Happy Fall! This Is Really A Great Selection Of Illustrations. Beautiful

Happy fall! This is really a great selection of illustrations. Beautiful

From The Great Redwall Feast and A Redwall Winter's Tale written by Brian Jacques, illustrated by Christopher Denise.

<3 :3

I’ve been talking to my friend and they’re very motivated about a Redwall oc, I’m very excited and I love it. The idea is that they’re from the island in the great inland sea so they’re kinda wacko. Love. Ahh!!

sketches of my WIP redwall ocs for @rose-of-redwall :]

Thank you, friend!

Happy Post-Halloween!

I haven’t talked about my Redwall costume very extensively, but it is a dear treasure to me. I have been designing, creating, and collecting clothes (some pretty beautiful ones) for my Redwall character for the past two-ish years! You may have seen my design worn in all the wonderful drawings on my page. I have countless lofty goals for myself, and I'm sure I won't be done until decades from now, but c'est la art. Nevertheless, I do have quite a good costume as it is, and how could I not wear something so special?

I have been wearing my Redwall outfit as my Halloween costume for two years so far and I will continue doing so indefinitely. (I think I do a better job every year BLUSH) And now, I would love to share it with you guys!

This is me with my ADORABLE mouse face which I am SO proud of

These are photos from last year (while I was in the same state as all of my costume materials) while I was getting ready for a party- you can see: - my habit (which has a very cool hood) - my wooden glasses chain, which I made - my orange shawl, which can also be worn as a scarf! - the habit cord I crocheted- the habit came with a cord, but I wanted something authentically emotionally significant - and my two necklaces which I "corded" myself- one is a painted metal pendant of a flower basket, and one is my very own cross-stitch Martin the Warrior tapestry replica (and my prized possession) You can also see a pair of hare earrings, which I love but have recently switched out for three lovely pearls.

Many other aspects of my outfit are obscured beneath the habit, including a tan dress and a homemade blue apron with flowery medieval pockets. I keep some trinkets and necessities in the pockets, and have hopes to one day open a slit in the habit to access the inner skirt. As I said, I have lofty goals...

And this is me being so very cute (last year and this year, respectively)! I've been evolving my technique for my mouse makeup in the attempt to make it "natural" and nature-ey, which I am very excited about, but an unfortunate side effect is that it kind of rubbed off by the time the second photo was taken.

I hope to share more of my outfit when I am able- including details of the necklace, which I shared on the Re:Redwall podcast zine- and to share developments as they come. In the meantime, I hope that everyone will be happy with my linking the company I got my habit from!

Irongate Armory

Green Monk's Robe / Druid's Robe - Irongate Armory

Modest but also very versatile garment Includes a robe, separate hood and belt Available sizes: Regular (generous size that fits most adults

Irongate Armory is a company located in Finland that sells authentic recreation of "historical items," including my habit! Not kidding, I cried when I found their website. The manufacturer of the "green monks robe" is listed as "Windlass Steelcrafts," which makes historical and fantasy products, and also sells the habit on their website. Unfortunately, the item is not currently in stock in either location.

Thank you for your festive entertainment of my costumery story, and I welcome you all to this post!

This is such an interesting idea, actually. I always think of the show as less authentic and more childish- which it technically is. However, I’m now realizing that all of the visual footage we have of everything emotional in the books is from the show! Duh, me.

It’s actually really emotional, isn’t it? The footage of everyone after Rose’s death, Martin and Grumm and Brome in particular- is like, renowned. At least by me and my blog.

Thank you for inspiring my realization :)

So... how the hell did Redwall’s TV series get away with it?

So many deaths. Not a lot of blood but a lot of impalements, stabs and pretty darn brutal ways to go. Mattimeo and other children are enslaved, being forced from their families with little hope of escape unless their parents can catch up.

I especially love how sincere it was even in a medium that may overstep its attempts to appeal to kids. I hope a time may come when this version of Redwall can continue in a similar way since a lot of kids TV has come a ways where this kind of story wouldn’t be out of the ordinary.

Also how did the Canadian cast pull off those authentic British accents?

Bosie: Would you please help me with this? I’ll owe you. Brother Torilis: You don’t have anything I want. Bosie: No, but I bet there’s a lot of things you want me to stop doing.

Brother Torilis: … Brother Torilis: Touché.

Do Not Separate, Winner

Unsurprisingly I believe, our winner for best set of friends in all of Redwall is of course Martin & Gonff!

Next tournament is Best Wielder of Martin’s Sword That Is Not Martin. I should get the first round up in the next couple of days!