Making a Mysterious Character for Videos. Need Input on Costume Ideas. Help Appreciated.

[Phoenix_XIII]

The general guideline for the costume is:

Motorcycle Helmet
Long sleeved jacket
Long pants
Shoes/Boots
Gun

The reason I'm asking for input is because I'm not sure how to make this character's clothing. It's a completely silent, mysterious, "could appear at anytime" character. I've named him XII. I kind of based him off of Celty from Durarara! so that's why he has a helemet.

What I wanted to do was have a black tinted visor on the helmet and make the clothes all black. Is this a good idea?

Extra Details:

Combine Chuck Norris with the Grim Reaper. That's XIII.

The gun is going to be a handgun because he has to kind of run around and dodge bullets.

He is actually a personification of Death.

Made for action scenes and stuff like that.


PLEASE help.

 

[The Lawn]

So, pretty much Black Cat... from the series Black Cat. He was an assassin who's number was XIII, rode a motorcycle in several chapters... but doesn't wear a helmet at all times.

If you want to base him off that looks wise, it'd be a good place to start.

 

[SilentCom]

For the handgun, I would suggest something large, ornate and stylish. Perhaps something like a Desert Eagle with custom decals like a pattern or a skull or some kind of ancient language. The grip would have to be made of some kind of exotic material also, maybe like ebony or something. Also, maybe he could wield two pistols? Just to make it a flashy and cool.

The jacket would have to be a black leather jacket.

 

[Phoenix_XIII]

So, pretty much Black Cat... from the series Black Cat. He was an assassin who's number was XIII, rode a motorcycle in several chapters... but doesn't wear a helmet at all times.

If you want to base him off that looks wise, it'd be a good place to start.

Kind of like Black Cat but more Celty from DRRR.

 

[Phoenix_XIII]

For the handgun, I would suggest something large, ornate and stylish. Perhaps something like a Desert Eagle with custom decals like a pattern or a skull or some kind of ancient language. The grip would have to be made of some kind of exotic material also, maybe like ebony or something. Also, maybe he could wield two pistols? Just to make it a flashy and cool.

The jacket would have to be a black leather jacket.

That sounds pretty good. I'll look into that.

 

[ManInRed]

Celty just reminds me of "Kill Bill" outfit, which itself was based off of Bruce Lee's outfit in "Game of Death." Though Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was pretty damn mysterious in that move.

Mystery not that hard, single solid color (like me, heh), don't talk much, and air of subtlety some might falsely perceive as weakness (like shortness, thin, lack of flare). Yuber always been my go to example of a mysterious character.

 

[Phoenix_XIII]

XIII will probably never at all talk, will hopefully wear all black, and since I'm underweight for my age and I'm the one acting as him, being skinny will be his thing. XDD.

 

[SilentCom]

For the handgun, I would suggest something large, ornate and stylish. Perhaps something like a Desert Eagle with custom decals like a pattern or a skull or some kind of ancient language. The grip would have to be made of some kind of exotic material also, maybe like ebony or something. Also, maybe he could wield two pistols? Just to make it a flashy and cool.

The jacket would have to be a black leather jacket.

That sounds pretty good. I'll look into that.

Here's a couple good examples:

 

[Phoenix_XIII]

For the handgun, I would suggest something large, ornate and stylish. Perhaps something like a Desert Eagle with custom decals like a pattern or a skull or some kind of ancient language. The grip would have to be made of some kind of exotic material also, maybe like ebony or something. Also, maybe he could wield two pistols? Just to make it a flashy and cool.

The jacket would have to be a black leather jacket.

That sounds pretty good. I'll look into that.

Here's a couple good examples:

I like that first one. o_o

But I'm getting a bunch of airsoft guns as props soon and I thought if they weren't black I'd just spraypaint them black. But I'll look into getting cool designs.

 

[busterkeatonrules]

I would suggest relatively tight clothing - short jacket and slim pants, so the silhouette is as close to the basic human form as possible - but with a long scarf, sash or similar, made from REALLY lightweight material that billows like smoke at the slightest puff of wind. Perhaps a long, broad ribbon tied around the upper arm? A black ribbon on the arm is a traditional symbol of mourning, fitting with the image of Death.

As for the gun, I think less is more. I suggest a big, black revolver with no apparent distinguishing marks - except that it leaves no mark on the bullets, so anyone investigating the deaths caused by your character will be going nuts trying to figure out where the bullets came from.

 

[Phoenix_XIII]

I would suggest relatively tight clothing - short jacket and slim pants, so the silhouette is as close to the basic human form as possible - but with a long scarf, sash or similar, made from REALLY lightweight material that billows like smoke at the slightest puff of wind. Perhaps a long, broad ribbon tied around the upper arm? A black ribbon on the arm is a traditional symbol of mourning, fitting with the image of Death.

As for the gun, I think less is more. I suggest a big, black revolver with no apparent distinguishing marks - except that it leaves no mark on the bullets, so anyone investigating the deaths caused by your character will be going nuts trying to figure out where the bullets came from.

That sounds really good. 0_0