Crimson | Costume Design Ideas 1

A key antagonist character which Alex and I have created ourselves for this short film is Crimson. This character was created in mind to give a new edge to the plot of our narrative as we wanted to include more fantastical ideas into this short film to appeal to wider audiences but also to deliver an original idea for this media product. 

Crimson (played by Alex Muir) is a bounty hunter hired by Igor to hunt down Jack for the missing half of the key. He is portrayed as a human who no longer has a body of his own. Instead, he is a creature who is sustained through an extensive use of cybernetics and robotic joints which replace his missing body parts. The gas mask, being a key feature of his suit, helps to keep his oxygen supply sustained after suffering from 3rd degree burns in his scalp and upper body in a fight. During the design process of Crimsons character design, Alex and I were heavily influenced from the film characters of Darth Vader and Kylo Ren from the Star Wars Saga and Bane from Batman: The Dark Knight Rises. These characters are very sinister when their presences are noticed. In both of our minds, the aspect which makes Crimson similar to these characters aside from the robotics is his mind set. Crimson feels no love, and he is constantly driven by anger. His differences on the other hand are his ability to travel through different dimensions (unsupported flight) and his ability to read people's thoughts (both abilities will be seen in the short film)

Since Crimson is an original character of ours and his appearance is very alienated to what the other characters in our short film look like,  I decided to illustrate how in detail my first initial ideas for Crimson's costume design. I took inspiration from the designs of the villains portrayed in the slideshow above.  
The render below is a current detailed illustration I made on Photoshop using a Wacom drawing tablet of what Alex and I believe to be what Crimson would look like on set. His face is shrouded over with a cloth hood and covered with a gas mask. He also carries lightweight clothing for extra mobility and parts of his robotic limbs are shown. I added extra details such as the armour he wears and the weapons which he might carry with him. In the next future drafts Alex and I will make to his costume design, we will simply cover over the top any extra details we may come up with in the future. 

An initial render drawing of Crimson

Screenshot of the artwork in Photoshop

Having now completed a draft design for Crimson's appearance, we will continue to refine his design and test out with models which designs will work best for this short film.