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Narnian Artifact Quest

Post by kristi » Thu Feb 11, 2016 6:30 pm

Time for a new contest!

In it, you'll be scouring the web (or calling on your own creativity) to find the costume accessory or prop specified for that hunt.

For example: This week's artifact will be Queen Lucy's Crown

You'll come back with links to three different items: one "Luxe" (what you could buy if you had no budget), one "The Look for Less" (a very inexpensive item that still reasonably resembles the item you're questing for) and one "DIY" version. This last one can be a craft version you find online, but it would be ten times more awesome if you make it yourself. Our favorite items will go onto some new Pinterest boards we're creating for the purpose, and the top item in each category will probably go onto a new page of recurring costuming/prop "where to get it" pages that we're planning to run.

The rules:

1. You must get all your links approved in the usual fashion.
2. The "Look for Less" item should be something where there is more than one available. You can usually tell if eBay items are mass-produced or not because they'll say they have more than one available, or you'll see the same item later on your search page. We want this to be an item anyone can buy.
3. The Luxe item can be a one-off. Just so it's droolworthy. It cannot be the original prop (Yes, props come up on eBay sometimes.) and you cannot say "I will commission Jasmine Watson to create a replica for me." You CAN have a replica made if you find a site where a person is already offering custom made replicas. There have been one or two artists who offer made-to-order replicas of Susan's crown, for example.
4. Please include the price of the item if at all possible. With some made-to-order items no price may be listed, and we understand, but otherwise we want to know. You don't need to include shipping.
5. Don't list an item someone else has already posted, (unless you happen to find it for a reduced price!) Either find something different or skip that category. You don't HAVE to do all three, but we'd love to see you try.
6. Judging will be fairly subjective. If a $5 item approximates Lucy's crown, but a $10 item is a dead ringer, the $10 item will probably win in the "Look for Less" category. Likewise crafts that are both easy to do and fairly convincing will probably be rated higher than incredibly complicated items that only an artisan could make (but by all means, share your artisan items!)
7. By providing images of your crafts, you grant TLC the right to use such pictures on our site, Pinterest, social media, etc.

We will post two items every fortnight, probably one from a male character and one from a female, so guys and gals can both enjoy the hunt. Feel free to quest for both items, or just the one that takes your fancy.

An example of my entries for Lucy's Crown:

Luxe ($845.35): https://www.etsy.com/listing/253958542/ ... leaf-tiara

The Look for Less ($3.49): http://www.ebay.com/itm/Princess-Weddin ... SwWTRWumNi

DIY: http://forum.narniaweb.com/viewtopic.ph ... 9&start=64


Places to look: eBay, Amazon, Etsy, Pinterest, Google...remember Google Reverse Image search is your friend!

Now that you understand the rules, get ready! The first two items will be listed in the post below!
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Re: Narnian Artifact Quest

Post by kristi » Thu Feb 11, 2016 6:45 pm

And this week's quest items are...Lucy's Crown and Peter's Shield. (And no, you can't use the three items I posted in the rules above. Those are my entries ;) )

Lucy's crown is a silver, tiara-style crown, open in the back, with small silver leaves, four-petaled white mother of pearl flowers with pointed petal shapes, and smaller gold or light brown five-petaled flowers interspersed.

For reference, you can find some good pics of the crown at http://costumes.narniaweb.com/lucoronation.asp

Peter's shield is embossed silver with a red lion facing left. The back is wooden in appearance with red leather straps and a lion's head buckle.

Shield reference photos: http://costumes.narniaweb.com/petergifts.asp

(I'm not convinced those gold versions are the original...but the one being held is.)

Go forth, questers! Let us see what you can find!

Entries are due no later than Wednesday, February 24th.
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Re: Narnian Artifact Quest

Post by Tenethia » Fri Feb 19, 2016 3:45 am

I have five links here, though I'm not /entiiiiiiiirely/ sure whether they fit into the luxe category or the look for less.

I'm choosing Look for Less, I think:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/236703101/ ... ref=market
https://www.etsy.com/listing/231818109/ ... ref=market
https://www.etsy.com/listing/262461719/ ... ref=market
https://www.etsy.com/listing/247120949/ ... ref=market

And this one is Luxe:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/231299050/ ... ref=market
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Re: Narnian Artifact Quest

Post by narniac101 » Mon Feb 22, 2016 3:59 am

Wheeee. Okay, here's my entry:

($2.83) The look for less:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Diamante-Rhines ... SwyQtVwY3s

($205.02) Luxe:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/261876534/ ... _gallery_6

Here's the DIY (My own creation, totally handmade):

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Some about the DIY crown:
(assuming you've never seen anything like this before) The DIY crown is made from wire that's twisted into the flower frames, and then is covered in glue, and then painted, and then all put together with floral tape and wire to make the crown. It's fairly easy, just takes time and some practice. :) I wasn't able to figure out the little yellow flowers in the time I had, along with some other things I noticed that could make it look more accurate. Sooooo, I plan on trying again when I have more time to contemplate how it's done. :mrgreen:

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Re: Narnian Artifact Quest

Post by kristi » Mon Feb 22, 2016 4:19 am

Oh Nia, I am loving that crown. I bought some nail polish to do a test of those colors myself, but I was waiting to try to put the little gold stamens in the middle of the flowers, so I haven't done it yet.

As for the gold flowers, I think something like this might be a good solution. They're gold rather than shell, but I bet they're about the right size and shape. In fact even that floral headpin would work fairly well. https://www.etsy.com/listing/251981461/ ... acer-beads.
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Re: Narnian Artifact Quest

Post by narniac101 » Tue Feb 23, 2016 4:14 pm

Thanks, Kristi! I still haven't figured out how to put those in my flowers, so if you have ideas, I'll hear them. ;)

Ooh, those could work nicely!
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Re: Narnian Artifact Quest

Post by Ariel.of.Narnia » Thu Feb 25, 2016 5:08 am

All very nice finds (and crafting, in Nia's case :D ).
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