Character Design Contest ♯128- Dressed To Impress

Posted on June 29, 2015 by | 43 Comments

Of course, I am making a habit of having costume design contests on an annual basis, so this is going to be this years. However, to make it a bit different, I would like to ask that you only focus on the costume, at the expense of everything else. Some slight posing is allowed if it is to show of different aspects of the costume, but other than that I only want face-forward standard posing, and hair is only allowed if the costume includes so sort of fascinator or other hair accessory. If you want to do shading on the costume, that's fine, but other than that I want the body to be a completely blank slate, like a mannequin, it can't even have a face. I'm only going to be looking at the costume, so I think it's only fair that you guys do too.

As per usual, no limits on entries and the contest will close at midnight Saturday (blog time). Please read the contest rules before entering, have fun and good luck.

Rules for posts, contests, and challenges that I am hosting: Original characters only, no copyrighted characters, no characters based on copyrighted characters, no characters based on RPG’s or other games. The characters must be your own design and not based on any character that might be copyrighted in any way. I have the right to delete any post that I believe crosses this line without warnings. Only post characters that you have either created for this contest specifically or you know for certain have never been entered to a contest before. If you aren’t certain, don’t enter it, because I’m not going to go back through all of the contests and check.

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43 Responses to Character Design Contest ♯128- Dressed To Impress

  1. hawk007 says:
    June 29, 2015 at 9:10 am

    Does costume count as all clothing? Like, you said no face, does that mean we can have a helmet? Are we allowed to show no skin at all?

  2. JR19759 says:
    June 29, 2015 at 9:39 am

    @hawk007- yes

  3. Ubiquitous Pixel says:
    June 29, 2015 at 12:55 pm

    May be a dumb question, but I’m going to ask anyway. I have a concept already made that fits well with this, but he has two weapons on him (Club and taser of sorts) that are apart of his main form of attack. Like Deadpool wouldn’t look right right without his swords in the back. Is it okay if my character is wielding weapons?

  4. JR19759 says:
    June 29, 2015 at 1:30 pm

    @Ubiquitous Pixel- Unless they are part of the costume, no.

  5. Ubiquitous Pixel says:
    June 29, 2015 at 3:03 pm

    Lone Wolf
    http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/ah304/Ubiquitous_Pixel/Lone%20Wolf_zpsmkoulbt1.png

  6. Ubiquitous Pixel says:
    June 29, 2015 at 3:14 pm

    Mayhem
    http://www.heromachine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Mayhem-Contest-Verison.png

  7. Blunt Object says:
    June 29, 2015 at 4:32 pm

    Coincidently I was playing around with some costuming concepts just recently.

    This one is Typhoid Mary

    http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n620/bluntobject1/Typhoid%20Mary.png

  8. Blunt Object says:
    June 29, 2015 at 4:58 pm

    And her sister Penny Dreadful (although I used a version of this for this weekend’s Pop Quiz so that may disqualify this entry for this contest)

    http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n620/bluntobject1/Penny%20Dreadful.png

  9. BloodWillow says:
    June 29, 2015 at 6:49 pm

    Fenikkusu, the Phoenix of Redemption

    http://www.heromachine.com/forums/topic/bloodwillows-warriors/

  10. Mad Jack says:
    June 30, 2015 at 4:24 am

    Question: How about masks with some kind of facial features – if they’re part of the costume? And how about hair under a hoodie? Just asking ’cause I got some characters where I’d have to remove parts for this content if the above things aren’t allowed… 😉

  11. JR19759 says:
    June 30, 2015 at 5:09 am

    @madjack- masks yes, hair under hoodie no.

  12. Mad Jack says:
    June 30, 2015 at 6:41 am

    Well, let’s go then, shall we?

    Black Mantis (the scythes are part of his costume- without them the rest wouldn’t work)
    Chiller
    CitizenX
    Deathwish (normally he would hold two big pistols in his hands, but JR said no guns)
    Doomsayer
    Gecko
    Golem
    Leecher
    Loophole
    Magpie
    Megahertz
    RedHawk
    Shabaz
    Silver Dragon (would hold “electric charged katanas”)
    Perun

    And a few WIP’s (name suggestions welcome):

    Unnamed 01
    Unnamed 02
    Unnamed 03 (that’s a mask – not his face)
    Unnamed 04
    Unnamed 05
    Unnamed 06
    Unnamed 07
    Unnamed 08
    Unnamed 09
    Unnamed 10
    Unnamed 11

  13. Rajah Raja says:
    June 30, 2015 at 9:17 am

    Steampunk Chic
    http://sushicatlove.jimdo.com/for-heromachine/

  14. Thomas Martin says:
    June 30, 2015 at 1:53 pm

    Okay here’s mine.
    Shock Trooper
    http://i.imgur.com/GN2OnEj.jpg

  15. William A. Peterson says:
    June 30, 2015 at 4:52 pm

    Rajah Raja:
    Steampunk Chic
    http://sushicatlove.jimdo.com/for-heromachine/

    So, you like your Sushi steamed? 😉
    Otherwise, I think that’s the wrong link…

  16. Ubiquitous Pixel says:
    June 30, 2015 at 5:29 pm

    The Raven

    http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/ah304/Ubiquitous_Pixel/The%20Raven%20Contest%20Version_zpszgtld6cg.png

  17. BloodWillow says:
    June 30, 2015 at 6:46 pm

    Seiun, the Star-Gazer

    http://www.heromachine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Seiun.png

  18. BloodWillow says:
    June 30, 2015 at 7:20 pm

    Suchiru, The Gentleman

    http://www.heromachine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Suchiru.png

  19. Rajah Raja says:
    July 1, 2015 at 8:58 am

    William A. Peterson:

    No, I’m new here and I don’t have a photobucket or whatever, and sushicat is my website.

  20. RobM says:
    July 1, 2015 at 2:13 pm

    http://www.heromachine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/RobM-Positron1.png

  21. Thundersong says:
    July 1, 2015 at 5:37 pm

    Heyla All!

    http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l274/Healingbear/Green%20Royal%20Costume%20by%20Thundersong_zpsxwdos2oo.png

    http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l274/Healingbear/Dance%20of%20the%20Veils%20by%20Thundersong_zpsknfzmuxo.png

    http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l274/Healingbear/The%20Masquerade%20by%20Thundersong_zpseygepc7z.png

    If the background is not acceptable, I’ll take it out, since it doesn’t have a mannequin, figured I’d try to “hang” it waiting for the person to put it on.

    3LF!
    Thundersong

  22. BloodWillow says:
    July 1, 2015 at 6:10 pm

    Sentoki, the Brawler

    http://www.heromachine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Sentoki.png

  23. son4 says:
    July 1, 2015 at 8:37 pm

    This is “Dragonburn” just your basic cybernetic flight suit with a helmet mounted flamethrower.
    http://orig03.deviantart.net/98ff/f/2015/182/e/1/dragonburn_by_son4-d8zkmjt.png

  24. MaDPac says:
    July 1, 2015 at 9:46 pm

    Futuristic Baseball Player
    http://www.heromachine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Madpac-Costume-I.png

    Civil War General
    http://www.heromachine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Madpac-Costume-II.png

  25. Keric says:
    July 2, 2015 at 12:05 pm

    http://www.heromachine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/costume.png

  26. BloodWillow says:
    July 2, 2015 at 5:16 pm

    Buki, the Ravager

    http://www.heromachine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Buki.png

    All weapons are included in the costume, as they are features of the mech suit.

  27. BravoC91 says:
    July 2, 2015 at 10:04 pm

    Hopefully I’m posting this right…
    His left hand is his actual hand.
    This is…

    The Aureate Royal
    http://s745.photobucket.com/user/Damien_074/media/Demon%20King.png

  28. BravoC91 says:
    July 2, 2015 at 10:11 pm

    BravoC91:
    Hopefully I’m posting this right…
    His left hand is his actual hand.
    This is…

    The Aureate Royal
    http://s745.photobucket.com/user/Damien_074/media/Demon%20King.png

    Okay, maybe this one is the right link.

    http://i745.photobucket.com/albums/xx99/Damien_074/Demon%20King.png~original

  29. Ximero says:
    July 3, 2015 at 1:26 am

    @MadJack: how about something like “Moloch” (or spelling variants) for Unnamed #7? Because it’s spiny like that “Moloch horridus” lizard (also known as a “thorny dragon” or a “thorny devil” in English) + the costume’s red tones convey associations with fire (and blood), similar to what the original Moloch (that Near-Eastern god to which human (baby) immolation sacrifices were made) was all about. Or perhaps just “Thorny Devil” (but “Moloch” sounds a bit more majestically occult 😉 )

  30. teir says:
    July 3, 2015 at 2:56 am

    how do i submit it

  31. Geno says:
    July 3, 2015 at 5:40 am

    Flora
    http://www.heromachine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Geno_Flora.png

  32. JR19759 says:
    July 3, 2015 at 9:38 am

    @teir- Ok, first upload your image to an image hosting website (e.g. deviantart) then open the image in a new tab. Copy the url from the top bar of that page and paste it into the reply box here. Simple.

  33. BloodWillow says:
    July 3, 2015 at 1:24 pm

    Kiri, the Shadow

    http://www.heromachine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Kiri.png

  34. DiCicatriz says:
    July 3, 2015 at 7:16 pm

    Here’s a few.

    1) BATTLESUIT – In Red or Gold. I couldn’t decide which one I liked better so I’m posting both if that’s ok…

    http://www.heromachine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/DiCicatriz_BATTLESUIT_RED.png

    http://www.heromachine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/DiCicatriz_BATTLESUIT_GOLD.png

    2) NEXUS – My resident reality altering sorcerer. Flesh colored mannequin to better show how the gaps in the costume actually look. The tattoos on his arm I consider to be part of his overall look so I hope those are ok…

    http://www.heromachine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/DiCicatriz_NEXUS.png

  35. Vampyrist says:
    July 3, 2015 at 7:45 pm

    Here is the Ancient armor, a mystical suit of armor.
    http://www.heromachine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Vampyrist-ancient.png

  36. son4 says:
    July 4, 2015 at 11:41 am

    Tactical Gauntlet Field Jacket (“TacJac”)
    http://orig13.deviantart.net/4a5a/f/2015/185/a/8/tacjacket_by_son4-d8zwoqt.png

  37. son4 says:
    July 4, 2015 at 12:04 pm

    Tactical Gauntlet Field Jacket (“TacJac”) final one the first one was not finished…

    http://orig10.deviantart.net/3c6d/f/2015/185/b/5/tacjacket_by_son4-d8zwoqt.png

  38. Keric says:
    July 4, 2015 at 3:32 pm

    http://www.heromachine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/costume1.png

  39. Keric says:
    July 4, 2015 at 4:44 pm

    This is inspired by the “knock on wood” video’s outfit-I’ve made changes so that it was not a direct copy!
    http://www.heromachine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/costume2.png

  40. melmo44 says:
    July 4, 2015 at 8:31 pm

    Three entries.
    First- Warrior’s Dress Uniform (personalized to Aura and her fire specialty)
    http://www.heromachine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Melmo44-Dress-Uniform.png

    Second- Ninja (undercover version)
    http://www.heromachine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Melmo44-Ninja.png

    Third- Ninja (warrior version)
    http://www.heromachine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Melmo44-Ninja-Warrior.png

  41. son4 says:
    July 4, 2015 at 8:34 pm

    another version of the “TacJac” I just could’nt stop tweaking this thing I think I’m finished now…
    http://orig01.deviantart.net/e31d/f/2015/185/b/0/tacjacket_by_son4-d8zwoqt.png

  42. Herr D says:
    July 4, 2015 at 10:48 pm

    Made it!
    http://i1067.photobucket.com/albums/u438/jamais5/2015hm/HerrD-Costume_zpsvmrqkuok.png

  43. JR19759 says:
    July 5, 2015 at 12:29 am

    Ok guys, this weeks contest is now closed. The poll will be up shortly.