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They should have artist workshops for eye-to-head ratios. They all look like sexualized children!!
Other than the zipper, that seems like a pretty typical leather costume.
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Anime = BESM = an RPG from a while back = 'Big Eyes, Small Mouth'
Don't blame the artist, blame the culture that tells them this is what people want.
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Fireheart
As opposed to the supplement for American-style animation, "Big Ears, Small Mouse".
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Don't forget the belts, which include the belts around the leg openings of the leotard.
As for the other comment on the artist *shrug* didn't look like a child to me, but then all that I think is in the eye of the beholder, like those who think just being thin is anorexic and being obese is normal.
I love the BESM system. So versatile!
"Let the past die. Kill it if you have to."
Animie is just an art style. no need to freak out over it.
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Right, because every artist should draw exactly the way you'd want them to. Look, I don't particularly care for Picasso's artistic style but I can accept that others think it's important and worth millions. Likewise you might be willing to accept that [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manga]Japanese Manga[/url] has been around in various forms for well over a century and is a well-established artistic style around the world.
Well they say perversion is in the eye of the beholder - when I see a female with a "rack" like the one in this particular pic the last thing I think about is a "sexualized child". *shrugs*
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Did my 2 cents hit a nerve? my b.
Yeah, just my preference: I find it really off putting. BUT, it's not universal to anime: http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Tsunade, http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Android_18 (all of dbz really).
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While folks are on the subject of anime...
Vegeta is the most powerful tsundere.
"Let the past die. Kill it if you have to."
Yeah it was mostly your derogatory blurb about "they should have artist workshops for eye-to-head ratios" as if the thousands of anime/manga artists out there don't know how to correctly create artwork in their chosen style/medium. It was about as dumb as saying somebody should teach Japanese swordsmiths how to forge straight-edged blades because all of their katanas keep ending up with slightly curved blades.
That's fine - no one's saying you have to like anime/manga. But just because you don't like something doesn't mean the people who create it are applying their skills "wrong". Styles are styles. I generally don't like country music but I wouldn't say that country musicians are using their instruments incorrectly. *shrugs*
I don't really understand how you could look at a pic of Goku and [b]NOT[/b] notice the classic "larger than life" eyes of the anime/magna style.
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His eyes in this example pic are easily twice as big as they "ought" to be if someone was attempting to draw him 100% realistically. I suppose the larger eyes can be more noticeable on younger/female type characters but I'm not even sure you could call something anime/manga if it doesn't have the very features you claim to dislike (the larger heads/eyes relative to normal real life body proportions).
CoH player from April 25, 2004 to November 30, 2012
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I'd like to see some really good supernatural themed costume pieces! Specifically some really good Werewolf/Beast options, rather than just a fur pattern or something that looks like an anthropomorphic animal costume. In CoH and CO most of the supernatural stuff just looked like costumes from a halloween shop. I want pieces that look more real. Scary. Visceral! Leaning more towards actual horror. Vampires are easy, but we could get some pieces for a "Vampire Lord" like we've seen in Skyrim and Underworld. Zombies with chunks of flesh missing and visible bones. Frankenstein pieces with stitches across the body and around the neck. Maybe a head piece with the brain showing! We have an amphibian guy in the Paragons so i'd assume that has the Swamp Thing covered :P
Also are there any plans for transformation powers? For those shapeshifting heroes out there it would be great if we could see customizable versions of the coyote and panther powers we had in CoH. Either just cosmetic, as travel powers, or even with a combat element to them.
Yeah my comment was pretty ignorant, like I said, my b
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Yet, the basic reaction, that some Anime does seem to sexualize children and that the 'trigger' does appear in a lot of Anime-style art, That I have to agree with. Face of a child, body of a (inappropriate adjective) does irritate me, when I see it. A lot of Anime does portray females whose bodies are more maturely-shaped than the character knows how to deal with. Often enough it's played for risque humor.
Call me an American-Puritan prude, if you like, but I knew some girls whose bodies 'ripened' to maturity, while they were 10-12 and it caused them Pain and Suffering, nothing 'funny'. I still shiver at the utter man-hating Rage that became the default attitude of one of those girls. And I freely admit that I was deeply attracted to them, but it's still not 'funny'.
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Fireheart
Yeah, my neighborhood was good enough to leave the early-bloomers alone...
. the women anyway: Istill got teased for my full mustache at 13 :p
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Well, werewolves might also be covered, as Chief Gherrunfur (of the TCPD) is himself an anthropomorphic wolf, and will ostensibly appear in-game. Not exactly the same, but likely "close enough" to work, or easily modified to work.
Just my two inf.
I personally generally agree with Fireheart and desviper, and I genuinely like The Paragons look and their concepts. Just an opinion, not an argument.
But, aside from that, the overall CoT aesthetic shown so far perfectly fulfills MWM's stated and intentional realistic-light, cinematic Superhero movie influenced look--which I think was an excellent choice for the game on many levels.
But even aside from that, with the planned power of the CC you should be able to Anime-out or do just about whatever you want with your own characters face, costume, and proportions.
FIGHT EVIL! (or go cause trouble so the Heroes have something to do.)
Perhaps the problem with anime isn't that [b]some[/b] of it ventures off into the weeds of "fan service" but the idea that sometimes "American-Puritan prudes" like yourself forget that the Japanese use anime/manga to cover any and all subjects for all ages, including things like risque fan service for adults. I realize you did say that only [b]some[/b] anime is like this, but it still seems like you've been too quick to imply [b]ALL[/b] of anime is bad just because it has a subset that's a bit questionable. Your's is close to condemning all of western animation (e.g. Disney, etc.) because you disapprove of the Heavy Metal movies when in fact you know that only represents a tiny minority of the animation content available.
It's likely that your opinion on this is skewed because your experience with Japanese anime/manga is limited only to the more mature/racy examples that get filtered outside of Japan. I know an inkling of this due to my many trips to Japan and seeing all the things there that you never see anywhere else. It's probable that you've never seen/read the thousands of titles that generally never make it outside of Japan because they are of a more mundane, non-risque nature. Basically it's kind of like someone who only sees the foreign language version of a Playboy magazine and then thinks that the foreign language in question -only- deals with naughty topics.
Basically the "racy" parts of anime/manga represent only a relatively small part of the total content out there. I'm simply suggesting you may be overly focused on the "naughty" bits of it because those bits tend to be the only bits most westerners get overly exposed to.
I understand the issues of "early puberty" are serious and nothing to be considered "funny". But your linkage of that important issue to what you've seen of anime/manga may be incomplete at best.
Like I said anime/manga covers ALL topics imaginable for all ages so it's inevitable that eventually some of it would delve into areas that might make you "uncomfortable" vis-a-vis young girls. But to think that anime/manga's sole purpose is pander to those questionable areas is completely off-base. Again I think you're confusing your exposure to a SUBSET of the content for ALL of the content.
CoH player from April 25, 2004 to November 30, 2012
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I said 'some' because I meant 'some'. Do I have to post examples of ridiculously gratuitous and inappropriate sexy-shots, to get you to take me seriously? I really don't need this 'more urbane than thou' attitude.
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Fireheart
Right, I even acknowledged that you said "some". It's just that the vast "implication" of the rest of your post was heavily leaning towards the "all anime is naughty" side of things which I'm telling you based on my direct experience is a completely skewed and false conclusion.
I'm sorry you had some weird feelings about "early puberty" females in your life and now have a weird connection between those feelings and some anime/manga you've seen but I'm telling you you're judging the forest by the trees. The fact that you could dig up some examples of NSFW hentai would quite literally be the exceptions that prove the rule in this case.
Bottomline there's maybe a thousand times more "non-naughty" anime/manga in the world than any amount of "naughty" examples you could find on our ever-present porn-ladened Internet.
CoH player from April 25, 2004 to November 30, 2012
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Sometimes Lothic I believe for the overall tone of good camaraderie, perhaps, you should just let what people say be what they say and not try to divine some deeper meaning or implication. Everyone's post doesn't have to be dissected and parsed for meaning. Sometimes the thoughts in our heads are better left there. Just my two cents and humble opinion. YMMV.
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If people want to judge an entire artform by the relatively tiny subset of pornographic examples they can find on the porn-obsessed Internet then that's their right to do that. But that's not going to stop me from telling them they're jumping to incomplete conclusions based on narrow worldviews and/or lack of complete data either. YMMV.
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Look people, oversized heads have been around in simplistic artforms long before Anime. For a caricaturist, besides body language, the face is the easiest means of showing emotion. In order to see the expressions on the face best, it has to be oversized.
Here are some examples from western animation:
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But the fact that a cute character with those same proportions can appeal to parts of the brain that associate it with youth has not been missed by certain elements who are attracted by it:
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I think it does the entire genre of animation, and illustration in general, a disservice to associate those elements who take advantage of this attraction with the genre in general.
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And you completely missed my point. You could be absolutely right Lothic in everything you said. But in the end what do you accomplish by saying it? Sometimes if you're trying to win someone to your side of thinking there are other means than being accusatory and denigrating. YMMV
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Where is my summarized Costume Request Thread? :P
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Um, did I say I could dig up Anime porn? Did I say that I disliked Anime? I sure hope I didn't, and 'Rule 34' insures that there is porn of Anything.
I said that there were some aspects of some Anime that disturb me. And I mean mainline popular Anime. As an example, I'll mention 'No Game No Life' and the lovingly rendered close-up panty shots, complete with camel-toe, of eleven year old Shiro. These are not fanart, but original to the artist.
I like Anime and Manga. I particularly enjoy the ones with complex stories, which may examine life issues and social issues. However, let's also admit that there are plenty of them that are just light amusement, or endless repetition of the same story trope, only now with more/bigger explosions. This is not that different from American comics.
I'm not even trying to suggest that all of the 'sexual situations' in Anime are inappropriate. Sometimes it just makes sense for the story. What I was pointing out is simply an aspect of Anime that disturbs me.
Be Well!
Fireheart
I think Lothic was working on one, but the last thing I saw was...
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[i]Has anyone seen my mind? It was right here...[/i]
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there is a lot of win in this outfit, But I am posting for one thing: [b]The arcane tome in her hand[/b]
I would love to see a huge book of magic as an accessory. spells can be made one handed.
and emotes could play with the book.
Further I would like enough customization for the book to where every mage would look different, and not look like they bought Bobs Big Book of Spells at the drug store and now they are a hero.
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As a guy with a mage-heavy pantheon...YES!
We definitely need animations for open-book while casting spells. Bonus points for heavy book customization :)
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I'm willing to hop on it if Lothic got tired 500 posts in :p
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Pretty hair, Creepy crown, that is all.
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I love this mask but it is the ears that I am posting this for.
COH had standard Playboy bunny ears. [u]These are pointing/leaning forward.[/u] this gives a lot more attitude to the character.
this would make for a great mask, AND the forward point can apply to other ears as well, like cat/fox ears.
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After posting about Jinx (Teen Titans Villain) in another thread I want clothes that could also be a costume. It's hard to describe... But Jinx from Teen Titans (cartoon) has a costume but it also looks like something someone could just wear as an outfit. I want stuff like that, sorta middle ground between clothes and costume.
Pic for reference
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"Let the past die. Kill it if you have to."
A half ripped Kimono/Robe please
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The Carnival of Light in the Phoenix Rising
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Also it would be cool to have Waist Bows. Similar to the ones below:
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The Carnival of Light in the Phoenix Rising
"We never lose our demons, we only learn to live above them." - The Ancient One
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To go along with all this, I'd just like to say, make the animal ears look good! Except for the small cat ears, I don't recall CoH animal ears looking all that good at all :(
I don't think I've ever replied here?
I'd love non human costumes, especially to support winged creatures like dragons. One of the things that distinguished CoX from other mmos was low level flight in all circumstances. I started playing just so i could fly around in the game with a friend of mine who played and perch on buildings and talk. Only then did i discover CoX had a blissfully fun and customisable combat system to boot.
So yeah, realistic bird and dragon wings and reptilian/draconic, avian, and non human costumes would be so appreciated.
with the graphics engine we have, plus the dedicated artists working for the love of the game, I don't think we really have much to worry about.
Devs...forward pointing ears.
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The devs have announced feathers wings and dragon wings for launch. and they said other wings would be for sale in the company store.
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http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/scale_small/0/1138/353958-cloth.jpg these outfits please
I don't know if this has been stated before or yet but i would love Love LOVE Shadow anything. My main is a Shadow/Darkness user, so doing ANYTHING to accentuate that would be amazing. Things from auras that look like you're emitting shadow, shadow clawed hands, shadow masks that have options to cover everything but the mouth (like Raven) or the eyes. Maybe a pulsing skin that makes it look like the shadow is alive? To be honest, They could double this up with the Symbiote styles as well, just that visceral, viscous looking, tendrilled look. The Classic inky black like the Shade uses. Maybe give it a lighting queue, so it's shadowy in the light but in the dark, it's downright invisible. One thing that would just be a cool visual is a living shadow. Rather than having the usual shadow based on lighting, it could be a visual aura that makes it look like it has a mind of it's own, like Dracula or Peter Pan... which is an odd combination but it works. If there are weapons and such for combat only, maybe as an animation, the shadows could spread down the arms and over the hands, making guns, bows, blades, clawed hands, and even alien looking Maws (again because Symbiote and shade look great in the same ways).
Detective gear. Trench coats, Various types of shoulder holsters, ties and button up shirts (sleeve rolled options), vests (dress and bulletproof). Various types of hoods that fit the trenchcoats (for my Shadow main).
Various Bandage wraps. Cut hand to full on mummy time. I'm hoping for something you would see in MMA or Wrestling for the hands and forearms but really... mummy time. Too many possibilities. Hardcore undead or sexy mummy costumes are appreciated as well.
I know that there were, as part of tiered donations, the abilities to make custom gear/visuals/powers and whatnot, but was there any possibility of getting a contest going for the fans to get in on that as well? I'm a terrible artist, but i would love to submit my hero designs if it means getting them in-game. I know there are plenty of others who would do the same thing.
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We actually have a Vantablack color that basically sucks in all the light too...
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Vantablack?
*Goes off to WIki*
Cool. Or warm, depending on how much light it has been absorbing...
I am continually being surprised by current SofA in nanotube applications. Thanks for helping me keep up. ^_^
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Wait.... You managed to put the blackest shade of black ever designed into the game? Is that even possible?
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Various card animations would be neat. Tarot cards, playing cards, could be thrown, drawn, etc for various animations.
Microphone as a prop, and also singing, dancing, and such animations.
The ever popular rocket punch would be a nice option for ranged attacks if it can be done.
"Let the past die. Kill it if you have to."
Easier to do in game than real life, in some ways, but remember: your screen is probably reflective, so that would be the limits of blackness in your system.
Now, when export rules allow them to ship us screens made of vantablack....
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None more black.
(insert pithy comment here)
I think it would be possible to do in-game by just having no reflection whatsoever.
In fact, I would also expect them to have vantablue, vantagreen and any other color on a VANTA-material selection, not just black. Yes I know, Vertically Aligned NanoTube Arrays are made of carbon and are thus black; but this is a superhero game. So even if its not possible to have other colors in real life yet, I expect that we will in this game. Select the totally non-reflective VANTA material (something unreal engine 4 enables) and then select your color. If you select black, then you have vantablack.
I made a hero in CoH called [i]Day-Glo Warrior[/i]. He was all black, but his boots, gloves, shoulders and headpiece were all bright neon colors like you would see in Day-glo black-light paint:
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I would love to resurrect that guy using the vanta material selection!
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All I can think of with this talk about VANTA colors is...
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"Let the past die. Kill it if you have to."
They say Vantablack would look like a poorly rendered video game model IRL :p it's so black it looks fake, like some PS1 low poly madness.
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VantaBlack is black because of the almost complete lack of photons reflected off of it in the visible range (absorbs 99.965%), not because of the "carbon = black" property. Making these so they reflect a very small segment of the visible spectrum but absorb the rest would be quite the feat, though not sure about practical applications.
As for having dull non-reflective/non-glowing materials options, pretty sure MWM already have that. Or are you talking about a materials option that stays the exact same color regardless of the color of the light that falls upon it?
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Yeah.... you realize that just because you say A=B, doesn't mean I can't say B=A, right? It's a chicken or the egg thing. It reflects no light because it's made out of carbon nanotubes arrayed in such a way that light is scattered within and does not come back out. I get that. Thus I can say that because it is made out of carbon nanotubes, it is black. I was trying to make a statement with one foot in the real world and one foot in a fictional world where what we want can be made to be. In other words, I was trying to hollywoodify the science.
All I'm saying is that in our fictional superhero world, other materials that would selectively return only narrow bands of wavelength corresponding to different colors would exist. This is not so much a stretch of the imagination. Just look at things made from yarn to see a near-totally non-reflective material. What is the stretch would be the non-reflective nature of true black being applied to other colors. By definition, it is impossible since any color we would observe is a reflection of light by definition. But I am trying not to let details like that get in the way of what would look cool.
Since UE4 doesn't actually use reflected light to show us the color of things, it would be possible. (yes, UE4 does simulate the effect by using the color of the light sources, both specular and scene, in combination with the base color to modify the color we see) Thus allowing our game designers the ability to have the same non-reflective properties as Vantablack, but in other colors as well. Now that I think about it, however, I don't know how they would do it? There are two problems with this.
The first problem is that if we really want the material to behave like it would in the real world, it would only be a color if the light source included the wavelength it reflected, otherwise it would be black. I'm not sure there are processes in UE4 to deal with that kind of binary appearance.
The second problem is that the because UE4 calculates the brightness of the object by the angle between the light source, the material, and the camera, there would be brighter areas and darker areas and shadows. Would UE4 be able to return only the same hue at any intensity? Would they be able to apply an upper limit to the intensity so it never looks pale or white in brighter lighting conditions, but only more true? One way would be to make the mesh emmissive instead of a color property of the mesh. But then there would be no shadows and it would still have color in dark conditions, which is not what we want for this exercise. If they split the mesh between emmissive and color, we would get some shadows but any emissive would still be emissive in the dark. I think the best they could realistically achieve without rewriting the UE4 post-processing would be to just have a completely matte material and call it a day.
yes, but I don't think that would be possible without making it emissive, as discussed above.
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Lay a dielectric mirror on top of the nanotubes, to reflect a specific wavelength. The rest should go through and be trapped by the nanotubes.
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Well technically you said that it was made from just "carbon" not "carbon nanotubes", to me that makes a huge difference. It's also the implication that the result is achieved just because it's made from a specific substance, not because that substance is arranged in a specific way.
Anyway, you might to want to at least hint at such things as "hollywoodify" since at least I have some trouble drawing such parallels myself. I'm a bit too literal at times.
Science yo!
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Another costume request, multiple variations of yukata please :)
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And to take my request a few days ago a bit further, variations of hakama would be great as well
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Has anyone requested fingernail polish, rings, or other finger decorations? I'm thinking of Casenova Frankenstein in Mystery Men or maybe an Eddie Murphy with rings over black gloves.
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Yes I'm still working on a summary of this thread. It has in fact been a bit of a "braingeyser" and frankly sort of a pain in the ass but I'm much closer to the end than the beginning at this point so that's good. :)
I've recently (last couple of weeks) been intentionally avoiding this thread just to focus on the bulk of it that represents the first thousand posts or so. I've got most of that done and I'll be skimming though anything else that's been added here soon.
Just as a quick preview I've distilled the data down into five main sections. They currently are as follows:
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[*]Universal Concepts - for policies/concepts concerning items/props/powers
[indent]A high-level set of ideas/concepts covering costume items and things tangentially related[/indent]
[*]Top Suggestions - these represent the most often suggested ideas/items
[indent]This listing is roughly ordered from "most often suggested" to merely "often suggested"[/indent]
[*]General Suggestions - these represent generalized/multi-purpose ideas/items
[indent]A listing capturing general ideas that could apply to multiple types/groupings of items[/indent]
[*]Character-based Suggestions - items desired from notable Titles/NPCs
[indent]A listing based on things from other titles or worn by notable individuals from various media[/indent]
[*]Unique Suggestions - these represent specific/unique/one-off ideas/items
[indent]A listing based on interesting suggestions that didn't quite fit in any other section[/indent]
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I'm planning on creating a new thread for this - a kind of "Costume Request Thread 2.0". It might make sense (once the new thread is in place) to lock this thread so that any new requests (for the foreseeable future) will go in the new thread. I'll leave that to the Devs if they want to handle it that way.
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If I haven't already, I'd like to suggest a pinky ring to go with The Calypso King's yellow suit.
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While this isn't so much a costume, it is an aesthetic choice, so I feel it belongs here nonetheless.
In order to keep walk and run speeds the same among characters, we have seen games adjust the rapidity of a character's steps to account for different leg lengths. So tall characters appear to step more slowly and shorter characters appear to nearly run to keep the same pace. What I would like to see is an option for prancing. Where small characters appear to walk with a more spring-like nature, stretching their legs out instead of moving with a normally sedate stride.
The following video of a small aurin race from Wildstar demonstrates perfectly what I am referring to as a prancing style of movement.
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I would like to see this as an aesthetic option.
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I actually had to wiki this too. ;)
Of course Wednesday always said...
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So I guess she'll have run off now and make a dress made of the purest Vantablack. ;)
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Funny, on the SciShow video, they said that Vantablack is so black you can't even see surface features. I'm more familiar with men's fashion, but wouldn't that negate the point of a tight black dress :p
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The point of a black dress (no one mentioned tight) is not the same for Wednesday Addams as for most women who purchase a black dress.
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Well yeah :p
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On the other hand it might be in Wednesday's nature to make her Vantablack dress (we can easily assume it would be just like her mother Morticia's standard slinky gown) the tightest, sexiest dress ever made but because no one can see the "surface features" no one would ever get the benefit of seeing her like that so she'd probably think that was ironic enough to do it that way. ;)
Also realistically speaking even if you could create "Vantablack cloth" and gather enough of it to make such a dress the stuff is probably hyper-expensive at the moment so this hypothetical dress might literally cost millions. I know the Addams family was always supposed to be insanely wealthy but even this might be beyond her means.
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I believe even Wednesday Addams has a sense of fashion to realize she wouldn't want to wear Vanta Black. It maybe darker, but it'd look stupid on someone. :p
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Holsters for pistols on the back, like this! Always saw my main having her pistols holstered in the small of the back (not crossed like the image) or at the shoulder's like swords. :)
Not really seeing how it would look stupid. First we'd have to assume you could even make some kind of cloth out of Vantablack to be able to make an article of clothing. That's probably a big assumption in the first place. But trust me when I say if it were possible (and affordable) somebody would try it, and not just a fictional Addams character. For all we know there might be some weird military application for that or some-such.
Besides it does provide a funny potential answer that many Goth/Emo kids have never expected for when their parents have thrown the classic, "When are you going to stop wearing all that black?" question at them and they responded with the silly, "When they make something darker!" retort. Who knew someone would -actually- make something darker IRL. ;)
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How would you have pistols like that at the "small of the back" without them being crossed over? The only way that'd work was if they were short enough that they didn't -need- to crossover each other like this:
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Doing something like that probably works better having to reach over your shoulders because then longer guns could just rest along the length of your back. Ironically having said that I couldn't quickly find any pics like that. The following was apparently the closest thing in real life that I could find like your pic in a few minutes. Seemingly no one (IRL) likes to wear guns "over the shoulders like swords". That must only be a fantasy/artist thing:
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Military (Spec Ops? Villainous?) Application: Nighttime camouflage. Very good for hiding in shadows.
Fashion App: Silhouettes.
But yeah, the "VA" stands for "vertically aligned", as in perpendicular to the plane of the fabric. How deep does it have to be to be that dark?
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YES, PLEASE!!!
And yes to all the holsters. Just having our weapons stowed in the "Usual Places" is nice but having more variety, as well as more options, would be nice. Has there been any word on if, with holstered weapons, we will actually be "drawing" them? i.e. when you go to use it, it disappears from the idle locations to appear in your hands? I know Star Trek Online and Elder Scrolls does this, though STO is a really bad version of it.
At the very least it would make for a very good ninja outfit.
The cool part is that at least for CoT it wouldn't matter if this could be done IRL or not. This is exactly the type of "science fiction" that's perfect for a superhero game. As cloganart said they already have a thing/color they're calling "Vantablack" in the game. ;)
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I'm not sure I've seen any Dev word on this yet but you're not the first to ask/suggest about "drawing weapons from holsters" in this thread. ;)
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So I've been something of a science fiction kick for the past little bit, and realized that there's something interesting missing from what's been requested here before (though I could be wrong, I didn't exactly go over the whole thread and I have a poor memory). Specifically, biologically engineered creatures. They're an exceedingly common science fiction trope, even far back as Mary Shelly's [i]Frankenstein[/i], and as recently as games such as Warframe, Starcraft, and Warhammer Forty Thousand (The Infestation, Zerg, and Tyranids are all explicitly designed to one degree or another), and I feel that the idea of biosculpted, genetically manipulated, and vat grown equipment and lifeforms can have a pretty awesome place in superhero stories.
For consideration for further in the future, the [url=https://imgur.com/a/LpWHj]Tyranids[/url] and the [url=https://imgur.com/a/fMHqz]Zerg[/url] might be able to provide some neat inspiration for Commander minions when Commanders finally get released, as I'd love to play a bio-tinker that made a squad of pets for herself that double as bodyguards and warriors.
Unless there's a faction based on the idea, I don't expect there to be much in the way of development for this sort of thing, given how it's somewhat niche, but I do think this is the sort of thing people would go out of their way to get for specific characters. I know I would, even if I'm a bit of a weird outlier, but I can't be alone in this sort of thing.
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An infinite number of tries doesn't mean that any one of those tries will succeed. I could flip an infinite number of pennies an infinite number of times and, barring genuine randomness, they will never come up "Waffles".
Having read the articles on vanta black, it doesn't seem like a color one could wear without looking dumb. :p Even they've said it looks so fake, even when not. Just because it sounds cool, doesn't mean it would be in real application. :p
That image is exactly what I pictured for my hero or as I said, kinda like that, but on the back so she can reach back like swords.
To each their own I guess. You can't really call something "fake" if it actually exists. I'm pretty sure when they were using the word "fake" they were simply commenting on its highly unique qualities that made it seem "unnatural" even though again it does literally exist. I suspect its completely "unique" look would be appealing to some as clothing precisely because it looks like nothing else you'd typically ever see. *shrugs*
I even found this youtube vid literally talking about using it on a dress (starting at about 2:35) and the one guy completely missed the point about how its qualities would actually be GREAT for something like a ninja outfit or Wednesday's hyper-black dress that would HIDE her features. These guys in the vid are clearly research engineers who know nothing about practical applications. ;)
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Nothing like this was directly suggested so it's been added to the summary list I'm working on. ;)
CoH player from April 25, 2004 to November 30, 2012
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Obviously exists. However, it'd be akin to some one doing completely awesome but when done in a movie, people are all "That's so fake."
I'm willing to say it's obviously "unique". But I still contend the people who are calling it "fake looking" are simply lacking the words to better describe something they have no analog to compare it to. *shrugs*
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On this note, how about MANY daggers and picks like you see on some knights.
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Got things like this covered in The List. :)
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Actually I don't think VantaBlack would be that good for a ninja, mainly because it's so "unnatural".
Read somewhere (10+ years ago) that even "standard" black is not so good to use when sneaking around at night since it is actually a bit too dark and can create sort of an outline even in shadows, it said that using a really dark blue was better since it was more natural and blends in better in shadows. I can only guess that VantaBlack would create even more of an outline.
We both know one character where Vantablack would be perfect for them! Something so unnatural and strange that it might seem or look alien? That has Entropy written all over it. Especially if it could be used for powers too.
Historically I believe ninja dressed like normal peasants which is why a lot of Ninja weaponry is modified or straight up farming implements :V
Best way to be a Ninja is to not look like one. Or to be literally invisible.
Venta black as clothing would be neat though, you'd look like a hole in space.
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Having tried "vantablack" on various costume pieces in the CC, I can clearly say that it does look very fake. But I won't let that stop you from wearing it. :P
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Of course VantaBlack didn't exist 10 years ago and as we're all talking about it has very uniquely unusual properties with regards to light absorption over anything made with "standard" black/blue material. I would be interested to see night-time camouflage studies done with this new material to see if the OLD conclusions still apply.
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Historically ninja "were" mostly peasants so that explains the clothing and weaponry. ;)
Except when they did stuff at night when they did wear black.
If nothing else it would be "unique" and as we all know fashion will always try something weird/new just like this.
CoH player from April 25, 2004 to November 30, 2012
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I still marvel at people using the word "fake" when they seem to lack any better way to describe Vantablack. Sure it looks very unique and maybe even unnatural but I really don't see where the word "fake" is coming from. I would ask "fake" compared to what? What could you tell me was "real" in comparison to Vantablack?
But as you say you know anyone will try anything and even if it looks as "bad" as you say for clothing why would that stop a typical insanely kooky villain from wearing it at the very least? ;)
CoH player from April 25, 2004 to November 30, 2012
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Good news everyone!
As you might have seen I finally summarized this Costume Request Thread by starting a new thread (Costume Request Thread 2.0) with my summary listing as the first posts. I think things might work best if everyone started using the new thread for all future costume suggestion ideas and I've gone so far as to ask the Devs to lock this thread so that all new costume suggestions from now on will stem from additions/modifications to the summarized list. I'll continue to incorporate any useful suggestions to the list that appear on the new thread and hopefully as I explained it will become a good working collection of data for everyone to refer to.
Enjoy! :)
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