KyleSchmelz said:
It won't look as good as Gandian's costuming, but some stuff can work right off the rack.
Thanks, man! :thumbsup:
Like I said before, the following shirt was made out of a roughly $3-4 bed sheet (I actually have two nearly-identical shirts: One for summer, made of a light fabric, and one for winter, made of thicker, warmer fabric. The one pictured is my winter shirt). A friend of mine used it for her sewing portfolio, thus the fancy picture.
Most people won't pay that much attention to your pants. Pretty much any normal black pants will blend in pretty well, as will brown or khaki-ish color - keep in mind that it's easy to end up looking like a Best Buy salesman if you're wearing normal khakis, though. I still wear black cargo pants most of the time, but that's on my list of things to upgrade this season.
Personally, I disagree; In my opinion, pants can either make or break your ensemble. To me, even if you have a good shirt, tabard, vest, whatever, your whole outfit will look seriously out of place if you have just some regular pants on. And, like I said before, sufficient pants are usually a simple thing to get right for barely any cash.
Be you PCing or NPCing, investing in a base layer of in-genre clothing will improve your and everyone around you's game, in my opinion. NPCs wearing a t-shirt, jeans, and a tabard kinda bug me. Wearing a base, neutral-colored, in-genre shirt and a pair of basic black pants can be the foundation of practically any outfit (be you a notable NPC or part of a wave of crunchy monsters). I really like a well phys-repped game, and the more new players who come into game with decent costuming, the greater events will look, and the greater events look, the more fun and immersion people will have at them.