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Street Mages

ogremindesogremindes Posts: 348 Arc User
edited July 2014 in Costumes and Concepts
Having recently created a new character who is a 'Street Mage', I'd like to see both people's feedback on the costume and their own takes on the concept.

To me, visually a street mage is dressed mostly in 'normal' clothes with a bit of mystical flair to identify them as a spellslinger. My own street mage, Iri Ibzan, has a short hooded robe and a bit of egyptian flavour.

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-Ogre
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  • chalupaoffurychalupaoffury Posts: 2,553 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    I played a lot of these in shadowrun, that system has this trope on lock.

    Elf%20Street%20Mage.jpg

    I'll toss something together, this is a cool idea. :)
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  • ogremindesogremindes Posts: 348 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    I did try referencing Shadowrun when I first started making my Street Mage costume, but a cursory search (heh, if not for the internet that'd be an oxymoron) didn't come up with much I could use. If you tried to simply recreate the pic you posted in CO the street aspect would be lost, I think.

    -Ogre
  • chalupaoffurychalupaoffury Posts: 2,553 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    Oh, you're right about that. I've done street mages before in game, they're tricky to pull off, at the least. I'd imagine street shaman would be way easier? I'ma try both, was gonna do it yesterday but my pound and a half chihuahua decided to eat half a king sized nutrageous bar.

    As for your costume? I like it. Not really the color palate I'da gone with, blue on blue just sits strangely with me, but you definitely hit the effect you were going for. I think the fact that the colors sit oddly with me might work in its favor, truth be told. It's got a slapped together "this is what I had on my floor" feel to it that suits the hell out of a street mage, and it's obvious that you unified the outfit with accent colors and that it was an intentional effect. Tying everything together with the shoes the way you did was a great touch, it brings the whole outfit together.

    You give me the urge to turn Antaka, my persian healer, into a street mage/street shaman type. Might even do it with my grimoire when that comes around in my AT project. My kingdom for staff emanation points.
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  • chalupaoffurychalupaoffury Posts: 2,553 Arc User
    edited June 2014
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    Quick little effort on Antaka. I tried to take it a bit shadowrun-ish, but that's proving to be pretty tricky. I gave her fetishes, the coil bracelet and the necklace, but working in the cyberpunk side of things is proving a bit hard.
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  • ogremindesogremindes Posts: 348 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    I made one very minor change to Iri's costume: after reading up a bit on egyptian mythology I made his eyes two different colours, to strengthen a thematic link to Horus.
    Costume_Ogremindes_IriIbzan_CC_Comic_Page_Blue_456711710.jpg
    chalupaoffury wrote: »
    As for your costume? I like it. Not really the color palate I'da gone with, blue on blue just sits strangely with me, but you definitely hit the effect you were going for. I think the fact that the colors sit oddly with me might work in its favor, truth be told. It's got a slapped together "this is what I had on my floor" feel to it that suits the hell out of a street mage, and it's obvious that you unified the outfit with accent colors and that it was an intentional effect. Tying everything together with the shoes the way you did was a great touch, it brings the whole outfit together.

    It wasn't quite the colour scheme I chose initially, either. I entered the game with a midnight blue robe with yellow and blue accents. Like this:
    Costume_Ogremindes_IriIbzan_CC_Comic_Page_Blue_456485114.jpg
    After some play I just found the lighter blue worked better. I think I hit the mark between civvies and panoply pretty well, even if I say so myself :-)
    chalupaoffury wrote: »
    x3tl46.jpg

    Quick little effort on Antaka. I tried to take it a bit shadowrun-ish, but that's proving to be pretty tricky. I gave her fetishes, the coil bracelet and the necklace, but working in the cyberpunk side of things is proving a bit hard.

    I think it'd be easier to judge with the auras off (a street mage isn't going to run around lit up like that full-time, especially if you're invoking shadowrun), but I can see that working. The decorations on the limbs seems rather random. I think if you had, for example, the detached sleeve on both arms and dropped the tribal paint it would come off bit stronger.
    gradii wrote: »
    Here's Cabal, the OP's costume inspired me to make this:

    kIUrWty.png

    I think I managed to improve a bit on the original design, while making a female version of the costume.

    I would't say improved so much as took it in a different direction. Looking at it I don't see a street mage so much as a magical gunslinger, largely due to how prominent the western belts and holsters are. I reckon if you played up the western imagery slightly more you'd be onto something really cool there.

    -Ogre
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  • chalupaoffurychalupaoffury Posts: 2,553 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    Oh, yeah, I was intentionally going a bit slapdash. To me, a street mage has to be a bit pieced together and sorta "and then I'll wear one of these". I normally hate asymmetry, but the concept really cries out for it, imo.
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  • ealford1985ealford1985 Posts: 3,582 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    chalupaoffury wrote: »
    Oh, yeah, I was intentionally going a bit slapdash. To me, a street mage has to be a bit pieced together and sorta "and then I'll wear one of these". I normally hate asymmetry, but the concept really cries out for it, imo.

    I totally agree. A Mage attire should be more functional than for style. A talisman here an amulet there. A Mage would acquire certain items in their travels that would most likely really clash with everything they own.

    Too bad there isn't a Gap of the Arcane Mage store.
  • velis3velis3 Posts: 126 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    Ok, so here is my version of a Shadowrun street mage.

    StreetMage.jpg

    Functional clothing with an urban flair, arcane pattern on the hood and coat proclaim, "I'm a mage, fireball up your...", plus the required trinkets: demon necklace and rings. I figured I'd give it a shot, seeing as I already made a Street Samurai:

    StreetSamGun.jpg
  • chalupaoffurychalupaoffury Posts: 2,553 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    velis3 wrote: »
    Ok, so here is my version of a Shadowrun street mage.

    StreetMage.jpg

    That. Right there. Is freaking legit.

    I've got an archery adept look I'm leveling for my AT project, I'll post that when it hits 40. :D
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  • jonsillsjonsills Posts: 6,318 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    ealford1985 wrote: »
    I totally agree. A Mage attire should be more functional than for style.
    There's a saying I read somewhere, but can't recall where, to do with dressing mages in fantasy games: "Never work higher magic in clothes you can't run in." That should be one of the guiding principles for a street mage - if things go wrong, escape should be as easy as possible.
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  • chalupaoffurychalupaoffury Posts: 2,553 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    gradii wrote: »
    escape gets harder once you realize you've accidentally turned yourself into a patio chair. :tongue:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSEs2ZT5dc8
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  • jonsillsjonsills Posts: 6,318 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    Well, it's more a matter of getting away from something you accidentally summoned up but didn't mean to - it's harder to flee for your life in ankle-length robes and an animal-skull necklace. That's why my D&D mages tend to forgo dramatically-billowing cloaks and fancy robes in favor of warm jackets and well-tailored pants of tough fabric. (You can fit a lot of pockets inside a good jacket, especially when you've enchanted them to hold more than they really should.)
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  • stjobestjobe Posts: 81 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    My own take on the concept is Wiz Kid (currently enjoying retirement at 40):

    WizKidWizard.jpg

    Here's another quick one I made:

    StreetMage.jpg

    Feel free to use the template if you want:

    Costume_stjobe_StreetMage_CC_Comic_Page_Blue_458839633.jpg
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