Picture post

My ideas have kind of been all over the place, but I have been drawing some pics, so here.

The Concert of Europe refers to the reorganization of alliances that occurred after the Napoleonic wars. The whole thing was masterminded by the Austrian ambassador Metternich, who reminds me way too much of Roderich in his policies, so I'd been wanting to draw a picture about it for a while. However, I was also on a 18th century clothing kick, so instead I ended up representing the great powers of that era under that fancy name. XD We have Roderich in the middle, of course, and then from left to right: Francis (France,) Gilbert (Prussia,) Antonio (Spain) and Arthur (England.) The flag is the Holy Roman Empire flag, which Austria was part of at the time.

Roderich and the Holy Roman Empire character. (He never was given a name, but I generally assume he's a younger version of Ludwig (Germany,) so.) I've been kind of fascinated lately with the fact that Austria, through the Habsburgs, had a whole lot of control over the empire before becoming an empire in itself. There's just something rather creepy about Roderich pulling Ludwig's strings, even though his intentions would be good.

Roderich in an outfit that, in reality, belonged to Napoleon. I used this very Roderichy picture as reference for his neckcloth and hair.

Yeager in a tuxedo. I have such a thing for men in formal clothes.

I've been dabbling here and there in the 1920s mafia kind of ideas I've had with Yeager and crew--here's Roscoe (Zagi,) Adenauer (Yeager) and Marion, in obligatory dramatic shadow.

And because I don't really have a finished fic to share, here's what I've mainly been playing with:

~ I've had an idea for a while for a fic that's basically a love letter to the diplomatic connivery of the 18th century. Basically, it involves Roderich, an ambassador from Austria, mentoring Alfred, an ambassador from England's colonies, and teaching him how to get by in the super-formal, cutthroat world of high society. It'll be more loosely historical than anything so that I can get away with making up my own plots and events, and perhaps even a multi-chapter if I care to pull it off.
~ I really would like to make the Yeager mafia stuff an original tale. I'd have to sit down and re-plot some of it to my liking, though--one of the things I want to do is make it more of a direct police vs. criminals dichotomy--and I'm debating on including some kind of fantasy element because the stuff with aer honestly did make the fight scenes way more interesting.
~ I've been dabbling in the more canon Yeager stuff as well because of the forum I joined. His relationship with Kaufman in a canon setting is so interesting to me...I should really work on that.

I've also been gradually picking up things for cosplay. I'm going to JAFAX this year as Roderich and Yeager (rather, I'm being dragged to JAFAX--my friends more or less arranged everything and ordered me to come XD) and have a few other projects, like:

- Mafia!Yeager/Adenauer (I have the coat and hat and pants for this and am otherwise pretty much done--I just want to find somewhere, probably in Detroit, to take pictures. Gotta have some art deco backgrounds. XD)
- Roderich Edelstein, infectious disease specialist (This one's done, and honestly pretty cool. I even have an ID card. Brit has proposed that I come to work with her sometime--she works with her dad at a hospital--and take pictures there, so I'm hoping to do that.)
- War of Austrian Succession Roderich (My brother has informed me that he can in fact woodcarve and use a sewing machine, so I'm looking to do this. It pretty much resembles the middle outfit here. The coat will probably be a modified labcoat, while the waistcoat will have to made. I'm looking to add details such as a sash with Austrian flag colors, the Order of the Golden Fleece and other historically-based finery. And yes, I do already have that wig.)
- Celia Verstraeten (This one's on the back burner, but I would like to do her at some point. Either I'm going to do a blue dress she has in canon or I'm just going to get the wig and come up with my own outfit, I think.)

That's all for now.