Magpie’s Chechen Visuals
Hairstyles and augments inspired by the folk dress of Chechnya — the aesthetic that defines the North Caucasian mountains and became the foundation of the Cossack military uniform.
This pack includes two male and two female hat/headdress hairstyles, along with the un-accessorized variations thereof to create more variety (comes out to eight total):
– a felt or velvet summer men’s hat
– a fuzzy fleece/fur winter men’s hat (+ hair only)
– a women’s broadcloth cap with a shawl (+ no shawl)
– a pair of long braids with a short veil and ribbon headband (+ no veil, + hair only)
Traditional clothing in the Caucasus is pretty gendered, and it’s not super-modular as folk costume goes, so I reworked a few recognizable elements so they’d work individually and on any gender of hero. I came out with five augments:
– a dramatic oversleeve (pauldron slot) with a contrast lining, based on Chechen wedding gown sleeves
– a high-collared busk/cravat thing (scarf slot) based on the bge’wlh, the adorned false front on Chechen women’s dresses. The masculine bodies’ are squared-off, the feminine bodies’ are tapered toward the waist
– a brooch based on gazyri, the little gunpowder/charge tubes found on the front of Chechen men’s formal jackets
– a belt with a fancy metalwork buckle
– a set of matching cloth bracers (bracelet slot)
Choose just one of the brooch and scarf — they look weird together — but otherwise, everything mixes and matches in your hero’s primary and secondary colors.
