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This month I am hosting a contest between three WOW bloggers who discuss RP or fashion in the game. It is up to me AND YOU to decide who wins!
Here are the contest specs that were sent out to the contestants:
Enter a transmog outfit you think looks the coolest. Pretty simple right?
The contest will be judged on:
Items Used- mixing tier with non-tier, colors mixed together, over all look- 50%
Screenshot submission- creativity, location, etc- 50%
My vote will count for 50% and the readers’ votes will count for the other half.
Custom WOW Coasters
Swamp Thang
Kirina Used:
Big Voodoo Mask
Ymirjar’s Physician’s Robe
Mantle of Autumn
Overcast Boots, Gloves, and Belt
Kirina says: The Physician’s Robe immediately made me think of a female “creature from the Black Lagoon”, and so I focused on a outfit primarily green and brown to go along with that “swampy” theme. I found that the Mantle of Autumn really accents the colors in the robe – while they aren’t green like the druid-only Cenarion Spaulders, the golden leaves of the Autumn mantle bring out the darker brown/tan colors in the robe. The Big Voodoo Mask was added just to be “scarier”…and, it was really the only leather helm I could find that was obtainable for Kirina while still matching the spirit of the outfit.
Newsies Look
Kamalia used:
Hood of Lost Solitude
Murkblood Shoulderguards
Raptor-Hide Harness
Rigid Belt
Expedition Pants
Runic Leather Gauntlets
Mosshide Boots
Tuxedo Shirt
Kamalia Says: I’d been intending to put together an outfit based around the Hood of Lost Solitude, a leather quest reward item from Twilight Highlands that reminds me of a military-style cap, for some time now. In contemplating what sorts of outfits I might make, it occurred to me that this hat might make a good newsboy cap.
Also: Like the Dress Shoes, these boots disappear on races that don’t wear shoes and look like plain black shoes on races with human-like feet.
I also considered using the Runic Leather Vest/Cow King’s Hide as an alternate chestpiece.
Shammy Power
Effi Used:
Crown of Destruction
Merciless Gladiator’s Ringmail Spaulders
Brutal Gladiator’s Ringmail Armor
Brutal Gladiator’s Ringmail Gauntlets
Guardian’s Ringmail Girdle
Feltooth Eviscerator
Triptych Shield of the Ancients
Effraeti says: Somewhat inspired by the Firelands (T12), but mainly built around the Cataclysm (T5) set shoulders (which I bought the PvP replica of). Shamans are elemental based, and I thought the look of fire was most impressive (and I love that helm). My preference would be the Earthshatter (T3) set, but alas, I did not play in Vanilla.
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My vote is for Effraeti – I’ve always been a sucker for Shaman gear and she’s wearing some of my favorites! I have that Triptych Shield of the Ancients myself! Good times.
Score: 8 for overall look/10 for screenshot. Mm, lava!
My vote is for Kirina – I love those autumnal shoulders as well as the whole camouflaged Troll look, the perfect ensemble for a spot of PvP in a swamp. The leafy shoulders help merge perfectly into that clump of swamp grass and if I happened to be there herbing and that jumped out at me, I’d be terrified 😀
Score 9 for the outfit/10 for the screenshot.
I particularly like the fact that the screenshot is kind of a reverse action shot, a laying in wait shot if you will.
Wow, what a great idea for a contest. I love costumes. Makes me wish I could enter.
My vote goes to Kirina on this one. I also love the ‘ready and waiting’ look she has going and she shows some great camouflage skills. I especially love the one hoof ready to pounce on an unsuspecting foe 😛
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9 for outfit / 9 for screenshot
My vote is for Kamalia; although the outfit is very simple it pulls together a lot of matching pieces and the tuxedo shirt matches surprisingly well. I could totally see tauren and orcs delivering the news in Org dressed like that! 9 for the outfit, 10 for the adorable screenshot!
My vote goes out to Kirina – I like the original idea of a swamp..troll and the choice of random gear matching colors. I also like how the screenshot was taken, though I believe it might be ruining colors a bit due to the color ‘haze’ of the zone.
Overall look: 9/10
Screenshot: 7/10
I’m tossing my vote to Kirina. Out of the three, it jumped out at me the most. Whether a cheesy sci-fi monster or a genuine Swamp Troll, there’s just something about the screenshot that grabs me. The choice of gear is an excellent blend and nothing is out of place.
Overall look 9/10
Screenshot 8/10
Wow is it hard to choose one! As I slowly viewed them, I kept thinking “Wonderful, this’ll get my vote” and then the next came along and changed my vote. I’d be happy to see any of them win.
I changed my mind many times. My current choice when I finally pushed “Post” was:
Kirina, because of how she took such disparate pieces to make something that worked so well together.
Score: 8 / 9.
My vote goes to Kirina hands down, I love the look and the theme of her outfit and I LOVE the name of the shoulders she used because, well my daughter’s name is Autumn 😉 lol, I really enjoy her screenshot as well because it ties in really well with her outfit theme. very creative and nice use of the gear available 🙂
Overall Look 9/10
Screenshot 10/10
I thought the newsboy theme was very cute and unique, but overall my favorite is Kirina because all the pieces worked so well together. I can totally picture the troll swamp thing scooping and piecing together those shoulders for the trees and muck. And great ss location as well!
10 and 9, respectively!
Though all of the costumes are fab, my vote is to Kamalia, as I love Tauren outfits. And the way that it was shot is cute 🙂 But it was a hard choice!
Overall 9/10
Screenshot 10/10
My vote is for Kirina, definitely a 9/10! I’ve always been a fan of horror movies, and she takes such a classic villain and puts a feminine cute twist on it!
I’m gonna have to vote for Kamalia. Tauren have got to be my favorite Horde race, and the outfit is beyond adorable.
10 for the outfit, 9 for the shot.
My vote is for Kamalia. I like that her pieces are plucked from across the level spectrum, so they definitely weren’t designed to match each other. I like how the combination of tuxedo shirt (“dressy”) and harness (“barechested warrior”) unexpectedly reads “uniform”. And I’m a sucker for realistic bits in game worlds, that acknowledge *everyone* can’t be a world-saving hero!
9/10
My vote goes to Kamalia for originality and pulling different pieces together.
Overall look 10/10
While screenshot is Eh 7/10
I vote Kamalia, woulda been nice to have a few “extras” for the SS but maybe that was against the rules 🙂
Overall 9/10
SS 9/10
I know that as a participant, my vote doesn’t count, but I am utterly WOWED by Kirina’s outfit!
Of all of these outfits, Kirina’s is the one that would make me do a double-take and a /inspect if I saw someone wearing it around Orgrimmar or in a dungeon or raid group. I’d probably do even more of a jaw-drop if I saw it on an Alliance character 😛
Her concept is so creative, and her screenshot is very, very clever. Like Erinys, I love the “lying in wait” look of her hiding, camouflaged, in the shrubbery.
10/10 😀
Voting is closed for this contest. I will be posting the winner by tomorrow!
kamalia for combining different pieces.
I love the Shaman outfit, but the swamp monster is unique. So i vote for that.