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New Time-Rider Design, Need Opinions

Comic Book Super Heroes Forum / Superhero Universe Characters / TF Universe / Time Rider / New Time-Rider Design, Need Opinions

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Posted: 06 Jul 2007 21:01
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I put a jacket here on Time-Rider which is something I tried to do a long time ago, but couldn't make it work right. Does it look better or worse or no change at all with the jacket? Just to compare here's a old 3d version of Time-Rider without the jacket.

Posted: 07 Jul 2007 04:15
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My personal opinion and from countless comics I've seen. No jacket. I mean changing the costume to something different is good but wait until you are a couple of storylines in. (i.e. Lectrohm will have a new suit in season 5) If you want to change, I can talk to my friend Ryan and we can do a few sketches. __________________ Bzzp. hehe Twitter Road of Lightning

Posted: 07 Jul 2007 17:02
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Thanks, it's just that I think Time-Rider needs something else to go with the costume, you know. It seems a little plain. Not enough stuff on it. At the same time I want it to be something I can replicate using Poser as much as possible so I can create my stories as fast as possible. You know I have always been torn between my ideal of Time-Rider as a regular superhero and a swashbuckler like Indiana Jones. I've wanted to go somewhere in between. Writing stories can be so complicated. If the character is too powerful it's hard to write scenarios, but being too ordinary doesn't work for comics visually as well. I mean a feat of super strength registers much better on a comic page than just a regular punch in the nose.

Posted: 08 Jul 2007 15:09 Last Edited By: Tim
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How about a long jacket as compared to the short jacket? Too Matrix?

Posted: 08 Jul 2007 15:52
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i was just thinking matrix! i like it a lot better than the short jacket, but i'd only have him wear it in certain situations, lke rain, or cold weather, or for undercover stuff. __________________ "You...complete me."

Posted: 08 Jul 2007 17:23
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I like superdude's idea, use the jzcket in certain situations. __________________ Bzzp. hehe Twitter Road of Lightning

Posted: 08 Jul 2007 19:04
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Thanks for the input guys, but what if he had baggy military looking pants to go with the jacket or just plain blue jeans? Just out of curiosity I wonder what you all think about that. I was kind of kicking around a idea for a story arc where Time-Rider, Jake, Crockett, and maybe one other hero go on a road trip to Tennessee. Being a vacation so to speak I was pondering what Time-Rider vacation clothes might look like. Didn't want to just have him wear a regular flannel shirt or something. Too much like Al from Home Improvement. Maybe I might replace the mask with sunglasses though for the trip.

Posted: 08 Jul 2007 20:39
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Actually, when you have a superhero fighting in 1 costume for a long time, it's interesting for the readers to see their hero in regular clothes. __________________ Bzzp. hehe Twitter Road of Lightning

Posted: 08 Jul 2007 20:47
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Ok point taken, but what about mixing it up a little like a Time-Rider logo t-shirt, sunglasses, and blue jeans?

Posted: 09 Jul 2007 00:01
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lol, you mean putting the logo descretly somewhere on casual clothes? that'd be funny. __________________ Bzzp. hehe Twitter Road of Lightning

Posted: 09 Jul 2007 01:13
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yep that's exactly what I mean. maybe not too discreetly though. It's not like he's got a regular secret identity. In today's time if he was still alive, he'd be like in his 80's, but then again if he is recognized that might be cause for a very long explanation.

Posted: 11 Jul 2007 13:34
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Quote: Too much like Al from Home Improvement. THAT'S CLASSIC! i would say...baggy jeans...but then again, those weren't really in during his time...maybe some bell-bottoms! __________________ "You...complete me."

Posted: 11 Jul 2007 15:07
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I don't know I think baggy would have been more in Time-Rider's 1940's time than bell bottoms. That was like Disco 70's. Like John Travolta and Saturday Night Fever.

Posted: 11 Jul 2007 16:22
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Maybe Time Rider can wear a Zoot Suit, it was a big hit back in the 40's that it started riots Zoot Suit Riots on Wikipedia

Posted: 11 Jul 2007 18:39
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the guys on the left is cool, but i wouldn't cuff the bottom of the pants so tightly. __________________ "You...complete me."

Posted: 11 Jul 2007 22:13
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I saw a documentary on Zoot suiters a while back. They tended to get into a lot of fights I think. That picture is a good historical find.

Posted: 12 Jul 2007 00:39
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so it was almost like (i'm just spitballin' here, but) GANG CLOTHING!?! __________________ "You...complete me."

Posted: 12 Jul 2007 02:01
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Right. Now I wonder what a hip hopping gang banger would think about that?

Posted: 12 Jul 2007 04:31
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Gangsta's still wear baggy pants like the Zoot Suiters...Got to respect the classics

Posted: 12 Jul 2007 12:36
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yeah, except they wear them around their knees and have baby pink shirts down to their knees to cover up that. oh, and ugly hats with the tag still on them. __________________ "You...complete me."

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