UPDATE:

Okay, we have 14 hours left to submit, so I'm going to close discussion on this stuff at this point...

So, then, here is the final template:

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Please make a version of this outfit as soon as possible, so I can post them early tomorrow.

Once you've completed an outfit, please ping me, and I'll add it asap to this post. Dahlia (), Raine (), Max (), Anna (), Sky (), and Madi.

On the scoring board, GreenRowan has announced an additional challenge for 500 bonus points:

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Now, on to the challenge. When we mentally removed the objects in question, which was not difficult, we found beautiful individual HAs. In fact, that was the issue. We found nine teams of beautiful individual HAs, which was most certainly enough to award all teams full credit.</p>
<p>As to the bonus? Well, not so thrilling. This entire story has had a precision dance troupe as an important part, and the idea behind the Coppelias was shown in the chapter header:</p>
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<p>Putting matching foregrounds and/or backdrops to show team unity is a lovely conceit, but does not create a precision troupe, which should all have been variations on the same theme, except for the male characters who were dressed as Dr. Copelius, and even he might be having a matching boutonniere if they had headdresses, etc.</p>
<p>So no bonuses.</p>
<p>However, we know you would want those points, so we will award 500 points to any and all teams, who create a coordinated look and submit it on the story thread within one week. <em>smiles</em> <em>bows</em> and <em>courtsies</em>

So, we need to create a ballet troupe, or a group of corps de ballet members all dressed up as Coppelias. They need to be coordinated, so that they all have a similar STYLE, while still remaining slightly unique, as they are still individual dancers.

So, we need to have a coordinated background/stage, but MUCH more importantly, a coordinated color scheme and style.

Max can still act as our toy designer, or as one of the Coppelias, though of course, he'd still need to sort of match, use the same color scheme, etc.

Examples showing corps de ballet ballet dolls:

So, I would say that hair and eyes should vary from doll to doll (to retain our personalities).

Then we should select a few parts to be very similar: probably skirts, shirts, corsets (if included)

Then we should select a few parts to be EXACTLY the same for everyone (with the possible exception of Max): ballet slippers, tights, perhaps a head piece, possible some aspects of makeup (such as our choice of blush

And a few parts to be EXACTLY the same for everyone INCLUDING Max: color scheme, background

*My suggestions:

suggested color scheme: none, since so many items are in common, but probably more of the pinks, blues, browns and greens, and not really super bright colors, like red and yellow?

Items everyone should use EXACTLY (including Max):

Items everyone should use EXACTLY (excluding Max):

Everyone (except max) should use one of the following: A dirndl:

A "Floral Ornament" such as...

Raine in that costume: Private Outfit

Madi in that costume (with a few extra changes to make her look more innocent than the rest of the group...) Private Outfit

"Blank" versions of the costume: Private Outfit

I'd say this is a pretty good idea, and I was trying to use the wardrobe last night before...meh, family; and apparently, right now it's lagging majorly for me. I've tried Chrome And Firefox. I keep getting the 'loading items' and nothing else. If it doesn't let me tonight, I'll try to get on tomorrow morning (after I mow the forest we call a lawn) and see if I can find any other items we could use.

[side note: I found an item and wondered what you guys thought of it. I think it's interesting, (but ugh! those lines!).

EDIT (Before I actually posted because of kitten distraction..:P ) : I found some other good items, I'll try to post those in the morning. 'Night!

Hmmm, interesting... Yeah, I think it's a great item in terms of the challenge, but I don't know if I like how it actually looks... The lines are kind of.. I dunno...

Here is what my kind of blank "template" looks like with the doll lines:

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Okay, as far as some potential outfit ideas, I found these...There are other colors to some, but I picked out the more pale colors.

My goodness!! There's a lot of those.... -_-'

Here's ones with the bustle...

Looking back at these, I guess they are a little more non-traditional..

I have a couple ideas for possibly layering a couple... and I'll put up another item I personally like. But what do You guys think of the ideas Raine and I have so far team? :)

As for Madi, we could look over again the example pics from the first post Raine made for chapter 7's HA challenge as reference again.

The and both have similarities to the with the , but if we want just the bottom parts the first two might do better. (?)

Here's those other items I was thinking of.

EDIT: Here's that layering idea I got while hunting for these.

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It is the Lovely Ruffle No Bustle, on top of the Bridal Gloves (to cover the edge of the dress underneath), then the Peachy Fan Dress. (The hair is stuck as what is is currently is for me.)

So sorry, I somehow completely missed this topic until just now. Thankfully we have until the 31st... after I've slept (((on an awful backwards schedule right now))) I'll make a few different avatars of Dahlia in the different outfits suggested here and I'll let the captain(s) decide which one to use. ^^

I know we didn't hear from everyone for the last challenge... should we bring it up with GW, or..?

I will make a couple clothing options also. I'm off work Wednesday and I will be able to do that in the afternoon/evening.

I'm kinda partial to the Ruffle No Bustle items. It looks more ballet like to me. Maybe use that as the skirt layer on Raines idea?
Flah, I have to redesign mine. Probably more tights, less crazy. I'm watching things go on, I've just been busy at work and only get enough time to rush quest, then sleep. I'm one of two people setting up the entire store for Halloween XP.

Going to do a couple posts because....one long post with lots of HAs I can't put next to each other drive me a little crazy... Here's my character in Raine's idea.

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Ones that could use Something more, but I'm not sure what. Perhaps those hair flowers Raine showed us...?

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(Sorry for all the space taken up. If anyone can tell me how to put them Next to each other, that would be great. :P )

Last, but not least... idea that I saw right as I was trying to put this together.

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GA, I liked the design for yours, but I'm also curious what else you'll come up with. :)

Yes, that first one. That's what I was imagining, but I'm too lazy/tired to gender swap and shave Max's hair to see what it would look like. Looking at the background guys in the second non-broken reference in the first post, I might be able to get away with a similar doll as you guys, minus the skirts.
As for what I can change for the current doll maker besides the background?....Whites and browns...maybe a little color...and give Max back his makeup kit.

^_^ Pfft! Hehe! I just imagined us rping this and Max refusing to play as a girl because he didn't want to shave his hair (would his hair grow back, him being dead? o.o' hmm..). As for your character, if you want to change it that's fine. We'll still need the dollmaker, if that will work with the new image? I dunno, but I bet Max will look spiffy either way. reads more ;) Heh!

There is no way to post the outfits directly from the wardrobe code side by side. :P BUT if you only include the image, you can. a.e. right click, save image location, and paste that into the subeta scode for an image.

All versions lined up together: