Wot Costumes

[Hatchet]

Hi It's me Hatchet. There's no good way to say this so I'll just say it: does anybody have a good idea for making an Asha'man costume? Or a costume of any WoT character. I now halloween is a long way off. but the idea just came into my head and I wanted to start preparing.

[SBoydW]

:shock: Whoa due your avy is WAY to big.... 80x80 is the limit

 

and no ideas...

[the dude]

well, your main components are your coat and the pins, right? it's finding a black coat with a distinctive enough look to it that's key. unfortunately, the kind of cuts of coat i always pictured in the books may be difficult to find in real life. of course, what you picture could vary a lot from what i picture too.

 

i had this dilemma myself, actually, for my wedding last fall. i wanted a coat in black that looked somewhat like rand's coat on the cover of fires of heaven (mostly because it was a good approximation of something i'd had in mind for years and years and years already). when i went looking in stores, the price tags had me fleeing in tears, clutching my wallet to my chest like a dead hamster. i eventually had it custom tailored.

 

i just realized that none of this helps at all.... :oops:

 

best suggestion: look in second-hand clothing stores. start looking now, and check regularly; stuff goes in and out of those places every day, and you just have to get lucky.

 

for the pins, well, you can always just order the replicas online, or you can get creative yourself, i guess.

[loki redfern]

i know those kinds of coast cost a BOMB, but you can get some good ones like the dude said in second hand shops. :( you cant even find the fabric anywhere, i make one if i could

[Guest Barmacral]

Get ahold of a pattern for a coat from historical times, such as the 1800's. Those should actually pass fairly well for WoT coats.

[the dude]

that's a good idea too. and if you shop around, you could probably find someone who could do it up for relatively inexpensive. the one i had made ran about, oh, $250 or so, which was pretty good, all things considered. kinda pricy for a halloween costume though.

[loki redfern]

:cry: now a want to make one. i find if you just make up a twol of what about you have in mind then you can tweak that and use it as a pattern. i think i actually will do this

[the dude]

i even got buttons that had a big "W" on it. W for wedding!

[loki redfern]

or wing?

[the dude]

nah, we served roast beef, not wings.

[loki redfern]

aww well that was the only wordbegining with W i could think off. that i can write down anyway

[the dude]

well, while "wedding" was my "official" stance on the w, others contended that it was for my last name, which would technically be accurate too. however, the true significance is "wangsman." and just look.

 

 

that, sir, is a wangsman. 8)

[SBoydW]

OOOOO I likey a lot 8)

[loki redfern]

i love it :shock: :D . again. :D

[the dude]

again? 8)

[SBoydW]

Make it Tie-Dye!!

[Guest Barmacral]

Can you possibly imagine Logain with a tye-dye coat? Or Taim for that matter?

[the dude]

It is an amusing idea. The Forsaken should institute is as a punishment plan. Screw up, and it's the technicolor dweeb coat for you!

[SBoydW]

:lol: and you have to wear a canadian maple leaf shirt.

[Guest Barmacral]

boyd... the dude was talking about punishment, not rewards. Stick with the topic man!

[SBoydW]

Hmmmmm funny I thought I was :P

[Guest Barmacral]

Well you're WRONG! WRONG I say!

[SBoydW]

Ohhh every canadian wishes that canada that we would have invaded and took them over instead of Afghantistan or Iraq. :roll:

[Guest Barmacral]

pfft, I'd like to see you try. Sure you could manage it... at the high cost of being at war with every other nation in the world. Or near enough to it anyways...

[the dude]

i'm a quebecer. if i walked around here with a leafs jersey i'd be ripped apart. 8)

 

and invasion of canada would be costly for you guys down south. we're a polite folk, but don't get us angry. you wouldn't like us when we're angry. :twisted: