Well...someones going to say it, so might as well get it out the way...
Giant Fish weapons (possible Carp) for Broadsword and Katana with a Swordfish for Titan weapons.
What?
You knew it was going to happen...
On a more serious (in a joke costume piece thread? How obtuse!), take the Brain Tank design, remove the bowl and instead put a kitten infront of tiny lever controls (or failing that, a keyboard). Call it the Catmando head piece.
This kind of thing would be great for a 'and now for something completely different...' type pack where it's not really a theme or a set but just full of weird individual costume pieces.
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Because of costume part ideas like brain-in-jar and a possible brainslug, I've started to think a lot more about humorous/silly/kitschy costume themes.
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Joke accessories have their place, and we could definitely do with more. Brain in a jar? Like the Clockwork King? That'd be awesome. I suggest watching a couple of hours of the old Roadrunner cartoons for inspiration from ACME. 
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Originally Posted by FloatingFatMan
Joke accessories have their place, and we could definitely do with more. Brain in a jar? Like the Clockwork King? That'd be awesome. I suggest watching a couple of hours of the old Roadrunner cartoons for inspiration from ACME.
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It was the one piece that I've been wanting since I first started playing this game, infact my first post on the old EU forums was asking for a Brain in a Jar head piece.
David and his art team made me immensely happy the day it was released.
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Haha, I could see something like this getting out of hand...
Not that this is necessarily a bad thing.
For some reason, all I can think of is an arrow through the head head detail.......
Wow, that is so not funny, lol.
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Titan Weapons are already pretty much on the edge of comic relief, so go with the suggestion from the last UStream broadcast to make a Christmas tree variation for TW 
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Originally Posted by FloatingFatMan
Brain in a jar? Like the Clockwork King?
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(Psst! It was part of the limited time Halloween pack.)
I wouldn't mind seeing some silly stuff once in awhile.
That said i didn't get halloween pack since nothing in that appealed to me, but i think that was more the theme rather than the silly factor it had.
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Oh!! Someone mentioned a great idea for a Titan Weapons option: a long pole... with an animated person tied to the other end to be used as a club!! |
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Titan Weapons are already pretty much on the edge of comic relief, so go with the suggestion from the last UStream broadcast to make a Christmas tree variation for TW
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Put the person in a suit and tie and call it the Marketing Club for bonus points!
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Put the person in a fancy tux, top hat and cane and add an aura of dollar bills falling out... and call it the 1% Club!
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Originally Posted by Electric-Knight
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Put the person in a suit and tie and call it the Marketing Club for bonus points! |
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Speaking of which - I wouldn't mind the Money Sachel backpack that the villains in Safeguards are wearing - including the money aura.
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Originally Posted by Electric-Knight
Put the person in a fancy tux, top hat and cane and add an aura of dollar bills falling out... and call it the 1% Club!
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Originally Posted by Sapphic_Neko
I wouldn't mind seeing some silly stuff once in awhile.
That said i didn't get halloween pack since nothing in that appealed to me, but i think that was more the theme rather than the silly factor it had. |
That said, if more crazy pieces got added I'd start making more themed alts.
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Take the Magic: The Gathering 'What Color Are You?' Quiz. Anything especially 70s tends to lend itself to this end. True bellbottom jeans, for example. Or a shield that is half of a disco ball.
How about a rifle/pistol model that's a miniature dragon tied to a handle? Bonus if it has animated eyes frantically rolling around.
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Originally Posted by Dr_MechanoEU
On a more serious (in a joke costume piece thread? How obtuse!), take the Brain Tank design, remove the bowl and instead put a kitten infront of tiny lever controls (or failing that, a keyboard). Call it the Catmando head piece.
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Originally Posted by Electric-Knight
Oh!! Someone mentioned a great idea for a Titan Weapons option: a long pole... with an animated person tied to the other end to be used as a club!!
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I've also suggested a Shield that's a Hellion or Skull tied to your arm.
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or splice those together, and have a literal Fish Tank. Jar full of water, with a small fish in it (maybe with a headset/controls for the suit.) Ok, now I know I've seen that somewhere before, where am I cribbing that from?
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Originally Posted by Dr_MechanoEU
Well...someones going to say it, so might as well get it out the way...
Giant Fish weapons (possible Carp) for Broadsword and Katana with a Swordfish for Titan weapons. What? You knew it was going to happen... On a more serious (in a joke costume piece thread? How obtuse!), take the Brain Tank design, remove the bowl and instead put a kitten infront of tiny lever controls (or failing that, a keyboard). Call it the Catmando head piece. This kind of thing would be great for a 'and now for something completely different...' type pack where it's not really a theme or a set but just full of weird individual costume pieces. |
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I've also suggested a Shield that's a Hellion or Skull tied to your arm. |
Last year, a friend of mine ran a pen-and-paper RPG where we played City of Heroes characters. It only lasted a short time, but it was fun. However, one of the iconic moments of the RPG game came when Jackson Storm (a tanker) drove a mostly wrecked hearse (which had previously been used by the Skulls as transportation) through Moth Cemetery, with a Banished Pantheon Totem stuck to the hood. Two passengers in the car were Skulls, who had not been able to escape the car before this, and when he pulled to a stop, he proceeded to use them as melee weapons against other bad guys.
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or splice those together, and have a literal Fish Tank. Jar full of water, with a small fish in it (maybe with a headset/controls for the suit.) Ok, now I know I've seen that somewhere before, where am I cribbing that from?
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Nah, never seen Megamind. This is a lot earlier. Damn, thats going to bug me all day.
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Megamind? Minion was an alien fish thingie in a robotic suit.
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Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
In a similar vein to the critter-in-the-helmet, you could have a torso piece with a transparent front, and a tiny person/critter visible inside in a control bay.
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I would love to see a more jokey theme sets once in a while, more than likely one of the few sets i'ld purchase in a heart beat [not a fan of sets with such a small expansion space for ideas].
Chuck in a set based on illusion or trickster and i'ld be there in an instant! Of course other costume sets i've been dying for are the street fighter/warrior, a hip set [think street cred/dj's/pimp] and a slayer set.
Edit: Just to add that [in my eyes] the problem i see with a costume part such as brain in the jar is that a LOT of costumes you see all have a common theme, there is not enough diversity from within that costume set.
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Nah, never seen Megamind. This is a lot earlier. Damn, thats going to bug me all day.
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A male stripper set. Including: borat thongs, assless chaps, nipple tassles, and all other horrible things.
A snake head.
A gorilla head / suit.
A penguin head / suit.
Gunslinger items.
Clown shoes. Clown trousers. Clown gloves. Clown red nose. Clown hair.
Native American costume parts. ("injuns")
Zombie / Living dead jackets / chest pieces.
Snowman costume pieces.
Hooves for hands. Paws for hands.
Peter Pan outfit.
Uncle Sam outfit.
Sherlock Holmes outfit.
Caveman costume set.
Golden Age heroes costume set.
Medievil Costume Set.
Helicopter backpack.
Arm Tentacles.
Towel cape. With optional 42.
Skeleton body option.
Cook's apron
Mismatched shoes (and other I-was-in-a-hurry options)
Robot/armor set cobbled together from pieces of cars, appliances, computers and other machines.
Computer-monitor head -- flat and CRT -- with optional webcam on top
Invisible headless-look head, and cameras and eyes on body
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Because of costume part ideas like brain-in-jar and a possible brainslug, I've started to think a lot more about humorous/silly/kitschy costume themes. Certainly, players have been making their own 'joke' costumes since the game began, and we routinely pick these sorts of things for our costume contest winners (if you make us laugh, you pretty much win). Didn't want to derail the Costume Workshop thread with this, but if any of you would like to discuss, feel free to post here.
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