Most abused costume piece..
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Posted on: 2009-09-04 11:41 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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All my female characters wear stilettos or thigh-highs.
Miniskirts. Aside from one or two outfits with the pencil skirt, that's the only skirt I'll use.
Anything leather.
Lately I've been abusing the Witch Tight gloves.
I don't have a lot of male characters, but they all have Long, Barbaric or Ponytail hair. None of the shorter hairstyles appeal to me. They also tend to abuse leather pants, the various suit jacket options, and trenchcoats.
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I abuse the snot out of the magic pack- the cloak and bolero jacket. So many of my characters use stuff from there it's not even funny.
I also abuse the Justice shoulder plates, Samurai armour parts, and the Valkyrie set.
For my males, they only get three hairdos- barbarian, long, and ponytail. All the others are too freaking short.
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For females: Mini Vest (both sleeved and sleeveless)
For all: Small Mask 4
Stiletto boots, in some form or another are on almost every slot of every female character.
Female faces 10 and 14(?).
Fishnets.
Fingerless gloves and leather pants are pretty popular, too.
And if there's sunglasses, they're Government.
Shoulders, gloves and boots from the Justice set. I can't stop using them.
Blast Goggles, raised and lowered.
Oh, I forgot, I use young face 3 or young face 5 on literally every character I've ever rolled. Male characters, I don't really play females anymore.
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Any use of those is an abuse.
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Originally Posted by NarfMann
I abuse the Korean pants.
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The stuff I abuse:
Sleeves. If I make a female character, she pretty much has to wear bell sleeves.
Goggles over some sort of full face mask. Before The Science Pack, I would use the Watcher glasses (I think that's their name- the big metallic oval ones with the angular ear pieces) And then came the Science pack...omg, was a godsend.
The metal belt with the colored stone in it.
Disco bottoms.
Supernatural Face 1 is a favorite, but then I think I'm beginning to like face 20 as well.
Used to be obsessed with Wild hair; then came Mimee and Formal and Shimmer and...oy.
Combat boots.
Oh, and using the Tights option on boots to make full-body suits!
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Originally Posted by Paladin_Musashi
Oh, I forgot, I use young face 3 or young face 5 on literally every character I've ever rolled. Male characters, I don't really play females anymore.
Any use of those is an abuse. |
They look awesome on some characters, but you have to do it right.
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I abuse the Stealth pieces constantly, usually as a complete set. Probably half my characters have Stealth chest, gloves, pants, boots, and belt with Layered Shoulder pads as one of their costumes. Its easily my favorite costume set in the game.
As for my most used single piece, its easily the Justice boots. I freaking LOVE how the Justice boots look, with the kneepad built in. I wish we had more pieces like that.
I have a serious abuse problem with stiletto boots and the "uniform, open" jacket. It's almost to the point where I have a base costume design saved and then modify it for color when I start a new character.
I have to start hitting that "random" button more often for fresh, bold, new ideas.
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Originally Posted by NuclearCowboy
And women with stilettos
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same here stilettos, as well as thigh high boots. All my chars get at least one costume with thigh high boots and the others are all in stilettos
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Imp and fairy ears. Can't help it, they are so cute.
Plus the usual suspects. Trenchcoats, open jacket, wide neckchain, stilettos, fairy wings, top hats and other things mentioned above.
sinister boots. i <3 them so
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The Retro jacket. I LOVE it! Anybody know if they make jackets like that? I'd love one in real life.
The googles up and the smiling male face (face 11?).
Tucked in pants with combat boots.
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Even since they redesigned them? Don't like the new Thighhighs, but in the old days all my female alts had a thigh high costume
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Originally Posted by Snow
same here stilettos, as well as thigh high boots. All my chars get at least one costume with thigh high boots and the others are all in stilettos
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Heavy. Leather. Belt.
Non-negotiable. It's either this belt, Jewel if going for a classic look, or no belt. I don't want to hear it.
P.S. - I see those Valkyrie boots EVERYWHERE. On EVERY concept.
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P.S. - I see those Valkyrie boots EVERYWHERE. On EVERY concept.
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I actually don't seem to have much that I abuse. My toons tend to follow their own pretty tight theme or concept and that always ends up dictating what I'll be using for their costume.
About the only thing I can say I use often is all the glasses and goggles options under one of those "Details" on the Head section. I've made tons and tons of toons and only a few of them don't have something that's not goggles or glasses. Those that don't use them tend to have some sort of marking around thier eyes from the Face section, like "X Eyes" (a personal fave).
I dunno why but most toons with just some normal-joe face strikes me as boring, even if they have green skin or something.
That small female vest over tights. I use that combination a little too often. Usually combined with the Plaited Skirts, mini or flared.
I try to vary the rest, but that combination just keeps reappearing. Until I go "No, not that again." and remake the costume.
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