The original is an animated film. But if Prince charming was carrying around a glass slipper to find the right V4 character that the slipper fit (it's a smaller slipper that doesn't fit V4's typical swim fins, but only the one character that has her feet scaled down  :scared:)...but in a static render in a non-cartoon theme, you don't have thousands of frames to explain the shoe. The person has to look at the scene and instantly grasp the period props and figures and clothes and think ahh, Cinderella.

In your minds eye without going out on the internet to find images from the movie, does you mind picture the glass slipper as clear glass, tinited glass. (if tinted what color), opaque...in you mind's eye is the whole slipper made of glass or just the main body and the sole and heel of the shoe are a different material?

If you care to comment, I am just looking for the first thoughts that pop into your head of what your mind tells you the glass slipper looks like without peeking outside this thread.

Thanks

Gary

Trivia feaks: The royal proclamation on the castle gate wall reads: " All loyal subjects of his Imperial Majesty are hereby notified by royal proclamation that in regard to a certain glass slipper, it is upon this day decreed that a quest be instituted throughout the length and breadth of our domain. The sole and express purpose of said quest is as follows to wit: That every single maiden in our beloved Kingdom shall try upon her foot this aforementioned slipper of glass, and should one be found whose foot shall properly fit said slipper, such maiden will be acclaimed the subject of this search and the one and only true love of his Royal Highness, our noble Prince. And said Royal Highness will humbly request the hand of said maiden in marriage to rule with him over all the Land as Royal Princess and future Queen."

I always pictured it as tinted glass and as high heels, so it didnt look like her feet was being attacked by a jellyfish ;)

Tinted glass navyblue.

I think it would look more like clear glass, but only hand spun so it had a crystal look about it. It would definitely be a very fancy shoe since it was creqted by a fairy godmother.It would alsobe open toe and  be either flat, or have a low heal on it. Definitely not s high/spike heal. And since it is a "slipper", it would be a slip on without a heel back enclosing the foot.

I would picture clear Waterford crystal (faceted/engraved), and the shoe shape being a very low heel or flat, since it's referred to as a slipper.

Like this shoe, minus the feathers.  And made entirely of spun glass so it looks like cyrstals

http://amazon.allsexybikinis.com/Ellie/405-Sasha-01-WEB.jpg

Yeah high heels with glass sounds like an accident waiting to happpen.  If she cuts up her feet on 'em it will take her a little longer than expected to reorganize the kingdoms army and lead 'em to victory.

I seem to remember pink glass (natch..;) but without looking again....

I always picture it as a simple pump with a 1 to 2 inch heel. Clear glass. But I'm sre I've seen the disney version a few too many times.

Quote: "Yeah high heels with glass sounds like an accident waiting to happpen." I've always thought that no matter what the style. I mean, it's fragile, not flexable and here you are putting all your weight on it. I dont care if you're a size 1. You're gonna break it, especially when you run away at midnight.

Q: does you mind picture the glass slipper as clear glass?

A: Yes.

Q: sole and heel of the shoe are a different material?

A: Yes. Dark, opaque.

In my mind I picture it as a simple high heel shoe. Plain glass, not cut glass, not tinted or etched, with a shiny black heel and sole. In Poser that might be hard to represent. Perhaps a lightly etched pattern would work better.

Thanks for all the replies. I think I will learn towards some type of tint or something that might look etched using a negative displacement. FYI her gown appears to be blue looking at screen caps out there. Might have to rent the original. The remakes are a little to humors with the mice and all.

According to what I read somewhere it's a mistranslation and the shoe was actually made of fur.  Just to add to the confusion. :)

Attached Link: http://www.snopes.com/language/misxlate/slippers.asp

You can't believe everything you readon on snopes.com either.  I found a number of errors in various stories.  I used the contact us, and provided sources and references, and never heard from them, and the changes were never made.

So now when I read that site, it's with a grain of salt.

English Bob., did you realize that according to that link, that in 1697, Perrault invisioned Poser in his original telling of Cinderella! Well that at least he invisoned the users of Poser today. It states at the end of the article, that when the heroine looses her slipper, her finery will disappear... Oh my, if her finery disappeared, then we are left with VNIAC! (Vicki Nakkid In A Castle). Been there done that. Makes the request for several images so much easier to complete! Thanks a ton EB. :laugh:

:lol:

Hehe. Did you ever wonder why, even though all her other finery disappeared, the slipper did not?

Acadia, yes, I've tried submitting things to Snopes and never heard anything. In this case I tend to believe them since the original text of the story is easily checked. Not that I've actually done so, of course. :)

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Hehe. Did you ever wonder why, even though all her other finery disappeared, the slipper did not?

In the 1950's when you are 6 yrs old and your parents take the whole family to see Cinderella at a Drive-In and watch it on a huge screen while in your car, with this box you clipped on the window to hear the sound....vs today watching it on a devise you hold in your hand and listen to the sound with a set of ear buds...back then the thought never crossed our minds why the lost slipper did not disapper too. Today....

E-bob, thanks for Snoping that.  I'd also heard the story about fur-to-glass "mistranslation" and believed it without looking up any sources.   The Snopes debunk makes sense: the English translator was working from a written text, not trying to transcribe an oral version, so there was no reason for the vair/verre error.

Quote - Don't believe everything you hear on QI, Sam. ;-)

Wasn't QI, mate.  :)  Can't remember where it was, though.  In any case, you're right about QI; there are numerous errors on the show.

I once read Stephen Fry is a stupid person's idea of a clever person.  :)