<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=311679.msg15118667#msg15118667">Quote from: Muse on 14-10-2019, 08:19:38</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Would love a little constructive criticisim from someone with basic fashion sense:  <br/><br/>Costume:      In his superhero identity as Gaiden, Arima wears a black hakima (samurai pants with wide legs) and a matching kimono (robe).  The kimono is open to bare most of his chest.  The hem is embroidered in crimson with what could be mistaken at a glance for kanji but are actually Atlantian characters.  A bandage wrap adds a little extra padding to his belly, but the real protection is the spells sewn into the robe.  He wears a black mask--perhaps a tribute to Kato--and a golden ring.  His katana has a golden heron etched into the blade. <br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Costumes are the second-hardest thing after names for me, but one thing many katana have it a guard (Tsuba) made in the shape of something iconic, like a crane.  https://render.fineartamerica.com/images/rendered/default/flat/round-beach-towel/images/artworkimages/medium/1/japanese-katana-tsuba-golden-crane-on-black-steel-over-red-velvet-serge-averbukh.jpg?&targetx=-232&targety=-232&imagewidth=1252&imageheight=1252&modelwidth=788&modelheight=788&backgroundcolor=520607&orientation=0