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twindragonsmum wrote:
You should visit the Gathering in Salt Lake City, Utah if you like men in kilts! And my man is a lovely laddie in his to boot. (goes with the name Campbell, ya’ know) can’t get the boys to wear ’em yet but they do have ties for Sunday in the Campbell plaid!
twindragonsmum 😀
Weren’t the Campbells the ones who slaughtered the Lamonts? My Scotsman is a Lamont… Oi! Family feud!
I can’t wait to go to the Faire this year. I get to be accompanied by a Scotsman! In a kilt!
One of these days, I’m going to get a big, poofy white shirt. That’s the only thing my costume lacks. I have a nice skirt from my mom, I even have a sword, a dagger, and a tail… but no poofy sleeves. And my bodice has a zipper. *sigh* Costume envy! I’d love to get one of these:
http://www.ravenswoodleather.com/Bodices/saberist.html although I’m not sure about the leather, awesome as it is… seems like it would be too warm to wear in hot weather. But it looks amazing and goes with the swordsman appearance I’ve been wanting to cultivate.Anyway, you guys have fantastic costumes. I particularly like the dead skunk.
Lupin wrote:Traditionally most of the Fairy Folk weren’t, that’s why you would guard the pretty human babies, because they’d come switch their ugly babies in the middle of the night for your pretty baby. Since they are obsessed with Pretty things and umm their babies really just weren’t pretty at all, just plain old FUGLY!!!
Mm, I guess what I meant to say was that I didn’t like the squat, almost cartoony-ness of them. The design is ugly… but not ugly like a goblin should be. I’m just being nitpicky about it. (And I haven’t even read the books! Talk about a complainer… :lol:)
My friend took me for her birthday, and I thought it was a spiffy movie. The creatures were rather ugly, though, which kind of bothered me. Not exactly how I pictured the fairyfolk…
I second whoever mentioned how good the kid who played the twins was. Intense little guy. I was very surprised to see that it was only one person doing both characters!
What made me happiest, I think, was the relationships between the characters and the family dynamic. I mean, the MOM got to help fight goblins! That never happens! Ever!
I’m super-biased because the Serpentine one has a more Victorian flare. It’s downright classy. The other one is more fun, of course, but not as striking–or rather, it’s striking, but not in the same way.
Both are beautiful, though. It sort of depends on the type of character you tend to cater to while at cons/faires/Rum Parties. If you tend to be more dignified, go with the black one. For frivolity and fun I’d go for the teal, although you could probably get away with dignity there, too, just to a slightly lesser extent.
Knowing AnimeCons and Ren Faires, it’s probably a good idea to get whatever stands out more, since folks tend to go over the top as much as they possibly can.
And finally, because I’m a horrible person… There’s a place called Ravenswood Leather that sells gorgeous pirate coats. They’re made out of leather, which probably isn’t what you want, but they are truly astounding. Might be worth a glance.
Actually, I think the advertising Windstone gets from eBay is probably worth it–like you guys already said, eBay is worldwide whereas the Forum is… well, the Forum. In the end having auctions up on eBay probably spreads the word enough that the fees aren’t all that unreasonable.
These guys are incredible in person. I was just out with my dad in the photo studio as he was taking pictures, and I gotta say, the texture and detail of the paint is remarkable. I’m surrounded by these things all the time and the Lace Poads really stand out as being more nicely painted than the others.
It’s been a few years since we’ve done anything too exciting, but this year I think I’m going over to a friend of the boyfriend’s place, so that ought to be fun. Usually we either go to a family friend’s party or just hang out at home.
Best part, though, is my folks let me drink champagne. 😀
Oh man, that looks tasty… and absolutely adorable! Reminds me of the eclair mice we used to get at this French bakery a bazillion years ago… they had licorice tails that I remember tasted like rubber. Now I’m craving white chocolate.
Oh my gosh, this is fantastic. I got to level 40 on my first try, then the second lasted like.. two rounds or so. Haha. This is really addictive. It’s really great that they’ve managed to find a way to addict people to donating stuff…
EDIT: My highest score so far is 43, and I’ve donated over 2060 grains of rice. XD It’s really really hard to stop…
