Miss TWA 2015 - The journey continues...

As you've probably figured out by the title of this post, I made it to the Quarter Final of the contest. The challenge this time was to style one of the non-mesh gowns from The White Armory. I half expected this challenge actually, since they did the same last year for the quarter final, as well as the finale, so it was a good thing I saved a few of the prim gowns from TWA when I cleaned out the "black hole of doom" (i.e. my inventory) last. Clothing that uses prims, and system layers in particular, is not always compatible with mesh bodyparts, unless the creator has taken the trouble to go back and update them with mesh appliers, so I ended up deleting a large part of my inventory.

Coincidentally I ended up using the gown that was put up as the new group gift this week, Regent of Hampshire Gown Set. I was actually going to use another I had from before, but decided I liked the Regent gown better.

As last time, I took a few different pictures, this time I used the same lighting and background for all of them, only the poses were different, but I'll still post them all for your opinions.

First pose. What made me not pick this one was partly the way the flexi sleeve is shown, and partly because a part of the underskirt layer with the red trim is showing through the white.

Second pose. Discarded for the same reasons as the first one. Also, the pose is a bit too whimsical for a gown like this.

Third pose. Discarded for the simple reason that I didn't like the way the sleeves were shown. It's all in the details.

Fourth pose. I nearly picked this one, and now that I look at it again I'm honestly not sure why I didn't. Something about the position of the arms, I think.

Fifth pose. This was the one I picked in the end. I think I ended up choosing this one over #4 because it's not your traditional formal gown pose, it's a little different but still elegant. My thought was to portray the regal figure of a regent in a moment of reflection at the seaside and I think I captured it fairly well.

For those interested in the particulars, the gown is the TWA Regent of Hampshire Gown Set (available as a group gift until this Saturday (Sept 5th) at The White Armory), Chop Zuey Mystic Enchantress Set jewelry (necklace and earrings, currently available at the FabFree HQ), Chop Zuey Mystery of Owls Ring (limited edition for WWF), Slink Wire Tiara with Texture Change Gemstone (I think I got it as a hunt prize years and years ago), and although you can't see them in any of the pictures I'm also wearing the TWA Gleann Brook Mesh Elven Ballet Flats-Nature (they're red with gold scroll embroidery). The gown set comes with a coronet/circlet which is just darling, but it didn't match the rest of the jewelry so I changed it.

The skin is Niska - Sangria in Peach tone from Lumae and the hair is Dolce Far Niente from rezology.

Phew, I think I got everything. If I missed anything that you absolutely have to know, just poke me and I'll look it up.

I'll know on September 19th if I made the cut. Wish me luck.