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Title: Lady Mc Angus
Post by: skypurr on May 05, 2011, 16:55:54

Haven't posted much lately as I've been very busy.
However, I now have lots of time to spare as I've just had an operation on my hand and because I have my arm in a sling at the moment I can't waste time doing housework ;D so hope to catch up on everything I've missed in the past few weeks!

The night before my op I finally managed to finish the lady I'm sending to Karim.
She's called Lady Georgiana and is the wife of Lord Hamish Mc Angus of Barnhourrie.
Here she is in her travelling dress with a skirt of Pride of Scotland Tartan...

(http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac300/skypurr/LadyGeorgiana1.jpg)

and in her ball gown of lavender satin...

(http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac300/skypurr/LadyG4.jpg)

(http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac300/skypurr/ladygside.jpg)

and here with Lord Hamish, outside the ancestral home...

(http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac300/skypurr/TheMcAngus.jpg)

I used a craft paint called Luna Lights to create her satin dress.  It is a water based paint but can be used on metal, plastic and ceramics.  It needed quite a few thin coats, but gives a lovely pearlescent effect.
http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/products/list.php?sid=01&tid=PAINT
The colours can be mixed to make other shades too.

Hope you like her!

Elaine (http://www.anchoredbygrace.com/smileys/mgqueen.gif)

Title: Re: Lady Mc Angus
Post by: Wolf Knight on May 05, 2011, 17:07:05

Elaine she is magnificent!!!  :clap: :clap: :clap:
She has a very Scottish finesse indeed!!!!  :wow: :wow: :wow:

Title: Re: Lady Mc Angus
Post by: Sylvia on May 05, 2011, 17:12:48

Beautiful job! :love:

I love the purple tones you chose, and the paint work is really neatly done! 8-)

Lord Hamish's outfit is fantastic too. They make a really lovely pair.  :heart:

Title: Re: Lady Mc Angus
Post by: bonniebeth on May 05, 2011, 17:27:38

Oh, Elaine! She's magnificent! I love the colors, and you did such a good job painting the plaids!!! Simply stunning, I looove the ball gown. :inlove: :inlove: :inlove:

Title: Re: Lady Mc Angus
Post by: Daniela on May 05, 2011, 17:52:10

Elaine, what a wonderful couple!!

I love them!  :love: :love: :love:

GREAT! GREAT! GREAT WORK!

This party is such a fantastic event!

For me, it feels, as if I am really there, making friends with all the amazing people, who come to celebrate with Karim. I can SMELL the garden and I can HEAR the people talking.

It´s like a wonder coming to life.

Daniela :wave:

Title: Re: Lady Mc Angus
Post by: WarriorOfToys on May 05, 2011, 19:19:19

(http://playsued.forumprofi.de/images/smilies/ohnmacht.gif) (http://playsued.forumprofi.de/images/smilies/ohnmacht.gif) (http://playsued.forumprofi.de/images/smilies/ohnmacht.gif)
She is Beautiful! :love:
Superb Job Elaine! :hatoff:

Title: Re: Lady Mc Angus
Post by: Alison01326 on May 05, 2011, 19:50:49

Absolutely stunning, Elaine.  Words fail me.  Truly beautiful.

I hope you do what the doctors tell you now, and give your hand a good rest (you'll have to avoid more than housework).

Title: Re: Lady Mc Angus
Post by: playmofire on May 05, 2011, 20:23:47

Excellent job, Elaine!   :wow: :wow: :wow:

Title: Re: Lady Mc Angus
Post by: flatcat on May 05, 2011, 20:27:03

She is great, Elaine!  :wow: :wow: :wow:

I love the purple :love: :love: :love:

Damo :)

Title: Re: Lady Mc Angus
Post by: Bill Blackhurst on May 05, 2011, 20:27:05

Beautiful Pair of customs, Elaine! You have done a magnificent job! :clap:

Title: Re: Lady Mc Angus
Post by: gaspodfreud on May 05, 2011, 20:35:34

fantastic work !! there's are so realistic and the details are so great !

for the dress of the man (my favorite) : you cut a playmo dress or you do someting else ?

Title: Re: Lady Mc Angus
Post by: Gis on May 05, 2011, 21:06:51

She is gorgeous Elaine!!!

Love the purple :-) Good luck with your recovery :-)

(good to know you'll be spending your time here)

Title: Re: Lady Mc Angus
Post by: Elric on May 06, 2011, 02:31:38

I really like your work! :)

Title: Re: Lady Mc Angus
Post by: Tiermann on May 07, 2011, 00:13:26

Beautiful work!

Title: Re: Lady Mc Angus
Post by: cheng on May 07, 2011, 00:56:52

WOW  :love:
maybe Geobra should make a couple like this too  ;) but only of our kids will ask for them  :P

Title: Re: Lady Mc Angus
Post by: tonguello on May 07, 2011, 02:43:52

Beautiful custom Elaine!! I love them both!  :love: :love: :love:

Title: Re: Lady Mc Angus
Post by: Nickers on May 07, 2011, 10:33:29

That purple is so gorgeous! Your painting it is what really sets it off though. The detail in her skirt, shawl, and hat is incredible.  :love:

Title: Re: Lady Mc Angus
Post by: Playmoholics on May 08, 2011, 21:09:57

So beautiful  :love: :love: :love:
You do such an amazing job with the plaid!!! :clap: :clap: :clap:

Title: Re: Lady Mc Angus
Post by: skypurr on May 09, 2011, 21:54:57

Thank you everyone for your lovely comments :thanks:
I really enjoyed doing the painting, I'm longing to try painting some more skirts using some of the other colours - I have a lovely bright green and a bright pink that I want to use, but I'm not supposed to use my hand yet so can't do any painting at the moment.  :'(

Jeremy, Lord Hamish's kilt was indeed made using a lady's skirt - here's the explaination I used in an earlier thread:

"...I made the skirt by cutting down a lady's long skirt and cutting down a plain pair of a man's legs and sanding them at the top so they would just fit inside the skirt space. 
I then used a plastic repair material called Plastex to fill the gap and hold the legs in place..."

Hope this helps!

Elaine (http://www.anchoredbygrace.com/smileys/mgqueen.gif)

Title: Re: Lady Mc Angus
Post by: Alison01326 on May 11, 2011, 18:08:50

Elaine, thank you for the link to the paint. Unfortunately it's coming up with nothing, and a google search for Luna Lights comes up with "ink".  Is the stuff? http://www.sirstampalot.co.uk/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=luna+lights (http://www.sirstampalot.co.uk/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=luna+lights)

We may be about to embark on our first custom (not counting all the Klickies who have had their hair swopped over). This won't be a Klicky, though  8-)

Title: Re: Lady Mc Angus
Post by: skypurr on May 12, 2011, 01:28:20

Quote from: Bad Mum! on May 11, 2011, 18:08:50

Elaine, thank you for the link to the paint. Unfortunately it's coming up with nothing, and a google search for Luna Lights comes up with "ink".  Is the stuff? http://www.sirstampalot.co.uk/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=luna+lights (http://www.sirstampalot.co.uk/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=luna+lights)

Yes Alison, that does seem to be the same, comparing them with my bottles, but I wouldn't really have called it ink, it is a bit thicker than ink. 
I don't know what's happened to the other link, the paints were there last week, perhaps they've sold out!  :D

Elaine (http://www.anchoredbygrace.com/smileys/mgqueen.gif)

Title: Re: Lady Mc Angus
Post by: Playmoholics on May 12, 2011, 01:49:26

I hope your hand is okay?  ??? Green and pink is one of my favorite color combinations, as is pink and black. I can't wait to see pics  ;D

Title: Re: Lady Mc Angus
Post by: gaspodfreud on May 14, 2011, 16:46:39

hello Elaine ,

many thanks to explain how you do with this dress , i have many idea with that since i see an old avatar of Sylvia (first time i see a dress like this) , i think i will use milliput for the paste . In time i try to collect dresses for differents project but my daughter take all to make her woman !!!  jeremy   

Title: Re: Lady Mc Angus
Post by: Luis on May 14, 2011, 19:28:11

ohh she's really pretty!