TBL - T01B Fairy

Hi folks,

Apologies for the photo's but as you will see WE (i had to put that in as I had help!) finished my fairy's tunic today  shes still missing shoes, cloak headdress and most difficult a hand held crossbow to fire her faery darts from.



First a comparison shot (when 'Jewels' found her)



Okay she needs clothes (I had help with getting her measurements)



Jewels helps with sewing



Finished

Nice dress. She looks great. It must have been fun working that small.

She's so cute!! I'm glad she has clothes now -- and wings!

I agree, she looks great, and especially for the scale, the clothes and wings are very beautifully done. I also like your backgrounds/diorama and sixth-scale figure, which was so helpful.

Very cute indeed!

Nice work, the detailing is great, and it can't be easy to work with cloth on this scale.

Paul

Great photos!

CHEERS!

Thanks for the compliments folks I'll post more when I sort her boots, cloak,and weapons.

my problem is the pictures show how bad my stitch work is

Come on, they are not that bad at all. And macro photos can make every slight imperfection look significant. It is quite an achievement what you have managed to do in that scale (it would be an achievement even in sixth scale).

Delanie, your 'bad' 1/12th stitchwork puts my 'good' 1/6th stitchwork to shame.

Seriously though, this is looking really lovely so far, and I'm particularly interested to see how you do the boots. Are you making them from cloth, or faux leather, or...?

I'm not sure yet I'm kind of thinking maybe cloth but soaked in pva what do you folks think given her feet are less than 1/2 inch

That sounds like a creative solution, though I have no experience with soaking fabric in glue like that myself. I guess you could make the actual boot part out of the fabric stiffened with the glue, and then perhaps create the soles with small amount of faux leather...or leave them as 'soft' boots, depending on how you want it. : )

Yeah, boots can be tricky. If you made them out of cloth, you'd almost have to look to see how suede cowboy boots are made, and make them out of separate pieces (so there isn't an odd crease at the front of the foot at the ankle joint) Or have two halves sewn together. I've never tried the PVA soak, either, so I can't really help you there. I tried ONCE to make my own boots several years ago, and it didn't turn out all that great -- and that was in 1/6 scale. I'm not trying to discourage you, I'm sure you'll think of something. Maybe even small moccasins or strappy sandles?

Making your own footwear in sixth sale, never mind twelfth scale is very difficult (unless Ephiane has another trick up her sleeves). One thing you could do is a wrapwork with thin flattened suede leather cord of the kind sold in hobby shops. Depending on how permanent you want to make it, use glue or tape to keep it together (tape eventually comes unglued). Something like the photos below. If you wanted the boot or shoe to have a sole, something that works reasonably well is a cut out from those pleather covers that some day planners have.

That's a really neat idea, GF!

Yeah, it does look good!

CHEERS!

Here is the pattern I designed for the base tunic (1/12) I'm hoping I can scale it to 1/6




the squares are 5mm the material should be folded in quarters with the main fold at the shoulders

Thanks for sharing the pattern. This sort of thing is always helpful, even if I am too distracted right now to wrap (or fold) my mind around it.

lol first fold is the top then fold right to left then match the 2 folds to the 2 folds marked on the pattern.

1
4 3
2

1 to 2 then 3 to 4

Man, that looks fantastic! I really love the handwork look! It's perfect for a fairy the necklace is perfect too!

How about using felt to craft booties?