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Nilandia
08-17-2006, 11:23 PM
Greetings,

Having mastered cobbling a bit ago, I'd like to offer my services to make custom shoes to your specifications (within the limit of the system, of course). Those who are interested in a pair of shoes may contact me by e-mail at nilandia (at) sovyn (dot) com or AIM at LadyNilandia. Prices are negotiable depending on the request.

It should be noted that the cobbling system is remarkably flexible in what can be made. To give an idea of what can be made, I have made "some striking mithglin-toed dark panther pelt boots" as well as "a pair of rattlesnake skin thonged sandals beaded with turqoise stones" by commission.

As a master, the shoes I make have a very small, closable pocket for a couple items. I can also choose a specific quality adjective that you would like, to be listed further down. If I measure your character for the shoes, I can engrave your character's name on them and they will be scripted for your character when they wear and remove them. In time, I may also be able to place my personal hallmark on them, but I haven't heard if they're live yet. The shoes appear to weigh 2 pounds.

The patterns available to me may change depending on how fast I go through them, but at this time, I can make the following styles of shoes:

Shoes
shoes
open-toed shoes
divit-toed shoes
low-heeled shoes
high-heeled shoes
poulaines

Boots
boots
riding boots

Slippers
slippers
low chopines
dancing slippers
pointy-toed slippers

Sandals
sandals
thonged sandals
high-laced sandals
ankle-tied sandals

I can also add the following embellishments to your shoes if you so wish:

{optional item}-studded
{item}-inset
{optional item}-buttoned
{item}-laced
{optional item}-buckled
{item}-toed
{optional item}-beaded
{optional item}-lined
{optional item}-trimmed
{optional item}-strapped
{optional item}-capped
{optional item}-fringed

Pelts from a vast array of animals may be used to construct these shoes. As given by a post by GM Bernt, the following pelts may be used.

General leather (soles, uppers or trim): any skin, pelt, hide or sheepskin EXCEPT those from goblins, kobolds, orc, specters, wights, dirges and hisskra ('animal' skins, excluding somewhat sentient creatures)

Trim only: any fur, tail, mane, feathers, claw, talon, fang, knuckle or nail

Pelts skinned from creatures must be cured by the tanner, a process that may take a week or two, depending on the quality desired. Depending on the area, I may be able to obtain the needed pelts, or I may ask you to supply them. Pelts for uppers may also be purchased from the cobbling supply shops in the Landing, Cysaegir or River's Rest and are immediately available.

Skins immediately available in the different towns include, in order from lowest quality to highest quality in that town:

Landing
thrak hide
spotted leaper pelt
black boar hide
white puma hide
panther hide
dark panther pelt

Cysaegir
goat skin
sheep skin
black boar hide
leopard skin
warthog hide
tawny brindlecat hide

River's Rest
rat pelt
troll hide
black panther pelt
antelope hide
rattlesnake skin
crocodile hide

Gems may also be used for ornamentation, but I must require that you supply them. 4 pieces of a specific gem must be supplied if you wish their description to be visible on the shoe. Gems can be used to create studded, inset, buttoned or beaded shoes.

Metal plates may also be used for ornamentation and can be purchased from weapons shops in the Landing, River's Rest, Ta'Illistim and possibly Cysaegir. Plates can be used to create buckles, toes or caps for shoes.

Plates available are as follows:

Landing and River's Rest
iron
steel
bronze
mithril
ora
imflass
mein
vultite

Ta'Illistim or Cysaegir
iron
mithril
faenor
imflass
mithglin
vultite

Dyes are also available to color your shoes, if you wish. Colors include:

1. silvery
2. white
3. ivory
4. ecru
5. yellow
6. pale green
7. celadon
8. viridian
9. emerald
10. turquoise
11. cerulean
12. blue
13. indigo
14. sapphire
15. cobalt
16. violet
17. lavender
18. amethyst
19. purple
20. plum
21. magenta
22. claret
23. crimson
24. garnet
25. scarlet
26. red
27. vermilion
28. wine
29. burgundy
30. peach
31. russet
32. brown
33. umber
34. black
35. pink
36. blush
37. grey
38. dark
39. dusky
40. pearly

As mentioned, I can select a specific quality adjective if desired. Depending on the work done, it may be possible to eliminate the adjective from the description altogether. The available quality adjectives are as follows.

Group 0
wondrous
incredible
marvelous
exquisite
astonishing
astounding
striking
remarkable
wonderful
magnificent
splendid
superb

Group 1
0 resplendent
1 dazzling
2 bewitching
3 enchanting
4 luxurious
5 adorable
6 distinguished
7 refined
8 superior
9 gorgeous
10 elegant
11 first-rate

Group 2
0 smart-looking
1 splendid
2 showy
3 dashing
4 gaudy
5 polished
6 courtly
7 stylish
8 fashionable
9 charming
10 delightful
11 lovely

Group 3
0 good-looking
1 well-favored
2 well-made
3 well-formed
4 shapely
5 tolerable
6 dapper
7 admirable
8 comely
9 showy
10 jaunty
11 natty

Group 4
0 good
1 respectable
2 acceptable
3 modest
4 quite fair
5 decent
6 pretty good
7 rather good
8 serviceable
9 nicely made
10 fine looking
11 attractive

Group 5
0 ordinary
1 mediocre
2 average
3 sound
4 common
5 commonplace
6 fair
7 passable
8 tolerable
9 adequate
10 admissible
11 second-rate

Group 6
0 imperfect
1 faulty
2 unsound
3 warped
4 uneven
5 mismatched
6 flimsy
7 middling
8 truly ordinary
9 truly mediocre
10 barely tolerable
11 incomplete

Group 7
0 third-rate
1 very inferior
2 inadequate
3 truly shabby
4 very crude
5 poorly made
6 poor looking
7 crude
8 shabby looking
9 inferior
10 defective
11 deficient

Group 8
0 truly ugly
1 poorly made
2 horribly made
3 terribly made
4 horribly disfigured
5 incredibly misshapen
6 scrubby looking
7 pitiful
8 really ugly
9 malformed
10 truly crude
11 terribly made

Group 9
0 truly ugly
1 poorly made
2 horribly made
3 terribly made
4 horribly disfigured
5 incredibly misshapen
6 scrubby looking
7 pitiful
8 really ugly
9 malformed
10 truly crude
11 terribly made

Beyond the construction itself, I also can change the wording of shoes to your specifications. I can take "a pair of polished steel-toed rattlesnake skin boots" and change the wording into any of the following:

a pair of polished steel-toed skin boots
some polished steel-toed rattlesnake skin boots
some polished steel-toed skin boots
some polished skin boots with steel toes
some polished rattlesnake skin boots with steel toes
a pair of polished skin boots with steel toes
a pair of polished rattlesnake skin boots with steel toes
a pair of rattlesnake boots - show: Polished examples of cobbling, these boots have been skillfully crafted from rattlesnake skin and with steel toes.

Depending on the work done, more options may be available.

Do contact me if you're interested.

Gretchen

Nilandia
06-24-2008, 12:42 AM
Friendly bump after almost two years. Still making shoes for whoever needs, and I do have some leather and cloth materials available to make shoes. Prices are negotiable.

Gretchen

Gallows Thief
07-02-2008, 09:01 AM
Free bump for Nilandia. Picked up my boots from her last eve. Great job. Great price. :tumble:

ViridianAsp
07-02-2008, 02:47 PM
What about if I have a bundle of Raw Silk? Can I give that to you to make shoes? Also...awesome.

Nilandia
07-02-2008, 02:49 PM
The raw silk will have to be coded specifically for use in cobbling to be able to work, but I do have regular silk for use if you'd like.

Gretchen

LadyLaphrael
07-04-2008, 09:32 PM
I was about to grab someone up by the collar and start demanding to know where we get raw silk.

Planning on emailing Bernt/Warden/(whoever's running the Cobbling show these days) soon to request new dyes/patterns/materials as standard access.

Winter's Kiss
07-29-2008, 12:56 PM
Friendly bump for the nice lady. Also.. there is the cobbler's on Teras now that works rather well, thanks to Liia. Spent a lot of time there.

NocturnalRob
07-29-2008, 12:59 PM
Friendly bump for the nice lady. Also.. there is the cobbler's on Teras now that works rather well, thanks to Liia. Spent a lot of time there.

there's a cobbler's workshop on teras now? hotness.

can finally get my final 191 ranks...

Winter's Kiss
07-29-2008, 01:01 PM
Yep. It's I think East of the Statue, there's a building. It never worked before because for some reason you couldn't rent a room, but Liia fixed it a couple months ago. I was in there between hunts since then when I was over there. It rocks.


And as a side note Rob.. I want to steal your avatar along with Debia's.. just.. fyi..

NocturnalRob
07-29-2008, 01:27 PM
Yep. It's I think East of the Statue, there's a building. It never worked before because for some reason you couldn't rent a room, but Liia fixed it a couple months ago. I was in there between hunts since then when I was over there. It rocks.


And as a side note Rob.. I want to steal your avatar along with Debia's.. just.. fyi..

Excellent!! Yeah, while I think my avatar would be a lot of fun, Debia's looks like she'd kick my ass...and then be a lot of fun.

Belnia
07-29-2008, 01:34 PM
a square of fine-threaded cloth-of-silver: 10000 (50)
a strand of tigereye agate beads: 10000 (30)
a square of blackworked silk: 10000 (7)
a square of soft leather: 20000 (42)
a square of pearl dupioni silk: 10000 (39)
a square of gold samite: 10000 (30)
a square of celadon satin: 10000 (50)
a pair of forest green ribbons: 2500 (50)
a pair of orchid-hued ribbons: 2500 (50)
a pair of silver satin ribbons: 2500 (50)
a pair of silver satin ribbons: 2500 (48)

Buy my cobbling junk!

Nilandia
07-29-2008, 01:44 PM
Yep, there's a cobbling workshop on Teras. I asked Gothique to get me details of the patterns and materials available, when she was still playing. Materials include rat pelt, troll chieftain skin, iguana skin, pyrothag hide, tsark skin and trigon magus hide. Waxed sinew laces can also be purchased. She wasn't able to find any shops selling metal plates, however.

Patterns available there include:

Embellishments:
Page 1. {optional item}-studded
Page 2. {optional item}-buttoned
Page 3. {optional item}-laced
Page 4. {optional item}-buckled
Page 5. {optional item}-strapped
Page 6. {optional item}-capped

Shoes:
Page 7. shoes
Page 8. round-toed shoes
Page 9. square-toed shoes
Page 10. low-heeled shoes
Page 11. high-heeled shoes
Page 12. high shoes
Page 13. brogues
Page 14. pattens
Page 15. revelins

Boots:
Page 16. boots
Page 17. ankle-boots
Page 18. buskins
Page 19. workboots
Page 20. climbing boots
Page 21. wide-cuffed boots

Slippers:
Page 22. slippers
Page 23. moyles
Page 24. pinsons
Page 25. scarpines
Page 26. sabots

Sandals:
Page 27. sandals
Page 28. thonged sandals
Page 29. thick-strapped sandals
Page 30. calf-tied sandals

Gretchen

Winter's Kiss
07-29-2008, 02:28 PM
Heh.. that's funny. They do "calf-laced" but a merchant told a friend of mine they couldn't have that because it would look strange when not worn..

LadyLaphrael
07-29-2008, 07:03 PM
Buy my cobbling junk!

Gimme yer satin!