kingandy: (Dirk)
Following to a fine weekend at the Brass Hand of Doctor Martell, I now have a new icon! It was a glorious affair, with time split equally between the walking dead and croquet, and gentlemen racing to give up their chairs to the ladies (even, at one stage, coming to blows on the matter). I don't think I really managed to keep up a Suthun accent as such, but the voice was at least as constant as ever, and garnered many a word of praise. And this time it wasn't simply because I'd kept on bloody-mindedly talking like a Yank even unto time out. Also kicked a door in, and made comments under the breath about monkeys and opera. I call that a win.

Unfortunately, since I've been recently catching up on season 4 of Lost, the notion of a mysterious island surrounded by powerful energies was somewhat disorienting. Kept expecting to see polar bears or sentient black clouds. Still, it all added to the experience.

Anyway, as well as the icon attached to this post, I threw together this jolly thing:

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And this one, though I don't know when I'll have opportunity to use it:

BROAD-SHOULDERED JUSTICE

EDIT: Have retroactively fitted it to previous post. Works well. Huzzah.
kingandy: (BROAD-SHOULDERED JUSTICE)
Am eagerly anticipating the weekend's merriment.

My costume hasn't turned out entirely as planned - the purchased leather jacket proved entirely the wrong cut (appearing more 1920s than 1860s; though entirely suitable for Dirk in his native pulp setting, and reasonably logical for a world in which an aviator culture - albeit one of airships rather than aeroplanes - has developed years early, the waist length just doesn't suit the fashions of the period). Luckily [livejournal.com profile] diegoliger realised that the tweedy overcoat I keep knocking around would suit perfectly, so all is not lost. However, I remain slightly concerned that the knee-length grey coat may seem very similar to that of my Serenity LRP character (who also wears a knee-length grey coat, though of a modern lightweight fabric). That, and the American accent.

In fact, on reflection, as far as skills and abilities go, on paper they are quite uncomfortably similar. Both are pilots and capable in hand-to-hand combat. I console myself that they arrived from different directions, both in backstory and conception - Lee Shaw began as a curious busybody who liked to go places and see new things, and picked up piloting skills to get him there and combat skills to get away from it; Dirk was a fist-fightin' airman from the beginning. Even in terms of combat style, Lee's quick-witted and precise where Dirk simply hits incredibly hard. So they're very different people in my head ... I just hope I can make that apparent.

If nothing else, I'll be aiming for a South'n accent instead of my generic Barrowman. And anyway, I'll be wearing a different hat. Fingers crossed...

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