R'lyeh Sett Jonesin' Thread...

[artificer]

Superb Scott, What you have put together is a whole lot of style. The cut of your waistcoat is very very nice and the hose are right on the money. Good one.

Thanks Mike. I obviously took my cue from HRH Price Charles in the cut of the waistcoat. It goes fairly well with the Argyll, but when I finally get around to having my velvet doublet made up, the waistcoat will REALLY make the outfit.

Scott, you've put together one HECK of an outfit there, my friend! The hose and waistcoat look a treat, for sure! Can't wait to see the themed sporran!

And also, it does my heart much good to finally SEE someone else wear this tartan! I've felt like the lone cultist for two months!

May WE be eaten first,

Ryan
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EDIT: I see that you also opted to pleat to "***"; the finest choice, IMHO.

I did indeed have it pleated to the "Colour Out of Space". It's funny, in many lighting conditions the stripe is either purple, or just not there at all, but when I hold up the original test yarn from Dalgliesh next to the sett, it's quite obvious that it is a very dark, ashy, green. It may be my favorite part of the current colours of the sett.

I didn't mean to leave you hanging out there to potentially be eaten first all by your lonesome, I just thought I'd wait and make a splash entrance when all the goodies arrived.

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[Ryan Ross]

Hahaha- No problemo, good sir, and I completely understand why you wanted to wait until all (or almost all) of the outfit was together!

And speaking of, Matt does a heck of a job of coordinating all this stuff, doesn't he? Makes the kilts, has hose custom worked, has fairly obscure vest patterns (superb choice of vest pattern, Scott) made up in the tartan of our choice. He's a prince.

On the subject of the R'lyeh colors, I know what you mean. I've been snapping lots of pictures lately, and I've never seen a more perplexing tartan. Depending on the lighting, I feel like it can truly have the look of each of the three standard color schemes. And that's not to even mention the "color out of space", and what that particular stripe can do. I really have to hand it to you aswell, Scott!

MWBEF :cthulhusmiley:

[rlloyd]

Looks great, Artificer! Every time I see one of those ray sporrans, it makes me want to get one even more...

[artificer]

Hahaha- No problemo, good sir, and I completely understand why you wanted to wait until all (or almost all) of the outfit was together!

And speaking of, Matt does a heck of a job of coordinating all this stuff, doesn't he? Makes the kilts, has hose custom worked, has fairly obscure vest patterns (superb choice of vest pattern, Scott) made up in the tartan of our choice. He's a prince.

On the subject of the R'lyeh colors, I know what you mean. I've been snapping lots of pictures lately, and I've never seen a more perplexing tartan. Depending on the lighting, I feel like it can truly have the look of each of the three standard color schemes. And that's not to even mention the "color out of space", and what that particular stripe can do. I really have to hand it to you aswell, Scott!

MWBEF :cthulhusmiley:

As much as I wish I could take credit for it, the "Colour Out of Space" was, at best, an accident. Although, Ken Dalgliesh did call me after he sent the samples and said that that particular colour was "a very odd one".

I'll simply chalk it up to the subtle influences of the Great Old Ones.

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[mark.priest]

Artificer, that is a splendid outfit! I really like the way the colors in the hose pick up the tartan. Congratulations again on such a fine tartan design.



-Mark

[Dale Seago]

And also, it does my heart much good to finally SEE someone else wear this tartan! I've felt like the lone cultist for two months!

Ryan, I gots mine yesterday. But by bedtime I was still so busy with phone calls and emails from co-workers and various alphabet agencies regarding security coordination for the President of Israel's address at my workplace (where I'm the Director of Security) tonight that I didn't even get to open the box. Just back a while ago from tonight's operation, just got it out of the box. It's beautiful!

Pics later. Matt's Rob Roy (film) tartan tweed kilt was in the same box, and. . .honestly. . .I think I'll be wearing and photographing that one first.

[Ryan Ross]

Ooo mama... These kilts are spreading like a bad rash, "very odd' colors or no.

[Dale Seago]

Seago Sensei, I'll be expecting a super-evil pic of you, shortly. Complete with your devilfish sporran.

Heck, we need to find someone who's good with photoshop, to 'shop us all together in a group shot. That'd be unspeakable. :cthulhusmiley:

Okay, as you know I posted a couple pics from the first wearing in a separate thread:

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...wearing-72925/

Just got in from a requalification thing for a professional license I hold, involving lots of noise and damaged paper, followed by a sushi dinner. Sushi? Well, what better kilt then than the R'lyeh Sett, with my first wearing of my second devilfish sporran. Same black leather Stillwater kilt jacket, but this time I tried out more brownish tones to see how it would all go together: Cabelas Serengeti II Safari Shirt in British Tan; dark brown kilt belt w/brass buckle; dark brown rayskin sporran from Ferguson Britt Designs; Lewis hose in Bison, with charcoal garter ties.

I got very nice grins from a couple of Japanese waitresses and a compliment from a guy who was at another table with his girlfriend.

[Ryan Ross]

Awesome kilt, awesome sporran, and awesome story, sensei.

I'm quite proud to be a part of this project, and it's really cool to see these kilts popping up all over the place, now. I'm just hoping I'll get to see another of these kilts IN PERSON, before long. :cthulhusmiley:

P.S. Those hose look really good with everything. Bison?

[mark.priest]

I recently received my R'lyeh Sett kilt from Matt and I have been slow to get my pics up so here I go! I am extremely pleased with the kilt and the service was excellent. I made a mistake in my waist measurement and Matt was able to quickly resize the kilt to match my actual measurements and shipped the kilt back almost immediately. I am very impressed with his work and service as I knew I would be.

Here are some pics just after opening the box.



You can see here that I had Matt pleat to the purple stripe with a knife pleat. I like the look.



The pics of me in the kilt were taken at night and I apologize for the poor lighting.

I posed for the event with my Cthulhu Fez and Squid tie.



And here I am doing the obligatory pleat shot.



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