Tag: costume design

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@bleedinginkxiii submitted:

Found this oh so lovely set of female mage armor on Artstation. I had some time so I decided to make some fixes. They’re not amazing by any means, but at least these women can move without worry of a breeze or breaking an ankle/neck in the heat of battle. 

The artist also made a set of male counterparts to these and they look nothing alike (surprise, surprise). 

Here’s the link: 

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/O94e

Very nice redesign.  Personally what I find amazing about the male counterparts is that it seems their outfits are already very unisex and would be quite flattering on many bodies:

Looking around these appear to be concepts for a new “card” game by the creators of Vindictus.  It seems, that they’ve been quite free and loose with the art direction, but apparently quite determined to maintain double standards.

This is why we can’t have nice things.

– wincenworks

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eschergirls:

chrisbachmann submitted:

Cammy Can Pull Packages Out Of Her Butt

Not sure how this would be categorized.

http://kotaku.com/cammy-can-pull-packages-out-of-her-butt-1781737502

Atomic wedgie? I guess if you had a package in your butt, it would be the ultimate wedgie.

I suppose since Cammy wears her costume internally, that’s where she stores things >_o

While one would have figured that it was not really necessary to ask cosplayers about whether or not Cammy had room to carry packages on her person – apparently Capcom could probably have learned something.

The bright side is that at least Chun Li’s expression was appropriate in every way:

– wincenworks

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Why stuntwomen are in more danger than men

Why stuntwomen are in more danger than men

@sartoriainsulindica submitted:

An interesting look at how dubious costume choices/designs can significantly increase the level of danger that must be faced by real-life women (stunt performers, in this case) working to portray fictional characters.

An oft overlooked factor when people insist that this is all just make believe and so doesn’t really matter.

It goes without saying, of course, that if trying to do stunts in carefully controlled environments becomes more dangerous due to ridiculous costumes then those same outfits raise the dangers in a chaotic environment (such as a battlefield) exponentially.

– wincenworks

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Why stuntwomen are in more danger than men

Why stuntwomen are in more danger than men

@sartoriainsulindica submitted:

An interesting look at how dubious costume choices/designs can significantly increase the level of danger that must be faced by real-life women (stunt performers, in this case) working to portray fictional characters.

An oft overlooked factor when people insist that this is all just make believe and so doesn’t really matter.

It goes without saying, of course, that if trying to do stunts in carefully controlled environments becomes more dangerous due to ridiculous costumes then those same outfits raise the dangers in a chaotic environment (such as a battlefield) exponentially.

– wincenworks

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Tenchu: Fatal Shadows was a game that showed how disappointing it gets when you decide to put more emphasis on an action focused female cast and decide that they’ll count of sex appeal to make up for bland designs.

While it’s true they are looking to Feudal Japan for inspiration and hence trying to match those, it’s also true the the previous games managed to incorporate much more interesting designs for important male characters.

wincenworks

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No, but guys, picture this:

irregularjohnnywiggins:

A retelling of Wonder Woman’s origin story…

…Where the reason she’s got the Bikini of Power is that the Amazons sent her out into the modern day to ‘fit in’, but they looked at pop culture and our media first and just assumed ‘really unrealistic bikini armours’ are just how our female soldiers dress.

And when Wonder Woman finds out it’s not, she goes and finds herself some pants.

…I think I’m going to write this at some point.

Now THAT is a sensible excuse to have Wonder Woman wear something as ridiculous as she usually does! Also it reminds me of her old origin story where basically it was decided she’d wear USA’s colors, so that she’ll be a better ambassador to the outside world.

I’d totally read that take on the character.

~Ozzie

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