Help me come up with an alternate costume

So ive got a problem.. but its a pretty nice problem to have.

My original costume is so well liked that every time I try and make an alternate look.. it comes out worse than my original.

Either I dont like it..or everyone else doesnt like it..and now after a year with my original look, I find that I want to change things up every now and again and get a new look.

So since ive failed every time ive tried to do this, I figured I would come here and see if the creative folks on the board could give me some help .

Here is The Crown.

The top one is my original costume..the bottom one is my current failed attempt at a good alternative look.

The Crown

Sorry if the quality isnt too good.

Well I hate your original one.

I kid. You beat me the other day in a costume contest against my Reincarnate! hehe I do really like that Crown costume and have always admired it from the forums and in game.

I'm too tired to fire some costume creation up but once you get to level 35 if you're not there already (I remember you being 30something) I suggest a mixture of Vanguard and Enforcer for a more high tech or even more generalize metalic pieces that can cover the armor catagory.

Come to think of it my main hero Hecate has one outfit that does just that (granted she uses more Vanguard now than Enforcer) with some Justice pieces thrown in. She's kind of a dark version of Crown perhaps, with more skin! Before Vanguard pieces I had the Enforcer Chest/Belt instead of Vanguard but the rest was the same (minus the new Excess plus from the wedding pack).

Maybe these, when using your imagination on a male character with gold and red hues, can get your creative juices flowing.

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Sorry my only male character that high enough in level doesn't have the pieces yet because he's mainly.. a dragon. But hopefully it gets some ideas across. In particular I'm in love with the belt and the chest piece from Vanguard though I love the belt from the Enforcer set and find the Enforcer chest piece versatile and nice looking as well.

The gloves, shoulders, belts and helms are all a bit harder for me to implement in any sort of battle armor/arcane sort of way like I did for Hecate's magic armor costume.

Vanguard pieces are my next goal with my character Goblin . Im level 32 right now but yah..ive been imagining what I might be able to do with some more metallic pieces.

I love reincarnate btw .. after that costume contest I went and made another attempt at an Egyptian look.. still came out horrible hehe. Im holding on to a good name though..someday ill get it right and finally have my Egyptian guy.

Nice look on Hecate. Ive never been a very good judge of the female costumes..but that seems like a pretty good one to me. Its very dark colors, but you can still make out the highlights. Nice effect overall.

Thanks, on both compliments! I love the egyptian outfit for Reincarnate I did too. One of my more prized accomplishments. Hecate's colors are black and silver traditionally, according to some sources anyway, so I try to stick to mythology and added the purples in there for the Psi magic she has (dark/psi defender). Plus with the metalic sheen on the pieces, it reflects back nicely making it less dark.

Well since we're parked on the same server, join up with me and a good crew of Katie TF vets. Righting the wrongs in Croatoa a few times can get you to 35 in no time and I'd love to have you along.

Hit me up on my global @Goblin Queen. I'm probably doing a run or two tomorrow (Wednesday) night on Hecate and Storm Dragon around 8 or 9 PM EST.

No one should be without Vanguard pieces if it helps your next costume slot!

Awesome .. Ill do my best to make it for a run .

In all my time playing ive actually never completed a task force of any kind hehe. I tend to play in pick up groups.

While I can (somewhat) understand your need for an alternate look, I say, "Don't mess with success." You've got yourself a good look there, so there's no real reason to change it.

However, what you might want to do is give him outfits for other occasions. What does he look like when he's off duty? Does he need protective gear when fighting in extreme conditions? Do you want to do a "flashback" outfit to when he was younger? Stuff like that.