Nihilus

[Guest J2H]

I'll have to toss up some photos for review... my "vest" isn't attached to the cape, the cape is seprate and goes over my head via a metal attachment bar

 

Ok, here goes nothing...

 

KOTOR standards

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[Guest J2H]

No input?

[Nefthys]

Hello J2H!

 

Review time for your Nihilus! Thank you for posting up your images and getting feedback. We may seem like we are being picky, but we actually just love to help and give as many suggestions as we can.

 

Cape:

As you already said, the cape isn't attached to the vest. This is something you will need to do for approval. This will also help with the look of your cloak in the back. Nihilus' cape from behind has lots of small folds in it, right now yours does not. Sewing the cape to the vest will solve both of these issues. When attaching the cape, stitch it so the folds continue over your shoulder and drape down your back. You also need to have the front of the hood drape down from the mask and hang down on your upper chest. Looks like it is tucked in at the neck right now.

 

Hood:

It appears you don't have the "car ears" under your cape hood above the white mask. Take a close look at the pictures of Nihilus at the top of his head. There are 2 points (we call them cat ears) that come out from where the top of the white mask ends and meets the black fabric of the hood. You need some sort of rigid hat under the hood that has the "cat ear" shape coming off the front. I used a plastic bowler hat and cut the brim off, then used chicken wire, cardboard and acrylic hard medium to make mine. There are a few different ways to make it. If I knew then what I know now of costuming I would have used Worbla or Sintra to make the "cat ears" shape as they are much easier to use. Here is an image of what my rig looks like that I wear under my cape hood:

 

 

Robes:

Your shirt top is showing, and it should not be. You want the illusion of a long robe with no top and bottom piece. This is a simple fix! Tuck the the shirt into the robe bottom part, then place your obi (belt) over the point where the two meet to hide the joint. This will give the illusion of a single robe with no breaks. I can also see a split at the side of the bottom robe part where your leg is showing. I understand this is probably for ease of movement, but it will need to be hidden. Ideally you should have enough fabric in the bottom part of your robe to allow a lot of flow and movement without needing a split.

 

Gloves:

The seem a little short. Technically they should reach up to the elbow. You can always try submitting with the current gloves you have and see what they say, but be warned that they may make you get longer ones.

 

Everything else is looking really good so far! Try making those few adjustments and post up some new photos.

 

Cheers,

Nef

[Nefthys]

No input?

 

 

You must have posted this while I was typing out my long response, hehe. I hope my input is helpful!

 

Cheers,

Nef

[Guest J2H]

Thank you for the input! I do have cat ears but in trying to set up my camera I must have knocked the hood loose. I submitted my photos to the GML for consideration. The gloves may be short, if so I can probably buy some motorcycle gauntlets or something. I have a outer tunic ("vest") over an inner tunic (but they aren't very "flowy").