Friday, December 19, 2014

Lady Mastermind


Lady Mastermind (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Mastermind) is a mutant super villain and briefly one of the X-Men, despite killing Lifeguard and Slipstream's father in cold blood and generally being a psychotic bitch. She has the power to project psychic illusions into people's brains and likes to go shopping with Margaery Tyrell for outfits with really deep cleavage.
Getting The Look
Lady Mastermind's X-Men costume is simple to create, with all but three pieces available at character creation. As with Magik's Marvel Now costume, you will need to use one of your costume colour palettes to create Lady M's signature cleavage-baring ensemble.

Thursday, November 20, 2014

Magik - Marvel Now


Magik (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magik_%28comics%29) is the little sister of Colossus and an X-Man in her own right Artificially aged in a demon dimension as a child, she's missing just enough of her soul to be creepy, which might also explain why she decided to start taking fashion advice from Marvel Now Emma Frost.
Getting The Look
Marvel Now Magik has one of those big, impractical, glowing swords you see in a lot of fantasy MMORPGs. Once you have that the rest of this look is pretty easy to put together (OK, except for the shoulders. The shoulders are hard).

Friday, November 14, 2014

Gamora


Before she was a Guardians Of The Galaxy movie star Gamora was just your everyday alien, space-chick, cyborg, assassin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamora). The adopted daughter of Thanos she's known for two things: being the "deadliest woman in the universe" and wearing an outfit that even Psylocke thought was too impractical for combat.
Getting The Look
The hardest part of putting Gamora's look together is getting just the right shade of green in the costume palette to match her skin tone. Even then, because of the way light reacts differently to costumes and skin in the game, sometimes it will look perfectly matched and other times it's a little off.

Saturday, November 1, 2014

Marrow


Marrow is a child of the 90's bad girl era of comics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marrow_(comics)). She was rewarded with a place on the X-Men after killing a bunch of humans (that's not even a joke). A mutant, she has 'uncontrollable bone growth' powers that let her pull bone knives and other fun things out of her body to stab you with. She's currently enjoying a resurgence as a member of the new X-Force.
Getting The Look
One of my favourite things about DCUO is that you can create characters like Marrow that you're probably not going to see in an official Marvel game.

Marrow has had quite a few different looks for a character that hasn't appeared in a huge amount of comics. This version is based on how she looked just after she joined the X-Men (and was prettied up from her original appearances).

Sunday, October 5, 2014

Rachel Grey - Excalibur


Rachel Grey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Summersis the future daughter of Cyclops and Jean Grey... Or maybe of Cyclops and the Phoenix Force posing as Jean Grey... Or maybe it was Cyclops and a Jean Grey who was just possessed by the Phoenix Force... She sometimes has the power of the Phoenix, and came back in time after one of the shittier childhoods in comics to join the X-Men and then Excalibur.
Getting The Look
The facial tattoos that Rachel Grey has as a hound and Phoenix are so distinctive that it's bizarre that there is a mask in DCUO that replicates them perfectly. Yet that's exactly what the League Of Assassins style face let's you do.

Saturday, October 4, 2014

Psylocke - Australian Armor


Psylocke (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psylocke) and the X-Men lived in the Australian outback for a while, and despite the desert heat she thought a suit of armor was a good costume choice. It was bright pink and lavender, because of course.
Getting The Look
This costume is more of and endgame look, with only two pieces being available at character creation and one that is only obtainable at CR99. You'll also need to be a Legendary member or have both the Origin Crisis and Amazon Fury Part 1 DLCs.

Thursday, September 18, 2014

Psylocke - Marvel Now


Psylocke (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psylocke) founded a new version of X-Force, finally donned a costume that isn't basically a bathing suit and had a very on trend lesbian affair with her boyfriend's female clone.
Getting The Look
Psylocke's Marvel Now/Uncanny X-Force costume is a simple one to put together, even though only the formal gloves are available at character creation.

Monday, September 15, 2014

Rogue


Rogue (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_(comics)) is a mutant and X-Man with the power to 'steal' other people's powers with a touch. For a long time this meant she had a strict 'no kisses before date 1,000,000' policy, but has since managed to bone both Gambit and Magneto, so she's doing alright.
Getting The Look
Rogue's X-Men Legacy costume has several elements which are easy to obtain. The chrome skin, chest, feet and arm styles are all available at character creation.

Logistics Officer shoulders drop from the vault or can be purchased from the PvP armor vendor once you reach a PvP combat rating of 87. The Gadgeteer waist is the reward for completing the Technology Is The Future collection, while the Cerebral Claws weapon style is part of the Cerebral weapon pack, available for Station Cash from the Marketplace.

Saturday, June 14, 2014

Psylocke


Psylocke (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psylockehas one of the most convoluted back stories of all the X-Men women . At her most iconic she's a telepathic ninja who can stab you in the brain with 'psychic knives'. She really likes wearing a bathing suit as a costume, with a lot of unnecessary straps.
Getting The Look
Probably one of the more difficult Marvel looks to put together in DC Universe Online because of the rarity of the League of Assassins chest piece. All the other style pieces are easy to obtain, with one key component purchasable with Station Cash from the Marketplace.

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Storm - Marvel Now


Storm (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_(Marvel_Comics)), like most women going through a divorce, cut herself a mohawk, got  a new outfit and headed to Los Angeles to join Uncanny X-Force.
Getting The Look
Uncanny X-Force Storm is all about rocking the mohawk. The rest of this look is fairly easy to put together with a little time and some cash from the marketplace. Though not a perfect match, this outfit captures the streamlined, sleek and elegant style of Storm's latest costume.

Thursday, June 5, 2014

Emma Frost


Emma Frost is a telepath who can turn to diamond (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Frost). She likes boob tubes, Scott Summers and Jean Grey being dead. She was one of the main cast of Joss Whedon's Astonishing X-Men.
Getting The Look
Emma Frost''s Astonishing look is very easy to put together. The closest thing to the chest piece is the Divine style, which is the reward from the Gotham University collection (http://dcuo.mmorpg-life.com/1041/collection/gotham-university/). This can be found in the immediate area around Gotham University or purchased pretty reasonably on the broker. The gloves, cape, boots and pants are all available at character creation.

Thursday, May 15, 2014

Rogue - Uncanny Avengers


Rogue is a power stealing mutant, X-Man and new Avenger (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_(comics)). She used to say ya'll a lot but now she and the rest of the Avengers Unity squad are too busy trying to bone each other.
Getting The Look
Rogue's Uncanny Avengers costume is a cool throwback to her original uniform, but way sluttier (if a hooded outfit can be considered slutty). Adding thigh high boots makes any outfit 200% sluttier.

Monday, April 21, 2014

Jean Grey


Jean Grey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Grey) is the original female X-Man (or X-Woman if you want to be sexist). Her hobbies include moving things with her mind, not having great code names and saying "Scott!" and then passing out. Currently: super dead.
Getting The Look
Jean Grey's Jim Lee designed costume is easily my favourite the character has worn. Most people know it, with a slight alteration to the headpiece, from the 90's X-Men animated series. This version looks great, is almost exactly comic book accurate and is heaps of fun to run around in. It's also kind of hard to put together.

Saturday, April 5, 2014

Emma Frost - Marvel Now


Emma Frost (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Frost) got bitch slapped by the Phoenix, picked another slutty outfit - but spoiler alert, it's black this time! - and lost most of her telepathy. She's currently running around with Cyclop's X-Men in the latest volume of Uncanny X-Men.
Getting The Look
Making Emma's Marvel Now look hinges on having the Necromancer chest style with the gaping open front. Combine it with the Classic cape as a substitute for her jacket. Necromancer chest is easy to obtain and drops in low level content or is purchaseable from the marketplace. The cape, boots, hot pants and belt are all available at character creation. Also available at character creation is the Crystalline skin style which works great for Emma's diamond form.

Thursday, March 20, 2014

Jean Grey - Phoenix


If you don't know who Jean Grey is hit up her Wikipedia page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Grey). She's a mutant and X-Man who got possessed by a big, fiery cosmic bird thing (for a while) that has way better taste in clothes than she does.
Getting The Look
Jean's classic Phoenix outfit is pretty easy to make. All except one of the styles are available at character creation. Her sash-like belt (Tech Ninja) is the only item you'll need to track down, and even then it's as easy as spending a bit of cash at the auction house. Way better than a rare drop you'll need to grind in the hope of getting.