Costume Request Thread!

[QueenBethari 170]

Do need help visualizing your character? Do you feel like you're in a creative rut? Do you just want to give up?

Don't worry!

Tell us what you're looking for, and we'll whip a costume up in a jiffy!

Satisfaction guaranteed.

 

P.S. Everyone's free to pitch in. The more suggestions, the better!

P.P.S. If you can, please add a reference photo. It helps us out a ton. (Leave it to me to get things totally wrong 🙄)

Edited September 27 by QueenBethari
Added P.P.S.

[biostem 459]

30 minutes ago, QueenBethari said:

Do need help visualizing your character? Do you feel like you're in a creative rut? Do you just want to give up?

Don't worry!

Tell us what you're looking for, and we'll whip a costume up in a jiffy!

Satisfaction guaranteed.

 

P.S. Everyone's free to pitch in. The more suggestions, the better!

Nice!  So I have a character, (archery/tactical arrow blaster), that I'm really liking.  She's a former member of the Malta Operatives.  I have about 5 costumes for her already, and they all follow the general theme of starting off in full Malta-inspired military gear, and slowly moving toward more civilian-styled clothes, (so first costume has the helmet, goggles, a breather mask, flak jacket, etc, 2nd drops the helmet and flak jacket, etc).  She uses a jetpack, (the more compact one with "wings" that fold up when not flying), so I want keep that, and she obviously uses a bow.  I'd love to see some other folks' interpretations!  I'm not at my computer ATM, but I'll try to post some screenshots if I can, for reference...

 

Edit:  Here are a few screenshots, from most armored to most casual:

 

Edited September 9 by biostem

[QueenBethari 170]

1 hour ago, biostem said:

Nice!  So I have a character, (archery/tactical arrow blaster), that I'm really liking.  She's a former member of the Malta Operatives.  I have about 5 costumes for her already, and they all follow the general theme of starting off in full Malta-inspired military gear, and slowly moving toward more civilian-styled clothes, (so first costume has the helmet, goggles, a breather mask, flak jacket, etc, 2nd drops the helmet and flak jacket, etc).  She uses a jetpack, (the more compact one with "wings" that fold up when not flying), so I want keep that, and she obviously uses a bow.  I'd love to see some other folks' interpretations!  I'm not at my computer ATM, but I'll try to post some screenshots if I can, for reference...

Cool! I don't really know what your character looks like, but I kinda imagined Lara Croft, but in the Army. Here's a casual look that she might wear to the supermarket!

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What's the logo for the Malta Operatives? I'm not sure, so I went for a glowing green fingerprint. To quote the official City of Heroes website:

 

"Rarely seen, those who know of them detect their fingerprints staining the headlines with frightening regularity. Young heroes may never encounter these forces directly, but paranoid government analysts and conspiracy experts believe the Malta Group’s machinations are ubiquitous."

 

 

Center: Pictured with compound bow with laser sight

 

Bottom: It was listed as a jet pack. I'm taking the game's word for it!

 

Thanks so much for the request! I don't usually make military characters, so it was lots of fun!

 

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Last but not least, here's the costume file!

Biostem1.costume

Edited September 9 by QueenBethari
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[biostem 459]

QueenBethari, since she's no longer with Malta, I just use one of the star logos, (you can kinda see it in my screenshots).  Those are great, though!  Thank you so much!

 

Update:  Here is a costume that is both a bit more armored while also being a little more risque, as well as a shot of the back:

 

Edited September 9 by biostem

[QueenBethari 170]

2 minutes ago, biostem said:

QueenBethari, since she's no longer with Malta, I just use one of the star logos, (you can kinda see it in my screenshots).  Those are great, though!  Thank you so much!

Aw, peanuts! I guess that's what I get for posting before the screenshots were up. 😅

Okay, Round 2!

Biostem2.costume

[biostem 459]

Ooh!  I like that shirt!  Those jeans look great, too!  May be a nice "off duty" outfit!  Thanks!

 

Question:  Can you put the rocket boots on with those jeans?  Oh, and I'm using the cupid bow atm.  Still, really really nice!

 

Update:  Here is a "QueenBethari inspired" costume I came up with.  I feel this character would stay a bit more tactical, even while off duty:

 

 

Edited September 10 by biostem

[Papaschtroumpf 39]

OK I'll bite.

 

My Plant/Storm controller is named "I am Root". get the idea?

 

I'm pretty OK with what I did below (mostly based on the "organic armor" set), but I don't like the glossy texture of the main body. I can't seem to figure out a better way, so if anyone has a disruptive idea, I'm all ears.

 

 

 

 

[biostem 459]

2 hours ago, Papaschtroumpf said:

OK I'll bite.

 

My Plant/Storm controller is named "I am Root". get the idea?

 

I'm pretty OK with what I did below (mostly based on the "organic armor" set), but I don't like the glossy texture of the main body. I can't seem to figure out a better way, so if anyone has a disruptive idea, I'm all ears.

Very nice!  Here's my take on "I am Root":

 

 

i am root.costume

[biostem 459]

Here's another idea:

 

 

i am root 2.costume

[Papaschtroumpf 39]

I like #2, thanks!

[Papaschtroumpf 39]

thanks to your inspiration I ended up with a more refined version of my original, by picking some of the elements I like from yours. thanks!

Still wish the main body wasn't shiny under certain lighting conditions, as shown below.

 

  

Edited September 15 by Papaschtroumpf

[QueenBethari 170]

20 hours ago, Papaschtroumpf said:

thanks to your inspiration I ended up with a more refined version of my original, by picking some of the elements I like from yours. thanks!

Still wish the main body wasn't shiny under certain lighting conditions, as shown below.

I totally get it! It's so hard to get a woody texture if everything's shiny. I feel the same way about the shadows on the pencil skirts.

Spoiler

 

Why does it have to cling there? It isn't even that tight!

 

I'm so glad @biostem could help you out. Your character looks good.

[Soldier-7 3]

I really need help
Back during the original game just as City of villains was released a few of us made an SG called Cylon Invasion force, but alas I can not remember the costume pieces we had

We based them on the Original Battlestar Galactica 1978 TV series.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[QueenBethari 170]

2 hours ago, Soldier-7 said:

I really need help
Back during the original game just as City of villains was released a few of us made an SG called Cylon Invasion force, but alas I can not remember the costume pieces we had

We based them on the Original Battlestar Galactica 1978 TV series.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I don't know if this is what you were looking for, but I hope it's close.

Battlestar.costume

[Papaschtroumpf 39]

The Cylons are the robot bad guys right? I assumed you were asking for a robot costume, along the lines of:

 

https://images.app.goo.gl/qqwBg52vF8CQ9gmp6

 

 

[QueenBethari 170]

4 hours ago, Papaschtroumpf said:

The Cylons are the robot bad guys right? I assumed you were asking for a robot costume, along the lines of:

 

https://images.app.goo.gl/qqwBg52vF8CQ9gmp6

 

 

Ah. That is somewhat different.

[Papaschtroumpf 39]

not my costume request, so you should wait to hear from the original requester, but I knolw that's where my mind went when I read the request, and I went "there is a visor accessory, and respirator filter thingy that might be a good starting point, I wonder if eye aura could somwhate approximate the light scanning back on forth in the original visor".

 

[QueenBethari 170]

39 minutes ago, Papaschtroumpf said:

not my costume request, so you should wait to hear from the original requester, but I know that's where my mind went when I read the request, and I went "there is a visor accessory, and respirator filter thingy that might be a good starting point, I wonder if eye aura could somewhat approximate the light scanning back on forth in the original visor".

 

Gotcha.

@Soldier-7Here's a (rough) Cylon Centurion costume, just in case:

You might not be able to tell here, but this costume uses one of the Fire and Ice faces. The visor should glow and fade in and out.

Cylon.costume

Edited September 19 by QueenBethari
Tagged the person who requested the costume.

[Christopher Robin 1216]

On 9/16/2019 at 2:37 PM, QueenBethari said:

I totally get it! It's so hard to get a woody texture if everything's shiny. I feel the same way about the shadows on the pencil skirts.

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Why does it have to cling there? It isn't even that tight!

 

I'm so glad @biostem could help you out. Your character looks good.

Referrin to yer secreted words, why cling there? Why fer the purposes of displayin booty of course! YARRRRR!

 

Also if'n I be readin that scalleyway true he do in fact be seekin them thar metal maneekins!

Script that be followin teh post: Starbuck be forever a dude, OG Battlestar be thee only

Battlestar an' any landlubber that be dissagreein wit me'll be walkin da plank!

 

 

 

Edited September 20 by Christopher Robin

[Soldier-7 3]

19 hours ago, QueenBethari said:

I don't know if this is what you were looking for, but I hope it's close.

Battlestar.costume 7.17 kB · 0 downloads

Actually that costume gives me an idea for a dual Pistols sentinal, so thanks for that one 🙂

[Soldier-7 3]

13 hours ago, QueenBethari said:

Gotcha.

@Soldier-7Here's a (rough) Cylon Centurion costume, just in case:

You might not be able to tell here, but this costume uses one of the Fire and Ice faces. The visor should glow and fade in and out.

Cylon.costume 6.87 kB · 1 download

That looks pretty good, cheers 🙂

 

[ShardWarrior 548]

Love the idea of this thread! 😀

 

I could definitely use some help designing a costume for my next alt.  I'm planning on rolling him as a Street Justice scrapper.  Secondary will either be SR or NIN.   He is a brilliant design engineer in "real life", so I'm thinking tech-based body armor suit of some kind.  In my head I picture him as having a Space Ghost-ish type mask/cowland body armor along the lines of the Nolan/Bale Batman - something along these lines.  I was trying different variations to try and get a trio of darker tones (black/grey/dark blue or dark red) mixed together but couldn't get one that I liked.  Haven't decided if he will have a cape or not yet. 

 

Perhaps one of you talented folk can help design something?  Appreciate any help!  Thanks 😀

 

 

 

[Oubliette_Red 397]

On 9/20/2019 at 4:22 PM, ShardWarrior said:

Love the idea of this thread! 😀

 

I could definitely use some help designing a costume for my next alt.  I'm planning on rolling him as a Street Justice scrapper.  Secondary will either be SR or NIN.   He is a brilliant design engineer in "real life", so I'm thinking tech-based body armor suit of some kind.  In my head I picture him as having a Space Ghost-ish type mask/cowland body armor along the lines of the Nolan/Bale Batman - something along these lines.  I was trying different variations to try and get a trio of darker tones (black/grey/dark blue or dark red) mixed together but couldn't get one that I liked.  Haven't decided if he will have a cape or not yet. 

 

Perhaps one of you talented folk can help design something?  Appreciate any help!  Thanks 😀

 

 

My screenshot-taking abilities have failed me so one image is dull and the other is washed out. 😕

 

 

Attached the costume file so you can get a better look.

 

ShardWarrior.costume

[ShardWarrior 548]

Oooh!  Thanks!  I hadn't thought to try a hood on him.  Looks great!  Thank you so much. 😁

[MattL1222 13]

Had the idea of making a few characters that were like modern versions of public domain heroes and villains like Satana, Grim Reaper, Mister Midnite, etc etc, modern takes on various old school heroes and villains, I do hope im not asking for too much