Shiny Things Gallery | Fandom | Final Fantasy | Chocobos | Ewan
Ewan's shy. Really he is. It's just that when he gets the opportunity to shine, he turns out to be a charisma bomb. He'll play just about any game quietly, but give him a chance at something action-y and he'll be making the kind of moves and commentary that'll have a whole room enamored and laughing. Well, if you can understand chocobo, that is.
To say that I "went a little overboard" may be an understatement. I think I rocketed straight to the sea floor only to rip through the molten heart of the planet and emerge on the other side. But, you know, shiny results! So beyond just spending however many days (over a week; I refuse to figure out more) making this poseable chocobo with wired legs, head, neck, wings and tail, I spent several weeks hand-sewing and hand-beading his blanket, headpiece, those two decorative "front flaps" (I r a artist I no wurds), all of the various bands for the saddle, then of course formed the saddle and panel armor from scrap leather, added several layers of iridescent gold pigment, and finished off with a little decorative gold chain with three lovely Swarovski crystals and a couple of tail pieces comprised of glass beads and gorgeously dyed jade. I feel as if I succeeded in... something.
A note on the leather panel armor: it's not so much the weight but the way the weight is carried that makes it necessary to adjust his legs so he's not going to go tumbling forward when the armor is on. The "tail pieces" are actually counter-weights to help alleviate that problem, but adjustment is still necessary. There's a whole bunch of stylish combinations to be achieved from all of these pieces, so of course Ewan's set to be a star in any situation.
Very soon he'll be on his way to join Desert Bus for Hope's lovely crowd of awesome goodies. More on that soon.
