Mini-Lola: Christmas gift for @rapid-apathy!

It’s that time of year again - in addition to working on MiniCoe 2 for the lovely @spoomed, I’ve also had another little Turn character in the works - Miss Lola, from that one episode of Season 4. I know, I know, she’s a little known side character from barely two scenes. But hey, why shouldn’t a Holy Ground lady of ill repute get her own action figure? There’s few enough female characters in Turn as it is. And I loved the dusky pinks in her costume enough to try and recreate it.

Mini!Lola looks far too happy for her humble (and probably NSFW) lot in life, but she turned out rather nicely, and I really enjoyed trying new techniques for getting Lola to look appropriately down at heel.

I copied her costume from the picture above from Rianne Steele’s Twitter

Her petticoats are tea-dyed, to give them a weathered, distressed look, as was the polka-dot net on her corset, to match the colours of the actual gown.  (which was fun, but used about three teabags and made a mess of my kitchen sink for a bit)

Her teensy lace mittens are actually removable! Mini-Lola also has painted stockings and garters, as well as some dainty slippers in black silk clay -that I forgot to take photos of once she was fully dressed. Silly me.

I am definitely proud of her hair. I’m getting better at hair the more I practice, ang Mini!Lola has a recognisable style! Even better, little ringlets and loose curls - which I really struggled with for mini-Anna.

Materials:

Stay tuned (or should that be Turn-ed?) for more in the obscure fandom arts and crafts line!

Apologies for the  awfully long break in between chapters! I hope this makes up for it - the long awaited ‘Anna and Hewlett’ meeting  - over the body of her extremely late husband.

No Simcoe, I’m afraid, this chapter - but there is Kennock earning his merit badge for 18th Century Pathology - which I know @calamity-bean will be pleased to hear.

Well guys, the art bug hasn't hit me in a while - not since I drew Major Hewlett a while back, but I got the overwhelming urge to draw a bit of Anna today, in one of my favourite outfits on her. YEs, the skirt should have been striped too - but I got tired halfway through and decided to just ink in a "black" petticoat, funnily enough.Hoping this cheers up @annastrxng, who deserves all the fanart and love that Tumblr can give her...

A little something I drew ages and ages ago - way before @calamity-bean ‘s amazing ‘How to Draw Burn Gorman’ Tutorial! At the time, it didn’t quite look like him - almost, but not quite. And I was too worried about messing it up if I went any further , so it sat lonely and abandoned on my lunch break sketchbook. But then came along the tutorial of awesome,and I finally figured out that insane jawline and cute-as-a-button mouth. All-praise @calamity-bean!

And... Chapter 15 is finally up!  Apologies for taking so long, but I have an excuse -this is longer than my normal chapters, which tend to be a quick 5000-7000 at the most. This behemoth stretched out into 10,068 words because I wanted to make characters (any myself, apparently) really suffer this time around. Ridiculous fluff and angst abounds. Enjoy

@calamity-bean - the picture I couldn't add to my previous post, a fleecy-haired Hewlett! (And shockingly immodestly dressed, I might add. I think Burn Gorman is actually a bit more appealing than this in real life -at least, I don't think he's a bony wooden mannequin) He's been sitting patiently in my 'to do' box whilst I finish my Big February Project waiting for clothing ...

Otherwise known as ‘Ridiculously Teeny-Weeny Anna Strong’

Well, hello again my lovelies! Here’s another installment of ‘M-P Goes All Crafty’

I haven’t been posting much since I finished the purple gown - and this is why - my next ‘Mini-Turn Action Figure’ Project. Mini-Anna is part of a two-character set for the wonderful @calamity-bean. You’ll have to guess who the second one is; but if you know @calamity-bean , you probably won’t have to ; )

After all the excitement/nerves over Turn Season 4 beginning to film - well, we don’t know what the final season will throw at us, so my way of combating the storyline anxiety is to make dolls, apparently. 

And boy was this one hard. Much harder than Mini-Simcoe (who you can find pictures of here, if you missed him the first time around: http://montmartre-parapluie.tumblr.com/post/153791621434/because-a-i-am-a-terrible-attention-seeking-nerd)

I foolishly decided to make mini-Anna and her mystery date in a smaller size than Simcoe, despite never having tried it before. Anna and Mystery Major , sorry, I mean Man! are 5 inches high, half Simcoe’s size - like little hobbit people.They’d fit in a Sylvanian Families House no problem. Which is great, in one way - cute, tiny, and they fit anywhere you like - but bloody awful when it comes to the sewing part.

That said, there’s still things I’m pleased with on this project, and things I’ve learnt. If the hair hadn’t been Epic Octopus Fail, I never would have used yarn, or got such natural results for her hair!And I liked how her face turned out. I’ve also learnt a bit more on what i can do at the sculpting/fimo stage, so the next action figure I plan to make after the mini-couple should evolve a bit.

I may make Anna a prop ‘black petticoat’ to wave. Hmm. Thoughts.

Writing next chapter of Idyll process:

Me: *Stares at Historical! Simcoe Valentine long enough to soak up the 'trying too hard circa 1776' style vibes.* hmm, just how needy and soppy should I make this "faux Simcoe" poem? Maybe not too desperate... *Stares at Valentine again* AH, screw it. I'm gonna go NUTS on this one.

Because a) I am a terrible attention-seeking nerd who constantly wants validation, and b) because the lovely, the super gracious @rapid-apathy graciously gave me permission to share her Christmas present, a homemade John Graves Simcoe action figure! (with added back view to show off his jacket)

Because some days a girl just needs a Queen’s Ranger army (for… reasons.)

But don’t worry, this particular major is 100% friendly and helpful!

He’s especially good at holding sharp pointy things for you whilst you sew, (although what he does with it during that time is totally his own business, not yours)

(I’m sure it’s fiiiiine…)

He looks more like he’s been plucked from a “kid-friendly” stop-motion animated Turn. The most dastardly thing this Major Simcoe could get up to is stealing strawberries from George Washington’s picnic! See, waving at you!

And Major Simcoe would like to remind you all he is a gentleman who patronises the arts. Especially poetry…

The Making Of…

Materials:

 I think I’m most proud of his hair! (Which was a bugger to make; brown fabric, hairspray, superglue and thread were involved, as well as v. small curling irons in the shape of a pencil)

Chapter 13 now up!

sorry it’s a little late... I was lazy. Again

And.... Chapter 10 is posted! After fighting the darn Word document for way, way too long. In Which Lizzie makes an effort in both love and business...

So... I may have finally got around to writing chapter 9! Now with bad poetry, slight confusion, and Major Hewlett being a mythology dork...

Yeah, I may have drawn a bit moar terrible Simcoe art - because who doesn’t want tiny children from hell on their dash.

Picture 1: Infant Graves isn’t all bad. He decided the bunny needed “consoling.” The bunny regrets all its life choices so far.

(Not pictured: the unholy tantrum that ensued when Mrs Simcoe tries to make him let go)

Picture 2: The  Joyous School Years of Master Simcoe: or - what happens when you try to bully the weird-looking new kid with the books.

Because someone is a huge Simcoe nerd, and I’ve had this image in my head since I wrote that last Historical! Simcoe post.

Cue the creepily staring ‘Infant Graves’ - where Simcoe’s mother doesn’t know if it’s chronic wind, colic, or just well, baby John.  (Psst, Mrs Simcoe: that means he likes you. Seriously, you’ll know if he doesn’t.)

This is keeping me going until Cold Murdering Bastards airs over here tomorrow. Have a baby one, instead.

So... someone is shamefully late about posting chapter updates...

Season 3 Turn made me do it!

I finally cranked out chapter 8.

M-P does Turn LiveBlogging: Season 1:

So, as this is currently kinda my state of mind in the two-day countdown to Turn...

I’m relaxing (and easing the fangirl nerves) by marathoning Season 1 today, and Season 2 tomorrow evening. Expect a quirky episode-by-episode liveblogging of Turn: Washington’s Spies this weekend, complete with illustrative gifs!

Episode 1:

Episode 2:

Episode 3:

The terrible road-trip one:

Hmm, wonder what?

And... here you go, guys! That silly gif inspired me to finish the damn thing. It’s a bit longer than my usual portions of fic , because I couldn’t shut up once I started...

Enjoy!