Sweet Sulphur Dress

 I built three figures as a part of my parts review of two formula 1 helmet sets on New Elementary, and this is the first of them. As usual with New Elementary MOCs, I've already written a text on the model there, so I'll keep this post relatively short, focusing on the aspects I touched on New E - mostly concerning the new parts and their usage.

 This began, of course, with the neon yellow printed pieces. The squiggle prints are wonderful, and wonderfully free of sponsoring brands. When it comed to vibrancy, neon yellow is difficult to beat: and I like strong colours in my MOCs. Furthermore, my camera cell doesn't seem to dislike neon yellow as it dislikes vibrant coral, so the MOCs look good on photos, too.

With the new colour, I had only a limited array to work with, and I focused on the largest pieces with the most flowing shapes and uninterrupted print patterns. The large quarter dome panel formed the top of the dress, whereas the three curved panels formed the bottom part. This was the design thorough the process. All the other things changed. Most importantly, I added dark purple as a more toned-down complimentary colour. It's a more tight-fit part of the dress, overlayed by the loose-fit neon yellow ones. Initially, I just had the neon yellow parts with some black against the reddish brown skin, but that didn't work; it was supposed to look bold and dramatic, but it didn't. It lacked elegance and looked something like Tarzan. The dark purple piece made it a lot more streetwise, in a way - more real, too.

Neon yellow is a strong element, so I balanced it with a streak of neon yellow socks visible above the boots. Generally, these heavy boots felt fitting with streetwise or punk aspects of the dress, also contrasting with the more dainty shoes of the other figures in the article (soon posted here, too). The hair is based on a skeleton arm hoop I've had around for years. I always knew it was going to be a coiffure, and I let it take its time to find a perfect figure. I'm very happy how it works with the bangs. The bag refers to the other helmet, helping to make the trio of figures a more coherent whole. 

 - Eero.