tc-doherty:

Have some nerds. I love, love, love costume design and the costume design for Laero in particular is super fun. These are more typical outfits and less what they actually wear in the book (except Retta) but hey.

Retta: The Marzjen adore bright colors for their fabrics which are usually covered with sea motifs. They wear tons of jewelry, too. Mostly coral in white, pink, or blue. There’s also lilac and yellow coral but it’s rare and if they’ve got that much money they usually jump to much flashier sunstone instead (what Retta has on her belt/earrings) because they love play-of-color and anything flashy. The color of the overtunic contrasts with the undertunic and breeches which are usually black and white.

Kradhi: This is a summer outfit for her, since I usually draw her in winter clothes. The Laero base their outfits to blend into the leaves of the Norforest which range from obnoxiously bright green to navy based on the season. They do a boatload of embroidery, usually geometric. While they mostly confine themselves to blue and green, they love red and yellow and use those colors as accents a lot. And of course Kradhi keeps her ceramic ‘bell’ on her sash at all times, like a good warrior.

Nelli: She usually wears her military uniform, so this is what she would have worn if she went into the free cities on leave. The only concession to her rank is the blue tattoos on her arms (temporary plant based dye, the patterns change but the color has to do with rank). They wear less clashing colors than the Marzjen or the Laero. Most of the accent design isn’t straight embroidery but bead-work instead. The head scarf is usually worn loose, held up with a headband but can easily be converted into a more concealing arrangement in case of sandstorms or just really bright sun.

Also Retta is excited, because she always is. And I hate using this color for Nelli’s skin because it isn’t dark enough but I’m still too lazy to go to the store and get another of the right color….

Have some Laero costume design!