Popular Post EHyde she/her Posted August 18, 2011 Popular Post Report Share Posted August 18, 2011 A while back I made mistcloaks for some friends, and they've sent me some really awesome photos, I wanted to share. 26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos he/him Posted August 18, 2011 Report Share Posted August 18, 2011 Oooh, very nice job! I like them a lot. You should totally upload them to the gallery 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne she/her Posted August 18, 2011 Report Share Posted August 18, 2011 Those are great! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOM1else he/him Posted August 18, 2011 Report Share Posted August 18, 2011 (edited) The one problem I've had with all the mistcloaks I've seen so far is they don't look alive enough. I picture in my head the tassels moving like they are under water similar to the dementor in this clip (skip to 0:43) I also picture them made of the same type of material Of course that's in a movie, making that effect in real life would be practically impossible That being said, these are the best mistcloak costumes I've ever seen maybe a bit clean but we don't really have ash constantly falling from the sky on earth do we . What did you use to make the tassles? Edited August 18, 2011 by SOM1else 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EHyde she/her Posted August 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 An effect like that would be great if it could be done in real life In my first attempt I tried using synthetic organza which, when cut into strips, has a more floaty effect due to static electricity, but it tangled too much and ended up looking like a shaggy gray muppet. They're made of a variety of different fabrics cut into strips with the edges sealed to keep them from unraveling. I actually deliberately went for a cleaner look (I've seen others use rougher and more tattered fabrics) because mistcloaks would be made for nobility. But you're right, they would get a bit ash-covered from use. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KChan she/her Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 I'm curious: Where were these taken? The background seems very familiar. Also, very nice work! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EHyde she/her Posted August 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 I'm not actually sure--I wasn't involved in the photoshoot. I can probably find out though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOM1else he/him Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 I'd be willing to wager my rep points that they were taken in Pittsburg, likely the downtown are though I'm not as sure about that. And I have NO IDEA how I would know that... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addison he/him Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 Well done! I need one of those. :| 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dants he/him Posted April 25, 2014 Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 How did you make those? I have been wanting to make a Mistborn costume... I found a place to make false daggers, but I would need a Mistcloak. Can I please have instructions on how to make one? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argent he/him Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 I saw the second one somewhere a while back, but they are all absolutely amazing (both the photos and the miscloaks)! Next step, Vasher's own Awakened clothes? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imaginative Honorspren she/her Posted April 16, 2016 Report Share Posted April 16, 2016 How did you make those? I have been wanting to make a Mistborn costume... I found a place to make false daggers, but I would need a Mistcloak. Can I please have instructions on how to make one? What is the place to make false daggers? I am making a Mistborn costume too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arrae Posted April 17, 2016 Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 I saw the second one somewhere a while back, but they are all absolutely amazing (both the photos and the miscloaks)! Next step, Vasher's own Awakened clothes? What is the place to make false daggers? I am making a Mistborn costume too. How did you make those? I have been wanting to make a Mistborn costume... I found a place to make false daggers, but I would need a Mistcloak. Can I please have instructions on how to make one? What is the place to make false daggers? I am making a Mistborn costume too. Same here. I have a bunch of fabric and no idea what to do with it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oversleep Posted April 17, 2016 Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 Actually, how do the mistcloaks work at all? It's basically all tassles from shoulders to the end; where are the daggers supposed to be strapped? Where did the Mistborn keep vials?After Sazed broke out Vin after she was captured by Inquisitors, she replenished metals from the vial she kept in the pocket of her mistcloak. Where are the pockets supposed to be? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arrae Posted April 19, 2016 Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 I think the cloak is mostly there to look awesome and add slight camouflage in the mists. You keep all the rest on your person, not attached to the cloak. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imaginative Honorspren she/her Posted April 19, 2016 Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 Maybe the pocket is on the shoulder?? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delightful Posted April 19, 2016 Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 I think the cloak is mostly there to look awesome and add slight camouflage in the mists. You keep all the rest on your person, not attached to the cloak. I thought this too. The only place there could be a pocket would be on a tassel (which would weigh it down and be ridiculous), or in the shoudler , just behind the neck, somewhere before the tassels started. But I always imagined they carried knives at the waist at vials on some kind of belt. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brightness Enna she/her Posted April 19, 2016 Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 But I always imagined they carried knives at the waist at vials on some kind of belt. That's what I always assumed. Aren't there a few places that specify that Vin or whoever pulls vials out of their sash? Also, I always pictured the mistcloaks without any leather or fabric on the shoulders - just a million strips of the same fabric (which, for some reason, I assumed was some kind of gray raw silk with a soft leather lining) literally sewn together at the top in a few layers. So the strips are more gradual triangles that meet at their small ends and clasp with some sort of lacing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arrae Posted April 20, 2016 Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 Mistcloaks probably varied a lot throughout the Final Empire. Most Houses with Mistborns probably wouldn't be able to drop by at the nearest clothing place and ask for the latest trend in mistcloaks, unless they wanted people to know they had a Mistborn. Half-skaa Mistborn had even less of a reason to do that, otherwise we'd see inquisitors catching half-skaa allomancers just by hanging out by the clothing stores. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oversleep Posted April 20, 2016 Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 There is even a WoB that mistcloaks varied throughout the whole Empire - common trait were tassels, but the rest was up to the wearer, like for example Hood/hoodless dilemma. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delightful Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 I never thought about the logistics of mistcloak design and distribution. That's amazing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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