#reinactment

[foxsketch6543]

Fighting against the bad case of "art block", but I drew this! A fabulous icon cosplaying as another fabulous icon! 💎✨🐷💐🧡

Vintage B&W Version 🖤🤍 ⏬👇

[cooscastlescharacter]

[fullfrontispiece]

Reinactment

“I woke up and the apparition was reaching for me like this”

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[anxietygardening]

I recently spent a couple hours stringing this Nordic apron 'Festoon' jewelry together for a themed wedding happening the next day. I had neither the tools handy nor a good apace to work, I did it on my bed using whatever I could find. That does unfortunately mean I'll eventually have to re-string it, with some better type of cording and such.

My eye were wobbly and strained the rest of the morning at least. I didn't mean to procrastinate. My to-do list is a sort of escalator full of jostling, shifty people who don't want to reach the top. Once at the top, they are promptly devoured in a severe manner. The way my ADHD and Bipolar have chosen to work together is both chaotic-looking and madly efficient.

It uses fairly rustic materials, like copper for the brooches, and wood, blown glass, freshwater pearls, and hand forged metals for beads. I collected these things over a couple months or so. It wouldn't win a contest on perfect historical accuracy but it's actually awfully close. They may not have made some of those things personally, but the Norse/"Vikings" traded ridiculously far, with artifacts from the middle east having been found. Glass beads would be highly unusual, so my Festoon is pretty showy and high class.

The key is a handmade bronze/brass replica off Etsy by LegendsGardarike. Norse women had full rights as owners of the house with their husband, so for me this represents the home I help keep. (Polyamorous aside: technically I need to get a second key...)

The linen dress and apron themselves are pretty and fit great, made by Armstreet on Etsy, but the trims, some colors, and bits of the patterns are not perfectly historical. But this is still the nicest complete garb outfit I've ever had so it's a win.

I always forget to get photos of me standing. But here, from the Armstreet website, is kinda what the back design is like.

Next... Some sort of leather belt, and a couple bags/pouches to attach. Also a bone comb. Eventually some sort or something for my head. What else?

[oberonsson]

Preparing for battle - Reference shoot for a painting - May 2, 2020

[triumph-of-adaptation]

This British show “Click For Murder” on Netflix is fucking hysterical. These are the people they chose as experts on Grindr.

[thebaroncain]

Convinced the Queen’s guard to give young Loki an audience with the queen. Diplomatic ties have been established. Long live the Queen.

[teigantulsie]

Armour Thursday!

This is a throwback to late one night before the expo. I had to test a backup plan -- should my breastplate not work for the 4 hour marathon that I faced. I have to admit -- my old chainshirt (which I made myself -- even the links), form-fits me best. But getting my arms on is a nightmare.

But what do you think of this look?