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This one was way hard! You both did excellent. I like Venturino’s old school Aladdin like twist, very romantic (and made me think of Legolas from LOTR, but I’m not really a fangirl so no effect) Express had great drama, and a lot of detail in the outfit.
Comment by Ashleigh Dickins — March 7, 2009 @ 12:44 pm
Wow! You both did such a great job! Absolutely gorgeous outfit and images Venturino (and I’m definitely checking out your pose shop later today… I love buying great poses!), but I’m gonna have to go with Express… I love his first shot (very Apocalypse now) and his rugged take-no-prisoners look makes me think that if you guys were really in a knife fight… Express would win.
Comment by Posy — March 7, 2009 @ 3:18 pm
This as Ashleigh said is very very hard!
The question asked was who was more fashionably menacing?
Well if menacing was the only criteria, then Express would win hands down as Posy said, he looks very Apocalypse now. I wouldn’t bet on him not surviving an encounter with armed only with his dagger.
On the other hand, in terms of fashion, I think Venturino looks a lot more fashionable (and I agree about the Legolas feel, though I think there’s a lot of David Beckham there too), and certainly in terms of what I’d like to wear down the street I’d prefer his outfit. The trouble is, he looks like he’s stepped off a model catwalk and into the set of Indiana Jones…it’s almost too perfect!
The roleplayer in me says go with Express, the fashion-lover in me says to go with Venturino, what’s a boy to do??
Have both of course!
I officially abstain and give my congratulations to both on a fine job
P.S. Posy I really like the idea for the shirt and vest you have made which Express is wearing with all the holes; I was wondering though how they might look with a bit more cloth texture to it?
They’re so smooth at the moment that they (in particular the shirt) might be bodypaint Express is wearing, or at least clothes he put on when he was 14 and it’s become holey more because he’s grown and stretched it skintight and beyond rather than that because he’s been fighting Predators heh.
Comment by Leo — March 7, 2009 @ 9:34 pm
(In case you were wondering the above should have read “I wouldn’t bet on him not surviving an encounter with *insert random alien monster* armed only with his dagger.”)
Comment by Leo — March 7, 2009 @ 9:35 pm
Hey Leo… interesting comments about the War-Torn gear that Express is wearing. It’s actually a tank top rather than a vest that goes over the t-shirt. It also comes with a longsleeve tee that can layer under the t-shirt as well, that will give the look even more fabric coverage, which might answer your look about more cloth texture. I intentionally designed it as a skin-tight very well-worn tee ensemble that has seen many years of use (and adventures)… and interesting hole patterns with skin and other cloth layers showing through. I also wanted to make it as versatile as possible. Each shirt is separate and comes in every clothing layer, so you can show more skin with a single shirt layer, or less skin wearing all the layers. Personally, I think it’s kind of a sexy look, which Express shows off very well
Comment by Posy — March 7, 2009 @ 11:40 pm
The Dog Tags reveal it as fashion and not “realistic”. They never get the Dog Tags right.
Comment by Merc — March 8, 2009 @ 4:49 am
To Posy: Ah that explains it! I do think it’s a very unique and sexy outfit – there are plenty of shirts on the market with slashes and gashes, but very few with holes like this, and even fewer with such layer options. I like it!
To Merc: I agree, there’s something not quite right about those tags but bear in mind they were freebies. IMO Aitui do a great set of dogtags (long and short versions which you can also customise to add your own texture to) which aren’t free but reasonable priced, there are also others I think at Muism which are pretty good.
Comment by Leo — March 8, 2009 @ 6:58 am
Unfortunately, even those seem to be geared for the fashion community. I have only seen one true recreation of U.S. Military Dog Tags that will work properly for military RP etc.
But yeah, for free fashion acessories, those look really good.
Comment by Merc — March 9, 2009 @ 4:52 am
I tried to find the hair of the Venturino model at Lelutka but unfortunately the store / island is closed with no prevision to re-open. Im sad because the hair is beautiful .. I was looking for something like that for long time. Thanks.
Comment by ze branagh — March 9, 2009 @ 3:23 pm
Ze: Venturino’s skin is from LeLutka, but his hair is from fascino. Afaik, they’re currently open.
Comment by Express Zenovka — March 13, 2009 @ 6:17 am