Editing Victoria Dallon (section)

===New Costume===
[[File:Antares-C.png|thumb|200px|Illustration by Cyrix [https://old.reddit.com/r/Parahumans/comments/9a00d1/fanart_antares_in_costume/ on Reddit]]]
With [[Weld]]'s help, Victoria crafted a new costume for herself, using designs she had long been working on. Two store-bought hoodies and some old armor of [[Flashbang|her father's]] were cannibalized to create it. The design was inspired by her old Glory Girl costume, her newly-reshaped forcefield, a desire to differentiate herself, and a practical need for increased protection because she was leaving her forcefield down more often, among other influences.<ref name="II5.6">[[Shadow 5.6]]</ref> It was intended to be weighty, but still form-fitting in the torso and arms.<ref>I want the costume to have weight, while still being form-fitting at the torso and arms. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/03/17/shadow-5-6/ excerpt] from [[Shadow 5.6]]</ref>

The costume featured a hood and removable sleeves.<ref name="II5.6e2"/> The cloth was black with (eventually) white trim, re-purposed from a hoodie.<ref name="II5.6e3"/><ref name="II5.6e3"/><ref> I’d bought black and white versions of the same hooded top, picked for the slanted cut around the collar, shoulders, and the more sleeves.  I could cut one up and use it to apply trim to the other and know the cut would match.  Then I’d apply the additional elements that would make it a costume. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/03/17/shadow-5-6/  excerpt] from [[Shadow 5.6]]</ref> The hood had metal decoration at the edge,<ref name="II5.6e2">“Hood, layered long sleeves I can remove as needed for weather.  Fingerless gloves with decoration.  Metal decoration at the front and edges of the hood… like this image here.  Spikes, like my old tiara, but at the shoulder, decorating edges of the hood, and at the breastplate… which would be structured on a basic level, just like this image.”<br><br>The breastplate was flat, with only a slight curve to deflect blows.  A matching, briefer plate rested against the collarbone and upper breast, the bottom part overlapping and sticking up slightly. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/03/17/shadow-5-6/  excerpt] from [[Shadow 5.6]]</ref> a metal ornament at the peak of the hood with rays forking upward.<ref name="II5.7e1">I turned my body so the white gold color of my breastplate would catch the light coming in through the window.  I put my hood up, and the ornament at the peak of the hood with rays forking up slapped my forehead. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/03/20/shadow-5-7/  excerpt] from [[Shadow 5.7]]</ref>

The armor of the costume was described as gold or white-gold.<ref name="II5.7e1"/><ref name="II5.6e3"/> It had a flat breastplate with decorative "rays" in the center, overlapping a second piece of armor that covered her collarbone and upper breast. The armor around her legs was similarly decorated.<ref name="II5.6e2"/><ref name="II5.6e3">I wore my costume.  The white decorative  trim on the black fabric was missing, and I planned more ornamentation for my gloves, but the rest was intact.  Spires of gold like my old tiara stood up at my shoulders, the middle-center of my breastplate, and decorated the armor around my legs and on my gloves.  The decoration at my forehead was a weight that kept my hood down, and my hair draped out over my right shoulder.  A protective mask hung from my belt, the curved surface resting around the curve of my thigh.  I’d don it if there was danger, and if I didn’t need to speak. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/03/17 Excerpt] from [[Shadow 5.6]]</ref> Spikes projected from the shoulder pads,<ref>Capricorn approached and stood next to me, his armored shoulder touching the spikes at mine.  - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/03/27 Excerpt] from [[Shadow 5.10]]</ref> four parallel "rays" and then a fifth shorter one slightly apart, curving toward the front and leading into similar decoration on the breastplate.<ref name="II5.6e4">“I need more information on the spikes before I do the rough shape,” Weld said.  “You made notes on this.  Five spikes at the shoulder, uneven?”<br/><br/>“Rays more than spikes,” I said.  “They space out, four, and then one shorter.  Minor gap between the four and one.”<br/><br/>“Any reason for the short one?” Weld asked.<br/><br/>“Symmetry,” I said.  “It curves in, so it’s more toward the front of the shoulder, and it leads into more of the same at the breastplate decoration.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/03/17 Excerpt] from [[Shadow 5.6]]</ref> When she posed with her hands on her hood they pointed backwards.<ref> I settled into my pose, both hands on my hood, the parallel spikes that extended up from my shoulder now pointing back. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/03/20 Excerpt] from [[Shadow 5.7]]</ref>

A protective mask hung from the belt for use in serious situations.<ref name="II5.6e3"/>

The gloves were fingerless and decorated<ref name="II5.6e2"/> with back-swept spikes that were sharp enough to be used to cut things.<ref> stepped into the bus, put the box down, and used one of the back-swept spikes of metal on my glove to cut the twine.  - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/03/20/shadow-5-7/ excerpt] from [[Shadow 5.7]]</ref>
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