<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=311679.msg15118691#msg15118691">Quote from: TFcommando on 14-10-2019, 09:32:26</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">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?&amp;targetx=-232&amp;targety=-232&amp;imagewidth=1252&amp;imageheight=1252&amp;modelwidth=788&amp;modelheight=788&amp;backgroundcolor=520607&amp;orientation=0<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Great idea with the tsuba.  Triggvi helped me some too.  update:<br/><br/>Costume:         In his superhero identity as Gaiden, Arima wears a black hakima (Samurai pants with wide legs), matching obi (sash-belt) and an ocean blue kimono.  The kimono is open to bare most of his chest.  The hem is embroidered in gold 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 tsuba.