Weapons and Outfits Meme!

[kokuyoyo]

As a reminder...


Weapons:
⚔ All characters get two weapons: a close range melee weapon, and long range weapon. However, between combatants and navigators, there are some key differences.
⚔ Combatants
- Their new Weapon can be anything from simple like swords or daggers, to the extraordinary like flaming chainsaws, chairs, pieces of ribbons and so on. There does not seem to be a limit of what constitutes as a weapon.
- As a long range weapon, combatants also get guns or crossbows. These also tend to follow the overall theme of the character - someone who is more physical would get a larger gun to use, while a more practical user might get a small handgun.
⚔ Navigators
- The weapons of the Navigator are the same as a combatants, however their physical weapon is usually small (daggers, small bombs, etc).
- Their long-range weapon, on the other hand, tends to be based of those that can be used as a distance; many navigators will use sniper rifles and cannons from a distance.


Outfit:
☸ When running around at night with their Personas, all characters magically have their outfits changed
☸ From the FAQ: The clothes a character wears when they're Awakened can be influenced by a canon outfit, certainly, but it's meant to be tied more to their demons and their inner heart conflict. Basically, they're part inner self and part rule of cool.



So with that said... .

LET'S TALK ABOUT WEAPONS AND PRETTY CLOTHES!

⚔ Already picked out your melee/ranged weapon and/or outfit? Talk and gush about it here!
☸ Having difficulty with any one of your choices? Feel free to ask for assistance!

Comments

The Help Thread

[kokuyoyo]

Request help figuring out weapons and/or outfits here! Other RPers will do their best to help.

When doing so, try to give your fellow RPers something to work with. Is your character traditional or thinks outside the box? Simple or ostentatious? Feel free to include whatever mental roadblocks you've been having when trying to decide on a weapon or outfit, too.

[transient_specter]

For weapons:

It's... basically canon weapons. His long-range is going to be the gun mode of something that at least looks like his Gan Gun Hand, and his melee is going to be a scythe. They're probably the same weapon. So it's RWBY. He also sometimes will just flat out hit something with the non-blade part of the scythe, because Makoto gives no fucks.

[connivingbird]

Okay, time for some Ankh talk!

So I want to keep some of his canon elements as seen in pictures like this but of course make it less of a 'HEY I AM A MONSTER' and more of someone looking like they are making it a rule of cool thing. Which means he will probably have a leather outfit with elements of his Greeed form to it - kinda like this bit of fanwork. I'm not too sure if it would follow the form exactly but it's pretty neat I think. Instead of his monster bird arm part, I was thinking of it being more like this with a more bird feathers/scales theme and longer talons instead of a slight claw look. This will also double as his melee weapon, since he is not above hitting people in canon and I think that it will translate over to this. I figured that on his left arm it would look more dainty then his main/right arm only because that is how Ankh has been identified for most of the series until he gets his full form back. Even then he still keeps his right arm in the monster form out of habit. I also am thinking of echoing how in his Greeed form he has only one eye by him wearing a mask over part of his face with the eye covered to give the appearance of blindness there, kinda like this mask save with gold and crimson instead of silver/crystal.

As for ranged weapon... Well, I am having an issue with trying to figure out a range weapon for him. In canon he is mainly tossing fireballs when he needs to but otherwise letting someone else to most of the fighting. I have been thinking of using like a disc launcher since discs and coins are about the same thing save for size and his motif in canon are coins/Medals. It would probably look like one of those toy things like this one but will have rule of cool appearing when he is in Awakened mode.

[sociallyarcward]

I'm gonna babble about Jaune now 8D

Outfit
Jaune has armor in his own canon that is rather simple, but useful Hunter fare.

However, because his Demon is a knight and his heart conflict mostly revolves around his feeling of powerlessness, failing Pyrrha, and the like -- I want to have his outfit be more armor and be influenced more by Pyrrha's color scheme (gold and red) than his own of white and gold.

I'm thinking stylized like this, but with design elements from this as well. Probably more the second than the first, honestly.

Weapon
If it's allowed, I'd like to give Jaune a broad sword AND shield. Arguably the shield could be part of his outfit that he wears on his back or something -- but I like that in canon he can combine his sword and shield to make a bigger sword. Like this!

As for ranged weapon, he didn't have one in canon, but Pyrrha used a rifle, so I'l probably give that to Jaune as well.

[mutesician]

Outfit: Louis is probably just going to get a medal appearing around his neck, unless someone can find a nice picture of a swan in a cool oufit or something.

Weapons: Louis is going to get shiny wingblades. Who cares if they're impractical, this is Persona! His ranged weapon is going to be a trumpet that attacks by shooting sonic waves, and which he'll be using for buffing.

[lovelledup]

Okay so after sitting on this for a day and looking through the suggestions that were given on the helping thread, here are the thoughts.

Outfit

To get my thoughts together, I made a kind of crappy sketch. In the end, this is heavily inspired by his canon outfit, but with some notable changes. Rather than a (weirdly fluffy) hood, he has a cape, structured the same way as Lillie's dress and falling at about the same length--but the design decoration the edges is lifted instead from Nihilego. This then is simultaneously family and the thing that ripped his family apart, all of which are things he tried to put behind him (metaphorically, but here physically as well.)

In the front it's Team Skull, with the logo closing the cape, and under that the same tank top worn by Team Skull grunts, except with the colors inverted. The shirt is white rather than black, and I haven't yet decided yet whether the X is black for a perfect inversion or red to keep his color theme intact, but either way, it's the wrong colors to blend in (because he's not really one of them, and he never will be.)

Under all that? It's the same ripped up black shirt and pants and worn in shoes from his canon clothes, because that's what he is. A homeless stray who left one life, never fully fit in another, gets knocked around, rips up his clothes, and then just keeps on wearing them because he's not sure what else to do.

Weapons

His weapons are where his Pokemon show up, which is only fitting for the canon, if a little ironic considering his bond with them is much stronger than someone who would only think of Pokemon as tools for fighting.

His melee weapon is a pair of kama, exactly as pictured there, designed in a way reminiscent of Type:Null/Silvally. The idea of using kama does pick up a little of his intense association with his main pokemon, since using them would not be unlike slashing with Null/Silvally's claws.

His ranged weapon will be a gun similar in design to this except with a smaller secondary set of wing decorations and the main color being purple and the accent being blue to mimic Crobat, which is the other pokemon he has throughout the game. (There are more on his team, but Zubat/Golbat/Crobat shows up in the most battle aside from Null/Silvally so it seemed like the right one to go with.)

[plainest]

WEAPON!
I tried to think up weapons that can also be used defensively to reflect his personality, and here's what I came up with so far:
kusarigama for Yuuri's melee, because the chain and weight part can be used defensively in a way to restrict the enemy's movements while the blade part is .... obviously offensive. plus classic ninja weapon = hasetsu castle, so it makes me happy to have a weird ninja association that reflects back to his hometown?

ranged weapon wise (which he probably won't use too much, because he's unused to guns) i'm tossing up between this and this ... nambu i am particularly keen on because ... it's just that classic imperial japanese style gun, but at the same time, the aesthetic of the second one appeals to me a lot.

OUTFIT!!!
I'm honestly having a bit of trouble trying to decide on a general 'look' of the outfit - the obvious consideration for him is to take aspects from his On Love: Eros outfit because who doesn't love black/red combo???? but at the same time it would be nice to draw from his yuri on ice routine outfit with the cool backless aspect of it.... this one would be more blue/purple centric i guess.

[forsteri]

weapons i've got! outfit, not so much.

sakuma has a trident and a bow! i don't have a reference drawn for the bow yet though.

as for his outfit, i'd like to draw from the teikoku uniform... but beyond that i haven't really thought about it fff i still need to sit down and do some brainstorming

[dendranthema]

Kaltz's outfit will be basically the same as in canon, due to it being directly related to his being a devil and therefore to his heart conflict. The differences are that on the collar will be the pattern of a Kiran tattoo in white and grey due to the connection to both Kaya and Asato, and on the cape will be printed white flowers due to the connection to both Kaya and Meigi. Of course, he'll also have the horns, tail, and pointed ears.

His melee weapon will be this sword except in the form of an actual sword. His gun will be this, except inlaid with sapphire and mother-of-pearl.