Thank you all for your kind comments, I am really enjoying making these.
. Do you go through DS to get the parts to make them all, or do you scrounge through old Victorian sets?
Most of the parts are what I already had in my spares box, but I am now looking on ebay for figures with parts that I think would be useful, although I still have quite a lot of spares to use yet.
Never thought of using the Viking fur vest on a female like that. It looks lovely! 
I actually used one of these when I made a Dolores Umbridge figure for my Harry Potter display last year, but I painted that one pink and tried to make the paint on the arms rough to look like a knitted cardigan. I wasn't sure how it would look as just a waistcoat on my Victorian lady, but when I'd put it on I liked it.
Elaine
