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Native American costumes

AuroraFrost

By AuroraFrost,
Posted on: 2008-04-21 15:19 in Multi-Media Fan Creations

 

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With the new wedding pack modifications to some of the existing parts (like Starthunder's) it's a little easier .... for the girls...

The guys are a little harder because they don't have the leather-bits. :/

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Essentially this is the same character, Red Eagle, at different points in his life.

Ockham's Thunder - Front

Ockham's Thunder - Back

Occam's Totem - Front

Occam's Totem - Back

Biography:
Red Eagle is a mystic skin-walker from the Narragansett tribe of Rhode Island and a descendant of the half-dragon hero, Occam's Razar, thereby making him also a drake. Originally, he fought for the Family in underworld fights on the Rogue Isles. Then when the brute was left for dead in the sewers, he embraced the promises of a Saurian god from a dead pantheon. Imbued with super strength, he became known as Ockham's Thunder.

Upon the Saurian god's supposed death, Red Eagle’s drake ancestor attempted to bring him and his soul to the side of good. This happened during the second Rikti War when he teamed up with his ancestor and blood relatives, and sacrificed himself to save the team.

Mortally wounded and beyond his teams healing powers, a hostless and former Nictus volunteered to help the dying drake and merged with the redeemed Indian warrior.

Red Eagle adopted the new moniker Occam's Totem. Along with the kheldian, both strive to make better life choices and forever walk in his ancestor's shadow while worrying about the return of the Saurian god.

 

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Here is a bit of a modern take. true to the taino and other tribes he is in earth tones. the swirl on his chest is actually what the taino symbol for hurricane looks like which is why I used it. he is an archery/storm summoning troller.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y5/...3-20-08-38.jpg

 

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It's funny, in France, we still use Indian, or American Idians (Indiens or Indiens d'Amerique) for native americans.

For India, we use Indou.

This was so commonly used that Indien has lost in peoples mind all relations to India. No one here makes the confusion.

 

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Personally, I've always preferred "The People" it is simple, to the point, and of regional tradition.

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Dine' is Navajo for "The People", yes?

And I'll have to check some options out. I'm thinking the Fringe cape could be used to simulate rawhide fringe if colored right.

One could also go with lots of silver and turquoise colors on belts and pastel blue, lavender, green, and purple shirts. Fedora and cowboy hats work as well (although we can't customize the hat-brims - JAY! Costume Ideas!!)

What else? Some of the face markings can be used for 'war paint' if desired... staying away from the neon tones of course... and the bandoleer chest options could also be used to make a more modern Native American hunter or warrior. After all, one thing the "Indians" were noted for in the 1800's was adapting technology they encountered, from horses to firearms, and even now, ATVs, radios, and such.

See now I'm thinking I need to make a Navajo Tribal Police turned heroine... all those Tony Hillerman southwestern mysteries I used to read...


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See now I'm thinking I need to make a Navajo Tribal Police turned heroine... all those Tony Hillerman southwestern mysteries I used to read...

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Those are great books--I'd really like to see Adam Beach do a series of those as Jim Chee.

 

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See now I'm thinking I need to make a Navajo Tribal Police turned heroine... all those Tony Hillerman southwestern mysteries I used to read...

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Those are great books--I'd really like to see Adam Beach do a series of those as Jim Chee.

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I just like seeing Adam Beach in general.

 

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I have a Hero/Villian pair that use a couple off elements I've found helpful.

Both of them use the metal plates belt and some shoulder chains to simulate turquoise. I tend to use blends to give the leather a sense of wear.

I'm pleased with the red plant pattern on the hands to give a bloodsplatered look, but that's more specific to these two characters than the general theme .


The more savage Super Strength/Electricity Brute.

A modernized look for the Invulnerability/Super Strength Tanker.

 

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I know it's kind of off topic... but there have been a couple of PBS 'Mystery!' films made of Tony Hillerman novels, 'Skinwalkers' and 'A Thief of Time' being among them. Wes Studi was Jim Chee, I believe, and Adam Beach played Joe Leaphorn.

Back on topic-ish, I do have a Shawnee character, Calawesa (also known as Tarosvan), but he doesn't really have an outfit as is being discussed here, as he wasn't raised in the culture, and is just beginning to explore it. He just has a bunch of street clothes and a predilection for wearing motorcycle boots. Good for Martial Arts-set stomping.

I do admit, though... I have, on occasion, tortured artists by commissioning them to draw him in grass dance regalia. *ebil* >.>

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I know it's kind of off topic... but there have been a couple of PBS 'Mystery!' films made of Tony Hillerman novels, 'Skinwalkers' and 'A Thief of Time' being among them. Wes Studi was Jim Chee, I believe, and Adam Beach played Joe Leaphorn.

Back on topic-ish, I do have a Shawnee character, Calawesa (also known as Tarosvan), but he doesn't really have an outfit as is being discussed here, as he wasn't raised in the culture, and is just beginning to explore it. He just has a bunch of street clothes and a predilection for wearing motorcycle boots. Good for Martial Arts-set stomping.

I do admit, though... I have, on occasion, tortured artists by commissioning them to draw him in grass dance regalia. *ebil* >.>

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Skinwalkers? You mean the werewolf movie? It was pretty good. the only thing is that they looked like the wolfmen of old movies than the bipeddle wolves they use now.

 

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Here is my Native American hero Coyote Storm. He is a Storm Summoning/Archery Defender.

I even did a pretty in-depth bio for him on Crey Industries. I got a compliment on him through an e-mail once from someone who was a member of the Cherokee Nation who saw my hero through a google search.

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When I use the term skin-walker its this definition.

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In Native American and Norse legend, a skin-walker is a person with the supernatural ability to turn into any animal he or she desires. Similar creatures can be found in numerous cultures' lores all over the world, closely related to beliefs in werewolves (also known as lycanthropes) and other "were" creatures (which can be described as therianthropes). The Mohawk Indian word "limikkin" is sometimes used to describe all skin-walkers. It is also known as the Yenaldooshi.

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I use my other costume slots for the other Totems from the spirit world. Wolf, Coyote, Crow, Bat etc. I consider it a mystical link with the Spirit world. The fact that Occam's Totem is a Warshade his shape shifting is even functional.

Definitely, more costume options for Native Americans would be excellent.

 

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Here is my Native American hero Coyote Storm. He is a Storm Summoning/Archery Defender.

I even did a pretty in-depth bio for him on Crey Industries. I got a compliment on him through an e-mail once from someone who was a member of the Cherokee Nation who saw my hero through a google search.

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wow, he's hot ! Do you have a snapshot of your in-game character he's based off of?

 

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Skinwalkers? You mean the werewolf movie? It was pretty good. the only thing is that they looked like the wolfmen of old movies than the bipeddle wolves they use now.

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You're thinking of the 2005 horror flick (which I haven't seen). This 'Skinwalkers' was a 2002 PBS production for 'Mystery!', directed by Chris Eyre. And looking at the IMDB for it, I got the players backwards. D'oh! Wes Studi was Joe Leaphorn, and Adam Beach Jim Chee.

Hopefully, Whiteshaix can finish the art I've commissioned of Calawesa in grass dance regalia soon, so I can post a link here. I think I might have broke her. >.<

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I know it's kind of off topic... but there have been a couple of PBS 'Mystery!' films made of Tony Hillerman novels, 'Skinwalkers' and 'A Thief of Time' being among them. Wes Studi was Jim Chee, I believe, and Adam Beach played Joe Leaphorn.

Back on topic-ish, I do have a Shawnee character, Calawesa (also known as Tarosvan), but he doesn't really have an outfit as is being discussed here, as he wasn't raised in the culture, and is just beginning to explore it. He just has a bunch of street clothes and a predilection for wearing motorcycle boots. Good for Martial Arts-set stomping.

I do admit, though... I have, on occasion, tortured artists by commissioning them to draw him in grass dance regalia. *ebil* >.>

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Skinwalkers? You mean the werewolf movie? It was pretty good. the only thing is that they looked like the wolfmen of old movies than the bipeddle wolves they use now.

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No, we mean This.

Scroll down for a synopsis.

 

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I've always liked that design of Coyote Storm.

Your guy's name reminds me that I meant to comment on Coyote of Outbreak. The kid who made that design (may he rest in peace) really hit it out of the ballpark as far as combing Native American and superhero looks.

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I agree, I've always wanted to see Coyote and Flower Knight recur as allies in later missions, the same way that Fusionette and Faultine reappear.

 

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Here is my Native American hero Coyote Storm. He is a Storm Summoning/Archery Defender.

I even did a pretty in-depth bio for him on Crey Industries. I got a compliment on him through an e-mail once from someone who was a member of the Cherokee Nation who saw my hero through a google search.

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wow, he's hot ! Do you have a snapshot of your in-game character he's based off of?

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Thanks! Here are a couple screenies of Coyote Storm.

Coyote Storm 1

Coyote Storm 2

Coyote Storm 3

He also has the short feather cape but I don't have any screenies of it.

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I've always liked that design of Coyote Storm.

Your guy's name reminds me that I meant to comment on Coyote of Outbreak. The kid who made that design (may he rest in peace) really hit it out of the ballpark as far as combing Native American and superhero looks.

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I agree, I've always wanted to see Coyote and Flower Knight recur as allies in later missions, the same way that Fusionette and Faultine reappear.

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Flower Knight shows up in the Ouroboros Enclave, talking to a Mender.

Haven't done the Ouroboros Hero TF's, only the 5th Column redside TF, so don't know if any previously-encountered heroes show up in those. I've HEARD that one of the Hero TF's features quite a few cuties from the comic books, though...


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I've got a Mohawk corr named Konwakeri whom I adore. She's wearing jeans, combat boots, a t-shirt and a biker jacket so the costume isn't so traditional.Been told it's fairly accurate though
I just about killed myself trying to find phrases in Mohawk to work into binds for her though and had to give up. That's a tough one to find info for on the internet. I wish I had better access to information.

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