Just for everyone's information, it's the Tudor rose in the centre, Irish clover on the right and the Scottish thistle on the left. Of course it didn't become this until the UK was unified, before that it was just the Tudor rose. (Wales and England were represented by the rose). Now you can all sleep well at night...apart from Phil. makw

Perfect timing! Let me know your plans and we can try and get together.

Wow, I'm impressed. PilC, we can supply you with plenty of reference material, not only of ER I herself but of pictures of the event itself (helps living in England and only few miles from Kenilworth). I'll get my expert colleague phurst1 on the case. makw

I'm glad I asked about Tudor costumes as it seems I'm not the only one. My colleague has done a couple of tests himself so we may just put them out there for sale ourselves. We're going to need quite a number so I think you just might be hearing from us PhilC. As I said, it's 1575 we're after and Elizabeth's visit to the Earl of Liecester at Kenilworth Castle to be precise. Nice thing is that there's plenty of reference material. Ah well, back to work.

Thanks for all your detailed help. We've looked at DAZ's stuff and Poser World and just about every other site out there. Although we certainly can use some of their costumes after adaption, I was hoping to cut down on this time if there was stuff available. We're looking for quite a specific time period, 1575 to be exact, and all aritocratic, so I'm sure we'll end up having to make our own. My collegue has just about every reference book available on period costume, so we're ok on that front. I'll have a look at all your excellent and numerous suggestions though. Thanks again!