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SirNathanQ:
I'm a big Assassin's Creed fan too. Those are just beautiful. :o
Lord Dane:
Agreed. Look fantastic.
Sir William:
--- Quote from: Lord Dane on 2013-05-13, 18:01:50 ---Just do a Ranger outfit. Much cheaper & looks just as good to me. I'm wearing mine to NHRF on Sunday. :)
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I've seen your Ranger outfit, it does look cool- but not AC cool. ;)
B. Patricius, with all due respect...if I had the talent and inclination; only I don't. No time, or rather, no time I'd like to spend sewing or what have you- not if it is available elsewhere and not cost an arm and a leg. I'm with Sir James...the sticker shock stopped me cold. The Altair ensemble is marginally cheaper, but so're the costume bits like the bracers, glove (altho I understand the boots w/gaiters are particularly well made, they wanted way too much for them), the wire-framed hood...the pics you posted look fantastic, especially the Ezio and Altair costumes.
Corvus:
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--- Quote from: Sir William on 2013-05-13, 16:00:17 ---Those kits from AC aren't cheap, despite being Windlass made. I flirted with doing an assassin persona but they don't wear any armor (well,bracers, pauldron and greaves- a BP if you go into AC2, Brotherhood and Revelations) - and what they do wear is quite ornate; but what is available is rather cheaply made - polyurethane mostly.
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Not cheap indeed.. the full Ezio outfit was around $2,000 when I looked. Haven't looked again because of the shock.
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Sir William, and Sir James, with all due respect,
That depends, it all depends on what a person is willing to do as far as man-hours, just like anything else with re-enactment. The most I've ever spent on garb was $48 on six yards of gorgeous green upholstery fabric with a pinstriped jacquard. It's not a period garment because of the material, but beyond that, it's amazing and looks totally 1660s justacorps with my matching vest and trousers. Same with all my friends that do cosplay... epic kits for maybe $200.
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Oh, agreed it's reasonable if you do it on your own. Sticker shock is on the actual licensed replicas from Windlass. I have the Robert de Sable surcoat, William of Montferrat, and Lionheart gambeson. I've really wanted an Assassin's Creed kit for many years, but I can't bring myself to drop $2k on "soft" kit; that's serious Albion/armor money.
I've beaten all the AC console games. It is probably my favorite games series of all time, and I've been playing games since Atari/Intellivision back in the 80s. There's nothing like chuckin' a spear at a rooftop guard in Brotherhood and watching them fly. Oh, I also, umm, have the Assassin's Creed logos on both sides of my car. :D
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Oh
My
Goodness
I love both of these!! Especially the Altair style kit - "classic" Assassin. Very cool. Are there any more pictures? Would like to see the front too.
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Those costumes are gorgeous. I love the SPARTAN kit too - very well done
B. Patricius:
;D love the enthusiasm
I have separated this talk to another thread:
http://modernchivalry.org/forum/index.php/topic,2489.0.html feel like it's going into garb and garb inspiration specific rather than SCA Culture ;D
OK, so I'm going to go with easiest first, followed by more detailed answers for everyone
First, Corvus, and all those admirers of LilTyrant's Kat build from Halo: Reach:
http://www.405th.com/forum/armor-uniform-and-prop-making/elite-showcase/36670-kat-armor-build-with-custom-undersuit?s=e0bac2bb516600f72ada5eb4fddb1891 and my God, it gets sexier ;)
also, she does an excellent job of showing and instructing on all the skills required for making such armor, it's amazing.
Now on to the little bit more involved:
Assassin's Creed outfits, GOOD ones, without the sword, can be made for under $200 with believe me (I know, I'm a novice sewer - 1 garment made!) simple sewing and very good guide to get it done:
http://www.assassinscostume.com/altair/ the best news, he has Youtube tutorials for every piece
it's really not that difficult guys, and please by all means, Windlass' kits on these things are just as cheap and not accurate as anything else they make. We all know Windlass, they're close, but they're no Albion ;) I know a swordsmith that would make a custom Syrian Sword, Shiavonna (Ezio), or Altair's Eagle sword in a heartbeat and get it done NICE. We all do. Spend the money there, the rest is actually easy with good tricks and such.
A little leather craft, a little foamies, a little elmer's glue, a TON of time, and these dreams can be realities. Live the dream, isn't that why we're here after all?
As for garb, any and all questions related, I'm more than happy to assist. I'm new to sewing, but I do make my own patterns. My first try at that was that Jedi outfit. All based on movie publicity photos and "what should work." I was honored by the RebelLegion with a "best real-life interpretation" award. I don't know if that award is even "real" per se, and I don't care, it was great to be appreciated for the work involved and my mom (my seamstress at the time) was in tears of joy. It's worth it, and it can be a ton of fun. And now, versus 15 years ago, we have great communities to work on them with.
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