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vorshoth
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Hey all! I've been working on a character who uses a mix of technology and magic, named The Artificer, a scientist/inventor who incorporates magic into his abilities, mainly as a fuel source, making him have a superscience suit powered by magic ritualsrather than hand-waved in vague sciencey stuff.
The problem is, I'm not sure how to costume him. My current outfit is essentially a light grey and yellow Iron Man clone wearing Doctor Doom's cloak in a dark grey.
It looks okay, sorta, but it kind of doesn't look right to my eyes, a bit too bright in parts, and lacking detail.
Also, I'm colour blind, so I'm wary of being too colourful in case I use green where I want yellow or red where I want brown, or purple instead of blue.
So really, I'm asking for help with the costume.
Below is a snippet that I honestly can't remember where the original came from, and I've edited it a lot, but it's what inspired me to make the Artificer.
"Sir, I advise against this. We haven't tested the ritual fully, and your own projections suggest it could..."
"I built this suit, Wilson. It'll work..." the weary man growled as his technicians tightened his chest plating in.
"But Mr Whatley, it could sever the sub-spa-"
"I SAID, it will WORK!" he shouted, as a nervous technician slid his head armour on, and pulled the cloak over it to provide the disguised solar cells to connect to the computers they powered.
Everyone stood back from the armoured man. Wilson raised his finger to object to the activation, but then decided against it, as it wasn't worth his job, with how obsessed Mr Whatley had become over it.
"Activating in 3... 2... 1..."
The air shook, and eldritch whispering emerged from the core of the suit, and all background noise stopped, for a moment. All in the room had a sudden intense sensation of a severe migrane, unlike any they had felt prior.
Then everything returned to normal, but now the suit enamated strange rune-like structures into the air, from the gauntlets, and the bloodshot eyes of Mr Tony Whatley had been covered by a bright glow within his faceplate, giving a eerie other-worldy look to his eyes.
"Told you it would work." He gloats, smirking behind the grim mask.
The problem is, I'm not sure how to costume him. My current outfit is essentially a light grey and yellow Iron Man clone wearing Doctor Doom's cloak in a dark grey.
It looks okay, sorta, but it kind of doesn't look right to my eyes, a bit too bright in parts, and lacking detail.
Also, I'm colour blind, so I'm wary of being too colourful in case I use green where I want yellow or red where I want brown, or purple instead of blue.
So really, I'm asking for help with the costume.
Below is a snippet that I honestly can't remember where the original came from, and I've edited it a lot, but it's what inspired me to make the Artificer.
"Sir, I advise against this. We haven't tested the ritual fully, and your own projections suggest it could..."
"I built this suit, Wilson. It'll work..." the weary man growled as his technicians tightened his chest plating in.
"But Mr Whatley, it could sever the sub-spa-"
"I SAID, it will WORK!" he shouted, as a nervous technician slid his head armour on, and pulled the cloak over it to provide the disguised solar cells to connect to the computers they powered.
Everyone stood back from the armoured man. Wilson raised his finger to object to the activation, but then decided against it, as it wasn't worth his job, with how obsessed Mr Whatley had become over it.
"Activating in 3... 2... 1..."
The air shook, and eldritch whispering emerged from the core of the suit, and all background noise stopped, for a moment. All in the room had a sudden intense sensation of a severe migrane, unlike any they had felt prior.
Then everything returned to normal, but now the suit enamated strange rune-like structures into the air, from the gauntlets, and the bloodshot eyes of Mr Tony Whatley had been covered by a bright glow within his faceplate, giving a eerie other-worldy look to his eyes.
"Told you it would work." He gloats, smirking behind the grim mask.
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And here's my idea of a magical PA concept.
No extra parts needed, though!
I wish I knew more of what you're looking for, but I'm all for trying out an idea. Here's something - am I in the ballpark?
Orichalcum is copper-colored, so coppery-red, bronze-orange, and golden-yellow would be appropriate colors, and would get you away from the common steel blue and iron grey.
Hoptoad, I like yours, mainly for colour and that you used the Defender pieces that not many seem to use. I've made a modified version of it that is the 'stealth suit'.
Kind of going for a 'creates multiple suits' thing with this one, and not just because I have an addiction to the costume creator, but to underline the Iron Man homagery.
I like yours too, hodgypodge: nice look: earthy coppery colours with glowy bits, contrasted against grey.
Much better than my own attempt when I first made the character, which was pretty much 'let's just make Iron Man, using the 90s mask, then slap a Nighthawk hood on it, a cape, and make it grey and primary colour yellow for some reason, and call it a day.
Anyway, cheers everyone for replying to this and sorry for not looking at the thread I made until now. XD