#sim: Ammisa the Ancilla

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As Far As Dawn, 1.5

Ultia: (Come along, Ammisa! Let us see what these Romans wish to gain.) aside (And let us hope we all come out of it with our heads still on our necks!)

Author’s Notes

(Don’t ask me how long it’s been between Ranassius and Egilius being escorted to the audience chamber, and Ultia finishing her bath, because I honestly don’t know. What’s her excuse? She’s a QUEEN, not some Suburan slob who just rolls out of bed and chooses their least wrinkled tunic.)

If it’s not obvious, Ultia is being bathed, dressed, and adorned befitting her station as the Queen Regent. 

My planned drapey top is still in meshing hell, so I whipped up this new top as a consolation prize and to make myself get off my butt and post. It’s inspired by a variety of things and is kind of meant as a multi-period/multicultural item; it could be used for Vikings just as well as for Greeks and Romans in their winter gear. (There is, sometimes, a method to what I am doing.) Utia’s wearing a headdress very closely related to the modern Lebanese tantour.  The colors on her tunics, veil, and mantle are accurate to contemporary tomb carvings of aristocratic Iberian women and Punic-Iberian religious statues; it’s a lot of look.

The ornatrix, or hair-dressing slave, is meant to be wearing a sakkos, which is a Greek hairnet made of sprang. ATS3′s turban works very nicely for the shape. 

The slave walking behind Ultia is Ammisa, who is her ancilla, or handmaid. I tried to demonstrate that she is of higher status than the others by giving her nicer fabric and a longer skirt.

Credits

AmberLights, Chibikinesis, and Danjaley for the poses

AprilRainSimblr, Danjaley, EA, GramsSims, and IfcaSims for the hairs

Buckley, Danjaley, DoroSimsFan1, EA, Editsim/Littlecat, myself, Pixicat, SeagullSims/QuizicalGin, and Winnie for the clothing

Sehmulated and Wundersims for the makeup

AroundTheSims, Lorandia, Murfeelee, myself, SilFantasy, and VenusPrincess for the accessories

AroundTheSims and Danjaley for the decor and furniture

Oepu, SimHelaene, and Simlicious for the patterns