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A note about Guild Wars 2 cosplay
Dec. 12th, 2024 11:34 amI've been meaning to make a post about the cosplays I have created in Guild Wars 2 (which I posted about a couple of times years ago), but have been too lazy to take screenshots.
Yesterday, someone posted their Tenth Doctor cosplay to the GW2 subreddit. I have opinions. :)
Actually, it's not a bad cosplay, once you realize that they were cosplaying Ten from "The Day of the Doctor". He's got the awful hair and the light blue shirt (the Doctor always wore a white shirt with the brown suit through series 2-4). The scepter that the character is carrying is a great sonic. But, as you probably already guessed, I don't think DotD!Ten is a great look to model.
The poster asked for suggestions, so I replied with images of my Ten/Fourteen cosplays - you can see them in the thread, and I might edit this post to add the image here later (I'm on the wrong computer for it right now). Mine are based on series 2-4 Ten, with better hair (and actual sideburns).
The reason the Ten cosplays are coming out now is that GW2 just released an armor set called the Dapper Suit, which is a pinstripe suit (jacket/shirt and trous) with oxfords. Up until now, my Ten has been wearing a long coat over a blue solid jacket with no tie and solid trousers (see the Fourteen cosplay - that's exactly it, except colored differently). With the new armor set, I was able to change Ten's trousers to blue with red pinstripes, though I still can't change the top if I want to keep the coat. And then I have an alternate outfit with just the Dapper Suit, colored brown with teal pinstripes.
GW2 does have a feature called "equipment templates" which allows you to store looks and switch between them with a button press, so I can switch between coat!Ten, brown!Ten, and Fourteen any time I want. :D
Back to the original post, someone suggested that they use a specific item to make it look like it's raining, and the OP responded that they do, but they had removed it for the screenshots. So apparently, the OP patterns his cosplay after "The Day of the Doctor" (so the character doesn't look like he did in any of his other episodes), titles the post with a quote from "Doomsday", and adds a specific item to look like a single scene from "Journey's End". What a strange mish-mash.
As I noted in my response to the OP, I have a bunch of other DW cosplays, and I'll post them here sometime soon.
Yesterday, someone posted their Tenth Doctor cosplay to the GW2 subreddit. I have opinions. :)
Actually, it's not a bad cosplay, once you realize that they were cosplaying Ten from "The Day of the Doctor". He's got the awful hair and the light blue shirt (the Doctor always wore a white shirt with the brown suit through series 2-4). The scepter that the character is carrying is a great sonic. But, as you probably already guessed, I don't think DotD!Ten is a great look to model.
The poster asked for suggestions, so I replied with images of my Ten/Fourteen cosplays - you can see them in the thread, and I might edit this post to add the image here later (I'm on the wrong computer for it right now). Mine are based on series 2-4 Ten, with better hair (and actual sideburns).
The reason the Ten cosplays are coming out now is that GW2 just released an armor set called the Dapper Suit, which is a pinstripe suit (jacket/shirt and trous) with oxfords. Up until now, my Ten has been wearing a long coat over a blue solid jacket with no tie and solid trousers (see the Fourteen cosplay - that's exactly it, except colored differently). With the new armor set, I was able to change Ten's trousers to blue with red pinstripes, though I still can't change the top if I want to keep the coat. And then I have an alternate outfit with just the Dapper Suit, colored brown with teal pinstripes.
GW2 does have a feature called "equipment templates" which allows you to store looks and switch between them with a button press, so I can switch between coat!Ten, brown!Ten, and Fourteen any time I want. :D
Back to the original post, someone suggested that they use a specific item to make it look like it's raining, and the OP responded that they do, but they had removed it for the screenshots. So apparently, the OP patterns his cosplay after "The Day of the Doctor" (so the character doesn't look like he did in any of his other episodes), titles the post with a quote from "Doomsday", and adds a specific item to look like a single scene from "Journey's End". What a strange mish-mash.
As I noted in my response to the OP, I have a bunch of other DW cosplays, and I'll post them here sometime soon.
