Colour Guide: Terran Empire Captain/Commander (Discovery Uniforms)

terranempire

I hope I can justify a thread for this here. I tried doing it myself by comparing the two closest colours I think that match with the on-camera show and in-game colours of Terran Disco uniforms. Now I know there is no set rule but I was trying to match the NPCs in the game. Most people think A20 represents the gold chest piece/shoulder/belt. I feel it looks way too dull. You know like a dirty bronze/brown rather than gold. It could be the poor lighting though.



I went with A9 it looked more golden compared to A20 and overall just looks more brighter like the one on the show.




The thing is it was driving me nuts that the colours weren't quite right. So I ended up running Pahvo mission wearing both uniforms and comparing them to Killy's model.



She is definitely wearing A20 (I think).



Then I look at the promo of the uniforms and they look more like A9, especially the officer/security uniforms.

PS. also noticed that the uniform suit (entire suit under the armour) looks like a deep navy blue in-game. I have seen fan art depicting that as well. Except the TV uniforms look black or are my eyes deceiving me?


What does everyone else think?

terranempire

Update: I went with A9 in the end. Although Killy in-game appears to wear a darker version (A20) it just looks like a dull brown and not a glamour gold like on screen. I guess you can blame the game's environmental lighting. When in doubt always go for the shinny version. A9 people! Don't go dirty brown!

To ensure that this thread doesn't become pointless pile of waste please feel free to use it to discuss variant colour schemes or mix and match uniform experiments. For example I found out that you can create TOS/Enterprise era midriff with Disco Terran armour. There is some clipping but it works pretty well.





I was going to try and do TMP Terran version but I don't have the C-store TMP prime uniform to experiment with.






Also I found out Cryptic didn't include all the uniforms from the show. Terran Lords with their capes are absent as well as the first officer uniform, and medals (aka the first officer, the bridge crew, survived mortal wound and the science version of master of poisons). Maybe they will release another uniform pack with all the missing stuff including a Emperor Georgiou costume. One can only hope.

kaithan1975

It's probably more a lighting thing than anything. It's not unusual though to not be able to match colors exactly. It seems sometimes the palette used to create outfits in game aren't the same as what's available to us in the Tailor Shop. A20 would seem to match more closely with DSC (show) and what we see in game on Tilly.

Edit: If you go back to the episode Despite Yourself, Conner on screen seems more A9 with light shining on him and Tilly and Burnham look more A20 in natural light.

warmaker001b

The lighting in that episode made everything really stand out that had a metallic shine to it.

Still, I'd like all that Terran Empire uniform stuff.

shadowkosh

The only problem that I have found is I have the mirror universe uniform on my discovery crew and it appears that bridge officers of the 21st-century when you try to put the vest over them and then add the empire insignia it blends together it doesn’t actually show correctly

terranempire

Yeah I thought it was the lighting. I know the game had new environmental lights for the graphics but I think they need way more lights. ESD and other places are still way too dark. No wonder the Terrans are sensitive to light.

markhawkman

Dark Blue tends to have weird lighting issues in general. Some lights make it look black and some make it look lighter blue.

terranempire

I think I like the them being black. Not a fan of the light/navy blue disco uniform at all.

shadowkosh

One of the devs posted a color guide for the odyssey uniforms way back hopefully they will post one for the mirror

terranempire

That be cool.

markhawkman

Here's the colors I used for the "Deforestation" variant.

https://twitter.com/marhawkman/status/1137784749865492480

Uniform - Jacket Loose
DSC Terran Command Open; T4, T5, D12, A16
Gloves Paneled; I3, I17
Wrist Attach Left; Intel; A1
WA Right; EngFab2; A9, A9
Badge; DSC Mirror; A21
Back; Eng Combat 3;
Arm Attach Left; Eng Tech 2; A9, P18, P18, A9
Arm Attach Right, DSC Mirror Terran Armguard; D12
Chest Gear; DSC Terran Captain; A1, A1, A1, A1
--Acc1; A1, A1
--Acc2; A21, A13, C1
Shoulderpads; DSC Terran Command; A1, A16

Uniform - Pants Tight
Boot DSC Terran; T5, A16, D15, A17
Lower; Tight DSC Terran; T6, A1
Belt; DSC Terran Captain; A1, A1, A16, A13
Kit EngTech3; A9, A9, A11, A10
Kit SciSci1; A6, A6
DSC Terran Command; A16, A1

Yeah the metallic parts are more bronze than gold, and the base color is more charcoal than black. Some of the dark parts don't have blue as an option, but that might be a bit of metallic piping I wanted to de-emphasize.