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Creating a Costume for a Dhampir


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I suppose the question that needs to be asked is how well (s)he pulls off the gender (s)he is dressed as and how body shy (s)he is. A full bodysuit works to protect from sunlight, but if the character could wear booty shorts and a sport bra, if they feel comfortable wearing it.

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Since you are going with a body suit, I guess the first thing to decide is color. What is the basic color do you want? Is the character armed? Does the character have strange body changing powers like Alucard? 

 

I tend to prefer normal clothes as costumes but the same choices apply.

 

Here are three examples of what I mean from some stories I wrote:

1) Jack Dragon is a stage magician who can do real magic. In the tradition of Zatara and other comic book mages, Jack wears black or dark business suits. He carries small index cards and sunglasses that he uses for his spells. He looks like the typical man in black.

 

2) The Leaguer is an agent for an alien police force that use nanotech to build armor in the vein of Iron Man. The armor can be any shape, and size, but the Earth Leaguer uses it as armor with like a faceless gold silhouette with the triangular L on his chest. One Leaguer builds a gold starship. One uses his armor to be like Beast Boy, or Ben Ten, changing the shape to suit the problem.

 

3) The Mocker is an experiment and attempted murder victim who gained the ability to use shadows to hide and move around. He cobbled together a costume from a hockey mask, plain towel, and a body suit, and boots.

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Since you are going with a body suit, I guess the first thing to decide is color. What is the basic color do you want? Is the character armed? Does the character have strange body changing powers like Alucard? 

 

I tend to prefer normal clothes as costumes but the same choices apply.

 

Here are three examples of what I mean from some stories I wrote:

1) Jack Dragon is a stage magician who can do real magic. In the tradition of Zatara and other comic book mages, Jack wears black or dark business suits. He carries small index cards and sunglasses that he uses for his spells. He looks like the typical man in black.

 

2) The Leaguer is an agent for an alien police force that use nanotech to build armor in the vein of Iron Man. The armor can be any shape, and size, but the Earth Leaguer uses it as armor with like a faceless gold silhouette with the triangular L on his chest. One Leaguer builds a gold starship. One uses his armor to be like Beast Boy, or Ben Ten, changing the shape to suit the problem.

 

3) The Mocker is an experiment and attempted murder victim who gained the ability to use shadows to hide and move around. He cobbled together a costume from a hockey mask, plain towel, and a body suit, and boots.

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She does not carry a weapon right now since she has claws but if she did carry a weapon it would a sword of some type.  She has no shapeshifting abilities.

 

I do not want the costume to be solid green, red, or yellow in color.  I could see her costume having boots.

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She does not carry a weapon right now since she has claws but if she did carry a weapon it would a sword of some type.  She has no shapeshifting abilities.

 

I do not want the costume to be solid green, red, or yellow in color.  I could see her costume having boots.

Okay. That gives you blue, orange, indigo, and violet for a palette with white, black, and brown as back up  Do you have some kind of symbol like a skull or something?

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Okay. That gives you blue, orange, indigo, and violet for a palette with white, black, and brown as back up  Do you have some kind of symbol like a skull or something?

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I want a vampire hunter symbol located in the center of the chest of the outfit if it will look good.

 

I keep leaning toward her costume be possibly blue with another color mixed into the costume.

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I want a vampire hunter symbol located in the center of the chest of the outfit if it will look good.

 

I keep leaning toward her costume be possibly blue with another color mixed into the costume.

Blue and white, with a blood red cross over the breast.

 

 

Lucius Alexander

 

The palindromedary says designing costumes for religiously inspired characters can be habit forming

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How about hot pink and purple?  Why should all vampires use dark brooding colors?

 

Or 

 

Country western style clothes?  Vampires always seem to be dressed either in formal wear (suits, tuxes) or punk goth/rebels.  Make them a fashion stand out.

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Blue and white, with a blood red cross over the breast.

 

 

Lucius Alexander

 

The palindromedary says designing costumes for religiously inspired characters can be habit forming

If costume had a cross on it would not be blood red.

 

What do you think of the costume having gloves?

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If costume had a cross on it would not be blood red.

Silver outlined with gold then. Or skip the cross and have just a gracefully flowing garment of blue and white.

 

 

What do you think of the costume having gloves?

The important question is what do you think of it?

 

Lucius Alexander

 

Do you care what a palindromedary thinks?

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Silver outlined with gold then. Or skip the cross and have just a gracefully flowing garment of blue and white.

 

 

The important question is what do you think of it?

 

Lucius Alexander

 

Do you care what a palindromedary thinks?

I would like the costume to have gloves and boots.

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