Before getting into the commentary too much let me just drop the full dye setups here.

Julianos White




Legate Black




Motif Master Brown





Overlord Purple




Ophidian Jade





Sigil Orange





Covenant Blue




Grand Overlord Brass




Ruby Throne Red





As you can see, the dyes actually come out pretty darn well!! Bravo to the team on these ones. I have lots of special notes here. First, though, I need to mention that the lighting conditions for my dye station are super bright and very diffuse so you're getting basically no natural shadows, bear that in mind when examining how things appear. With that in mind, notice how the very dark Legate Black actually, you know, LOOKS DARK on both the costumes. It's a bit lighter on the lower-tier costume, but that's sort of to be expected since the material is supposed to be less sleek, having more fibers scattering the light, but it's still recognizably black, unlike some other costumes I can think of (read: the first two tiers of Dunmer female costumes).

Next, notice how true the colors are. Red reds, green greens, white whites, Covenant Blue comes out BLUE instead of purpleish, and hell even Sigil Orange looks right! That one never looks right!! So as far as colors go I am definitely giving these a 10/10. That doesn't mean they get a 10/10 in terms of total dye score, though. As we can see, in both costumes there's some degree of completely undyeable area, and it's much worse in the higher-tier costume. Complicating the matter is the fact that these areas really should have been on one of the dye channels. The belt and stitching on the Budi Shirt outfit could easily have dyed to channel 3 without disrupting the look (and, indeed, complementing it wonderfully), and the same goes for the yellow lining on the Sugar Suit, which should have dyed to the same color as the bracers. The yellow might look great on my orange-furred Khajiit, but what about Khajiit with other fur colors/ What about my very dark-skinned Redguard? This yellow would be a serious limiter for them! Overall an 8/10 for dyes, it's a huge improvement but I still really hope we break away from the vast undyeable areas trend.

Now for the uniqueness of the cut... it's amazing!! I love the outer sleeve coming up farther than the inner sleeve, I love how the pants are loose instead of skin-tight, I love the unique hat on the Budi Shirt, I love the layered look on the Sugar Suit, I love I love I love. It's just stellar, it really is.

So yeah, these outfits are definitely sitting in the top tier position for costumes, I'd say somewhere around 8/10 to 9/10. Not just compared to recent costumes, mind you, but truly for overall costume design. Fantastic job, I just hope we keep seeing improvements on the last remaining issue regarding undyeable areas!