me :o thats strange, i'm kinda feeling like i'm ruining Yay's chance to shine...wait she does that already...hmmmm

[Luvara]

lol no need to worry! ;) I don't think ppl will care that much about your accent, more about the horn! ;) :p

[Celebrían]

Yes, you're right, Luv...the horn is what we are all about. ;) It will just be bonus (for me at least) to hear some accents! (I'm a sucker for them ;) )

I bet if you guys could hear mine, you might head for the hills! lol (not that I think it's bad lol....)

[Lasgalen]

What kind of accent do you have, Cel, that would make us head for the hills?

[Celebrían]

Well...let me preface by saying that I don't think I do have an accent, at least compared to other people I know, but I'm sure if you guys listened to me talk, you would think I do, but anyway...I live in the South, so there you go.....;)

and Yay, will you be wearing costumes in your video?

[Lasgalen]

Is there going to be a "making of" segment? You put so much work into it; you should make sure we all know how hard you worked.

[Igtica]

lol you peeps really have no idea what me and Yayster have got planned! There will be a bit where Yayster will say how she made the horn though, so no worries;) Ooo I've just realised that I'm gonna get the chance to see the actually horn made....*wonders if Yay will let her touch it?*

[YayBoromir!]

In regards to costumes, I don't think we will have any in particular. But we will see... ;)
Iggy, it's mine, my preciousssssss, but of course we will let you touch it won't we precioussss? lol Las there will be a bit where I will tell you how I made it as Ig said, we have to make that a substantial part without it going too hyper!
Cel I know you have a soft spot for accents! hehe :grin:

[Winyaél Greenleaf]

lol All this talk is making me hyped up lol (about the horn, not the accents lol)

Where will you guys upload the video? On your own websites? Or in WotR?

[Lasgalen]

Or maybe you could invite us all to your house to watch it :grin: j/k

[YayBoromir!]

hehe that would be cool Las lol
Win, I will be uploading it on my own webspace but maybe it will get onto WoTR later, who knows?

[Winyaél Greenleaf]

lol Yayster if you wanna invite us to your house to watch it, you will have to pay for my flight tickets lol

[Frodo's Love]

lol Please pay mine, too- and I'll be there! :o lol

Can't wait to see the film! :hyper: I'm sure it will be great... and your accents also! :p What a great idea, btw! :thumbs:

[Luvara]

Yayster, your horn is WONDERFUL!!! :o :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs: :hooray: It looks very real!!! :whoohoo: :thumbs: Great job, hon!

[Celebrían]

Oh my, Yay! The horn is just Fab! :elfeek: Amazing!

[Arninquelote]

Where? Where is it? On another thread? :)

[Luvara]

yeah, it's really... amazing! :elfeek: :thumbs:

edit: no, she showed me a lil' movie from her webcam! :thumbs:

[Arninquelote]

Oh, right...:grin:

[Frodo's Love]

Oh, I already wondered why I couldn't find the Horn! lol
We wantsss to see it, preciousss! ;)

[Winyaél Greenleaf]

Yayster, if you go on msn later, show me the video, k? Thanks lol

[YayBoromir!]

Of course I will show you :) I didn't have time to upload the picture I took of it since it was about 11:30pm when I was messing around with that thing... lol
I will try and upload a pic today and for anyone who wants to see the video I can show you over MSN.

[Frodo's Love]

:hooray:
:thumbs::thumbs::thumbs: I'm speechless! It looks so incredibly real! *bows low*
Thanks again for sharing, Yayster :)

[YayBoromir!]

Hehe, thanks FL :blush:
I have now uploaded the picture (sorry for the bad quality of the photo) onto WoTR's photo forum and you can find it here (http://www.warofthering.net/pp321/showphoto.php?photo=298) !! :grin:

[Hobbit]

Wow, great job YayB. :o :thumbs: It looks almost the same as the movie one! I'm speechless.

And don't worry about bad quality: it's clear enough to have a good look at your great piece of work.
I must say you have a great eye for detail Yayster... great job. :thumbs: :grin:

[Winyaél Greenleaf]

I've seen it! And I posted my comments there! Did you get the mouthpiece? Sorry... couldn't really see if the mouth piece was there from the pic. Can it be blown?

[YayBoromir!]

We haven't got the mouthpiece yet :( I'll just have to see when I can get it, it is quite difficult at the moment because we are all very busy. You can blow it but it doesn't make any noise.

[Winyaél Greenleaf]

Thanks for showing me your movie ;) The horn is really of a good size, and it looks great!

[Bonos-Girl]

it looks so good from the picture!!

[Igtica]

lol You showed me that pic earlier and I haven't commented, shame on me! As I told you it's absoulutely amazing :o It's so good! I think that :boromir: himself would be proud to hold such a great relica, in fact maybe it's not a replica and it's the real thing! Have you been taking things illegally again :s lol! Well Done Yayster! All your hard work paid off! :hooray: for Yay's AMAZING horn of Gondor! Even :boromir: is :drool: at the sight of it ;)

[Lasgalen]

Thanks for the pic. Love your horn, it looks great. :boromir:

[Lessa]

Well all I can say is WOW that's brilliant. Well worth all your hard work.

Lessa

[YayBoromir!]

Thanks for all the comments :blush: Really makes it pay off!
Tomorrow me and Ig are gonna start filming our...rather mad...video about the horn! hehehehehe... lol

[Luvara]

Wow! :naughty: Can't miss that! lol

[Winyaél Greenleaf]

don't forget to send it to me on msn lol

[Lasgalen]

Is there a way for those of us whose stupid msn IM decided to stop working can see it?

[Bonos-Girl]

she could probably upload it onto the web....

[Cuiel Rilwen]

The horn looks fantastic Yayster!!! And a great piccie, so great that you've tought about how surroundings play an important part as well! I'm very impressed!!:thumbs:

[Arninquelote]

Thanks for posting the piccy Yayster.:grin:

That is absolutely brilliant! Now can you make a life sized papier mache Boromir to go with it?;) :grin:

[Luvara]

Originally posted by Winyaél Greenleaf
don't forget to send it to me on msn lol

yeah, me too! :grin: lol

[Hobbit]

Now I've got a good reason to get MSN fixed soon. lol
I'm looking forward to seeing your film YayB. The pics were already great on their own. ;)
Do you think you can also upload it to the web?

[Celebrían]

Oh boy, I can't wait for the movie, Yay! ;)

[YayBoromir!]

Me and Ig have finished the...er...interesting movie...it seemed to come out more random than we expected and isn't really much to do with the Horn lol
I will make another one though with my webcam which actually focuses on it :p
I'll upload it asap!

[Igtica]

Oh dear! Be afraid! Be very afraid!

[YayBoromir!]

Hehe! lol
I think I uploaded the wrong one - oops! I'll have to get that sorted when I get home, I think I uploaded one of those really short clips which didn't really show much!

[YayBoromir!]

I was right - I had uploaded the wrong video :p silly me! lol
I have now uploaded the right video and it seems to work for people.
Click here (http://www.cix.co.uk/~cscgillingham/Hornofgondor.wmv).......if you dare.....
(plays in Windows Media Player)

[Winyaél Greenleaf]

is it the one that you showed me on msn?? lol

If that's the case...
Be afraid... peepz... be very afraid... LOL

[YayBoromir!]

Yes, it is the one I showed you on MSN, Win. And I'd take her advice, people! Muahahaha...:flamer:

[Ereinion]

lol That's such a great movie! Cool horn! And I loved the writing in the end.....Cool!

[Bonos-Girl]

omg! that is the most amusing film i've ever seen...deserves an oscar!! lol lol

[YayBoromir!]

lol Well maybe I wouldn't go that far, BG! Just a little bit of Brit humour for ya there ;) I'm glad you liked it lol

[Lessa]

Very funny. roflmao Loved it but doon't send them too an asylum near me, please!!! :rolleyes:

Lessa

[Lasgalen]

The one I saw didn't show much of the Horn. Just a little at the beginning and at the very end. Did I see the right one? (It was just under a minute in length)

[Hobbit]

That was great YayB and Iggy roflmao. The horn was great, as was the writing in the end lol
Great job :thumbs: (I agree with BG there)

[Winyaél Greenleaf]

Las, you must have seen the wrong one.
The horn really looks great on the film (better than on the photo) despite the insanity... lol

[Bonos-Girl]

you probablhy saw the one i saw Las...it didnt have much of the horn.....it was very randomly funny though! lol lol

[YayBoromir!]

I said it didn't have much of the Horn in it lol
I will make a more Horn-based one later!

[Lasgalen]

You are right, BG. It was "very randomly funny". I enjoyed watching it (I even watched it more than once!) I was just afraid I had seen the wrong one.

[YayBoromir!]

I'm glad you enjoyed it, Las. It was extremely random and as you can tell we had absolutely NO idea what we were doing! lol

[Lasgalen]

Oh I forgot to mention. Your accents were just fine. I could even understand you and everything lol

I look forward to more movies (see what you started lol )

[Cuiel Rilwen]

LOL you guys are great!!! You must have had good fun while making that...was that Gollum in the middle of it?lol And the text at the end....well just behave and they might let you on parole... roflmao

[YayBoromir!]

I hope so Cuiel lol Wasn't Iggy's Gollum impression great? She doesn't think so but it sounds so...well...Gollumsy! hehe lol

[Igtica]

Oh dear! I didn't realise that it'd been released to the public yet! ARGH! *hides behind Yayster*. It was really random though, we just couldn't decide what to do with ourselves. My voice sounds awful on that (actually slightly worse than usual). Sorry about my bad Gollum impression too. Though the bit in the middle where I filmed Yay when she got angry was a slight peek into how much we messed around. We have about a minute if out takes too, and they're actually quite funny......jumping up and down hmmm :grin: The horn appearing at the end was us messing around as well (my idea...sorry). I'm glad that you enjoyed it :). It's nice that it's enjoyed almost as much as how much we enjoyed making it. I hope it wasn't too disappointing Las.

[Lasgalen]

Oh it wasn't disappointing. Yay just mentioned something earlier about uploading the wrong one. I just wondered which one I had seen is all. BTW I liked the horn appearing at the end.

[Winyaél Greenleaf]

lol It's a great movie really. Very hilarious indeed lol Love the Gollum expression. And I could really see the horn very clearly. It looks great and the colour is very close to that of the movie's. Appropriate size too. :thumbs:

BTW my dears, we ought to be discussing about the horn, not how hilarious that devious duo is lol ;)

[Igtica]

I thought that we were discussing the horn! Wait there was conversation about us :o! Thanks for the nice comments on my impression in the Horn of Gondor movie, I appreciate it. You too Las, I feel a lot happier now....*thinks* well Win I was a prop in the film, as I consider myself no actor, so does that count? ;)

[Frodo's Love]

*tries for the 1000th time to watch the video and finally :trout:s her slow computer*

...okay, I'm downloading it now... hehe,can't wait to see it! :whoohoo::grin:

[Lady Ashley]

:thumbs: Wonderful Horn, Yayster! Good job!

[Luvara]

lol the video's brilliant, Yayster and Iggy! :thumbs:

[Elfdaughter]

WELL DONE Yayster! It's fantastic!

[YayBoromir!]

Thanks Lady Ashley, Luv and ED! :blush:

[Celebrían]

Finally saw the video! lol It was fabulous, Yay and Ig! :thumbs:

[Hobbit]

Yeah the video was as great as the horn itself :thumbs:
And I'm already looking forward to the next videos about the horn and the devious duo.
And Win was right: the horn seemed to have the good size and the colors were good. :gofatty:

[Igtica]

lol you want to see more of the Duo! Isn't that a dangerous idea! Wait you didn't see my mad bit where we messed it up :grin: erm why are peeps thanking me! I didn't do anything but fool around...as usual :grin: Thanks anyways guys ;)