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In our range, we have many products that are placed in a specific category. This is usually based on the time period from which the products originate, such as the Viking Age or the Middle Ages. As a result, it may sometimes seem as if the products are only suitable for outfits from that period, but this is certainly not the case. In this blog, we will show three very different costumes that all use the same product, the Mytholon medieval cloak Aaron in the most popular colour, black.
Medieval cloak Aaron Look 1 - Thief
The first outfit we have assembled is a thief outfit. In many fantasy media, such as books and games, thief characters appear. This is therefore a character that can be easily used and adapted to different settings.
Our thief wears a black shirt in a fairly simple model. As a thief, you don't want to stand out, so dark colors are good choices, and you also don't want too conspicuous details. The garment should be primarily practical and comfortable.
You can find more options in our Medieval shirts and tunics category.
We have combined the shirt with a simple, loose-fitting trousers. The trousers is, like the shirt, black to not be noticeable in the dark.
In our category Medieval trousers you can find other options.
Over the shirt we have given our thief a brown, suede doublet allow wearing. This extra layer breaks up the black entirety of the shirt and the trousers. For a thief, it is also a practical item to wear. An extra layer provides additional warmth in the evening hours, but the doublet does not restrict freedom of movement. leather also serves as just a little extra protection against small weapons.
We have given our thief a good pair of suede boots. The boots have laces that you can either wrap crosswise upwards or wrap multiple times around your ankle. This way, the boots stay on securely.
Over the doublet, our thief wears a simple but sturdy belt. Belts are the perfect accessories for almost all costumes. They easily add something extra to an outfit, but they are also very handy for attaching other accessories to complete the look.
In our category Fantasy belts, other options can be found.
In this case, we used the belt to attach two additional accessories. One accessory is a leather pouch. Always handy to store your money or small valuables in.
The second accessory is a dagger. As a thief, you naturally don't want to sneak around unarmed, but a large weapon, such as a sword or arrow and bow, are too cumbersome. A dagger is nicely small and can be used subtly.
When you're trying to break in somewhere in the dark, you naturally want to stand out as little as possible and be as unrecognizable as possible. The less you show of yourself, the better. For this reason, we have given our thief a pair of black gloves and a leather mask.
As the last item in this outfit, we naturally have the black cloak that stands at the basic of this blog. The cloak, especially with the hood up, immediately gives a mysterious feeling to the character. Of course, you have to be careful not to get caught on anything, but for a good thief, that's naturally no problem.
Look 2 - Knight
From our lawless thief, we move to the honorable knight. The second look we have created is a knight outfit.
Since our knight (partially) wears armor, it is important to have the right basic. We therefore started with a gambeson, or gambeson. A padded tunic that ensures the blows to the armor are cushioned.
Our knight also wears a black trousers. This model is not too wide, as that would not suit a knight character. Naturally, the trousers is not so tight that it is uncomfortable to move in. A knight must have good freedom of movement.
In our category Medieval trousers you can find other options.
To complete the basic of the look, we used a black pair of boots. These boots come over the trousers to create just a bit of material contrast on the legs.
Over the gambeson, our knight wears a chainmail shirt. Mail shirts are a necessary component in armor. Plate armor rarely covers the entire body, so a chainmail shirt provides protection where the plate armor is less effective.
You can find more chainmail in our category Chainmail.
Knights often wore the colors of their lord. In the case of our knight, this is a combination of red and black. We add these colour to the outfit by having our knight wear a surcoat over his chainmail shirt.
In our category Medieval surcoats & surcoats you can find alternatives.
Chainmail shirts are quite heavy, and it is uncomfortable to have that full weight hanging on your shoulders. Therefore, it was also common to wear a belt over the chainmail shirt. The belt absorbs part of the weight. Because we do not use full armor in this look, we have chosen a two-piece belt that also functions as sword belt.
In our category Fantasy belts and Medieval belts other options can be found.
To prevent the outfit from becoming too heavy, we have chosen to add only partial plate armor. One of the armor pieces we have given our knight is a gorget. A gorget protects the neck and can be used to mount pauldrons. In this case, we have also used pauldrons for a more knightly effect.
To complete the armor, we have also added steel vambraces to this look. This way, we create the illusion that the knight is wearing quite extensive armor on his upper body. A breastplate would not really be visible through the surcoat, but the rest of the upper body is covered with plate armor.
For more armor parts and alternatives, check our category Plate Armor.
Of course, no knight outfit is complete without sword. Our knight wears a medieval single-handed sword with a few subtle extra details and a leather grip.
In modern interpretations of knights, they often wear a dramatically flowing cloak. To add this dramatic and noble effect to our knight composition, our knight also wears a cloak. The black cloak Aaron fits perfectly with the red with black surcoat.
Look 3 - Orc
The third and final look we created with the black cloak Aaron is an orc costume. The thief and knight were already quite different, but both human and more historically inspired. With this last look, we want to show that you can also create a true fantasy costume with this cloak.
To make an orc costume, we first start with setting up a basic. For this, we started with a brown tunic with a rougher texture. Orcs are not exactly refined creatures, so coarse and rough fabrics are perfect.
Other options can be found in our Viking tunics category.
We combined the tunic with a greenish trousers with unfinished details. The color combination is dark and not too bright, but it does provide a more interesting basic than completely black or brown.
For alternatives, you can look in our Viking trousers category.
Because we are going to give our orc many accessories, we have kept the shoes relatively simple. This way, we can build layers effectively.
Now that the basic is finished, we can start layering. Orcs are warriors. So they also need armor. But steel armor is expensive and too much of a luxury item for an orc costume. That's why we chose leather armor. The coarse stitches with which the strips leather are sewn together work very well for a rougher character like an orc.
You can find more leather breastplates in our category Brigandines & scale armour.
Over his leather armor, the orc wears the black cloak that is central to this blog. With the hood and the black colour, the cloak adds an unknown and threatening element to the outfit. An orc will likely remove the cloak during a major battle, but on the way and in a camp setting, it is a cool addition even to a look like this.
To emphasize the barbaric nature of the orc, our orc wears an animal fur over his shoulders. An orc will not bother to make intricate garments.
We have more options in our category Fur & imitation fur.
The arms are always a vulnerable part of the body in battles. This is no different for an orc. When our orc is in combat, his forearms are also an easy target for his opponents. To protect the forearms, our orc therefore also wears leather vambraces.
The lower legs of our orc are also protected with leather armor. This is both a logical addition to a warrior's outfit and a good way to balance the top and bottom of the costume. The leg protection worn by our orc are quite rough, matching the rest of the look.
We have more options in the category Leather arm- & leg protection.
To further build on the layers and textures, we have given our orc a braided sword belt. For characters like an orc, it's fun to play with many different textures. This creates an almost restless whole, which fits so well with this type of character.
In our category Fantasy belts, other options can be found.
Our orc wears a few different accessories on his belt. To emphasize that idea of barbarism once more, we used a belt bag that has an animal fur as a flap. Our orc also carries a drinking horn in a holder on his belt.
Different sizes of drinking horn: https://www.celticwebmerchant.com/nl/verschillende-maten-drinking horn.html
To complete the orc look, of course, a real orc face is needed. The easiest way to do this is with a mask. It is also possible to build an orc face with separate special effect prosthetics, but that is much more difficult and very time-consuming.
In our category LARP masks, noses, ears, teeth, and horns you can find more masks and separate prosthetics.
