Pointy ears (a costuming question) - Page 4

Menelvagor · 05-14-2002, 10:19 PM

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Originally posted by TinuvielChild

Oh, the other day some completely random person came up to me in the hallway and said "are you an elf? you have pointy ears like one" i was flattered.

I think that puts us even now. I've got the Lorien cloak, you've got the ears. Thing is, you can borrow my cloak (well, theoreticaly

) but I'd have trouble borrowing your ears!

I'd like to try the ear clip idea, but I've been trying it and it doesn't seem to work right. Any tips? (pun not entirly intended

)

TinuvielChild · 05-14-2002, 10:42 PM

i still hold that the hair trick - putting most of your hair behind your ears except for a v. small amount from the underside left in front - will make anyone's ears look pointy.

***Earniel*** · 05-15-2002, 12:46 PM

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Originally posted by TinuvielChild
i still hold that the hair trick - putting most of your hair behind your ears except for a v. small amount from the underside left in front - will make anyone's ears look pointy.

I guess mine aren't anyone's ears then.

If only I knew a good costume store around here.....

Menelvagor · 05-27-2002, 11:56 AM

TC, I just tried your hair trick, it really works! My hair must be a lot thicker than yours though, it won't stay in my hair for more than five minutes so I have to pull the top layer of hair back into a braid. What's the most elvish way to pull your hair back like that?

Tanoliel · 05-28-2002, 12:54 AM

wowzers...i was at folklife today (for those of you who don't know, that's Seattle's big folk festival held every year) and I saw a young woman with the most incredibly elvin ears I'd ever seen. I wish i could post a photograph, but i didn't have a camera with me. anyway. she had her hair done in the "elf ear" style, so maybe that helped, but her ears went back horizontally instead of more vertically, if you can imagine what i mean, and they were POINTED! it was SO cool. I really wanted to go up to her and ask what part of middle earth she teleported from...
but i didn't. *sigh*
*sings* "Oh, all I want for Christmas is two elf ears..."

-tano

Eruviel Greenleaf · 05-28-2002, 02:21 AM

Oh, and I wasn't at Folklife to see it! Darn. . .

Sounds cool, though!

Shadowfax · 06-02-2002, 11:00 PM

Cool! There's this girl at school, a few years younger than me, and I just noticed the other day that her ears are elven too! They point backwards not up, and it's so cool! I told my sister and she was like, 'yah...she DOES!!! Whoa!' No fair!

Starr Polish · 06-02-2002, 11:21 PM

I'm making myself some elf ears for the TTT release, but that's the most I'm going to costume myself as. Perhaps for prom...yeah, id ont plan on having a date.

Tanoliel · 06-02-2002, 11:43 PM

Heh...I'd love to have pointy ears for prom. That would be awesome! I don't care if I have a date or not. They'll just have to put up with it.

I also would like to go dressed Shakespearian...we'll have to see about that...

-tano

Starr Polish · 06-02-2002, 11:45 PM

I am going Shakespearan...kind of. Medieval dress and headdress, hopefully pointy ears!

Tanoliel · 06-02-2002, 11:52 PM

awesome! that sounds really cool. now I just gotta find a date who'll put up with that...

-tano

Eruviel Greenleaf · 06-03-2002, 12:07 AM

Aw, I should've done that! Pointy ears for prom, that is. Too late now *sigh*

Menelvagor · 06-03-2002, 12:10 AM

I do Civil War reenactments and I was thinking about going to a prom dressed as (male) soldier, now if only I could get my date to wear a hoop skirt.... nah, it'd never work, but the ears for the prom would be really cool. I did my hair TC's elvish way for our band banquet, it looked really good.

LuthienTinuviel · 06-03-2002, 02:52 PM

ok, tech week makeup guru mrs single says to take moleskin and make the skeleton with the curve in them and everything, then use lots of liquid latex or coloured liquid latex (stuff that's already skin tone-if yer rich) and keep adding layers until youve got it, you can also add a roll of moleskin to the underside of your natural curve to help it dissappear.
moleskin is like cheap leather, you can buy it in the section of a drugstore where the dr. sholes and footpads are. i think it's really meant for corns and stuff.
ive been trying to modify a pair of those headphone that go back behind your head so that it will pinch my ears near the top. hopefully im not done growing yet and they'll someday shape themselves like that.

Starr Polish · 06-03-2002, 09:37 PM

Tano, who says you need a date to prom? And you don't have to tell them about the costume..er, dress

Eruviel Greenleaf · 06-03-2002, 11:00 PM

Well, having a date is nice. . .even if it's just a friend

BeardofPants · 06-04-2002, 12:44 AM

You funny 'merikans!

"Dating" is such a strange concept...!

Eruviel Greenleaf · 06-04-2002, 12:47 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by BeardofPants
You funny 'merikans! "Dating" is such a strange concept...!

It is indeed strange. (yes, I am an American.) But I've never tried it. . .

BeardofPants · 06-04-2002, 12:50 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Eruviel Greenleaf

It is indeed strange. (yes, I am an American.) But I've never tried it. . .

I don't think you're missing out on much.

Blokes are all the same, the world over.

Eruviel Greenleaf · 06-04-2002, 01:30 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by BeardofPants

I don't think you're missing out on much. Blokes are all the same, the world over.

I'll take your word for it, then.

05-14-2002, 10:42 PM	#62
TinuvielChild Padawan Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Barony of Carolingia Posts: 2,176	i still hold that the hair trick - putting most of your hair behind your ears except for a v. small amount from the underside left in front - will make anyone's ears look pointy. __________________ There are only four questions of value in life: What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for? What is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same: ONLY LOVE. Dance as though nobody's watching. Sing as though nobody's listening. Dream as though you'll live forever. Live as though you'll die tomorrow. EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO and proud! FRODO LIVES!!!!!

05-28-2002, 12:54 AM	#65
Tanoliel Eccentric Chocolate Crow Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Emerald City--Seattle, WA Posts: 1,861	wowzers...i was at folklife today (for those of you who don't know, that's Seattle's big folk festival held every year) and I saw a young woman with the most incredibly elvin ears I'd ever seen. I wish i could post a photograph, but i didn't have a camera with me. anyway. she had her hair done in the "elf ear" style, so maybe that helped, but her ears went back horizontally instead of more vertically, if you can imagine what i mean, and they were POINTED! it was SO cool. I really wanted to go up to her and ask what part of middle earth she teleported from... but i didn't. sigh sings "Oh, all I want for Christmas is two elf ears..." -tano __________________ Wisdom for Short Attention Spans...Ozy and Millie. It rocks. Food Of The Gods: 3,7-dihydro-3,7-dimethyl-1H-purine-2,6-dione Feed Me.... Another Online Dwelling Place... "All right, I confess. It is my intention to comandeer a ship, pick up a crew in Tortuga, to rape, pillage, plunder and otherwise pilfer my weasely black guts out." -Captain Jack Sparrow "The trouble with unknown enemies is that they are so difficult to identify." -Amelia Peabody Emerson "Most people obey the orders of someone who is pointing a gun at their head." -A.P. Emerson

05-28-2002, 02:21 AM	#66
Eruviel Greenleaf Alcoholic Villain-Fancying Elf Pirate Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Lyonesse Posts: 4,547	Oh, and I wasn't at Folklife to see it! Darn. . . Sounds cool, though! __________________ Eruviel Greenleaf in a past life. "Whoever has come to understand the world has found only a corpse, and whoever has found a corpse is superior to the world." -The Gospel of Thomas SQUAWK!

06-02-2002, 11:00 PM	#67
Shadowfax The Fleet-Footed Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: British Columbia Posts: 913	Cool! There's this girl at school, a few years younger than me, and I just noticed the other day that her ears are elven too! They point backwards not up, and it's so cool! I told my sister and she was like, 'yah...she DOES!!! Whoa!' No fair! __________________ Jesus saved me "To remain ignorant of things that happened before you were born is to remain a child" (Cicero, 106-43 B.C.) "Art is a lie which makes us realize the truth" (Picasso)

06-02-2002, 11:21 PM	#68
Starr Polish Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Slow down and I sail on the river, slow down and I walk to the hill Posts: 2,389	I'm making myself some elf ears for the TTT release, but that's the most I'm going to costume myself as. Perhaps for prom...yeah, id ont plan on having a date. __________________ “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.” –Bertrand Russell

05-27-2002, 11:56 AM	#64
Menelvagor Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: lurking on the edge of conversations Posts: 924	TC, I just tried your hair trick, it really works! My hair must be a lot thicker than yours though, it won't stay in my hair for more than five minutes so I have to pull the top layer of hair back into a braid. What's the most elvish way to pull your hair back like that?

06-02-2002, 11:43 PM	#69
Tanoliel Eccentric Chocolate Crow Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Emerald City--Seattle, WA Posts: 1,861	Heh...I'd love to have pointy ears for prom. That would be awesome! I don't care if I have a date or not. They'll just have to put up with it. I also would like to go dressed Shakespearian...we'll have to see about that... -tano __________________ Wisdom for Short Attention Spans...Ozy and Millie. It rocks. Food Of The Gods: 3,7-dihydro-3,7-dimethyl-1H-purine-2,6-dione Feed Me.... Another Online Dwelling Place... "All right, I confess. It is my intention to comandeer a ship, pick up a crew in Tortuga, to rape, pillage, plunder and otherwise pilfer my weasely black guts out." -Captain Jack Sparrow "The trouble with unknown enemies is that they are so difficult to identify." -Amelia Peabody Emerson "Most people obey the orders of someone who is pointing a gun at their head." -A.P. Emerson

06-02-2002, 11:45 PM	#70
Starr Polish Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Slow down and I sail on the river, slow down and I walk to the hill Posts: 2,389	I am going Shakespearan...kind of. Medieval dress and headdress, hopefully pointy ears! __________________ “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.” –Bertrand Russell

06-02-2002, 11:52 PM	#71
Tanoliel Eccentric Chocolate Crow Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Emerald City--Seattle, WA Posts: 1,861	awesome! that sounds really cool. now I just gotta find a date who'll put up with that... -tano __________________ Wisdom for Short Attention Spans...Ozy and Millie. It rocks. Food Of The Gods: 3,7-dihydro-3,7-dimethyl-1H-purine-2,6-dione Feed Me.... Another Online Dwelling Place... "All right, I confess. It is my intention to comandeer a ship, pick up a crew in Tortuga, to rape, pillage, plunder and otherwise pilfer my weasely black guts out." -Captain Jack Sparrow "The trouble with unknown enemies is that they are so difficult to identify." -Amelia Peabody Emerson "Most people obey the orders of someone who is pointing a gun at their head." -A.P. Emerson

06-03-2002, 12:07 AM	#72
Eruviel Greenleaf Alcoholic Villain-Fancying Elf Pirate Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Lyonesse Posts: 4,547	Aw, I should've done that! Pointy ears for prom, that is. Too late now sigh __________________ Eruviel Greenleaf in a past life. "Whoever has come to understand the world has found only a corpse, and whoever has found a corpse is superior to the world." -The Gospel of Thomas SQUAWK!

06-03-2002, 12:10 AM	#73
Menelvagor Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: lurking on the edge of conversations Posts: 924	I do Civil War reenactments and I was thinking about going to a prom dressed as (male) soldier, now if only I could get my date to wear a hoop skirt.... nah, it'd never work, but the ears for the prom would be really cool. I did my hair TC's elvish way for our band banquet, it looked really good.

06-03-2002, 02:52 PM	#74
LuthienTinuviel protector of orphaned rabbits Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Kalamazoo... yes, its a real place! Posts: 1,236	ok, tech week makeup guru mrs single says to take moleskin and make the skeleton with the curve in them and everything, then use lots of liquid latex or coloured liquid latex (stuff that's already skin tone-if yer rich) and keep adding layers until youve got it, you can also add a roll of moleskin to the underside of your natural curve to help it dissappear. moleskin is like cheap leather, you can buy it in the section of a drugstore where the dr. sholes and footpads are. i think it's really meant for corns and stuff. ive been trying to modify a pair of those headphone that go back behind your head so that it will pinch my ears near the top. hopefully im not done growing yet and they'll someday shape themselves like that. __________________

06-03-2002, 09:37 PM	#75
Starr Polish Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Slow down and I sail on the river, slow down and I walk to the hill Posts: 2,389	Tano, who says you need a date to prom? And you don't have to tell them about the costume..er, dress __________________ “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.” –Bertrand Russell

06-03-2002, 11:00 PM	#76
Eruviel Greenleaf Alcoholic Villain-Fancying Elf Pirate Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Lyonesse Posts: 4,547	Well, having a date is nice. . .even if it's just a friend __________________ Eruviel Greenleaf in a past life. "Whoever has come to understand the world has found only a corpse, and whoever has found a corpse is superior to the world." -The Gospel of Thomas SQUAWK!

06-04-2002, 12:44 AM	#77
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	You funny 'merikans! "Dating" is such a strange concept...! __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

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