Done in prep for my panel at Dragon*Con 2008 [link]

The one handy thing about living in Florida? I was able to pick up some Spanish moss for Lya's hair on the side of the nature trail by my house. XD I trimmed her mane some, and hot-glued and tied the moss into it. Then I painted over some of it with purple and blue-green. I also found some frond-like things in my yard, which I painted and added to the moss. And I added some of the moss for her eyebrows, which she has in her first appearance. (Mostly I added them because she got some sort of mark above one brow, so the moss covered that nicely. XD) For her dress, I dyed some sturdy paper towels in egg-colouring dye, artfully ripped the paper, wrapped it around her, and mod-podged it a bit. (The parts that look white are actually light blue.) I had some hemp-string from a bracelet, and used that for the cord she has wrapped around her, and added a couple of blue beads where it's tied off. Lya has these weird tattoos on her arms -- I drew them in purple on her forelegs after scraping the cutie-heart off one leg. I also gave her some purple "eyeshadow" and made her eyes brown. Otherwise, I didn't paint her, preferring, like with Vala, to keep her original sparkly coat. I think "purple" when I see Lya, so it works for me.

For more of my custom ponies, see my gallery: [link]