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Published: 2012-08-28 22:20:51 +0000 UTC; Views: 9870; Favourites: 217; Downloads: 41
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Wikipedia says that Brave is set in 10th century Scotland, but I could not find a lot of references, so I widened my search to England and Scandinavia. I think this is a pretty good compromise and I would date this to about 950.The dress is more girly than Merida would probably prefer, but at least it's not as tight as the one her mother wants her to wear. I didn't want to cover her hair completely but not having anything on would not fit the time. Luckily I saw a picture or two with a woman wearing a small crown with a veil!
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Love the accuracy for Merida! Just looking up on the movie, it was good to hear that they got a lot of details fairly accurate. Neat to hear that Brave is set in the year 1066.
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This works better with Merida. I love how this reminds me of Medieval England.
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Aw thanks, so sweet of you to say
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You're welcome. And I am serious. I am a fan of the Middle Ages/Medieval Times, and how the people lived and what they wore.
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Haha you're not alone in that!
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Sure, I'm a history student. Though my research focuses more on the transition from the late middle ages into the early renaissance.
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Actually in one of the "making of" segments on the Blu Ray release, they said that Brave is set in the year 1066.
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I don't own the blu ray, so I used Wikipedia and at that time it said something different. But I don't think fashions changed a lot during that century.
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I don't think the medieval fashions changed much until maybe the 1400s.
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True, or at least not as far as most artworks can tell us.
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I think That Merida does like girly things, and this portrays her perfectly. I like that you didn't do a wimple for her, because with all that curly hair, I must be a pain in the rear.
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The wimple wouldn't be worm by her anyway until after marriage. If Queen Elinor ever entered the picture then we would see a wimple.
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Thank you so much, I'm glad you like it
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I think it's lovely. The cape gives her a lot of elegance and grace.
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I don't think the dress is girly or that Merida wouldn't like it. Sometimes I see her and Mulan being portrayed as disliking dressing up and such, but I think that they only want to wear appropriate clothes to what they're doing and enjoy being pretty for parties and such - even if Merida don't like wimples or tight corsets.
Now, I love all the golden details and the aqua color of the dress and the bell sleeves. The veil is also lovely, looks like something Merida would wear on her wedding day.
Her hair don't look frizzly enough, but is okay, though I think her face is too oval. But the grey eyes you put on her are beautiful, even if their accurate color is a variation of teal blue.
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Oh the face, I know... but it's based on a coloring page of Merida and in the movie she does have a weird face... no idea what Disney did there, but I hope they won't do it again.
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CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'd bet this dress is more comfortable then the one her mom wanted her to wear.
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Ow! looking good! Pretty awesome indeed
Man, I can't believe I haven't seen it yet, I really have to get on that!
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Haha thanks! It's a great movie, but different from the usual Disney princess stories
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Which is also one of the reasons why it should be interesting
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I haven't seen that movie, but from what I gather she'd much prefer something more practical.
Looks good though.
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Oh you should see it, it's really nice
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I love how you included her freckles! Also, that dress honestly WAS too tight for her. Poor thing.
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Haha thanks! Yes it was, Queen Eleanor herself doesn't even wear a dress that tight.
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She was probably trying to prevent her from running around and doing boyish things. And doing a very good job.
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