At any rate I want a guy totally decked out in explosives

I want the ability to put things like bandoliers and harnesses over jackets including tuxedos

desviper wrote:

I'm also in favor of separate threads for costume pieces and animations, even emotes i might want in another thread.
My thinking is, in the shoes of a dev, "hmmm, what're some animations we haven't covered yet. Let's go check the animation thread". I wouldn't think they'd go in the costume thread hunting for animations.

Good point imma drown my sorrows in soup

TroublesomeKnight wrote:

Of course I'm probably the only person who wants this, but fffft.

[url=https://cityoftitans.com/comment/132845#comment-132845]#70[/url]
Definitely not true, I would love to see outfits such as these be a possibility:
[img=200x200]http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/vsbattles/images/b/be/Perona_01_by_ubugub-d5dfsey.png/revision/latest?cb=20160214081522[/img][img=130x200]https://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/fairyonepiecetail/images/3/36/Perona_Infobox.png/revision/latest?cb=20130605070520[/img][img=213x200]https://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/villains/images/1/18/Kurumi_TokisakiPn.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20170613180333[/img]

Canes would be a good addition. Wizard Staff, Walking Stick, Pimp Cane, Blind Walking Cane, Forearm Crutch, Crutches, Hiking Stick, Elemental Canes (Frost, Fire, Vines, Ghostly, etc), and I'm sure there are many other variations that could be thought up

Fireheart wrote:

There are times that I see these Anime-styled clothes and wonder if they wouldn't look ridiculous on a non-waif.
Be Well!
Fireheart

People can look ridiculous in anything, no matter what body size you are, just as well, anyone can make any look work, regardless of body size

[img=250x250]https://i.pinimg.com/736x/a4/be/8a/a4be8ac239c4574153e1ae31ea77be8a--plus-size-cosplay-plus-size-costume.jpg[/img][img=400x400]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/b7/a1/f8/b7a1f8786930da6ebc0ab73585292bcd.jpg[/img]

*People can look ridiculous in anything* This is especially true in the hero universe. Where people running around in tights and their underwear on the outside is the norm....

The 5'10" 100 lb standard has always bothered me, and it persists past the current zeitgeist. E.g., it's "thicc" season, yet fashion models are still translucent :p

Fireheart wrote:

Perhaps oddly, I don't find the people in those pictures ridiculous.

I think that was the point he or she was trying to make.

My idea for [url=https://cityoftitans.com/comment/131023#comment-131023][b]Trap Spider[/b][/url] the spider shoulder pet who is the character riding a robot, is to make a very portly looking robot that would easily hold all the traps and gadgets the character uses.
[img=480x480]https://img00.deviantart.net/271a/i/2012/073/e/6/fat_robot_tries_to_fly_by_dfawz-d4ssl5n.jpg[/img]

So I'm really looking forward to seeing how portly the avatar creator will allow me to make it.

Lothic wrote:

Well apparently the whole issue of gender politics has cropped up again in Hollywood (what a shock) and I decided to mention it here only because it squarely pertains to superhero movie costume design:
It seems people are making a fuss about comparing the outfits the Amazons are wearing in the recent Wonder Woman movie to the outfits they are wearing in the brand new Justice League movie. I realize the following pic could be considered a spoiler since the Justice League movie technically hasn't been released yet but it doesn't literally "spoil" anything so I'm attaching it here regardless:

Now the big controversy here is that the Amazon costumes on the left (from the Wonder Woman movie) were designed by a WOMAN and the ones on the right (for the Justice League movie) were designed by a MAN. People are jumping on the fact that the outfits on the left appear to be more "practical/functional" whereas the ones on the right appear a bit more like classic "fantasy armor" bikinis than actual outfits "real" Amazon warriors would wear.
I tend to think people are desperately trying to find some hairs to split here. I might agree that the new ones look a little more like "Princess Leia slave bikini" outfits than they probably ought to but you could probably find something to quibble about with BOTH sets of outfits if you really wanted to. I just think it's funny that the SJW battle lines have been drawn again between the "virtuous" female designer and the "naughty" male designer in these cases.

So they go from wearing armour that favours their species natural strength and agility to leather mini skirts and bras..... I.... I quit.... I give up on the DC cinematic universe.... I just... I quit...

Lothic wrote:

notears wrote:
So they go from wearing armour that favours their species natural strength and agility to leather mini skirts and bras..... I.... I quit.... I give up on the DC cinematic universe.... I just... I quit...
LOL I wouldn't give up on the entire DC cinematic universe over this but it is a dumb way to "evolve" the costumes that were established in the Wonder Woman movie. I hate when they change stuff like this seemingly just for the sake of changing it. I get that the guy who did the Justice League outfits was probably under no obligation to reuse the Wonder Woman costumes but it's just plain dumb that they didn't if nothing else but for general continuity reasons. It's crap like this that's led to there being like 5 different versions of Klingons sprinkled throughout the Star Trek franchise now. *sigh*
Bottomline I like the Wonder Woman Amazon costumes better than the Justice League costumes and it's got NOTHING to do with whether a man or woman designed them.

Yeah well that's usually how these things start, when something like this pops up people go "Hey it's not that bad, calm down, it's not that bad" and before you know it you've got close ups of napalmed corpses and batman killing people with a gun, and for the record? I don't really care about the gender of the person who made these costumes, A guy could have the costumes on the left and a girl could've made the ones on the right and I wouldn't care. What I do care about? Is the fact that this looks a lot like those warning signs from Zack's films that everybody wants to say "Is not that bad" and quite frankly? Fool me once shame on me, fool me twice shame on you... the wonder woman amazon costumes where perfect for the amazons skills and culture. Even the stuff like high heels, because since they have that heightened agility they can pretty much use those as war clubs and daggers attached to their feet, but this? I'm sorry but I smell smoke and I see smoke and where there's smoke there's fire.

You know what? If girls get a chainmail bikini I want a chainmail thong!!

I don't want a chainmail Thong, I want a chainmail Cup!

Be Well!
Fireheart

On the amazons...here's an answer, they're in a warmer area in JL vs their homeland of thymscrasejungarng. Did i win? :p

Well any info on Amazons, doesn't seem to really have them in plate mail styles. Chain mail maybe. Then any old art work seems to have them in cloth. Even a quick wiki look, shows no real metal armor. :p

Then there's going with the idea that they're on an island with a finite amount of ore and we see no evidence of mining. Put a full baggy shirt on those leather armors and you likely have your real amazon armor.

But you know, some want that half plate armor, because more protective is better than realism. Oh wait...that more protective was less realistic. :p

I don't know about the rest of you, but this is MY favorite type of Amazon Warrior Woman.

[img]http://www.writeups.org/wp-content/uploads/Gabrielle-Xena-Warrior-Princess-Renee-OConnor-y.jpg[/img]

Project_Hero wrote:

DC amazons have some sort of special metal that wondies bracers are made of. I don't know how much they have. But considering they live forever they only need to build as much armor as they have people... Oh and also... Just a thought... They could have brought the armor with them to the island. Or the gods could have gave them each a set when they were made.
The sole reason they're in the bikini's is because someone wanted them to be because "hey! Hot women in skimpy clothes!" There's no deeper reason for it, no "realism" reason. That's the long and short of it.

Of course that's the reason, however if someone's going to cry out "Realism!" I would hope they new what the realism was :p

Brand X wrote:

Lothic wrote:
Well apparently the whole issue of gender politics has cropped up again in Hollywood (what a shock) and I decided to mention it here only because it squarely pertains to superhero movie costume design.
It seems people are making a fuss about comparing the outfits the Amazons are wearing in the recent Wonder Woman movie to the outfits they are wearing in the brand new Justice League movie. I realize the following pic could be considered a spoiler since the Justice League movie technically hasn't been released yet but it doesn't literally "spoil" anything so I'm attaching it here regardless:
Now the big controversy here is that the Amazon costumes on the left (from the Wonder Woman movie) were designed by a WOMAN and the ones on the right (for the Justice League movie) were designed by a MAN. People are jumping on the fact that the outfits on the left appear to be more "practical/functional" whereas the ones on the right appear a bit more like classic "fantasy armor" bikinis than actual outfits "real" Amazon warriors would wear.
I tend to think people are desperately trying to find some hairs to split here. I might agree that the new ones look a little more like "Princess Leia slave bikini" outfits than they probably ought to but you could probably find something to quibble about with BOTH sets of outfits if you really wanted to. I just think it's funny that the SJW battle lines have been drawn again between the "virtuous" female designer and the "naughty" male designer in these cases.
I laugh at anyone who gets upset by this.
Seriously, Amazons didn't cut off one breast, but people like to think it. Amazons, weren't necessarily lesbian, but lots of people like to believe they were all lesbian or bi. Amazons liked tattoos, but do we see any of them tattooed up in the WW movie? No.
They separated into small tribes, but did it look like WW Amazons had small tribes? Amazons also didn't hate men, but hey, that's what WW likes to say.
So seriously, if an outfit is the one deciding factor on "OMG! So wrong!" when it comes to Amazons, then you're just being silly. :p

DC universe Amazons not historical ones/ Yeah I get that Amazons where a real people back in the day, but the ones in Wonder Woman mythos aren't those amazons. They're sculpted from magic clay into beings that look like female humans and have 10 times their strength and speed.

Also? To be honest here? I have no problem with fur bikinis don't know if anyone was accusing me of that, I'm tired and hungry. My problem is more with those specific amazons turning into more scantidly clad amazons. Immma eat pizza and sleep now...

Brand X wrote:

notears wrote:
Brand X wrote:
Lothic wrote:
Well apparently the whole issue of gender politics has cropped up again in Hollywood (what a shock) and I decided to mention it here only because it squarely pertains to superhero movie costume design.
It seems people are making a fuss about comparing the outfits the Amazons are wearing in the recent Wonder Woman movie to the outfits they are wearing in the brand new Justice League movie. I realize the following pic could be considered a spoiler since the Justice League movie technically hasn't been released yet but it doesn't literally "spoil" anything so I'm attaching it here regardless:
Now the big controversy here is that the Amazon costumes on the left (from the Wonder Woman movie) were designed by a WOMAN and the ones on the right (for the Justice League movie) were designed by a MAN. People are jumping on the fact that the outfits on the left appear to be more "practical/functional" whereas the ones on the right appear a bit more like classic "fantasy armor" bikinis than actual outfits "real" Amazon warriors would wear.
I tend to think people are desperately trying to find some hairs to split here. I might agree that the new ones look a little more like "Princess Leia slave bikini" outfits than they probably ought to but you could probably find something to quibble about with BOTH sets of outfits if you really wanted to. I just think it's funny that the SJW battle lines have been drawn again between the "virtuous" female designer and the "naughty" male designer in these cases.
I laugh at anyone who gets upset by this.
Seriously, Amazons didn't cut off one breast, but people like to think it. Amazons, weren't necessarily lesbian, but lots of people like to believe they were all lesbian or bi. Amazons liked tattoos, but do we see any of them tattooed up in the WW movie? No.
They separated into small tribes, but did it look like WW Amazons had small tribes? Amazons also didn't hate men, but hey, that's what WW likes to say.
So seriously, if an outfit is the one deciding factor on "OMG! So wrong!" when it comes to Amazons, then you're just being silly. :p
DC universe Amazons not historical ones/ Yeah I get that Amazons where a real people back in the day, but the ones in Wonder Woman mythos aren't those amazons. They're sculpted from magic clay into beings that look like female humans and have 10 times their strength and speed.
Which goes back to, "They can wear whatever the creator wants them to wear at that point, just fine" as they're not real, they're fictional. So if the creator wants them to wear leather bikinis, then that's exactly the type of clothes they want to wear. :p

Well not really.... people complain about the new DC universe cinematic universe, because these are specific characters acting as nothing like those specific characters. DC pretty much took a guy who was really good at directing capepunk movies and then had him try to head a cinematic universe based on a genre that only looked like capepunk at a glance. Those movies where bad because they tried to market them to people who like superheroes, and made it look like they where trying to go for those traditional comic roles but instead made movies that almost seem like they where made for people who hated these characters. That's what it boils down to. It's nothing on Zack Snyder, again he just didn't know what he was getting into because he's used to a totally different genre than superheroes, but rather it's about being honest with these characters that millions of people had grown up with. If it had been Zack Snyder playing around with his own creations in a capepunk world, the movies would have been fine, but because these aren't totally fresh characters, but rather characters we grew up as, these characters acting this way just comes across as some weird fanfic written by a teenager who wears way too much black.

Brand X wrote:

notears wrote:
Also? To be honest here? I have no problem with fur bikinis don't know if anyone was accusing me of that, I'm tired and hungry. My problem is more with those specific amazons turning into more scantidly clad amazons. Immma eat pizza and sleep now...
Well to be fair, after the island was invaded, they may have come to realize, they have no armor that can actually protect against modern firearms (modern firearms able to penetrate breast plate easily). So more movement may have been their answer to firearms.
Not to mention, in Diana's training they weren't really wearing metal armor. Even on the beach scene versus the Germans, there were many who just wore leather armor. Which includes Diana's aunt (forgot her name).

That's... actually a good point.... guess I'm back to waiting for reviews rather than just ignoring the movie completely... also I really do want that chainmail thong.... and I ain't talking about normal sized undies that have a chainmail texture on them, I am talking full on "Oh god Uncle Steve went crazy at the medieval fair and why doesn't he have pants?" levels of thongage, I want my mostly naked barbarian man to run at a group of thugs in this and have them go "Nope!! Just no!! I quit crime and I quit life I would rather die any other way than from a guy wearing that!!", I want gods to weep at my poor wardrobe choice!!

You know what would be cool? If Bruce Wayne went up to them and said "Hey Ladies!! Kevlar exists!!" and then we get like an entire army of amazons in riot gear beating up Parademons with their swords!!

Project_Hero wrote:

notears wrote:
You know what would be cool? If Bruce Wayne went up to them and said "Hey Ladies!! Kevlar exists!!" and then we get like an entire army of amazons in riot gear beating up Parademons with their swords!!
Oh but Kevlar might not work against lasers! Best to go naked. For the slight agility boost.

You are just so filled with salt right now...

Brand X wrote:

The reviews seem to be "It's okay! Hero's good are good, except Cyborg and the villain, like all movie villains, suck" :p That's just what I've seen so far. Not surprised by the Cyborg sucking though, he seems terrible in the trailers.

yeah like... cyborg was never a cold emotionless robot, he didn't even say "BOOYAH!!" once!!!

Project_Hero wrote:

"Because this armor doesn't work against one type of enemy weapon we shouldn't wear any kind of protection at all! For it's not like they could attack us in melee or anything!"
That's like saying there's no point wearing a stab vest because you might get shot. Going into battle would you rather wear some armor that might protect you against something or no armor that definately won't protect you from anything?
Edit: fixed spelling, stupid phone.

I think we already established that their armor didn't protect them from anything.

Watch the scene, they (the Germans) didn't really go hand to hand (and would've failed if they did) and as I said, it could have just been a reason. There's also the fact that, nothing I've ever read, said the armor was comfortable. So, really, just a possibility was given as to why "Oh hey, they're not wearing armor that does them no good in a modern warfare fight!"

Maybe we'll find out they turned that plate armor into modern weapons and drones!

Brand X wrote:

notears wrote:
Brand X wrote:
The reviews seem to be "It's okay! Hero's good are good, except Cyborg and the villain, like all movie villains, suck" :p That's just what I've seen so far. Not surprised by the Cyborg sucking though, he seems terrible in the trailers.
yeah like... cyborg was never a cold emotionless robot, he didn't even say "BOOYAH!!" once!!!
Also seems that Flash and Aquaman steal the movie by the sounds of it. Which, Aquaman being a scene stealer may just be the most amazing thing :p

I imagine him to be like a mix between Drax and Thor from what I've seen.

He went to club the one without metal on. :p Which btw, none of the soldiers were wearing armor.

Brand X wrote:

Project_Hero wrote:
"Because this armor doesn't work against one type of enemy weapon we shouldn't wear any kind of protection at all! For it's not like they could attack us in melee or anything!"
That's like saying there's no point wearing a stab vest because you might get shot. Going into battle would you rather wear some armor that might protect you against something or no armor that definately won't protect you from anything?
Edit: fixed spelling, stupid phone.
I think we already established that their armor didn't protect them from anything.
Watch the scene, they (the Germans) didn't really go hand to hand (and would've failed if they did) and as I said, it could have just been a reason. There's also the fact that, nothing I've ever read, said the armor was comfortable. So, really, just a possibility was given as to why "Oh hey, they're not wearing armor that does them no good in a modern warfare fight!"
Maybe we'll find out they turned that plate armor into modern weapons and drones!

Gal Gadot actually said her outfit was very uncomfortable, but that was about Wonder Woman's armor in particular, not about what the other amazonians were wearing.

Brand X wrote:

Project_Hero wrote:
Brand X wrote:
He went to club the one without metal on. :p Which btw, none of the soldiers were wearing armor.
And how did that work out for them? They lost against people wielding out of date weaponry. If they had some old school armor they might have stood more of a chance.
Well, arrows tend to go through armor. Swords still like to go through arms (which notice, none of the Amazons had full plate, so where was that limb protection for them?) and legs. Also, back to modern warfare. Armor that doesn't protect you from modern weapons is worthless armor.
However, again, we have no idea why they're wearing what they are in JL. However, what we do know is, not all Amazons wore metal armor in Wonder Woman. In fact, the only difference between the armor we see that looks like a leather bikini top and what was worn by many in WW, is that those in WW had their navels covered...with cloth. :p

Yeah, they even full plate knight armor isn't bulletproof, so as far as efficacy they were going to have a bad time.

Full plate may not be useful against modern arms fire but it was good against muskets and the like. It was just expensive and took like 3 months to build. Might as well make a butt load of guns, and send your untrained guys out there skivvies. Overwhelm the enemy with numbers.

Project_Hero wrote:

Ah, like how modern troops don't wear their Kevlar vests or stab vests because it doesn't cover their limbs... Right. And a knife is still a knife modern or not. And if it's parademons their fighting those guys have been known to go in with claws... But this is the DC movie-verse so who knows what they'll do.
Covered with cloth, which there could be more leather under. But who knows. Either way, most of that stuff was when they were just hanging around. Unless the JL movie has them being surprised at their annual beach sparring those outfits are highly impractical for combat.
A more distressing thing is that the new designs don't even have their bracers... You know the things that can block and deflect bullets... Might be useful. Though in the movie-verse might only be Diana that can do that...

What in the movie, ever gave the idea, that the Amazons who aren't Diana could deflect bullets? I don't recall seeing any of the Amazons showing any kind of ability to be like Diana, the one who's the daughter of a god, and they're just a group of amazons.

Another option would be wings on the feet, like so:
[img=150x150]https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/disney/images/e/ee/Hermes222.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/516?cb=20140526181033[/img]

Brand X wrote:

Project_Hero wrote:
Ah, like how modern troops don't wear their Kevlar vests or stab vests because it doesn't cover their limbs... Right. And a knife is still a knife modern or not. And if it's parademons their fighting those guys have been known to go in with claws... But this is the DC movie-verse so who knows what they'll do.
Covered with cloth, which there could be more leather under. But who knows. Either way, most of that stuff was when they were just hanging around. Unless the JL movie has them being surprised at their annual beach sparring those outfits are highly impractical for combat.
A more distressing thing is that the new designs don't even have their bracers... You know the things that can block and deflect bullets... Might be useful. Though in the movie-verse might only be Diana that can do that...
What in the movie, ever gave the idea, that the Amazons who aren't Diana could deflect bullets? I don't recall seeing any of the Amazons showing any kind of ability to be like Diana, the one who's the daughter of a god, and they're just a group of amazons.

Well, they were all made by the gods. But Diana is imbued with super special god powers that are for some reason seemingly stronger than the one who made her... But you know, gods or whatever.

In the comics at any rate all the amazons could block bullets (I think) but Diana was best at it, she's blocked some things travelling at light speed (or higher).

Anyway it's been a while since I've watched the movie but as far as I know Diana isn't a demi-god in the movie she's more or less a weapon in Amazon form. So I'm not sure how many abilities are Diana only and which ones are shared by the rest of the amazons. She's got that explodey wave thing and she can go super Saiyan (essentially) but I don't recall anything saying she's stronger or faster than the rest of them.

Huckleberry wrote:

blacke4dawn wrote:
Wing placement variations.
Lower back/butt. Pretty much a staple in anime at least.
What!? I hope not. It would make no sense at all for anyone to have wings on their lower back or butt area. Putting wings below your center of gravity would cause you to fly suspended upside down, if you could fly at all, because flying upside down would change the angle of your wing and you'd just kind of drag your face across the ground.
I can understand some anime-inspired images drawn by people who put the wings there to look cute, but I seriously doubt there are any actual anime that have wings that low on a person's body.
EDIT: I guess I should never poo poo anyone's ideas. So if we DO have wings in that area, they should at least animate the flying stance to look more like this:

[url=http://overlordmaruyama.wikia.com/wiki/Albedo]One example[/url] of a character with lower back wings in an Anime. Sure I fully admit it could very well be the exception to it, even possibly the only one since I didn't do any more searches. And yes, the upper example I used before is a fan rendition of this character.

As for possible explanations. Maybe they just have heavy enough feet and legs to shift their center of gravity low enough that they make it more efficient since they can now fly "level" with the wings placed there.

blacke4dawn wrote:

As for possible explanations. Maybe they just have heavy enough feet and legs to shift their center of gravity low enough that they make it more efficient since they can now fly "level" with the wings placed there.

Now that I've had a chance to engage my more imaginitive side and not just the engineer in me, I think lower wings could be useful for a few things:
1. Boosting leaps. Giving yourself a ground-effect and boost assist when running and jumping. This would definitely help with acrobatics, assuming you don't get them caught in obstacles.
2. Shields and buffets. Wings down low would help with combat, allowing you to keep your footing better as well as protecting your lower body from attacks and even tripping up your opponents. And like a hakama in aikido, the wings can be used to hide your footwork.
3. There are seraphim with six wings in the Judeo Christian book of [url=http://biblehub.com/isaiah/6-2.htm]Isaiah[/url], so a set of lower wings can give the impression of a fallen or degenerate angel whose top two pairs have been lost or removed in order to keep them from flying, but not the last lowest pair, so as to be a reminder of what was lost and to keep from being able to assume the guise of anything but a fallen angel. And that, my friends, sounds like a pretty kick-ass character background and a good reason to wear hip-wings.

But should costume options have an effect on aesthetics? Or vice versa? Rocket boots that shoot fire when you fly with them persay. Would that be an animation that's with the boots, available without, or both? Could certain costumes have costume-specific aesthetic animations?

Would you be able to have wings that don't flap when you fly? Hmm...

[img]https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/1/12397/1943723-battlearmor_002.jpg[/img]

Animal themed armor! Bird! Cat! Wolf! Insect? Fish!? Bat..?

I don't know. A lot of the male characters we've seen already look like they're very much in the vain of Liefeld :p

OathboundOne wrote:

Brand X wrote:
I don't know. A lot of the male characters we've seen already look like they're very much in the vain of Liefeld :p

Is... Is that an in game screen shot? Why... I can't even tell the difference! /S

See! Totally looks like the males we've seen in game :p