Steampunk Booster Costume Ideas
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Posted on: 2011-05-18 22:23 in Multi-Media Fan Creations
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I have no idea how you equate re-colors to changing physical geometry but... um... yeah.
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Originally Posted by Henri
No, it's like releasing an eagle head pack with the option to make it a cow head, erm, cows aren't eagles.
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Thanks. As soon as I saw the wing concept art I had the idea for him pretty much fully formed. I was amazed the name 'Steamknight' was even available on Union! |
Originally Posted by Carnifax_NA
that's absolutely brilliant. One of the best cossies I've seen in a long, long time.
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Well, was. I'ts mine now
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Originally Posted by Zwillinger
GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.
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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon
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Here's something I'd ideally want to see:
Something like this is how Tyler was originally supposed to look like. And it would work if I could colour the backpack black, instead of very dark brown with lighter brown.
And, yes, Tyler is big. A little too big.
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.
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What is silly is trying to force an opinion or definition on a genre as the most common way is the only way. What is more silly is to put such limits on a purchasable item and then adopting the cavalier attitude of "then don't use it". |
Originally Posted by Henri
then don't use the steampunk pack for that character. Same as i wouldn't use the animal head pack if i was making a human character. I'm just saying steampunk is a very definable look, for it to be a steampunk pack it has to look steampunky, to then change it to look like something else, it stops being a steampunk pack. I'm the last person to argue against using costume pieces in every different way, shape or form, but to moan that a steampunk pack is disappointing because it's all steampunky seems a little silly.
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One of the strong points of CoX is the customization or the individual characters, and adding parts and then limiting how they can be customized in terms of matching existing parts is foolish and shortsighted in it's stifling of potential creativity. If someone wants to be able to make a classic "steampunk" look in browns and brass, they can color it to do so, but if someone wants to make a technicolor neon steam powered cybernetic mutant cow man, then they should be able to do so as well. Limitation based on an idealized notion of what a genre "should be" is a bad thing.
"Life is what happens when you are making other plans"
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hehe, no, it's about changing the definition of the pack |
Originally Posted by Jophiel
I have no idea how you equate re-colors to changing physical geometry but... um... yeah.
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@ Samuel, i do agree with what you're saying, i also like to use pieces in ways they maybe weren't at first envisioned to be used, but you must see not every piece can be changed to work with another concept. Tech armour legs will never look like a skirt, a pirate hat will never look like a motor cycle helmet. For me steampunk is that much different to other genre's, i'm not saying don't try to use it in other concepts, just don't be disappointed when it won't fit, lot's of other pieces also won't.
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Her skirt, belt, leggings, shoulders and wings all come from the Steampunk pack. |
Originally Posted by LadyJudgement
I believe it's the corset that does come with this booster, just that CR has used the breast slider extremely to the right... and it's a top down view. O_o
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Those female pieces look amazing.
Will definitely be able to upgrade my Carnie costume for one of my toons, those boots look so much cooler than the unstudded thigh-highs .. and the corsets look pretty flipping sweet.
Side note: Carnies are awesome.
Sad to see actual color limitations, would it be possible to have like a texture-1 and texture-2 where one is color tintable, and the other is pre-set? Or would that mess things up.. (plus add too much work?)
Will definitely purchase this pack though, I don't have many toons which will use them.. but I am sure I'll be able to make it work.
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Originally Posted by Wavicle
CoH players are stupid and incompetent compared to WoW players.
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That's honestly kind of sad that you think allowing things to be tintable "changes the definition of the pack" and you'd rather see people given less options than stop clinging to some bizarre notion of steampunk purity.
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Originally Posted by Henri
hehe, no, it's about changing the definition of the pack
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I think "purity" in this instance is kind of a silly thing to insist on. It's not just that this is a video game about superheroes and that all-encompassing genre. Steampunk as a genre is only about 20-25 years old. The name itself is derived from "cyberpunk," which is less than 30 years old itself. (It also gave rise to "splatterpunk", the horror version of the "punk rock" meme, but splatterpunk was never well-defined the way both cyber- an steampunk were, so it's faded away.)|
Originally Posted by SuperOz
Well, that's just it. Steampunk was/is the forerunner of superheroes. All the derring do of terribly English explorers and their command of SCIENCE!
If the pack isn't conveying the theme that it's named for, then you may as well call it 'Generic superhero pack 5' or something. And people on this game from what I've seen want their genre-specific parts to be just that, specific. I'm only echoing that. The fact that by and large this pack has a large number of parts that are getting use in entirely different concepts is a testament to how they were made. I'm not disagreeing with you, it's just how Steampunk was/is. It's a snapshot and reflection of a very specific time in a way the superhero genre is not, being an amalgam of many things. Again, I cite my primary influence of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen here. To quote the English, 'it's not how it's done, dear chap.' S. |
If you look at films and TV series which are retroactively considered steampunk, you get things like 20,000 Leagues, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Wild Wild West (TV series) and the like. Newer examples often cited are Gilliam's work The Adventures of Baron Munchhausen and Time Bandits. Yes, there are a lot of browns and tand in those, but also plenty of color. Island at the Top of the World is another, and the main airship in that was bright red. Anyone who's read The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen knows that it's filled with just as many vibrantly-colored outfits as subdued ones.
Perusing various books on the Steampunk subculture on Amazon reveals plenty of items and devices which are red, gold, green, blue and turquoise. I just think it's a bit silly to restrict the palette to only a single interpretation of something that is not particularly well-defined and is still in flux.
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Wish we could have the corset option with a trenchcoat, or the sleeveless jackets.
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ahh, fair enough |
Originally Posted by Jophiel
That's honestly kind of sad that you think allowing things to be tintable "changes the definition of the pack" and you'd rather see people given less options than stop clinging to some bizarre notion of steampunk purity.
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That's one of the dumbest things I've read on here in a long time.|
Originally Posted by Henri
hehe, no, it's about changing the definition of the pack
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| i'm not saying don't try to use it in other concepts, just don't be disappointed when it won't fit, lot's of other pieces also won't. |
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Originally Posted by Xenophage
How'd you get that flight pose?
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Originally Posted by Blast_Chamber
that is flypose2... maybe flypose3. you trigger it as an emote during flight...
/em flypose2 /em flypose3 (there are 4 total poses...) |
And it is Flypose3
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"Now at midnight all the agents and the superhuman crew come out
and round up everyone that knows more than they do"-Dylan
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Thanks, do i get a star? |
Originally Posted by Ironik
That's one of the dumbest things I've read on here in a long time.
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I'd rather see the conversations about the coloring limitations in the feedback thread. Not because it is ruining this thread, but because I'd rather see all effort expressing this stuff and pointing it out and opinions and stuff actually put into avenues that are more likely to be read and possibly influence the artists.
And Henri, I thought that real steampunk could be any colored metal.
Nice silver, with a few bits of copper for accents would look terrific for a chap named Silversteam.
I don't think the genre is truly that limited.
And... Is brown hair also a staple of steampunk?
EDIT: To fix an accidental paragraph break and to say that I'm not trying to pick on ya, Henri! (All those other replies weren't there when I hit reply)
@Zethustra
"Now at midnight all the agents and the superhuman crew come out
and round up everyone that knows more than they do"-Dylan
and round up everyone that knows more than they do"-Dylan
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I honestly doubt it'll be changed at this point. That said, I commented in the feedback threads as well.
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Originally Posted by Electric-Knight
I'd rather see the conversations about the coloring limitations in the feedback thread. Not because it is ruining this thread, but because I'd rather see all effort expressing this stuff and pointing it out and opinions and stuff actually put into avenues that are more likely to be read and possibly influence the artists.
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If someone wants copper/brass they can color it that color. And if they don't, they can make it something else. Then everyone is happy. You're literally saying that A > A + B (for non-negative values of B). You're saying that brass-only is better than brass plus whatever else. I've never understand this line of reasoning you're deploying and probably never will.
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Originally Posted by Henri
hehe, no, it's about changing the definition of the pack
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Originally Posted by PRAF68_EU
Dispari has more than enough credability, and certainly doesn't need to borrow any from you.
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That is a nice dress |
Originally Posted by bAss_ackwards
I've been waiting for a more elegant dress look for Infinite Ammo and the Steampunk Pack is something that definitely delivers on that! Infinite Ammo is a wealthy weapons developer and manufacturer who has even been called a James Bond super-villainess by another player because how she dresses when not in her armored suit. The Steampunk Pack definitely pushes her forward in regards to that image. Hahah!
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OK, I whipped up Steambot:
Inspired by an earlier pic, here's my own version of a Carnie.
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I think so too! |
Originally Posted by BashfulBanshee
That is a nice dress
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I'm very satisfied with the stuff in Steampunk Pack.
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Originally Posted by bAss_ackwards
I think so too!
I'm very satisfied with the stuff in Steampunk Pack. |
WOW I can get the look I was going for all along on my Carnie style toon Raven Nevamore !!!!
Nice work on both, Mystic. I especially like Echobat since I have been picturing something similar with my Spring Heeled Jack in terms of the wing usage. He already has a Victorian Batman theme and look going so I knew this would seal the deal.
Love all the other looks in the thread. I'm happy with the Oil aura being colorable. Poison, blood, mud, etc. so many options!
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To say that Steampunk is about orange brass and brown leather so it's OK that it can't be anything else is like saying that the Animal pack tiger head should only ever be orange because it's a tiger head, or that the bridal pieces should only ever be white because brides wear white dresses.
I've so far contributed three costumes to this thread - two Victorian gentlemen who don't look remarkable at all and indeed look inferior to their current incarnations, and one mechanic girl in green overalls with the top tied around her waist, who looks pretty dang good if I do say so myself. I find the unorthodox uses to be far more interesting in this case, and I find it greatly concerning that people seem to defend the lack of options just because they're happy with the options that exist. I'm not trying to take away your brass and your leather. You can still use them. But I want options, especially out of something that costs real money to buy.
And, no, I still have no real costume ideas to further contribute. I'm working on it, though. I'll try to see if my giant robot can't use the backpack despite it being brown.