I've been working on the young queen's face, and it aint easy! I probably need to make a different texture to make her look more pale. She WAS a red head, - so that's why I've used the standard Poser hair, just ransmapped it. That isn't correct either. The dress is Serges polonaise dress with my texture ( www.poserfashion,net), but it's not correctly conformed, - because it's not the dress she'll wear for the coronation. She wore a red robe, - with a matching cloak (work in progress in Amapi) I've posed her now in the approx way she will be seated on the coronation chair (work in progress too) Thoughts so far?? And the questions... *g* She had long, red hair. And during the coronation it was parted in the middle, - but was a lot longer than this. the color was lighter too... anybody know of a hair like that?? This is her face when she was 25 (needs a bit more work, - but isn't all THAT far off), - how can I best make her younger and older?? And I still wonder about the cloak (or train). I don't seem to be able to plan how to make it posable, so any hints in that direction would be nice. You see, I can't really fanthom how to group it, - because when she sits it wraps all around her, - and should prolly have hands, abdomen, - in short all bodyparts except the head! *lol* So, - should I simply model it on her sitting, - fully clothed in her new dress?? Thanks for all input, Britt

I would suggest Kozburo's hair, the wavy kind. I have made it VERY long it and still looked great. There are some red textures floating around for it, somewhere. You might want to consider bending her elbow a tad for the seated pose. Other than that, it looks great so far. Based on the portraits I have seen, she had a rather bumpy nose. Sort of a regal British bump, if you catch my drift. =D

Coming along nicely why not leave out the hair as she was as bald as a coot any way lol,good job cheers dolly

I'm on expert on QE1, but I think she would've gathered her hair in some top-knot or other bunched-up style, rather than just letting it hang down. Several hair styles are available for that. The only way I've had any bit of luck w/ cloaks is by making them snake-posable, i.e. grouping them length-wise into a number of segments, and then combining this with morphs to make the cloak "curl around" the figure. And that face is getting really intriguing - brings back fond memories of the "Elizabeth" movie. Once you've done QE1, her lover (I forget his name), Walsingham, Norfolk, and even the french queen/princess would be fabulous characters, too. Damn - sorry, I'm getting carried away ;-)

kieraw, - that hair might work. I'll have to look into the that, - lol and dolly she wasn't bald when she was young. Not sure what age she was when she lost the hair. but she did have loose hair for the coronation, thip. That's why I'm looking for it. Hmm... snake-posable. I guess I'll have to take a look at a snake then. thip, I assume you still would use the body part names?? thip.. yes... there were a bunch of interesting characters... her parents would be a couple of them, wouldn't they?? kieraw.. lol I know about that bump on the nose, - but this looked cuter! g Britt

how about the morph hair (without the bangs) It needs a few more morphs/magnets to pull the front locks forward, but I think it might be more of what your going for.

Definately, Shadowcat. That looks like it! Thank you! I'll test it out! :) Britt

Britt - nope, I don't use the body part names. A cloak, after all, moves with "a will of its own", it seldom clings to the wearer (except when wet). It usually looks better when posed independently, as a poseable prop parented to the figure's top chest or neck.