Costumes in RL

[Mutant for Hire]

Thoughts of the soon to be out Daredevil movie drew me to this question.

What characters in the Champions Universe would pass the cosplay test? That is, what costumes would not look ridiculous if they were worn by someone in real world.

[cubist]

Foxbat, of course

[Jhamin]

I'm not sure Ironclad would look at all imposing in the real world.

And as comic book type hoods almost never translate well into real life, Nighthawk will look pretty foolish in the flesh.

[Patriot]

(Patriot cringes) Foxbat on the big screen.......I may be ill.


Most of the characters wouldnot be to hard to pull off, there are exceptions of course

Grond
The Maine
montana
to name few

[Agent X]

Originally posted by Jhamin
I'm not sure Ironclad would look at all imposing in the real world.

And as comic book type hoods almost never translate well into real life, Nighthawk will look pretty foolish in the flesh.

And he doesn't look foolish already?

[MilkmanDan]

Originally posted by Mutant for Hire
Thoughts of the soon to be out Daredevil movie drew me to this question.

What characters in the Champions Universe would pass the cosplay test? That is, what costumes would not look ridiculous if they were worn by someone in real world.

Every single costume would look ridiculous. Grond's a four-armed green guy in underwear. Terrifying, but ridiculous. You can't wear spandex or a mask in public without looking like a deviant. Well, I suppose most female supers would look just dandy dancing up on a stage considering the wonderbra-esque soft porn they're drawn as.

[Jhamin]

Originally posted by Agent X
And he doesn't look foolish already?

Not if you live in the land of Oz. Those red slippers are pretty styling in some circles.

[Agent X]

Originally posted by Jhamin
Not if you live in the land of Oz. Those red slippers are pretty styling in some circles.

I'm sorry. My first response to the character was that it was a characature of the Blue Falcon.

Then I realized I was supposed to take that costume seriously.

Then I realized they were using him as one of their Icons.

[Mutant for Hire]

It's occured to me that some of the powered armor trypes might not be so bad. Or it's at least possible to make some powered armor that wouldn't look goofy in the real world.

[Mad Dog Mike]

Defender's costume could certainly look rather nice with enough budget when cosplayed; love the color pic of it in the sidebar!

[Tamashii2000]

Two words
Doctor Destroyer.

[Mutant for Hire]

In reflecting on this thread, it has occured to me that we may be a bit too harsh. A lot of outfits that people have worn in other times and cultures. Whether or not some superhero outfits look any goofier than stuff people wore in the sixties and seventies is a matter for doubt. And how about some of the more bizarre creations of fashion designers these days?

That being said, I am inclined to think it would be hard for a lot of those costumes to become fashionable, though frighteningly enough during the sixties that might have been possible...

[Jeff T.]

Menton would look pretty smooth. Or at least, you'd 'think' he did.

Firewing would look fine, considering he'd be wreathed in flames!

[RDU Neil]

Originally posted by Starlord
Menton would look pretty smooth. Or at least, you'd 'think' he did.

Firewing would look fine, considering he'd be wreathed in flames!

Did you see the latest Bond film. Pretty lame, IMO... but I loved the title sequence, with the female figures digitally enhanced to be covered in ice or flame.

The flame effects were outstanding. I kept thinking, "If they do a Fantastic Four movie, then the Human Toarch will look amazing!"

Hope to see more "power effects as costumes" in future super movies, since I think that will be a way to make the costume work, unlike spandex.

[Acroyear]

In our low power game, which was essentially the introduction of supers to a "real world" (with lots of annoying more realistic physics that you had to work around, too) one player intentionally made himself a fire sheath/ice sheath guy so he didn't have to worry. One guy had to wear a tarp (he grew) and another guy used a scarf like a bandana and one relied on super speed blurring (me) until an unfortunate jacket snag at 60mph busted me up. Then I started wearing spandex running suits and a helmet which eventually got fancier and fancier until it turned into an actual super-hero esque costume.

Then as PR came into play, everyone started wearing costumes for identification and PR purposes... but the trend actually started out as wearing "something form fitting with the least chance to snag on something."