Friday, April 4, 2014

Burial gown for your Forsaken fashionista

If I was given an ultimatum and was forced to transmog to one set and wear it for ever, it will be this one, no doubt.
I cannot explain why I haven't posted this one yet, since it is my ultimate, all time, undisputable favourite. I love the theme, the story behind it I came up with, and I absolutely ADORE it on the Forsaken, I cannot be happier with it, ever.
I put it together back in the days of fighting for the Alliance, and took some screenshots of Nestalhir showing it off in some pretty shady places, but I didn't appreciate all its beauty until I race changed.
The way I like to think of it now (I like to justify the race change with some in-character story rather than just "I luv the forsaken" - sue me) is that Nestalhir, a human discipline priest, suffers from a bipolar disorder *trying to explain the shadow offspec and her episodes of violent face meltings* and well, her life ends in a dramatic attempt to finally find peace. She wakes up from what was meant to be eternal sleep, and to her initial dismay finds out her affinity to shadow has increased in strenght. The light that she cherished all her life now abandoned her, but she is not ready to abandon her former identity. *Insert the lore explanation for forsaken priests bending the light and suffering*
I don't think I have ever mentioned it here, but I'm a die-hard fan of Tim Burton's creations, and if I had the guts and money I would dress like a proper (neo-Victorian) goth. I like the creepy stuff, I like scary stories.
The way I see this particular transmog set is the burial dress Nestalhir wore when she woke up to her life in undeath (is this even a correct way to say it?) The candles, the dead roses on her staff, it all makes me think of Nestalhir as a character from Christina Rosetti's poem or the like.










Items Used:

Shoulders: Halo-Graced Mantle
Chest: Thistlefur Robe
Wrist: whatever can be covered by the gloves is fine
Gloves: Krompf's Fine-Tuning Gloves
Belt: Cord of Reconstruction
Staff: Alliance-only (doesn't change once you change factions): Chillwind Staff OR Charmed Cierge featured on Nestalhir as a human

Thursday, April 3, 2014

Inspired by: House Stark from Game of Thrones / Priest CM gear modified

I can still remember the adrenaline rush when racing against the timer to get my first Challenge Mode: Gold kill. I remember our leader's remarks, I remember how proud I was when I was being complimented Nest stop it you should be humble ok thanks it was truly a rewarding experience in game and made me feel like a somewhat decent healer. Naturally, I knew very well what the priest transmog set looks like, and transmogged to it right away when I got the chance.
HOWEVER I wasn't all too happy with the set. I couldn't help it, and although I really liked the shoulders/head design, I was not satisfied with the robe. Sigh. Feeling ungrateful I sucked it up, changed my transmog - as usual - about twice a day, until I came up with this.

Epiphany, I think it's called.
It took me a while to get the robe, but oh my it was all worth it.
I keep coming back to it, and I dare say it looks even better on the Forsaken. (Pictures of that later, I don't feel like wearing this particular set now, funny enough.)

Then I thought, hey, this is something I would picture the Stark woman wearing in the WoW universe.
Oh dear lord every time I watch Cat drag her dress in the mud of Winderfell I want to punch a panda or destroy something beautiful 

So, here it is, the creation borne through pain, stress, and my love towards GoT (actually, I like the books more but there I am left entirely to use and enjoy my imagination as to what things might look like, and I will spare you all from having to read about that.) Yay Joff, you know you all secretly love him



DO YOU SEE HER ROBE DRAGGING IN THE MUD? NO! GODDAMN 



Items Used:

Kness and toes, knees and..
Staff: Icecore Staff



Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Egyptian Priestess

Ah, my favourite theme. One of my favourite staves.
Nestalhir is embracing her former life as an Egyptian priestess, and posing in - you guessed right - one of my all time favourite areas in game, Uldum.
Now, before you notice the priest-only challenge gear pieces, don't despair nor hate on me (too much) - they are what I personally prefer to use for this set, but are easily replaced by pieces with matching colour theme.




Items used:

Head: Katoom's Mask
Chest: Aurora Armor
Shoulders: Lightning Infused Mantle
Tabard: Golden Lotus Tabard
Braces: Bracers of the Light
Hands: Replica Virtuous Gloves *priest only* OR Runed Spell-Cuffs
Waist: Cord of the Light *priest only* OR Vestal's Irrepressible Girdle
Pants: Kamaei's Cerulean Skirt
Staff: Soul Releaser

Inspired by: House Lannister from Game of Thrones/ stereotypical Blood Elf

I admit to the guilty pleasure of using the Orb of the Sin'dorei while wearing this set. On cooldown, even during raids.

Couldn't help but notice the similarities to the outfit Cersei from Game of Thrones could possibly wear. +1 reason to grind it.
It's not original *Nest what are you talkin' 'bout there is no such thing as originality in wow* yet I would like to post it here for the future, and because I like to take screenshots with wings and sparkles in pretty places. 


                               Human, imperfect version of Nestalhir is not particularily amused.


Items used: 

Shoulders: Nightsky Mantle


Dead yet still alive!

It finally happened!
After breaking free from the rather toxic community of my former guild, I was finally free to do what I want, and play how I want. So, naturally, I have decided to take advantage of the free character migration to a different server and faction changed. Now, Nestalhir is a Forsaken, and a whole lot of new possibilities for RP and transmog came to my mind. I still have some screenshots to post of her when she was still a human, but all the new sets will feature Nesta as an undead.

For Sylvanas.

Yay

Sunday, February 9, 2014

Inspired by: Scryers Tabard

This outfit, built around Scryers Tabard, comes in two versions. The first one is priest-only, and the second one is wearable by any clothie and easily obtainable.

Priest only version:




Items Used:

Head: Hood of Dying Light
Shoulders: Mantle of Dying Light
Belt: Dirtwood Belt (Alliance only)
Chest: anything without sleeves that will be covered by a tabard
Shirt: Stylish Black Shirt
Gloves: Heroes' Handwraps of Faith
Pants: Legwraps of the Master Conjurer
Feet: Saltarello Shoes
Staff: Acrobatic Staff

non-class specific outfit:


Items Used:

You can get the recolour of the priest-only helm, Soulgaze Cowl.
Sadly, there are no lookalike shoulders that match the helm, so I have decided to keep the set simple.
Shoulders: Duskhallow Mantle.
Hands: Black Mageweave Gloves
Wrist: Waterfall Wristwraps

Saturday, February 8, 2014

Victorian archaeologist

While leveling my monk, Iynx, through the starting quests in Jade Forest, the alliance rogue T9 chest recolor caught my attention. I think it's one of the prettiest chests in game, and for sure it's my favorite leather piece, ever.
The laces reminded me of a Victorian vest or a corset, and I knew I have to create a set based on this chest.
If you are an Alliance rogue, you are lucky to be able to obtain this chest rather easily. The rest of the Alliance characters will receive the chest as a reward upon completion of this quest. Sadly, Horde characters cannot obtain the chest; the T9 pieces are converted to their Horde equivalents, and the chest dropping in  Trial of the Crusader (Armor of Shifting Shadows) is converted to Vest of Shifting Shadows for Horde.





Items used:

Head: Weakness Spectralizers (optional, engineer only)
Chest: Leather Tunic of Eminent Domain
Shirt: Tuxedo Shirt
Shoulders: Pristine Coyote Spaulders
Wrist: Crafted Malevolent Gladiator's Armwraps of Alacrity
Hands: Ceremonial Leather Gloves or, if you are Alliance, Researcher's Gloves
Belt: Ghostflicker Waistband
Legs: Angerclaw Leggings
Feet: Landfall Leather Boots