Wanted to share these; I put a lot of effort into them and while I'm very proud of the figures themselves, I'm not at all happy with the pics. For some reason I just couldn't get the white balance right, so I'll be re-doing the pics at some future date. Also note that the bios are only partially completed and in bad need of tweaking.
You may, as always, praise, deride, ignore, or steal the designs of as you wish.
First up, we have Angelique:
Angelique
Full name: Angelique Devereaux (born Sarah Angelique Devereaux)
Birthplace: outside Bordeaux, France
Born: April 18, 1890
Died: May 3, 1905
Reborn: May 5, 1905
Angelique was born, literally, on a farm, her mother dying only days after her birth. She was raised by her father and spent much of her youth helping him on the family farm, until his declining health as she approached her teens made it more and more difficult to maintain. Shortly after his death Angelique, then 14, opted to enter a convent and become a nun.
Scarcely more than a year after her arrival the young nun gained the attention of a lecherous visiting priest from the Vatican, who pursued her relentlessly. Eventually he caught her alone and attacked her, Angelique managing to get away from him, only to be chased into the convent’s bell tower. It was there the priest made a second attempt to attack and Angelique, in her panic, backed over a railing guarding the bell platform and fell to her death. The priest, seeking to cover his own role in things, stated that the young nun had become distraught, denounced her vows, and then leapt from the platform on her own—a suicide, therefore, and unworthy in the eyes of God and the Catholic church. Denied a proper burial, Angelique was buried in an unmarked pauper’s grave.
Two days after her death Succubi from the Order of Mary retrieved her body and took it for resurrection. Angelique, who had always been gifted with a beautiful voice, took on the role of singer and performer in her new life, re-inventing herself as the years passed. Her most notable achievements were during the Second World War, working with the French Resistance as a spy; she would pose as a singer in a cabaret frequented by Nazi officers and would use her considerable influence to lure them to her room, where she would render them unconscious and take from their minds what secrets they had. The men would awaken the next day remembering a much different—and far more amorous—sequence of events that had never happened, unaware of what had really happened.
Later in the war Angelique would also be instrumental in assisting the Archangels—a secret US unit of soldiers trained to fight the paranormal—in completing a mission in southern France.
In the modern age Angelique is a pop star of unusual caliber, someone who does not fit the “party girl” mode but dedicates her time to sick and disadvantaged children, and is known for giving the proceeds of her concerts and record sales to charities that do the same; she is a favorite of children through Make-A-Wish and similar efforts and has been known to visit and comfort children dying of diseases such as cancer, and has been the recipient of numerous humanitarian rewards.
As a Sword Maiden, Angelique is second to Katana in command, though her skill with swords is somewhat less; her preferred weapon is the P-90.
Angelique is best described as a very happy, very sweet person by all who come to know her. Though her French accent has faded somewhat over the years and she has mastered numerous languages and dialects, she is still prone to drop in native inflections and words, which only adds to her charm.
Angelique in her role as a Sword Maiden, one of the Order of Mary's anti-demon forces:
Parts Used/Design Notes:
Angelique (Pop Star)
Head: Bombstrike
Torso, arms, skirt, legs: POTC Liz Swan
Hands: SW Mon Mothma
Boots: SW Jedi Luke Skywalker
Microphone: Space Channel 5 (thanks Spectre!)
I was struck with the idea to do this version one day at work, and came home with a clear idea in mind of how to do it. Unfortunately I didn't have a suitable set of legs with boots that would work, so I ended up clipping off a pair of Liz Swan legs below the knee, then cutting off poor Jedi Luke's boots and gluing them into place. I clipped off the too-tiny Liz Swan hands, hollowed out the wrists, and popped in To attach the Bombstrike head I clipped the neck off and hollowed it out, then used Green Stuff to fill in the gaps and edge where neck met head. Then I painted. And re-painted. Getting the "pale" skintone for the face and hands took a lot of trying and then much repainting when I accidentally rubbed it off. After two weeks of staring at her face through a magnifying glass I was finally happy with the look. The hair was painted using FW Artists Acrylic Ink in raw sienna, which I thought gave it a nice reddish/blonde effect.
I would have preferred the skirt not have pleats in the back, but at the time that was the best I could do.
Angelique (Sword Maiden):
Head: Bombstrike
Torso: VvV Scarlett, shoulder pads created with Green Stuff
Arms, waist, legs, belt: VvV Baroness
P-90: Marauder, Inc.
Sword & Sheath: VvV Scarlett
I'd call this a "simple" LBC except it wasn't so simple--in order to overcome the gigantic shoulder problem I used Green Stuff to mold on a second pad. I further hollowed the neck hole on the torso out some to accomodate the Bombstrike head, which has no "ball" on the bottom anymore. The face went through the same issues as the Pop Singer version--multiple repaints to get it right. Once assembled though she came out pretty nice! In this form she's wearing combat armor, a sort of hardened Kevlar/leather type of getup that allows her easy movement but protects her from injury (Succubae heal almost instantaneously but are still susceptible to the immediate effects of pain and shock). Originally I planned to give her a Skorpion pistol but liked how the P-90 looked instead.
Not having any luck getting clearer ones so when I finally get off my duff and get a light tent built, I'll re-shoot them.
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