Hopefully everyone else gets figures too! like trey,caterjamil,floyd,jade and etc...😭 and also the overblot designs should get figures too!! That will be awesome!!!😭😭
Finally! (Well outside some comics; there's one where he has a nephew) Disney's animated version of Frollo makes a reference to having a brother (Jehan) in Disney's Magic Kingdoms game.
A Compelling Villian... The Hunchback of Notre Dame
I'm going to go ahead and say it, the Disney movie, the Hunchback of Notre Dame is underrated. The music is fantastic, the storytelling is phenomenal, and the villain, Frollo, is remarkably well written.
Why is Frollo terrifying? He's terrifying because he's realistic. Frollo is entitled, he thinks he's always right, and he uses religion as a tactic to justify what he's doing is right. As a Christian, it intrigues me how someone can do that so easily and get away with it. And since we're on the topic of religion, I think there are a lot of people who still have this mindset.
People will always use religion to justify what they're doing is right, people will aways think they are in the right. It's proven throughout history, Hitler was Catholic, and during the colonization in the early U.S. people came to the New World to express their religion freely, when they oppressed an entire group of people.
Frollo is also a creep, we see this when he grabs Esmerelda's neck and sniffs her. Not once, do we see Frollo think what he's doing is wrong, he sees the gypsies as inferior, and beneath him. He sees anyone who thinks differently or looks differently doesn't deserve his attention. Frollo is so far gone in the hole of thinking he's God's servant, that he's doing him a favor.
Frollo never shows compassion towards others, the only "compassion" he shows people is usually for his own benefit or gain. He manipulates or "comforts" Quasimodo only when he knows it gives him an advantage of something. Much like Mother Gothel in the movie Tangled.
I also love Mother Gothel as a villain almost the same way I love Frollo. They're both manipulative. In most Disney movies we see the villain is a witch, or has powers, or has great intelligence; but not Frollo and Gothel. What makes them terrifying as villains is they're just humans. Humans with manipulation techniques. They both want something, Gothel wants the flower to stay young, and Frollo wants power over the gypsies, he wants Esmeralda, and they use their power to get there.
What's terrifying is that there are still people like Frollo out there. There are still people who will use religion to justify a wrong, I won't deny it. There are people in the church who do unspeakable things to others today, it's something we can't ignore. I love Frollo as a villain because in a way, he's real.
Just thought I��d upload the entire process here; sorry if it seems repetitive of me, as I have posted pictures of this here before. It’s more so for my own record really, as it’s just super easy and convenient to put on multiple images onto one post here, or anyone who’s interested.
Please note this is for my newest version, I have made others in the past using different doll bodies, fabric and head sculpts- some turned out better, some not, but all part of the experimenting, construction process.
Body: A Monster High Deuce Gorgon doll. I chose this because of the good articulation, good hand sculpts and it is the right size body to fit my head sculpts. Had to just trim the head peg and stabilize it by wrapping some string coated in PVA glue around it, as the weight of the head makes it flop down otherwise. It doesn’t have as much head movement as it used to, but it does have a little.
In hindsight, one wonders if could be attached with magnets somehow, perhaps, but not sure. In the end it was attached with hot glue.
Head sculpts. I ended up using the one of the left. Made from super sculpey clay. The one on the right was originally on a different body, hence the different skin colour to match.
Purple trousers/Hose - made from purple stretch fabric- the same material used in swimwear.
I kept the top which came with the Monster High doll, as it has a nice brocade sort of pattern on it. I just dyed it purple, and made and attached the purple sleeves. Lets face it, no one knows wtf he wears under there,
Tricky part, the shoulder-piece.
Black velvet fabric with red braid /edging cord, and red ribbon stripes for the pauldron stripes. Back-piece of the purple stretch fabric. On the underside I made a pocket in which I inserted craft wire to hold the shape.
Finished with adding black cord around the edges to neaten it up, and glued on two red diamonds adhesive plastic craft jewels.
At this point I also made the white collar, the square shaped top sewn on. The circular base is so it stays in place. And also sort of resembles the collar and bib worn by nuns. Frollo Wasn’t a priest in the animated version that Disney did, but they sure sneaked in some clerical looking attire.
It was a little difficult to find my favorite villain from all the Disney films, I have a weakness for Prince Jean from Robin Hood. It just makes me laugh so much every time I watch the movie again.
Whooo, well now we have finally booked a trip to Disneyland Paris in October, I thought I'd indulge in the old right of passage by making my first DIY mouse ears- of one of my favourite Disney villains of course.
And not only mouse ears- light up mouse ears!
The image of Frollo was purchased from this artist on Redbubble
https://www.redbubble.com/people/JamieBrickley6/shop
I had it printed onto a tote bag - basically, I just wanted it on something relatively cheap that I could cut up, and was see-through enough for the light to show through; same with the flame print, which I used a neckerchief/bandana with the flame design on.
Some braiding, a bow - where I stashed the battery pack, and a couple of clear acrylic flame charms and craft gems from eBay.
Happy Halloween everyone 🎃 👻!!!!!! I got invited to the Hollows Eve Ball by the lovely Onix, who belongs to @cosmiconix !!! I can’t wait meet everyone at the Hollows Eve Ball! I’m dressed as the classic black cat for Halloween!