A while ago, I was asked if I ever cospayed anything Necromunda. I haven't, but the idea has stuck with me. Here's where I'm at, but, before I start, a few things. One, feel free to expand this beyond Necromunda, that's just my passion. Two, I really like things to be functional, so I will be figuring costumes that would work well in paintball or similar as that is also a passion. Three, this is mostly a thought experiment that I'm sharing with you all to see what I can come up with and what any of you might come up with. If I, or anyone, should actually make a cosplay outfit, I really want to see it (of course if it's mine, that will be much easier for me to see). Well, lets start with what came out in ORB and Outlanders.
The House that translates easiest, to my mind, is Redemptionist. They already wear masks and there are custom paintball masks made now:
and while robes would be sorta rough to wear on most paintball fields, they would be easy to make and wear. I think I'd avoid the pointy hats as I really don't want to explain that I'm not a racist, I just am playing a true one that hates Xenos... but a brother or a Cawdor would be easy & Cawdor wear pants!
Some variation on a friar's garb would be ideal for either:
Cawdor may be the first I attempt, just need to figure the straps around my boots and what paints wold look good and hold up. Hoping for this coming Halloween.
The other that I think would translate easily are Van Saar. Since they are obviously based on the stillsuits from Dune and since they wear some sort of face covering, rather minimal, true, a mask wouldn't be much of a stretch (ok, a bit). While this would be very cool, it would be hard to make and hot! Not terrible for Halloween, probably, but not ideal for a first try.
Another that would be easy & translate well would be Delaque:
and might be a better look as our beloved Delaque wear goggles and just goggles for paintball are easy to come by (although eating paintballs is utterly gross!):
Now, while I could do this tomorrow, as I have a black duster and could easily cannibalize one of my masks, I can't quite pull this off. I am pasty white (Irish/Norwegian mix) which works, but I have hair, a lot of it. I've always thought of Delaque as bald and really find it weird when someone has a model with hair an calls it a Delaque. So until I do something like donate my hair to Locks of Love or lose a bet, Delaque are out.
Now the truly easiest to simply cosplay would be Orlock:
or Goliath:
Although I come nowhere close to this big or fit.
or Escher (if you are female, obvously):
Only masks don't look quite right with these last three.
For Scavvies, a custom mask, like the one above, integrated into a full outfit would be rather cool, but a lot of work. I'm not sure how a Ratskin could ever look right on the field. And Spyrers...
As for what markers to use to complete it, this is sci-fi so most any work, but I think one of the more mil-sim type would work best. At lest if you're going for the autogun look. X7 & A5 from Tippmann would both be great choices. Anything from BT or MilSig would do the job. I think mag loaded would be ideal and the DYE Assault Matrix would be great except for price or Tiberius Arms' T4.1, but that wouldn't be my first choice either. Really I'd go for something from RAP4. I have a 468, but I'd really like something like this:
if I were to design it from the start as it really looks very lasgun-like to me.
Anyway, more on what I'm thinking to try to do by next Halloween soon.
The House that translates easiest, to my mind, is Redemptionist. They already wear masks and there are custom paintball masks made now:
and while robes would be sorta rough to wear on most paintball fields, they would be easy to make and wear. I think I'd avoid the pointy hats as I really don't want to explain that I'm not a racist, I just am playing a true one that hates Xenos... but a brother or a Cawdor would be easy & Cawdor wear pants!
Some variation on a friar's garb would be ideal for either:
Cawdor may be the first I attempt, just need to figure the straps around my boots and what paints wold look good and hold up. Hoping for this coming Halloween.
The other that I think would translate easily are Van Saar. Since they are obviously based on the stillsuits from Dune and since they wear some sort of face covering, rather minimal, true, a mask wouldn't be much of a stretch (ok, a bit). While this would be very cool, it would be hard to make and hot! Not terrible for Halloween, probably, but not ideal for a first try.
Another that would be easy & translate well would be Delaque:
and might be a better look as our beloved Delaque wear goggles and just goggles for paintball are easy to come by (although eating paintballs is utterly gross!):
Now, while I could do this tomorrow, as I have a black duster and could easily cannibalize one of my masks, I can't quite pull this off. I am pasty white (Irish/Norwegian mix) which works, but I have hair, a lot of it. I've always thought of Delaque as bald and really find it weird when someone has a model with hair an calls it a Delaque. So until I do something like donate my hair to Locks of Love or lose a bet, Delaque are out.
Now the truly easiest to simply cosplay would be Orlock:
or Goliath:
Although I come nowhere close to this big or fit.
or Escher (if you are female, obvously):
Only masks don't look quite right with these last three.
For Scavvies, a custom mask, like the one above, integrated into a full outfit would be rather cool, but a lot of work. I'm not sure how a Ratskin could ever look right on the field. And Spyrers...
As for what markers to use to complete it, this is sci-fi so most any work, but I think one of the more mil-sim type would work best. At lest if you're going for the autogun look. X7 & A5 from Tippmann would both be great choices. Anything from BT or MilSig would do the job. I think mag loaded would be ideal and the DYE Assault Matrix would be great except for price or Tiberius Arms' T4.1, but that wouldn't be my first choice either. Really I'd go for something from RAP4. I have a 468, but I'd really like something like this:
if I were to design it from the start as it really looks very lasgun-like to me.
Anyway, more on what I'm thinking to try to do by next Halloween soon.
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