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Posted: May 3rd, 2007 at 01:27 pm
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You'll need three things to participate in Dagorhir: a persona, a weapon, and garb (clothing). This thread will focus on the last.
Because Dagorhir is what you make of it, your garb can be as simple or complex as you want.
EXAMPLE FIRST-TIMER GARB:
VETERAN STANDARDS:
WHAT NOT TO DO:
Sage Advice from Kinsman Oron the Wolf, King of Pentwyvern:
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Tradition has established certain expectations of what is and is not acceptable for garb.
Minimal garb expectations include a tunic of crotch length or longer and medieval style(baggy) pants. Otherwise, non-humanoid characters are expected to maintain garb that is not blatently mundane and is fitting to their character. Footwear is preferably period boots or earth tone shoes, however is not considered of great importance.
Certain things are particularly forbidden: Blue jeans, camo outfits, and live steel(sheathed or not) are not allowed on the field. Anything blatantly mundane and modern should be avoided.
In our sport, you will be judged to some extent by your garb, so dress to impress and look like your character, not mundane Joe Blow.
Tips for cheap but acceptable garb
Tunics. Good Will is your friend. We had someone in Nan Belegorn pioneer the "polo shirt tunic" that is perhaps the simplest garb fix I know. Get a polo shirt from Good Will ($2), cut off the collar, buttons, and any noticably hemmed edges. Poke some holes where the buttons used to be, and lace some leather lacing through the old button holes. Wah-lah, insta medieval look.
Pants. Lots of people get away with black sweatpants, cut off the bottom elastic if you like. Another cheap solution is martial arts pants. You can get them in white or black from Century Martial Arts. They're loose, will take a lot of abuse, and look period. Also, many people use Hakama pants, which can also be found at century martial arts.
Skirts. A common trend among monsteresque personas nowadays is big baggy colorful skirts. Often you can find something colorful and perhaps a bit flashy, then shred it to rags--the long tatters create nice visual effects when you see goblins whipping off mad ninja spin moves and twirling around with flailentine. For a hordish look, scrapped up earthtone clothes work real well. Once again you can find suitable stuff cheap at goodwill-- sweaters, skirts, shirts you can rip up, etc. all for under $3 an item.
Footwear. A lot of monster and oriental personas tend to go barefoot. For more European humanesque personas earthtone boots or mocassins aren't hard to find at a typical department or shoe store.
Feasting Garb. For when you want to dress shnazzy for feasts, its probably cheapest to design your own formal garb. Its possible to find fancy capes, cloaks, and the like through online merchants, however they're usually very expensive. Visit your local fabric store for cool fabric and patterns. You may find something in costumes/renaissance sections of pattern books. Feasting garb is usually something people don't acquire until after they've been in the community a while so don't sweat not having any.
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Basic T-Tunic Instructions
T-Tunic Instructions and pictures taken from Dagorhir Website.
Alric
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Garb: by Alric, son of Harland - (Read 615 Times)
