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Léon Belmont (the_ambassador) wrote,
@ 2008-04-03 23:57:00

Entry tags:

links, ooc

OOC: Links
These are some sites that you may find useful for playing a character from this period in History:

Age of Sail - A livejournal community with links to icons, meta and essays

Wikipedia on the French Revolution - Self explanatory, really, but a good place for checking facts and figures, and probably the best place to find information.

The Pimpernel Phrase Book - A guide to the language of the time, including curses, government organisations, as well as slang terms used by the lower-classes and by revolutionaries. Also full of some very interesting facts.

Historical Locations - Images of the places around at the time in which the game is set, useful for descriptions or photo-posting or both these buildings and also of similar (fictional?) buildings of the same period. Locations in both France and England.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue - On the Gutenberg project a book of slang from around the time period. Very useful for swearwords.

Regency-Era Name Generator – fantastic for English characters.Thank you to innocentmods for finding these.

Regency-Era English Place Generator - English Places for your character to visit/live in/ etc. Thank you to innocentmods for finding these.

French Male Names Generator - French male names, both first and last

French Female Names Generator - The same as above except for women.

Regency Female Dress-Up Doll. Requires Flash Player.

18th Century to 21th Century Currency Converter - Only calculates in Sterling.

Wages in the 18th century - What to pay your servants when!

How to Address the Aristocracy - aristocrats and what to call them.

Icon Sites
If you need a photo-credit/PB here are some sites which may be helpful. Don't forget to check which photo-credits have already been taken.

BBC Costume Drama on livejournal
PB Icons Much love to loopily
Little Women on livejuornal
Blonde regency era girl- blue eyes, upper class
Austin Icons - Icons from Jane Austin films and TV series on a livejournal community
Peeb - Good mix of period icons on Insanejournal
Horatio Hornblower icons! Icons of men in historical costume! On livejournal
Historical Icons! - has beautiful historical icons from all time periods, including some from hard to find projects like Fingersmith and Tipping the Velvet.

Suggested PBs:
Looking for a PB? We can direct you to period icons of these PBs. Just leave a comment or email toujoursliberer.rpg@googlemail.com

Laura Fraser
Nina Sosanya
Sally Hawkins
Elaine Cassidy
Jason Isaacs
Connie Nielsen
Charity Wakefield
Dominic Cooper
Frank Harrison
Ruth Wilson
Rebecca Hall
Rafe Spall
Georgie Henley
Daniela Denby-Ashe
Robert Paterson
Anne Parillaud
Leonard Whiting
Rufus Sewell
James Franco
Sophia Myles
Rachel Hurd-Wood
Sienna Miller
Samantha Mathis
Russell Crowe
Anjelica Huston
Clare Danes
Hugh Grant
JJ Fields

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	waxingpoetic 2008-05-22 03:12 am UTC (link)
	http://www.gaelenfoley.com/index-history-homes1.html That link has all kinds of info about Regency era townhomes. The site also has info about clothing for men and women of the time and a glossary of terms used in the era. It's by a romance author, so the information is geared towards regency romance readers. Just thought it might help someone. :) (Reply to this)

	flipsy 2008-05-26 06:41 pm UTC (link)
	Hey, could you please direct me to a site that has period icons of Aishwaraya Rai? I've been browsing through the links you left here and I haven't been able to find any. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	the_ambassador 2008-05-26 07:06 pm UTC (link)
	Yes, there are a couple of places you will find icons: http://community.livejournal.com/hollow_art/61976.html#cutid1 http://community.livejournal.com/aishwarya_rai/ And if necessary, we can make some for you if you have any particular images you like. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	waxingpoetic 2008-06-06 12:55 pm UTC (link)
	Also found a great county map from the 1800s! I know it's a bit after our time period, but it should prove useful I think. :) Map of England and Wales, counties, towns and rivers, between 1864 and 1928. (Reply to this)

	missella 2008-06-19 08:05 pm UTC (link)
	Sorry to bother again with more "helpful" stuff! But here are some icons of Emilia Fox from the 1995 Pride & Prejudice that I found: http://keisarmy.insanejournal.com/16915.html#cutid1 Someone might like to use her as a PB. :) (Reply to this)

	mirroring 2008-06-21 06:19 pm UTC (link)
	I'm not too sure who a lot of those people are, but are any of them able to pass for around 17? Thanks! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	the_ambassador 2008-06-21 06:22 pm UTC (link)
	I don't know myself, are you looking for a male or female PB? That'd make it a bit easier to search through them, or to find some other alternatives? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mirroring 2008-06-21 06:23 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, duh! Sorry -- female. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	the_ambassador 2008-06-21 06:24 pm UTC (link)
	Alright, give me a moment and I'll have a look! (Reply to this) (Parent)

the_ambassador
2008-06-21 06:36 pm UTC (link)

My lovely co-mod has done a very quick search for you, and has come up with this list! If you'd like a few more suggestions, please feel free to ask!

Charity Wakefield is meant to be seventeen in Sense and sensibility, Jayne Wisener in Sweeny Todd, Clemence Poesy, Carey Mulligan Sally Sparrow in the Blink episode of Doctor Who and also in Northanger Abbey, and Fairuza Balk the icons that Loopily made.

Hope that helps!

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	mirroring 2008-06-21 07:23 pm UTC (link)
	Oh excellent! Do you know where to find theme-appropriate icons for Carey Mulligan and Jayne Wisener? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

the_ambassador
2008-06-21 07:53 pm UTC (link)

Carey Mulligan (naturally blonde):
http://jellybeanie87.livejournal.com/21022.html
http://jellybeanie87.livejournal.com/20966.html
http://jellybeanie87.livejournal.com/20017.html
If you search through that journal you'll probably find loads more, it's probably the best place to find icons of Ms. Mulligan

Jayne Wisener:
http://community.livejournal.com/hollow_art/290467.html#cutid1
Sorry I haven't found many more of her, you might just want to ask for a second set or do a google search...

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