Morgana Paper Doll - Black Lace / Green Underskirt

Morgana - Black Lace

I love this lacy Gothic style gown - the first I've featured of Morgana as an evil enchantress.  When Morgana was a ward of King Uther she seemed to have an infinite number of shimmering gowns to choose from.  Evil Morgana only appears to have two outfits to decide between - with the addition of a furry coat now that she lives in a snowy wasteland.  Obviously being a wicked sorceress is serious work and not given to the frivolity of dressing up every day.

I also don't think I'm the first person to notice that Morgana and Bellatrix Lestrange seem to share a tailor.  I can just see them at their local Evil Enchantress Emporium:

'Ooh - that dress is so you - you look wicked!'        

Morgana Pendragon

Morgana - Black Lace

Morgana - Black Lace Sketch

 Copyright Sharon Souter - not to be used for commercial purposes

The original Morgana Paper Doll can be found here

The companion Guinevere Paper Doll can be found here

Guinevere Paper Doll Season 5 can be found here

Morgana Paper Doll - Violet Dress

Morgana Paperdoll - Violet Dress

Another rainy weekend so I decided to make another outfit for Morgana.  This time I chose her violet dress which is actually a cape - I'm going to give her two versions - this one and another with the hood of the cape up so that you can actually see it.  I think this was a favourite during the early seasons of the show (BBC's Merlin) as she wore it quite often - I can see why - it looks comfortable as well as being quite sumptuous.

Morgana Pendragon

Morgana - Violet Dress

As I've done before I'm including the sketch of the dress before it was coloured in:

Morgana- Violet Dress Sketch

The original Morgana paper doll post including her purple, green and blue gowns can  be found here (posted 1 Jan 2012)

Morgana's white dress can also be found here (posted 5 Feb 2012)

Morgana's black lace dress can be found here (posted 7 October 2012)

 Sharon Souter - not to be used for commercial purposes 

Morgana Paper Doll - White Dress

Morgana Pendragon - White Dress

An spur of the moment post today - my own paper doll of Morgana has been such a runaway success that I decided to make another outfit.  This time I've chosen her white dress.  This one is all about detail rather than colour, unlike the three I posted before.  The gowns all make me think of gemstones - last time they included an emerald and a sapphire. This week its a diamond.

Morgana Pendragon

Morgana - White Dress

Once again I've included the sketch of the dress before it was coloured in - although this time the difference is not quite so noticeable.

Morgana - White Dress Sketch

 Sharon Souter - not to be used for commercial purposes 

The original Morgana paper doll can be found here

Morgana's violet dress can be found here

Morgana's black lace dress can be found here

Morgana - A Paper Doll

Morgana from the BBC's Merlin

When I was young I enjoyed making paper dolls as much as playing with them.  It's been a while since I've thought of doing something like this, but during the Christmas break I decided it might be fun to try my hand at making one again.

Katie McGrath as Morgana

My son and I both thoroughly enjoyed watching the BBC's series on Merlin.  It has just the right mix of escapism and humour.  During the latest season I did feel a bit sorry for Katie McGrath, the lovely Irish actress who plays Morgana.  In the earlier episodes she wore such gorgeous dresses with bright jewel-like colours.  Now that she has officially gone over to the dark side she is stuck in drab, funereal black.

Harking back to the gowns she wore when she was still the king's ward and every inch a princess, I've chosen to replicate three of my favourite dresses.  They are very similar in design.  It is the bright, bold colours that cause them to stand out, and for me make them such a success.

Morgana Pendragon

Morgana - Purple Dress

Morgana - Green Dress

I'm sorry that my scanner makes these reflective marks appear across the darker colours.  I think I might be using the wrong paper! 

Morgana - Green Dress

Morgana - Blue Dress

Morgana - Blue Dress

One of the advantages of making paper dolls today is that I can copy and save images during the different stages .

Here are the doll and dresses before they were painted.  Sometimes I almost prefer the sketches before they are coloured in.  (If you look closely you can see she originally had two hands drawn in but I decided that was a bit over-powering.)

Morgana - Sketch

Morgana - Purple Dress Sketch

Morgana - Green Dress Sketch

Morgana - Blue Dress Sketch

A new white dress for Morgana can be found here (posted 5 Feb 2012)

Morgana's violet dress can be found here (posted 23 June 2012)

Morgana's black lace dress can be found here (posted 07 October 2012)










I'm not sure if I'm finished with Morgana yet - she had a couple of lovely hooded capes that I might try to copy as well as some pale dresses that made a perfect foil for the more brightly coloured ones.  That will have to be for another time.

Companion paper doll of Guinevere can be found here (posted 2 July 2012)

Guinevere - Season 1 Dresses can be found here (posted 10 July 2012) 

Guinevere - Season 2 and 3 Dresses can be found here (posted 13 July 2012)

Guinevere - Season 4 Dresses can be found here (posted 19 Aug 2012)

Queen Guinevere Velvet Burgundy can be found here (posted 6 Aug 2012)








                                     

I hope everyone has had a wonderful Christmas and New Year.  I've enjoyed my short break from blogging and think I'll continue limiting myself to one entry a month.  I've had the chance to do all sorts of other things (like reading proper books again!!).  Making this paper doll has also been a nice distraction. 

I've also had an opportunity to enjoy looking at other blogs instead of spending so much time on my own!

Two earlier posts A Paper Doll of my Own and Homage to Embleton contain some other paper dolls I made (when I was much younger).

 Sharon Souter - not to be used for commercial purposes