Well, the value of my advice depends on whether you think my costume's any good. I linked this in the other thread, but again - this is my Robot Maid costume
I point this out 'cause, f'instance, Foxboy has entirely different ideas on how to do a maid costume.
For me, though...I started by taking the 'French Maid' stereotype and breaking it down. What do you need? Black and white as the main colours, obviously. They're not the ONLY maid uniform colours, but they're the iconic ones.
What else? You need some kind of fancy white hat. We can't really do that, but the fiddly bits on the braided 'Asian' piece work, 'specially with primary colour black and secondary colour white. Closest I could get. I guess you could also use a white headband or tiara with any other hairstyle, if this doesn't appeal to you.
Next, you need a collar piece, or something similar. Four ways I found to do that - with just shoulder pieces, heavy neck chain in black or spiked collar in black. Alternatively, you can use the entire 'Leather' piece from Tops with Skin (it has a collar covering), or use a 'Shirt' top (coloured black, presumably) and one of the scarf chest details in white. I don't like the shirt option, but more on that in a moment.
Depending on how sexy you want the French Maid outfit to be, you either want a black/white shirt top (with short sleeves)...or a top that leaves the shoulders and collarbone bare. I think the second option works better. Using a shirt top might let you simulate a higher white apron reaching up to the chest area (with, say, the baseball top), but I think that's a bit too fiddly. I prefer a flat black top - either the strapless pattern (ie. the backless tops with skin), possibly also tank top or leather (also from tops with skin). Bridal or Bridal Lace could also work if you have the Wedding Pack, but I don't like those because the texture doesn't look good on lower graphics settings.
Which leaves the apron. And you do need an apron, over a black skirt. What Obsolete uses is a plain flared skirt with...I think it's Stripe 2 or Stripe 3 pattern applied, I forget...but it creates that white oblong area on both sides of the skirt. She has a white cloth belt to complete the look. This isn't the only pattern that works, there are a couple of others that can be 'apron-like', IIRC. Also, you could use the bridal or leather textures for the base skirt as well, but I've already noted my issue with that.
You probably want black shoes of some sort, bridal, stiletto, or otherwise. Dark stockings to taste. You may want gloves; hooked or bridal could work. Or none at all. Obsolete doesn't have these 'cause she's a robot maid.
-- Acyl
I point this out 'cause, f'instance, Foxboy has entirely different ideas on how to do a maid costume.
For me, though...I started by taking the 'French Maid' stereotype and breaking it down. What do you need? Black and white as the main colours, obviously. They're not the ONLY maid uniform colours, but they're the iconic ones.
What else? You need some kind of fancy white hat. We can't really do that, but the fiddly bits on the braided 'Asian' piece work, 'specially with primary colour black and secondary colour white. Closest I could get. I guess you could also use a white headband or tiara with any other hairstyle, if this doesn't appeal to you.
Next, you need a collar piece, or something similar. Four ways I found to do that - with just shoulder pieces, heavy neck chain in black or spiked collar in black. Alternatively, you can use the entire 'Leather' piece from Tops with Skin (it has a collar covering), or use a 'Shirt' top (coloured black, presumably) and one of the scarf chest details in white. I don't like the shirt option, but more on that in a moment.
Depending on how sexy you want the French Maid outfit to be, you either want a black/white shirt top (with short sleeves)...or a top that leaves the shoulders and collarbone bare. I think the second option works better. Using a shirt top might let you simulate a higher white apron reaching up to the chest area (with, say, the baseball top), but I think that's a bit too fiddly. I prefer a flat black top - either the strapless pattern (ie. the backless tops with skin), possibly also tank top or leather (also from tops with skin). Bridal or Bridal Lace could also work if you have the Wedding Pack, but I don't like those because the texture doesn't look good on lower graphics settings.
Which leaves the apron. And you do need an apron, over a black skirt. What Obsolete uses is a plain flared skirt with...I think it's Stripe 2 or Stripe 3 pattern applied, I forget...but it creates that white oblong area on both sides of the skirt. She has a white cloth belt to complete the look. This isn't the only pattern that works, there are a couple of others that can be 'apron-like', IIRC. Also, you could use the bridal or leather textures for the base skirt as well, but I've already noted my issue with that.
You probably want black shoes of some sort, bridal, stiletto, or otherwise. Dark stockings to taste. You may want gloves; hooked or bridal could work. Or none at all. Obsolete doesn't have these 'cause she's a robot maid.
-- Acyl