~Mulan's Outfit: The general clothing is based on the outfit Mulan wears when she meets the Emperor. I removed her sleeves & changed the color of her skirt simply because I thought a pale blue looked better. The armor is basically pieces of Mulan's green armor from the movie just recolored but my friend says I made the armor look too Japanese when I sized the parts down sooo...Yea.
~Face Paint: It seemed like a cool aesthetic to have Mulan wearing her geisha makeup from the beginning of the movie & treating it more like war paint which is why I have it smeared.
~Swords: Mulan is weilding both her Father's Sword & Shan Yu's Blade. I just always pictured Mulan dual wielding these swords in battle if she continued her warrior ways at the end of the movie.
~Mushu:I decided to grant Mushu's desire to be a large scary-isn dragon & then I treated this look as more of Mulan's spirit dragon. But of course I let Mushu keep his gong.
~Flower in the Lower Right Corner: This is an enlarged version of Mulan's flower comb that she wears in her geisha look. In my original plan Mulan was going to be wearing the comb but it seemed like too many unnecessary pieces for her to wear as a warrior.
~Pink Tribal Flowers: The pink flower designs in the background are stylized lotuses to reference the flowers at Mulan's home.
Basic concept for the design is what if Shang died while protecting the Emperor at the end of the movie? I think Mulan would throw herself into battle into battle & would embody both aspects of herself in the movie. Plus having less heavy armor would give her more maneuverability.
