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Questioner
What was the best Steel Inquisitor cosplay that you've seen?
Brandon Sanderson
Probably, there was one I saw in Boston, where they had gone all out and done the spikes, with the reflective sunglasses on them. They actually looked down a spike at these sunglass things, and that looked really sharp.
Questioner 1
I've been trying to figure out how to... make an Alethi dress with a safehound pouch without the hand being all bulky.
Questioner 2
Yeah, or looking like it's amputated.
Brandon Sanderson
There are people online who have done them and they look good.
Questioner 2
Yeah, I've looked them up. The problem is when you have the thing there, and because your putting things that are about the size of a marble, it ends up looking like there's a clump.
Brandon Sanderson
Oh yeah, it does. It does look-- it looks odd to our eyes. It's natural to them, if that makes any sense, but if you make it a little bit tighter, also we found that helps.
Questioner 2
But what it be unreasonable for it to go really long, because I was thinking that would be kind of pretty.
Brandon Sanderson
Yeah you could totally do a really long one.
Questioner
Is there any reference material for doing cosplay?
Brandon Sanderson
It depends on the costume that you want to make. We have lots for Stormlight Archive, less for other books. So if you want reference material for Stormlight costumes you can write us and we'll send you the concept art we are using.
Questioner
I've seen a lot of forum posts about the mistcloaks themselves. What is the standard wear underneath those?
Brandon Sanderson
So there isn't a lot of standardization, because Mistborn are rare and each Mistborn commissions their own cloak. Most of the time, I think you're going to find that they would wear a buttoning shirt with short sleeves. Probably something dark would be my guess, probably a dark gray. But it just really depends on the person.
Questioner
Okay. I was thinking about working up a Mistborn cosplay--
Brandon Sanderson
My theme for clothing other than miscloaks was a look a little of-- Dickensian London was my inspiration, so.
Questioner 1
Is Dalinar clean-shaven or does he wear a beard?
Brandon Sanderson
It depends on the day, and the time. Dalinar is clean-shaven through most of the books you have seen.
Questioner 1
That's what I thought but he thought not.
Questioner 2
The audiobook reader just gives me an impression of a wizened person with a well-kept beard.
Brandon Sanderson
Let's see if I've got... if I've got enough internet...
Questioner 2
I get the impression that Sadeas has a creepy mustache from the audiobook as well.
Brandon Sanderson
Beards are not in fashion in Alethkar right now.
Questioner 1
Which is why Kaladin shaves it off.
Brandon Sanderson
Let's see, Way of Kings, I've got the artwork I used as-- *shows secret canon drawing* So there is the concept art we used for Dalinar.
ericpeters
What exactly is a dueling cane anyhow?
Brandon Sanderson
Some are flexible, like sparring swords, and are used for duels where blood is not needed.
Others are basically a big length of wood for hitting people, like a tonfa without the grip.
ericpeters
Do canes have a hilt like a sparring sword then? I always picture something like pic being used
Brandon Sanderson
Many have a hilt. However for most, there is no crossguard or the like.
And most don’t taper like that one. They are often of a uniform diameter all the way down. #torchat
Questioner
How did you design the mistcloak cloaks?
Brandon Sanderson
Because it looks cool, obviously!
Questioner
It is highly impractical!
Brandon Sanderson
Not if you're Mistborn! The only trouble we really had is stepping on the tassels.
Questioner
And getting tangled up in them.
Brandon Sanderson
Well, a lot of the tassels, a lot of the ones for mistcloaks we've made, use thicker material in them, and they lie straighter, and they don't tangle nearly as much. As long as you don't make them too long, 'cause if you do, you step on them, particularly on stairs... We've got some costume persons that work-- you'll find, if you use a thicker, stronger material-- yeah.
I'm planning on doing a cosplay of a Parshendi warrior for DragonCon this year. Are they barefoot or do they wear shoes?
They wear shoes or boots.