greenwarden

Don't be offended, StarX- Greenie to the rescue! I will happily inundate your PM box with my own interpretations of spam forever-favorites like: exotic princess/ambassador from a faraway land/planet seeks companionship/lots of cash, offers for all-natural pills that harness the wisdom of the ancients to make you irresistible (to cats), alerts for imaginary lottery winnings, and more! Just say the word, and it is done. In seriousness, I'm glad this was nipped in the bud so quickly, and I'm grateful that our TESA membership is too savvy to be fooled by this rubbish.

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My 2 cents: It's a very handsome design, and one that I personally would like to see looking a bit more grunged up and desaturated, so the textures can really tell the story of the outfit's history, I guess. Scuffs on the leather, weathering around the tooling, a less rich red. The breastplate is really lovely- I can imagine that in a dark tobacco leather as easily as I can see it in its current bronze-y incarnation. Some metal scuffing here and there could be cool- http://lostandtaken.com/gallery/tag/scratched With such a nomadic, Romantic armor design (that's how I see it anyway) , I imagine that scarf being kind of nubby and coarse, with a visible, loose-ish weave, almost Gabbeh like. A raw silk or cotton texture could be cool, if it weren't starchy looking like shantung. In a different direction, some of the vintage book textures here could be interesting as a base: http://lostandtaken.com/blog/2011/10/28/25-deconstructed-vintage-book-textures.html Take my ramblings or leave them, in any case it's a good looking piece of work, RTC.