Booster Pack: Landmarks (needs a lot more salt)


Arctic_Princess

 

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Inspired by a new character of mine. Her name is Maiden Voyage and she is a salvaged spaceship's figurehead. Most of my friends have commented that she's scary as hell and so it has spurred me on to create outlandish costumes for her. She already has a Pamela Anderson - Baywatch costume (with full robotic limbs, zombie arm detailing, and a peg leg...) and so I was discussing my next hideous costume for level 30.

I decided I wanted to create, as closely as possible, the Statue of Liberty! My reasoning being that MV is a figurehead, the first thing other space pilots see as she is strapped to the front of a spaceship. My thoughts whizzed off on a tangent and I remembered the scenes of Irish immigrants (amongst others) arriving in New York - the Statue of Liberty being the first thing they saw *yes, I know they also saw many other things, but it's an impressive sight at any rate). Then I remembered Ghost Busters 2. Then my friends winced in pain at the suggestion.

So off I trotted to the costume editor and tried my hardest to create something that looked like the Statue of Liberty. Then I failed. Epicly.

The tiaras are too small, the spiky head details only work on Full mask (no hair), and I didn't have access to the toga and/or Hellenic sandals. Also the sandals are not colourable. The closest I came to the ringlet hairstyle was the formal bun as the other hairstyles were a bit too glam.

In the end I decided to make a Steampunk version of the Statue (in other words I gave up and made a costume with new shinies) which included the Organic Armor options.

So then I got to thinking: What about landmarks or iconic objects as a booster pack suggestion? How about a 'tiara' helmet? How about a Baggy top that looks like folds of cloth? With a skirt/kilt to match? Colourable sandals? A hold book and torch emote? Then I ran out of ideas for a bit. Then I had some more!

The Statue of Liberty itself is very iconic and, because it's an actual figure, lends itself to costume design more. So perhaps the Statue is the full costume set and other landmarks could feature as patterns/designs?

Taj Mahal pattern? Shoulder details that look like minarets? An actual minaret hat?!

Or an Eiffel Tower pattern? Metal mesh, triangular shapes?

Pyramids/Sphinx options?

The ideas are, admittedly, very loose (apart from the first one, obviously). Are there any landmarks that would lend themselves better to costumes? What about emotes? Costume change emotes even? (Although I personally feel we have A LOT of them now)