So on my little ol' Isle of Wight we're having the Bestival, basically a music festival involving hippies and fun times. The 'fancy dress' theme this year (previous year's it's been cowboys, space, the circus...) is fantasy, and me and my equally obsessed Elder-Scrolls friend (we are both girlies, shock horror) would like to dress Elder Scrolls-ish!

Now because I work a lot I don't have much time to make anything really good so I'm going to go raid the charity shops. Any suggestions of clothing I could throw together that can be brought in such shops to make me look Elder Scrolls-ish?

We're painting the Oblivion sign on our faces.

We are also going to have signs saying, 'STOP, you violated the law' (on my back) 'Pay the court a fine or serve your sentence!' (on her back) :D:D:D

Because we are not sad or nerdy AT ALL....

Cheers

Solethe

p.s Today on Oblivion I started to walk to every Oblivion Gate I've found to see what I can find on the way. I am currently north-west of Skingrad
pp.s Yesterday for the first time I completed the 'Final Heist' quest. WOOOOO!

Wear a bath robe and say you are mages?....kind of lame, how about dress up as a Legion soldier? Cut up some boxes and paint them gray and wear it like armor? I'm not a creative guy, thats the best I can think of

Edit: Drssing like a guard might go perfect with the writing on your backs, but it might require a bit of time to cut up the boxes. To be honest though, you could go as anything and if you have the Oblivion symbol on your face and that saying on your back people who played the game are going to know what you folks are getting at so it doesnt have to be fancy or elaborate.

That's great that you're cosplaying Oblivion for the festival, or more generally Elder Scrolls as a whole.

I'd say that your choice of fashion depends on what type of character you wish to portray. You could even go as a common citizen, after all, or an aristocrat. Or you could go as a fairy, spriggan, or some other denizen of nature (might not go well with the signs you plan, though). You could go as an Imperial Forester, too, and avoid most of the issues with making armor.

If you go as a Dunmer, you'd need some skin dye of the proper color, of course, as well as some elvish ears. Might be kind of tough.

By the way... umm... walking to every Oblivion gate to see what you find... well, probably one thing you'll find is a lot of Daedra!

When I first started reading your thread, I popped open the map and my character and I started looking for the Ilse of Wight, perhaps in the Niben Bay or off the coast of Anvil. Then we. . . oh well, um. . . :facepalm:

Oooh! A TES party - how neat! If you are willing to do a little creative work, I don't think it would be all that hard to make those pretty blue Arena Raiment uniforms. How cool would that be? :twirl:

Long wide hemmed skirts, smocks, quilted clothes.
For more a noble feel, vintage dresses ( dark blue, green ), with a jacket to match. Try second hand shops, or relatives they may have something that inspires.

Edit: Note I am someone with no clothes sense, and a man. So I can only pass on words I over hear from the more sensible gender in my life.

How about using cardboard and green see through cellophane to make glass armour!? How AWESOME would that be!?

Although, a lot of work.

Problem is, unlike Morrowind, OB doesn't have really distinctive armours going for it in vanilla. I mean, if you were going MW styleeeee you could go for Bonemeal armour or something, that would be pretty sweet.

If you go for the clothing option you will end up looking like generic medieval festival types, which is good in its own right, but not oblivion-y.

One of the more interesting ideas might be to go as a Golden Saint - paint your skin with gold paint, and slap together some armour from cardboard and more gold paint. Then you're golden *ZING*.

Bonemeal armor.... ??U It's called boneMOLD.

And I second the Dunmer ideas. Just paint your skin, put on elven ears, and if you want to excel at it, buy two pairs of http://hotchoiceconnect.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/lens5.jpg (the Red-Hot example, or something better).

A little expensive, maybe, but....ey, it's just once a year!

Pfft! Its been a few years, forgive my misdemeanor!

Sack cloth and coarse linen. Go as beggars and take home some change as well.

WooHoo! Isle of Wight! Home of my favorite poet of all time!

"(we are both girlies, shock horror)" Actually, there's more than a few young women who play Oblivion ...

The problem with an Oblivion wardrobe is anything that will clearly set you apart as mimicing the game will also be completely unavialable in the known world. You know, like Dadrea armor? Can't find it anywhere in Chicago. Go figure.

So I'd suggest picking clearly identifiable objects. Hoods would be good. You can have one black hood (like from an old hoody) and fight over it (who ever is wearing it would be Shady Sam and would walk saying, "Psst ... over here). One the back of your shirts, you could wear signs or paint large red triangles and the words "Make This Your Active Quest" (Of course, that may attract the kind of attention you're hoping to avoid). The Oblivion sign is very good. The green bathrobe idea might work, if it's a zip up.

Another easy thing would be hair (depending upon how long yours is). Seriously, enough hair gel and NO ONE who's every played Oblivion will miss the point.

Wow, now you've got me thinking about Halloween. Damn Bethesda for not putting more female roles in Oblivion.

~ Dani ~

On a completely unrelated note: a friend of mind did a semester in London last year and attended Bestival last year. He brought me back a very poor recording of Bats for Lashes performing, but I still have in on my computer.

I dunno, Dani... nowadays, you might just see a Daedra walking around Chicago.

Seems like most of the women of Cyrodiil are 1) political or guild leaders, 2) bandits, necromancers, or other occupations not on the side of lawabiding citizens, 3) business owners such as alchemists, innkeepers, or armorers, or 4) beggars. Mods add guards, anyway, so that's something.

Hey... why not go as a Khajit? A genuine cat-girl!