Would like some costume inspiration

Der_win · 05-13-2007 03:27 PM

I am making a brute and would like some costume inspiration if possible (some ideas of costumes). Do you guys know any sites that have examples of nice costumes? Everytime I attempt to make a costume they all look exactly the same. Pretty much tight chest/legs/gloves/boots and some mask on the face, which I am kind of getting tired of.

Appreciate the help.

Turbo_Ski · 05-13-2007 03:40 PM

just got to learn to think out of the box. Try different basic themes such as tech armor, darkity dark dude, plant, insect, etc. Trying different concepts will get you some great original ideas for your main costumes.

Larissa_Rasputin · 05-13-2007 04:20 PM

Also having a backstory for your character would help. I know those greatly influence my choices for a costume.

Chisoku · 05-13-2007 05:00 PM

What kind of brute? What bodytype? What powersets? What origin?

I can help you, no doubt, but I'll need a bit more information to get a good foothold on this dilemma of yours.

Empress_NA · 05-13-2007 05:33 PM

what colors do you like also.... and... male or female?

Der_win · 05-13-2007 05:33 PM

I am debating between:
dark/dark - pretty much just some spirit that was summoned by the CoT
ss/inv - just some regular fighter who lost his wife/daughter and now taking revenge on the world (after not getting help from the PPD)

So origin for both are natural, and bodytype either male female or mr. big

In terms of colors, all my other characters are normally black + blue/red/white. Really any colors are fine

Empress_NA · 05-13-2007 06:14 PM

Well... for the revenge guy (or it could be a sister, who wants revenge for the sister and neice that were murdered)... Try going with a more modern, "dressed down" look.... as he/she's a villain already, so looking all spandexy isnt really in the cards.

for the dark dark... a demon summoned by the CoT is a pretty played storyline.... and doesnt leave you with ANY costume options (basically the supernatural and animal body parts.. maybe some strappy leather)
if you could put beast heads under hoods, then I'd say go for it (cause that would look awsome) but otherwise...

Think about what dark "Does".... causes fear, steals life/end, uses negative energy to hurt people...
hides in a veil of shadows....

black is an obvious choice..... but in my experence, what actually looks best under dark armor...

are all the colors in the third column from the right... the "Whitest" colors...
the blue/purple/black of dark armor shifts and ebbs across white-toned colors magnificantly (particularly the last blue)...

mixing one of those white-tones with just the slightest accents of one of the black-tones (furthest column to the left) will give your outfit an almost radiant, nebulous look... as it will highlight the smoky qualities of your armors, and the black-tones will break up your profile, making you seem... disjointed (more chaos=more evil)

think of it.. sort of like a bright full moon on a dark night, with high, dark clouds encasing it.

Turbo_Ski · 05-13-2007 07:34 PM

Dark/Dark demon concept -
gender: whichever you prefer or your spirit prefers
skin color: light blue
colors: green/black
Info: Demon that causes deaths at sea. Was king of Atlantis until he went to the darkness and destroyed himself and his people in madness. His cruelty has made him a powerful demonic spirit in hell and has chosen the demon name <insert name here>.
Costume concept: Think a mean looking blue ghost covered with sea-worn clothing. Chains would be a good start, but I would avoid anything pirate-like. Robes, leather, wraps, zombie and plant textures should work well. All demons have horns just about, but keep it small.

SS/Inv fighter concept -
gender: normal male
skin color: whatever you want as long as it's a normal skin tone
colors: varies
info: <insert name here> was normal guy living in Paragon City with his only daughter. His wife died a few years back when the Devouring Earth attacked the theater she worked at and some reckless heroes took the entire building down with their powers. His wife was found in the rubble and <insert name here> grew to hate the heroes and their supporters. Only thing keeping him from taking his revenge was his love for his daughter and her love for the heroes of Paragon City. All was fine until the fateful day he had been dreading for weeks came, he was going to take his daughter for a public tour of a longbow base as an early birthday present. The tour ended in tragedy when a crazed villain hid himself in the tour group and exploded his body in a kamikaze attack on the base's generator. Longbow threw <insert name here> into their jail cells for investigation with no one telling him if his daughter was alive or not. After several hours, they came to take him to interrogation again and he made his strike against the escorts and escaped into a nearby lab. In the lab he found numerous body enhancing drugs and technology, along with a high powered energy gun that was able to cut through his bonds. He injected one of the drugs that was labeled "TANKER" and grabbed a longbow outfit from a locker. He tried to find his daughter but all he found were some of her clothes at the site of the explosion. Filled with rage, <name> punched the wall and was astonished at the incredible damaged he dealt to it. He rampaged through the base and was eventually captured and thrown into the Ziggurat prison as a super villain. Arachnos busted him out and he now roams the rogue isles beating up any self-righteous vigilante that gets in his way.
Costume concept: one idea would be to have him in a filthy longbow outfit, but I prefer street clothes here. tanktop shirt with wrapped gloves and either blue jeans or tucked in pants.

Kheprera · 05-13-2007 07:43 PM

I've worked the random generator before to get ideas. That is what basically started Pyroclastic Flo and Ma'aseruat.

Just keep clicking until you see something that is interesting, then take it from there. Change colors, play around, and fiddle it until it's right as you like it.

The backstories for both of the above wrote themselves as I worked on tweaking the costumes.

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