First order of business...
Meet Rina of the Shadow.
This screenshot was taken when the 'sparkles' from the dark armor powers were at low ebb. When they're at high ebb, the blue lines sort of fade out, which I think is kind of cool looking. (The gems are a bit more visible, though I might brighten the color on them up a bit anyway. Never really noticed this effect on Anire, but then the parts of her that aren't black are white or skin, which don't blend in that well. Or I could just be getting distracted by the fishnet stockings...) Mentally comparing Rina to everyone else I've seen, I think she's going to stand out quite a bit anyway, just due to being a big ball of darkness...
Second order of business...
On costumes in general. The more I fiddle with things, the more impressed I am with upper body/armored/chest/armor plate/none. The base you have before applying a pattern largely shifts to match the primary color you have selected, wheras some (say, tech banded) have large jarring areas of white stuck on them. Medieval looks fantastic when your secondary color is white (which is why I was using it when I first started playing with designs for Rina), but with other secondary colors it seems kind of jarring.
I can't really think of any suggestions from other categories. Jackets just don't look like armor, and nothing else is even close. Not going into other categories... what about using a different pattern? The little round thingies and such are there even with no pattern anyway, the addition from armor plate pattern is changing some large areas from the primary color to the secondary. I don't know what pattern would be the best, but I'm sure there's *something* we can agree on. (I kind of like the look of starshot, but it doesn't put anything on the front, and I'm not sure how well it'd work conceptwise.)
And remember, if you want to test different costumes, come to the test server, where one of the half dozen Eri Silverwing clones can give you enough influence to mess with your costume for hours on end! '.'
-Morgan. o O (Upper body, armor plate; Lower body, bikini 3... I can't believe I haven't seen this in game already?)
"An evil force lies in wait for an unsuspecting group of travellers. ... Well, there's plenty of evil forces in the world, no one'll notice if this one goes missing."
Meet Rina of the Shadow.
This screenshot was taken when the 'sparkles' from the dark armor powers were at low ebb. When they're at high ebb, the blue lines sort of fade out, which I think is kind of cool looking. (The gems are a bit more visible, though I might brighten the color on them up a bit anyway. Never really noticed this effect on Anire, but then the parts of her that aren't black are white or skin, which don't blend in that well. Or I could just be getting distracted by the fishnet stockings...) Mentally comparing Rina to everyone else I've seen, I think she's going to stand out quite a bit anyway, just due to being a big ball of darkness...
Second order of business...
On costumes in general. The more I fiddle with things, the more impressed I am with upper body/armored/chest/armor plate/none. The base you have before applying a pattern largely shifts to match the primary color you have selected, wheras some (say, tech banded) have large jarring areas of white stuck on them. Medieval looks fantastic when your secondary color is white (which is why I was using it when I first started playing with designs for Rina), but with other secondary colors it seems kind of jarring.
I can't really think of any suggestions from other categories. Jackets just don't look like armor, and nothing else is even close. Not going into other categories... what about using a different pattern? The little round thingies and such are there even with no pattern anyway, the addition from armor plate pattern is changing some large areas from the primary color to the secondary. I don't know what pattern would be the best, but I'm sure there's *something* we can agree on. (I kind of like the look of starshot, but it doesn't put anything on the front, and I'm not sure how well it'd work conceptwise.)
And remember, if you want to test different costumes, come to the test server, where one of the half dozen Eri Silverwing clones can give you enough influence to mess with your costume for hours on end! '.'
-Morgan. o O (Upper body, armor plate; Lower body, bikini 3... I can't believe I haven't seen this in game already?)
"An evil force lies in wait for an unsuspecting group of travellers. ... Well, there's plenty of evil forces in the world, no one'll notice if this one goes missing."