It’s Friday! Last Friday I posted a RAPS, I think I’ll keep the tradition (is it a tradition when you have only done it once before= *haha*) and post another today. This one is actually a little beauty that I am quite fond of.
It started with this tin. I bought this last year at a flea market on the Museum Island in Berlin. I know, I know. I keep saying that I have enough tins already, but this was just so gorgeous – the design, the scuffed antiqueness of it all. Irresistible. I only created a minimal “cover” design for the shrine because I actually liked the rustiness of it. If you look closely, you can see a hint in the swirly decoration. A golden letter R. That could stand for Richard… or for…?
Ricky Deeming. Our angel of speed. There he is. Can you spot the angel wings, too?
With an antique tin at hand, it had to be another steampunk design, not least because the steampunk aesthetic (as seen in a previous Thornton shrine) seemed to be quite popular among you all?! Also, I had a new shipment of steampunk-y bits and pieces from our fellow fan and steampunk pro Rachel, and I wanted to use them again. – The big dial, btw, is movable. It is no coincidence that the pointer is pointing right at the leather bummitage there… *coughs* Depending on your mood, you could move the dial to Ricky’s heart, or to his stubble?
And the bottom of the shrine. Ricky in leather glory. He is the epitome of cool.
I had to use a trick here in order to get a candle into the shrine. Rather than poke a hole into the tin (and thus destroy the original design of the lady on the jumping horse on the other side) I stuck another dial into the tin, topped with the pointer. Both came with a ready-made hole in them that perfectly fit a candle holder.
So yeah, ride on, Ricky. Or ride me.
This one, I think, is for the auctions – hoping that there is some interest in this particular chaRActer, style and design of the RAPS. Or what do you think? Less than 40 days to go…
It’s gorgeous. One of my favorites, I think. Love Ricky, love the beat up tin, love the steampunk style. ♥️♥️♥️
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Thank you – and I have made a note… 😉
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🙂
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I noticed RD aka Red Dragon?? Very clever and intricate designed RAPS
Your time and attention to detail and meanings and visuals are enviable and inspiring!! 😘❤️🤗
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RD like Ricky Deeming 😉
Yep, this one was great fun to make…
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Ahh yes and very innovative and striking!! Usually you use subliminal messaging and perhaps I was thinking outside the box for a minute!!
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haha, ride me! *smirk*
it’s a gorgeous tin and the design inside is impeccable! i think it should definitley be auctioned off!
have you ever ridden pillion on a motorbike?
when i did my CBT when i was 20 the instructor gave a lift back to the tube station on his bike..hells bells! it was terrifying and awesome at the same time 🙂
now imagining holding tight onto Rickys waist..the smell and feel of the leather and pulling yourseif firmly into his back….. sigh!
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Ride me indeed😂😂😂👍👏👏
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Yep – the riding was a given, just because of the tin…
For the auction it is then…
As for riding pillion (I had to look up the word – although I could guess the meaning…) – I only did so once, when a good friend of mine gave me a lift on his vespa. Loved it. (And was the starting point for my very own Portah fantasy – he strikes me as an occasional biker, too.)
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Oh, gawd, stop! I had a boyfriend once with a motorbike and riding behind him clutching his leathers was the most exciting thing ever. I can’t imagine how thrilling it would be behind Ricky D ( or RA).
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It’s all perfect! Love me some Ricky and the style is spot on!
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Ricky really has something… I loved the Ricky fan fics where he got the starring role. Such an interesting character. And the motorbike aesthetic works well with nuts and bolts and steampunk style.
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Really? I must have missed that stash. Got any links to recommended good stories?
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Oh, that stuff was in dreamerfiction. Did the access issue eventually get resolved?
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I was able to logon just now, and find a list of Ricky fiction, but none of the type was a link, and there were no links when I pasted a title (and author) into search. Is that what you meant by “access issue?”
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No, I meant that there apparently wasn’t an admin for a while, and no new members were able to access the board. But that seemed to have been resolved at some point.
I just looked in to the “Fiction by Character” list and saw there are 5 or 6 Ricky fics on DF. I can’t remember which of them was my favourite, but just to test the link, here is the link to Whatcatydidnext’s story: http://www.dreamerfiction.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=291
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Love this! Everything fits perfectly together in the small space. The future receipient will be lucky indeed.
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It was such fun assembling all the bits and making it coherent, yet a bit funny… I really like the steampunk style in the shrines.
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*giggles* When I saw the horse on the front, I started running photos of our boy on different horses. What to my delight to find him on a “steel horse”.
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Exactly, Dele – a steel horse. That was my thinking, too. I mean, there are a few pics of him on horses, of course, but they just didn’t fit the aesthetic of this antique tin, so Ricky was my top choice.
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🎼 🎵 🎶 I’m a cowboy, on a steel horse I ride, I’m wanted dead or alive 🎶🎵🎶
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Bon Jovi *arrrrrgh*
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Not good??
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Ooooooooooooooooo! Want want want! Even more than the Thornton RAPS, 🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪
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good job as he’s mine! lol
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Oh, good :-). It’s great to see that the whole steampunk style is getting a lot of thumbs up. I might make more…
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I love it! Almost as much as I love Ricky! 🤪
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😍he’s gorgeous.
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Who could resist such a dangerous thrill ride? All that horsepower beneath you…hehe 😉
The steampunk shrines are brilliant and I hope you do a whole series of them. I think there’s going to be a lot of bids for this one- it’s a beauty! 😍
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My leathers are on..ready to ride with Ricky or Guy !!!!
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Love it Guylty and the steampunk aesthetic, Def thumb’s up.
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I agree about the design of the native tin. It’s a honey, rust and all.
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Exactly.
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Ooooh, nice – the tin, the steampunk, the Armitage!!
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Thank you 🙂
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Ode to Rust
There once was a shrine slightly rusty,
With a theme that was pretty steam punky.
The leather -clad lad was so hunky,
The ladies became rather lusty.
Kathy Jones
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Bravo Kathy bravo! Each ode is so brilliant and visual and spot on!!
Def lusty!! 🤗👏👍😉🌺
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*rofl* ohhhh, yessss. I think that is accurate, Kathy. Love it. (It’s currently a great time for odes, I think… Mr A is really inspiring you!)
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This is so short, it’s kind of a mini ode. Appropriate for a small shrine. 😊
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Spot on!
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Love the tin, a friend at the stables recently won a prize of a side saddle lesson , it looks an elegant form of riding but one I doubt any of Richard’s character would dare to try lol.
I am now expecting a long dry spell……….
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Hehe, side saddle – apparently harder than sitting astride a horse, I’ve been told. Are you a horsewoman, Yve?
Dry spell – well, I’d say he’ll tweet as soon as he leaves Korea. And isn’t there yet another block of filming for The Stranger coming up?
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It’s absolutely gorgeous! And now I need to watch the Ricky episode again!
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Did you watch the Ricky episode? My oh my… his passion in the interrogation scene. He’s so cool. I love a rebel.
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This is so goooooooooooooooooood! ❤ *drools* And I agree this should be put into auction.
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Great – it’s good to get some feedback on this. I am now beginning to hold back some shrines for the auctions. There are plenty of other fan items already that will go in, but I also want a few shrines to be auctioned off.
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