Any advice for a Maid Marian custom?

[JediJaida]

I was thinking about doing a Maid Marian custom for the Robin Hood line, but I need some advice.

Bodies I have in galor, as well as heads, but I don't know which head I should use.

Should I use one of Doc's blonde heads, rerooted? Or should I go with Dorothy, also rerooted? Or maybe Mary Ellen Walton, also rerooted?

Also, what kind of outfit should she wear? A more feminine version of the Merry Men outfit; short tunic, tights, boots, belt and hat?

Or should she wear an outfit more to her station in life? A twelfth century gown, little wimple, veil, and really long train?

[Meule]

Don't know why, but when I think of Maid Marion I think of a blonde.
As far as the oufit I'd go with a gown, not the merry men outfit

[JediJaida]

*Sigh*, and yet, when I think of Maid Marian, two come to mind.

Olivia DeHavilland, and Mary Elizabeth Mastroantonio, both of whom are brunettes.

[thunderbolt]

Well, if you are going for fitting in with the Mego line, they were loosely based on the Errol Flynne movie, so loosely base it on Olivia DeHavilland.

[jwyblejr]

When I think Maid Marion,I think of the Dinah Mite Mego used from the spa set for their prototype.

[Bizarro Amy]

When I think Maid Marion,I think of the Dinah Mite Mego used from the spa set for their prototype.

Health Spa Dinah was used to make a Guenivere prototype. I don't recall ever seeing a Maid Marion.

Guenivere: Super Knights: Legendary Figures Gallery: Mego Museum

[JediJaida]

There never was one.

I don't think that the Spa Dinah quite has the oomph to be Maid Marian.

I'm thinking of either Dorothy for the innocence or Mary Ellen for the slightly haughty look.

[Bizarro Amy]

I think Dorothy would be a good one. I think she's the Captain Kirk of base figures.

[AAAAA]

There never was one.

I don't think that the Spa Dinah quite has the oomph to be Maid Marian.

I'm thinking of either Dorothy for the innocence or Mary Ellen for the slightly haughty look.

I would go with mary ellen , but the outfit I would have a bit of a twist, the simple gown would be in white with light blue half tunic with a light blue Wimple (yes its called a wimple) head dress.
but underneath she would wear a merry men disguise in dark & royal blue ,brown cloak with hood and give her with a cross bow from rambo line.

[jwyblejr]

Health Spa Dinah was used to make a Guenivere prototype. I don't recall ever seeing a Maid Marion.

Guenivere: Super Knights: Legendary Figures Gallery: Mego Museum

I have no idea where my head was at the time I posted that.

[bobws]

Go with Dorothy with darker rerooted hair and i like the idea of gown with hidden merry men atire under it. nothing like making it harder to make.

[PNGwynne]

I think Dorothy would work well. If you choose a DeHavillland wimple & headress, you won't have to fuss with the hair.

You might even be able to sculpt the wimple onto a resin Dorothy copy, with the veil/headress as separate fabric pieces.

And of course she would wear a gown. You are right, though--in the original tales, she is often in male garb.

[JediJaida]

Now the hard part: How the heck do I make a wimple that small?

I want it removable so it can't be sculpted on.

Maybe some buckram, cut to fit, with a veil?

[AAAAA]

Now the hard part: How the heck do I make a wimple that small?

I want it removable so it can't be sculpted on.

Maybe some buckram, cut to fit, with a veil?

stretch fabric cotton/spandex, and run the seem in the back of the head,
Or white vinyl tool handel dip , this in the vinyl that helps you to recover damage of missing tool grips
it will require a a faceless model for dipping.
the everyday gown and half tunic was very simple ,great example is the Mother superior on the flying Nun.

[bobws]

Hey there we go, why hasn't anyone made a Flying Nun set of Mego's?