En Garde! - Costume exploration
Dressedness.
Here I had the occasion to look into the layers that make a period costume.
Armor.
I wish more breastplaces and cuisses had made it into the final game 🥹
Slob <-> Snob
17th century clothes are often seen as fancy but they can swing both ways.
Nationalities.
These were the most likely groups to appear in-game so I looked for ways to make a distinct 'basic' costume for each.
The game was supposed to have either a theater troupe or a single troubadour NPC. This eventually turned into Alejandro.
Can you find the art history reference? :P
Early development exporations for costuming in the game.
At this stage, the team wanted characters to share the same model and rig as much as possible so variety had to come from their clothes.
This was also an occasion to set a "standard" for what period-appropriate dress looked like.