Ok I'll stop narrating as my avatar and will start speaking as myself now.
Thanks Ace, conniefrere, Bonnie and Bill for the kind comments!
This story has been so much fun to work on that I REALLY want to share the process behind - The original idea (December 2010) only intended to present customs: the in-laws family (the characters in the last picture, which will be formally presented in the next chapter) and the house, which was put together using misc. pieces from the two original victorian mansions (5300 and 5305). Initially it ocurred to me to just open a thread called "The House of my Avatar's Girlfriend" but little by little I started brainstorming until the idea twisted into an art work project. Eventually, since I had so many things and details to present that a "tale" was a must in order to make the whole thing worth presenting...What a better way to do it than in a photo story format.
One of the thoughts that crossed my mind when I started this was: What would the Victorian Theme look like if it was re-released these days? The figures would be more detailed (unlike the original figures, they'd at least have shoes and more detailed clothes!
) Although I believe that the essence of this concept will look more reflected in the figures from Part 2 and Part 3. You can see that I tried to keep that "pink" atmosphere in the pictures though.
When it comes to collecting, I'm very into modern stuff like the Zoo or the City Life, but the Victorian series is my favorite historical theme (you can see why I picked a customized female figure dressed in a 1900 outfit as my avatar's partner). Therefore, I'd always felt like making a Victorian photo story since more than 5 years ago, after making
Klickderella in 2004 and
Honey Moon in Africa in 2005, both posted on the old Playmoboard...but that never happened because a photo story with so many details is very time and money consuming and at the time I started to dedicate more time (and money
) to my personal life. I'm glad I didn't carry out the idea back then because my skills (including my photography) have improved significantly ever since.
There's two more chapters to go - This one was more like an intro and the real plot will start to develop in the next one, which I promise to try to post in less than a week.
The shots and everything have turned out just like I expected - It's amazing how things turn out your way when you're determinated to it.
Anyway, I've talked to much now - I hope you keep enjoying the story and pictures as much as I have so far.
Luis
