@Ruaridh: Sad to hear it. We'll miss our herculean preacher.
@Josh: Noted. Depending on the exact details of Euan's committee tomorrow, that could still give us two sessions for what I assume is going to be a lot of whoopsie going down though.
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Also, pop quiz. I've been trying out several designs for the skirts on this dress, but a lot of the ones based on fancy Tudor-era patterning almost feel overly cluttered.
I've already sort of (accidentally) made, through the lining of Lady Riemann's cloak, this kind of patterning feature in the fashions of the Carthaxian nobility though:

Does it work, or is it just not fancy enough or fail to match the styling of the torso?
Also, you'll see why I was talking about hobbits on Thursday. The Photoshop file is in layers, the base layer (which is a not very dressed Alyx) doesn't include footwear and shoes haven't been added to any of the dress layers yet.
What footwear is still up for debate. High heels of some sort would be a classic and 40k-ish option to go with an ornate dress, but I think she's almost proud of her five foot nothing stature and probably a little too wary of how often she has to run away in a hurry.
(Mind you, if any of the PCs could run in heels without doing an ankle a mischief, it'd be her).
Perhaps not her normal long combat boots, anyway.
Mind you, my aunt did wear combat boots to her wedding. I'd say we're a strange family, but she's not actually a blood aunt.