Posted in Classic/Vanilla, Druid, Dwarf, Gnome, Human, Hunter, Mage, Night Elf, Paladin, Priest, Rogue, Shaman, Tauren, Troll, Warlock, Warrior on October 4, 2019| 5 Comments »
Will I ever do more with any of these characters than enter the world and maybe manage to get through the 1-5 zone and out to their racial capital city? Realistically speaking, probably not. Nevertheless, the collector in me still wanted to have a complete set of Classic Classes.
Posted in Hunter, Mail, Tauren, Transmogrification on July 7, 2019|
A collection of Transmogrification Kits actually worn in-game by my Tauren Hunters. Outfits are listed from most recent to least recent. Items that are no longer obtainable are marked with an asterisk (*).
77) Darkmoon Trickshot
Darkmoon Harlequin’s Bells with Bronze-Tinted Sunglasses, Gauntlets of the Dragonslayer, Dragonstalker’s Greaves, and Thas’dorah (upgraded, tint 1)
Getting most of these screenshots was more like “lucky” shots than “trick” shots — I don’t think I could capture any of those exact frames of the animation again if I was trying for them.
76) Ignited Fletching
Maulgar’s Warhelm, Fireplume Plumage, Fireplume Halter, Golden Filigreed Doublet, Fireplume Flarewraps, Merciless Belt, Fireplume Coverts, Netherstorm Greaves, Skyfire Hawk-Bow/Thas’dorah (basic, 4th tint)
This outfit has a bunch of little elements that I really like. The T2 recolor hat is perfect for a Hunter wearing the Fireplume Regalia. This shirt coordinates wonderfully with the Fireplume Halter; note to self, use this combo again. Any excuse to use these vivid magenta boots is worth taking. The Skyfire Hawk-Bow has just the right combination of color and similarity of design without being over-complicated. Naturally, I also had to try it with the red tint of Thas’dorah to get a quiver on the back to go with the name I’d already decided to use for the outfit.
75) Unicorn Hunter
Snake Spaulders, Stormstrike Vest, Cerulean Filigreed Shirt, Dragonstalker’s Gauntlets, Band of the Night Raven, Expedition Forager Leggings, Treads of the Wasteland, Thalassian Compound Bow
According to the dates on the image files for Ketura’s previous outfit, she’d been wearing for a little over two years. I finally got tired enough of seeing it to put forth the effort to make her something new. This outfit is adapted from one I originally made for my Dwarf Shaman (#8).
I gave the outfit this name because its colors are similar to the color scheme associated with the resurgence of unicorns as a motif in popular culture in recent years.
74) Green and Gray
Thick Scale Shoulder Pads, Soldier’s Armor, Helbrine, Der’izu Legguards, Grips of the Fel Destroyer, Soldier’s Boots, Taut Driftwood Bow
I’ve collected a fair amount of green mail, which makes a good fallback for when my Hunter wants a new kit but I don’t have any burning inspiration.
73) Dragon Tamer
Thelwater’s Steelwoven Eyepatch, Gaping Maw Shoulderguard, Dragonrider’s Harness Legguards & Grips, Lifecycle Waistguard, Azsh’ari Stormsurger Striders, and Bleak Scythe
Ketura just knew that she would look like a total badass in the Dragonrider’s gear.
This Vrykul-styled polearm from Wrath is a perfect complement to the armor.
72) Ancestral Survivalist
Ancestral Chieftain’s Armor with Bloodmail Hauberk*, Sunfury Legguards, and Spear of Rethu
Although I really liked the mail chestpiece & pants I’d chosen for Kawneiha, I didn’t want to just repeat that combination for Ketura’s kit. I’d tried these pants as an alternate for Kawneiha’s set, so I knew I liked them with the rest of the pieces, but it took a few iterations to find a chestpiece that worked. The chestpiece I’m using dropped from Old Scholomance; if you haven’t got it, I also liked the how the Stage 1 Wayfaring Tunic looked.
71) Ancestral Hunt Leader
Ancestral Chieftain’s Armor with Felstalker Breastplate, Scale Leggings of the Skirmisher, and Bow of the Great Hunter
I’m not all that fond of the chestpiece and leggings of the Shu’halo Heritage Armor, so I thought I’d try swapping them out for some other pieces.
Kawneiha will probably wear this kit for a very long time.
Posted in Blood Elf, Druid, happy dance, Hunter, Pet Battles, Real Life, Tauren (Highmountain) on September 21, 2018| 6 Comments »
The Patch 8.1 PTR is turning up some cool stuff already — upgraded Blood Elf Guard armor that may or may not be the Blood Elf Heritage Armor, a Boomkin form of their own for Highmountain Tauren Druids, new Night Elf stuff — but what has me most excited is that there will be capybaras!
I’m rather fond of capybaras. I think they’re funny and cute. Guinea pigs are my favorite small animal pet; we had a series of them when I was growing up, and by the time I was in college, the guinea pig was my special pet. I keep telling my toddler that when he gets big enough, I’ll get him some guinea pigs — but they will really be for me, and I’ll just be sharing them with him. And capybaras look kind of like gigantic guinea pigs.
I sure hope the capybaras will be tamable — both as big ones for Hunters and as little ones for Pet Battles. I haven’t tamed any new Hunter pets for quite awhile now — I’ve been meaning to tame a manasaber and to make the Mecha-Bond Imprint Matrix and then go tame the purple-gold-blue mechanostrider in Gnomeregan, but because I rarely actually use any pets other than the faithful cougar who’s been with me since level 10, adding new pets to my collection always seems to be so low down on my priority list of ways to spend my game time that I never get to it. I think I’d go out of my way to tame a capybara, though 😀
Posted in Blood Elf, Hunter, Mail, Transmogrification on September 2, 2018| 4 Comments »
A collection of Transmogrification Kits actually worn in-game by my Blood Elf Hunter. Outfits are listed from most recent to least recent. Items that are no longer obtainable are marked with an asterisk (*).
8) Sin’dorei Sharpshooter
Heritage of the Sin’dorei with Crown of Flame (N), Khan’s Chestpiece, Dreadmire Legguards, and Thas’dorah (upgraded, 3rd tint?)
There are other Sin’dorei-themed bows (Skyfire Hawk-Bow and Sunfury Bow of the Phoenix), which I would have used if there hadn’t been a red tint of Thas’dorah.
7) Gilded Farstrider
Totem Matriarch’s Headdress, Green Iron Shoulders, Tribal Hauberk, Vintage Duskwatch Cinch, Ulfgor’s Greaves of Bravery, Green Iron Gauntlets, Captain’s Boots, Green Linen Shirt, Thas’dorah (default, Pillar of Creation tint)
A combination I wanted to try with this chestpiece. I’ll grant that the headdress is a little over the top (pun intended), but I just couldn’t resist how pretty the green feathers of the hat looked next to the green feathers of the arrows in Thas’dorah’s quiver.
6) Woodcraft
Morningscale Cowl, Tortoise Armor, Barrowknoll Cinch, Web Coated Leggings, Winning Mail Gloves + Steel-Clasped Bracers, Runesworn Boots, Ranger Cloak, Thas’dorah (default, Pillar of Creation tint)
This pushed-back hood style looks kind of silly on Tauren, so I wanted to try it on a character of another race. I picked this chestpiece to go with it, and then the rest of the outfit wanted to look like leather, rather than mail, too.
5) Emberhawk
Vindictive Gladiator’s Chain Armor with Crown of Flame (N), Ebon Filigreed Doublet, and Emberhawk Crossbow
With its elvish styling, the Horde PVP recolor of the Emerald Nighthold Hunter tier set is especially well-suited to Blood Elves.
4) Windrunners’ Torn Hearts
Fox Grove Spaulders, Fuselight Chainmail, Doc’s Belt, Traveling Leggings, Edgemaster’s Handguards, Fox Grove Sabatons, Lohn’goron, Bow of the Torn-Heart
Karolissa had been wanting a “Quel’dorei” outfit using the blue and silver recolor of the Sunfury Bow of the Phoenix.
3) Empyrial Legacy II
Empyrial Elemental Crown, Demonic Combatant’s Chain Spaulders, Bramblemail Hauberk, Skettis Belt, Manaburst Legguards, Mojo-Mender’s Gloves, Lifestep Treads, Rich Purple Silk Shirt, Thas’dorah (upgraded, first tint)
A modification of a kit that I originally designed for Kamalia. Although the grey-and-purple gloves and boots that I used with this outfit for Kam — which worked for her because of her gray fur — looked very nice with the grey feathers of Thas’dorah, they didn’t work at all with the rest of the outfit for Karolissa.
2) Eclipsion Sniper
Thelwater’s Steelwoven Eyepatch, Furious Gladiator’s Chain Spaulders, Fel-Chain Hauberk & Leggings, Bramblemail Belt Gloves & Boots, Purple Trophy Tabard of the Illidari, Starbolt Longbow
Karolissa made her Sunday Mog Show debut wearing an Illidari Trophy Tabard kit because making a mail outfit to go with this tabard had been on my Mogging to-do list for quite a while now, so why not? It must be said, though, that I’m much happier with the kit I was able to make using these Legion-era items than I would have been with a kit made from Burning Crusade-era items.
1) Seeking the Windrunners’ Trail
Trailseeker set with Thas’dorah (default, Pillar of Creation tint)
So, I had two cloth-wearing Blood Elves and two leather-wearing Blood Elves. Recently, I created two plate-wearing Blood Elves. It was somewhat inevitable that I would want to have a mail-wearing Blood Elf to complete the set.
Boosted characters receive this gear. It can also be obtained from the Warlords Garrison Salvage Yard.
Posted in Hunter, Mail, Tauren, Transmogrification on April 22, 2018|
A collection of Transmogrification Kits actually worn in-game by my Tauren Hunters. Outfits are listed from most recent to least recent. Items that are no longer obtainable are marked with an asterisk (*).
70) Beefcake/Cheesecake
Orgrimmar Leggings, Scalping Tomahawk + Sternhorn’s Shield/Dustwallow Impaler
Kamalia’s parents were quite the lookers in their youth.
This fashion suits Tauren particularly well, I think 😉
69) Breaker of Polluted Shrines
Shrinebreaker set with Dragon-Quake Shoulderguards, Tracker’s Belt, and Huntmaster’s Rifle
This is the mail Broken Shore WQ set. Although Kamalia collected it, she hadn’t gotten around to wearing it. So when Ketura wanted a new kit, I thought, eh, why not use this one? Too often I collect a set and then two or three expansions go by before I actually use it.
I don’t usually swap out Ketura’s pet to match her clothes — she’s too attached to the Mulgore cougar she’s had since level 10 — but something about this outfit wanted a darker colored pet to go with it.
68) Mulgore Huntmaster
Annihilator’s Mantle, Chestguard of Relentless Storms, Veteran’s Ringmail Girdle, Gryphon Mail Legguards, Talhide Lined-Gloves, Wild Stalker Boots, Bow of the Great Hunter, Thunder Bluff Tabard
Ketura had been wearing her previous outfit for a rather long time, but I hadn’t had any inspiration for a new kit. So I took her to the Trial of Style, hoping that I might come up with something worth keeping. I threw this outfit together for the “Tabard Time” theme, and it won the round.
67) Mountain Trails
Bearzerker’s Spaulders, Trailseeker Vest Gauntlets & Greaves, Marksman’s Girdle, Veteran’s Legguards, Cloak of Enthralling Darkness, Eagletalon Spear
Another take on an Unseen Path outfit.
66) Burning Ice
Rocket-Chief Pauldrons, Formidable Chestpiece, Girdle of Living Flame, Defender Leggings, Engraved Gauntlets & Boots, Tabard of Summer Flames, Steelhawk Crossbow
A more subtle blue seemed like the right way to go for this outfit.
After the holiday ended, I wasn’t feeling any particular inspiration for a new outfit, so I put Kawneiha back into her “Great Tauren Hunter” kit (#54).
65) Triumphant Flame
Triumphant set with Helm of the Fire Festival, Mantle of the Fire Festival, Masterwork Leggings, and Emberhawk Crossbow
A silly outfit for the Midsummer Fire Festival.
There are other plate-like golden mail sets (Masterwork, Radiant, Sparkleshell) and a handful of scale-like golden mail sets (Burnished, Dreamwalker, Captain’s, Glimmering). I like the Triumphant set best with the festival helm and shoulders, but you may like one of these other sets better.
64) Unseen Path Blues
Warmongering Gladiator’s Chain Helm & Armor, Stained Shoulderguards, Wild Combatant’s Waistguard of Cruelty, Spider Venom Legguards, Trailseeker Gauntlets & Greaves, Wolfsfur Greatcloak
Several Unseen Path NPCs are wearing an outfit consisting of the chestpiece from the normal mode HFC Hunter Tier set with the Bearzerker’s Spaulders, Warmongering Combatant’s Waistguard of Cruelty, Trailseeker gloves & boots, Marshwater Mantle, and a pair of leather pants that don’t have a mail equivalent.
I’m so very very fond of the blue-white-gold color scheme that whenever there is gear with faction-dichotomous appearances, I almost always like the Alliance version better. Warlords did an interesting thing with the Gladiator PvP sets in Seasons 2 & 3: for both seasons, the gear models were the same as the HFC Tier sets, but in Season 2, each faction got their own color (red-tinted for Horde, blue-tinted for Alliance), and in Season 3, the set was now the other faction’s color (blue-tinted for Horde, red-tinted for Alliance).
63) Seeker for the Tribe
Stormforged Shoulders, Shamblehide Chestguard, Sash of the Grand Hunt, Barbaric Legstraps, Murkblood Oven Mitts, Marauder’s Boots, Kodo Mallet + Sternhorn’s Shield/Tribute Gun, Thunder Bluff Tabard
Kamalia and Kawneiha do the “Mom & Me” thing to show off weapons to coordinate with this kit for both of the mail-wearing classes.
62) Arrowsplitter of the Silver Covenant or the Blue Flight
Shoulders of Lightning Reflexes, Blue Dragonscale Breastplate, Doc’s Belt, Blue Dragonscale Leggings, Finder’s Keepers, Star-Strider Boots, Lohn’goron/Crypt Fiend Slayer
A modified version of an outfit originally designed for mini-Kam — but elves can’t be Shaman, so I’ve re-envisioned it for a Hunter.
61) Zealous Houndkeeper
Helm of Affinity, Ravager’s Mantle, Inferno Forged Hauberk, Scarlet Belt & Gauntlets, Oronok’s Old Leggings, Bloodmail Boots*, Tabard of the Scarlet Crusade, Ashjre’thul, Crossbow of Smiting
I know there’s a full Scarlet Crusade mail set, which can be purchased at the Darkmoon Faire by a mail-wearer wearing the Scarlet Crusade tabard — but I’d rather build my own kit.
I wasn’t feeling quite satisfied with any of the gun or bow options available to a level 60 character, so I looked at crossbows, which I rarely use. Huh, when did I get this crossbow? Ah, it drops in Blackwing Lair. I must have picked it up while I was farming BWL with all my alts about a year ago, but I didn’t pay much attention to it because I prefer guns or regular bows.
Posted in Hunter, Mail, Tauren, Transmogrification on August 27, 2017|
A collection of Transmogrification Kits actually worn in-game by my Tauren Hunters. Outfits are listed from most recent to least recent. Items that are no longer obtainable are marked with an asterisk (*).
60) Farstrider’s Parade Dress
Magnificent Shoulders, Silvermoon Armor, Sparkleshell Belt, Pounding Leggings, Glimmering Mail Gauntlets & Greaves, Silvermoon tabard, Sunfury Bow of the Phoenix
I made a kit using this chestpiece and the Skyfire Hawk-Bow a few years ago, so I thought perhaps I’d just update that outfit (Hunter #13) a little bit to use with the Silvermoon tabard. When I went and looked at it, however, I wasn’t really all that happy with it, so I tried again. I’m much better pleased with how this outfit turned out.
Also — I’m so glad the devs updated the female Blood Elf archery animation! It looked so awkward and stupid before; now it looks graceful and powerful, like the female Night Elf archery animation.
59) Sen’jin Voodoo Hunter
Headdress of Sharpened Vision, Pauldrons of Nalorakk, Skyhorn Vest, Girdle of Gale Force, Wild Plains Leggings, Battlebound Grips, Exile’s Chain Boots, Darkspear Tabard, Voodoo Hunting Bow
Ketura has always found the Trolls — and their raptor companions — to be the most interesting of the other races of the Horde.
58) Big & Little Game Hunter
Safari Hat, Lo’ap’s Muck Diving Pads, Veteran Armor Legguards & Gloves, Marksman’s Girdle, Marauder’s Boots, Deckhand’s Shirt, Hemet’s Elekk Gun, Tabard of the Explorer
A more complete version of the Veteran Armor is avaliable in plate, from quest rewards that were originally mail, but were converted to plate in Patch 7.0.
57) Huntress of the Moon
Infernal Headcage, Champion’s Pauldrons, Icemail Jerkin, Sentry’s Sash, Silvermoon Leggings, Bonelink Gauntlets, Fleet Refugee’s Boots, Night Elven Bow
If there were a toy item similar to the Orb of the Sin’dorei that allowed anyone to look like a Night Elf, I’d use it with this outfit. Leyara’s Locket and Kalytha’s Haunted Locket won’t fit the bill, alas, because they give you the appearance of a specific Night Elf character, not that of a Night Elf wearing your own gear.
56) Gaudy Trapper
Mountain Throne Coif, Shoulderguards of Shunned Duty, Gaudy Winter Veil Sweater, Girdle of Living Flame, Crimsonscale Legguards, Ar’tor’s Mainstay, Runesworn Boots
Once I’d chosen the parka hood and shoulders, the rest of the kit needed to look cozy and warm, too.
55) Gaudy Ranger
Green Winter Hat, Champion’s Pauldrons, Gaudy Winter Veil Sweater, Scarlet Belt*, Magnificent Leggings, Unyielding Fists, Fleet Refugee’s Boots, Bow of Searing Arrows
I saw another hunter wearing this belt and pants with the holiday sweater; the rest of her kit was all red, though.
54) Great Tauren Hunter
Gryphon Mail Pauldrons, Chestguard of the Stormspire, Fel-Chain Cinch, Replica Beaststalker’s Pants, Ice Cream Mitts, Auchenai Boots, Bow of the Great Hunter
While I think this chestpiece looks cool, I’m not so fond of the rest of the set. Fortunately, there are enough mail items in enough shades of green that I could put together a nice outfit around it.
53) Legend-Seeker
Bronze-Tinted Sunglasses, Ordon Legend-Keeper Spaulders & Vest, Crafted Dreadful Gladiator’s Links of Accuracy, Groundshort Leggings, Rancorbite Grips, Crafted Dreadful Gladiator’s Sabatons of Alacrity, Bronze Blaster
The yellows in the Ordon-Legend Keeper items match the shades quite nicely. The coordination between the gloves and the chestpiece was a pleasant surprise as I was trying out different gloves.
52) Finder of Unseen Paths
Gorrog’s Serene Gaze, Stormforged Shoulders, Trailseeker Vest & Greaves, Replica Beaststalker’s Belt & Pants, Talhide Lined-Gloves
I love the pretty gilded edging on this hood.
I wanted to use a long green cloak with this kit, but it clipped too badly with the quiver — as in, it almost completely covered it!
51) Reaver of the Infinites
Malefactor’s Eyepatch, Rancorbite Spaulders, Scale Brand Breastplate, Battlebound Girdle, Wildwood Wrangler Leggings, Gatesmashing Gauntlets, Treads of the Valiant Struggle, Reaver of the Infinites
I’d been wanting to use this 2H axe. Thinking about hunting the black-scaled Infinite Dragonflight, I chose this tunic, and then the rest of the kit developed from there.
Posted in Hunter, Mail, Tauren, Transmogrification on July 15, 2017|
A collection of Transmogrification Kits actually worn in-game by my Tauren Hunters. Outfits are listed from most recent to least recent. Items that are no longer obtainable are marked with an asterisk (*).
50) Grayfeather
Thick Scale Shoulder Pads, Wildthorn Mail, Lifecycle Waistguard, Infernal Trickster Leggings, Grips of the Fel Destroyer, Treads of the Dreamwolf
This partial recolor of the Gryphon Mail set is also quite handsome. The crafted Icy Scale Boots almost go with it; the part that covers the legs is a match for the chestpiece and leggings, but the part that covers the feet is bright blue! So I have chosen to use a different pair of boots that might work for everyone — not just the races who go shoe-less.
49) Gryphon Mail
This classic set is the style, albeit not the color, of the garb of Night Elf flight masters throughout Kalimdor and Eastern Kingdoms.
48) Lovable Hotshot Scoundrel
Mail of Crimson Coins (H), Industrial Lifting Belt, Nexus-Strider Legwraps, Trailseeker Gauntlets, Railwalker’s Ratcheted Boots, Formal White Shirt, Kickback 5000
The mail-wearing classes don’t quite fit into a “Jedi” theme because none of them use swords (well, technically Hunters can, but none of the Hunter Artifacts is a sword). “Smuggler” is a Republic-side class in SWTOR, however, so I decided to attempt to create a blaster-slinging Han Solo/Lando Calrissian type of look. That was tricksy, in mail, though, and I wasn’t quite sure how well I’d succeeded until I took her into the Caverns of Time and saw her wearing it as a human.
Yeah, yeah, that works just fine.
47) Draenor Beast Master
Blast-Proof Cowl, Wayfaring Shoulderguards (2-655), Netherstrike Breastplate, Dreadhawk’s Girdle, Leggings of Beast Mastery, Triumphant Gauntlets, Radiant Boots, Permafrost Cape, Glaive of the Pit
I love the combination of blue, green, and gold in this Outland chestpiece and leggings.
This is an outfit I have wanted to make for my Hunter for, like, ever. Unfortunately, I couldn’t at the time I first deisgned this kit because the chestpiece is a BoP-to-the-crafter leatherworking item. I did make a very similar outfit for my Shaman instead. But now, with the account-wide Appearances collection, I can! I did spruce it up a little from the initial design with the Warlords helm and shoulders, though.
46) Iridescent Scales
Bog Epaulets, Skettis Chestpiece & Footwraps, Sundered Waistband & Gauntlets, Green Dragonscale Leggings, Giorgio’s Caduceus of Pure Moods (LFR)
This style of mail armor also comes in gold (the Burnished set). It would be perfectly lovely for Noblegarden (and Love is in the Air) if it came in pale pink, too!
45) Wyrmhunter
Wyrmfury Pauldrons, Fel Iron Chain Tunic, Belt of the Gladiator, Turtle Scale Leggings, Green Dragonscale Gauntlets, Boots of the Pathfinder
It seemed natural to progress from a kit using the Dragonstalker pauldrons to this BC dungeons recolor. After playing around with various combinations of green and red, I decided that I liked the outfit best with the maroon color just popping from the pauldrons and the feathers on this tint of Talonclaw.
44) Carnival
Dragonstalker’s Spaulders, Champion’s Deathdealer Breastplate, Blood Knight Girdle, Scourge Lieutenant Breeches, Magnificent Gauntlets, Netherstorm Greaves, Scarlet Filigreed Shirt, Terokk’s Quill
This brilliantly colored kit takes cues from the outfits submitted by Luxypie and Zhau@Hellfire-EU for “These Boots Were Made For Mogging”.
43) I Will Survive
Wayfaring Shoulderguards & Leggings (3-670), Champion’s Deathdealer Breastplate, Merciless Belt, Magnificent Gauntlets, Netherstorm Greaves, Terokk’s Quill
Beastmastery is fun, especially now that I’ve finally gotten around to having my Scribe make the Dire Stable glyph for my Hunter — but I wanted to go back to being Survival for awhile. Because it was still Pink Season at the time, it seemed like an opportune time to make a bright pink kit with Terokk’s Quill.
42) Wild Heart Wrangler
Architect’s Spaulders, Brigade Breastplate & Girdle, Wayfaring Leggings (3-670), Wildwood Wrangler Gloves, Sha’tari Deadeye Sabatons, PC-54 Shotgun
The pinkish-copper trim on this gun suggested that it be used in a Love is in the Air outfit. This kit turned out darker than I originally anticipated, however, mostly because I resisted the temptation to just use the whole Brigade set —
— a duskier-toned mail analogue of the plate Bloodscale set.
41) Great Jungle Hunter
Safari Hat, Savage Gladiator’s Chain Spaulders, Chestguard of Elemental Torment, Belt of the Gladiator, Axeclaw Legguards, Stormscale Gloves, Treads of the Dreamwolf, Ranseur of Hatred
An idea I began to develop while working on Ketura’s previous outfit. Sometimes it’s best not to let such ideas rest for too long before I make them… or I might forget them.
Posted in Hunter, Mail, Tauren, Transmogrification on July 15, 2017|
A collection of Transmogrification Kits actually worn in-game by my Tauren Hunters. Outfits are listed from most recent to least recent. Items that are no longer obtainable are marked with an asterisk (*).
40) Auchenai Tracker
Furious Gladiator’s Chain Spaulders, Auchenai Tracker’s Hauberk, Unyielding Waistband, Legguards of Sleeting Arrows, Savage Gladiator’s Chain Gauntlets, Boots of the Pathfinder
Although I’ve been wanting to make a kit with this chestpiece for some time, when I actually started to work on it, the rather unique color proved to be a bit of a challenge. This is actually the second iteration of this kit; I’ll reuse parts of the first iteration for another kit some other day.
39) Trailseeker
The Trailseeker set is the gear that a Hunter is shown wearing on the new character selection screen. It is obtained in-game from the Warlords Garrison Salvage Yard.
It didn’t seem quite right to claim Thas’dorah as a Tauren; that bow rightfully belongs to the children of the Sunwell. So I used the Orb of the Sin’dorei before I picked it up.
38) Rangaari Morningscale
Safari Hat, Morningscale shoulders chest & pants, Industrial Lifting Belt, Wastewalker’s Gauntlets*, Sabatons of the Flamewalker, Incised Gun
The Morningscale set is the other green and brown toned Warlords mail set that I think is great for a Ranger-type outfit. It is obtained by running Warlords Heroic dungeons.
I know Kamalia got the hat for the blue-gray coloration of this set, but I didn’t save it after she got an upgrade because I thought it looked rather silly on Tauren (most hoods do, to my eye).
The folded-down hood does look pretty awesome on other races, though!
Legion has an iteration on this hood style that I do think looks okay on Tauren.
37) Rangaari Ravenchain
Ravenchain set with Safari Hat and Taut Driftwood Bow
Warlords produced a couple of rather nice green and brown toned mail sets that are just perfect for a Ranger. This particular set is obtained by questing through Spires of Arak.
36) Balrog Stalker
Crown of Destruction, Replica Beastmaster’s Mantle, Ebonhold Armor, Warmonger’s Belt, Bloodmail Legguards*, Engraved gloves & boots, Orange Martial Shirt, Lava Bolt Crossbow
Ketura doesn’t use crossbows very often, but this one just seemed like the right weapon for this kit.
The Mithril Scale Pants are a good alternate choice of leggings to go with this chestpiece.
35) Black Arrow II
Fel-Chain set with Fel-Proof Goggles, Veteran’s Ringmail Girdle, and Black Bow of the Betrayer
The mail Demon Invasions set, with a few pieces swapped out for items I like better.
34) Bronze, Brass, and Steel
Blast-Proof Cowl, Ordon Legend-Keeper Spaulders, Bulging Chain Vest, Earthgrasp Girdle, Battle Scarred Leggings, Grips of Rekindling, Railwalker’s Ratcheted Boots, Bronze Blaster
This kit, with its grey metal tones and textures in the torso and brown leather tones and textures elsewhere, originated from wanting to use this bright shiny gold-leaf gilded helmet with this bright orange-yellow chestpiece that I thought might be part of the same set, but apparently isn’t. I hadn’t been paying close enough attention to the types of Mission chests they came out of — the hat is from the Highmaul/Blackrock Foundry Shaman tier-lookalike set, whereas the chestpiece is from the Hellfire Citadel LFR mail set. The belt, gloves, and boots, however, are from the same set as the hat.
33) Blackrock Sniper
Helm of Affinity, Wayfaring Shoulderguards & Leggings (3-670), Deathweb Vest, Bloodspattered Sash, Trapper Gloves, Sunspring Greaves, Master Builder’s Shirt, Wolfslayer Sniper Rifle
I was quite tempted, for a bit, to combine the 3-670 Wayfaring Leggings with the Felstalker Breastplate and Drakesfire Epaulets and pay homage to the Godmother’s Shado-Pan Helmet kit.
Instead, I originally designed this set with the Beast Lord Mantle. Later, I decided that I wanted to use all three colors of the Wayfaring Shoulderguards, after all.
Savage Blood required: 60
32) Wayfaring Pilgrim
Helm of Pilgrimage, Wayfaring Shoulderguards & Leggings (2-655), Quivering Tunic, Ornate Girdle, Starfish Gauntlets, Titan-Forged Sabatons of Triumph, Shrediron’s Shredder (1-630), Stylish Blue Shirt
I love the combination of blue and gold, so even though I’m nominally Horde, sometimes I make kits that would be just awesome for an Alliance character.
This kit didn’t quite seem complete without the shirt.
I like the design of this gun a lot, so it will likely become my go-to mogging item for when I want a sleek, light-colored gun in the same way that the Wolfslayer Sniper Rifle is my go-to mogging item for when I want a powerful, dark-colored gun.
Savage Blood required: 30
31) Black Arrow
Fel-Proof Goggles, Wayfaring Shoulderguards (1-640), Ebonhold Armor Gauntlets & Boots, Lifecycle Waistguard (N), Bloodmail Legguards*, Green Martial Shirt, Shroud of the Final Stand, Black Bow of the Betrayer
Although I’ve seen kits with these shoulders that went all-out green, I wanted to reflect the Burning Legion aesthetic of fel green as an accent color against black.
If you don’t have the Bloodmail Legguards, then you’ll probably want the Ebonhold pants, too.
Savage Blood required: 0
Posted in Hunter, Mail, Tauren, Transmogrification on July 15, 2017|
A collection of Transmogrification Kits actually worn in-game by my Tauren Hunters. Outfits are listed from most recent to least recent. Items that are no longer obtainable are marked with an asterisk (*).
30) Wavestrider
Wavemender’s Mantle, Dragonkiller Tunic, Axeclaw Belt, Shifting Camouflage Pants, Gauntlets of Sniping, Phalanx Boots, Cerulean Filigreed Doublet, Tribute Gun
Having dinged 100 meant that Ketura could finally convert all the Munificent, Tumultuous, Grandiose, and Baleful armor tokens that had been piling up from her Garrison and Kamalia’s Shipyard. And that meant that she needed a new Transmogrification kit.
This kit is built around the belt of the Baleful mail set, which is a recolor of the T17 LFR mail set. I’m not terribly keen on the T17 LFR mail set as a whole (especially the ridiculous shoulders), but the belt has a fun buckle.
29) Brackwater
Sparkleshell Mantle, Brackwater Vest Leggings & Boots, Unyielding Waistband & Fists, Poison-Tipped Bone Spear
There weren’t really any nice green guns or bows that Kawneiha could use at her current level (58, and I didn’t feel like pushing her through to 63 to use the Fel Iron Musket just for this kit). Looking forward to Survival being a melee spec in Legion, however, this polearm worked. At higher levels, the Ranseur of Hatred or Kaleiki’s Lost Training Staff would be good Mog choices for a polearm for this kit.
Once upon a time, the Hallowed Helm was introduced as a cloth item so that everyone could wear it. Nowadays, I think that it really ought to be upgraded to a Cosmetic item so that everyone can Mog it. Using a Weighted Jack-o’-Lantern gives the same effect, albeit only temporarily.
28) Ruins Pillager
Lord’s Crown, Ornate Pauldrons, Pillager’s Chestguard & Leggings, Myrmidon’s Girdle, Mail Combat Gauntlets & Boots, Sputtervalve Gun
The vertical stripes of the Pillager’s gear are a really cool visual effect, but I can’t help but think that unless you had a good quality leather shirt and leggings to go underneath, it wouldn’t be very comfortable. As you moved, the bands would flex, opening and closing the spaces between them and potentially catching pinches of skin. For the hairy races — Tauren, Worgen, and Pandaren — the problem would be even worse because hair would get caught in-between the bands even easier than skin and get pulled — Ouch!
27) Frostwolf Ringmail
Frostwolf Ringmail set with Cloak of Beasts, Master Builder’s Shirt, and Wolfslayer Sniper Rifle
It feels somehow ironic to pair the armor of the wolf-BFFs with a wolf-hunting gun, but that was the weapon already in Ketura’s inventory that looked best with this armor.
26) Hunting for Love
Ornate Pauldrons, Workforce Chestguard, Myrmidon’s Girdle, Pounding Leggings, Scarlet Gauntlets*, Brigade Boots, Night Elven Bow
Try the Brigade or Merciless Gloves in place of the Scarlet Gauntlets.
There is also a partial set of a brown variation of this style of armor, but I never got around to collecting it.
25) Crimsonscale
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator’s Chain Helm, Crimsonscale shoulders chestpiece & leggings, Mercurial Girdle, Lord’s gloves & boots, Jade Rifle
The Crimsonscale set is the Agility set produced from Timeless Isle mail armor tokens. I think it is the handsomest coloration of this style of armor.
The Jade Rifle may not be the most perfectly matching gun for this armor (I like the plainer Bhag’thera’s Roar better), but this armor is the best Transmogrification kit I could come up with to use with this gun.
24) Orange Safety Vest
Replica Beastmaster’s Mantle & Belt, Engraved Breastplate & Gauntlets, Warmonger’s Leggings, Ravager’s Sandals, Amber Filigreed Shirt/Fine Cloth Shirt*, Spare Gunship Cannon
The April Fools 2014 Warlords 6.0 patch notes inlcuded the following:
HUNTERS — For safety, all Hunters must now wear bright orange vests at all times.
I chuckled, but didn’t think much more about it until WoW Insider’s “Around Azeroth” column featured a guild who’d taken that to heart — at their next raid, they made sure that all the Hunters were wearing orange shirts.
As super-stylish as it was, after a couple of months, Ketura had been feeling rather tired of her Ornate Dragonscale Transmogrification kit. Seeing this picture, an idea for a new Transmogrification kit sprang immediately to mind!
Although the outfit is more orange with the Amber Filigreed Shirt, I prefer the slightly more camouflaged look obtained with the Fine Cloth Shirt — a quest reward from pre-Cataclysm Loch Modan that Ketura obtained when a transporter malfunction turned her into a Dwarf for a couple of weeks a few years ago.
23) Sweet Shot
Lord’s Crown, Grunt’s Pauldrons, Fuselight Chainmail, Myrmidon’s Girdle, Ghostcaller’s Leggings, Finder’s Keepers, Felpaw Boots, Night Elven Bow
This lovely blue and silver mail set would be perfect for a High Elf hunter. It is named for an alternate item for the chestpiece, the Sweet-Tempered Breastplate.
22) Ornate Dragonscale
Ornate set with Contender’s Dragonscale shoulders & belt and Ennadee’s Twirling Longbow
I first saw a mix-and-match of the Ornate and Contender’s Dragonscale sets on a human hunter at the Lazy Turnip in Halfhill about a week after Mists launched. I’ve seen other variations of it since. It’s certainly a very elegant combination!
21) Bling Bling
Contender’s Dragonscale Shoulders, Triumphant chestpiece, Ornate belt & leggings, Radiant gloves & boots, Ennadee’s Twirling Longbow
Blingtron 4K obligingly dropped Lil’ Bling within the first week or so of Patch 5.4. Being my Engineer, Ketura is the only one who can have both of them out at once, so she put together an outfit to coordinate with them.
Posted in Hunter, Mail, Tauren, Transmogrification on July 15, 2017|
A collection of Transmogrification Kits actually worn in-game by my Tauren Hunters. Outfits are listed from most recent to least recent. Items that are no longer obtainable are marked with an asterisk (*).
20) Shado-Pan Beastmaster
Replica Shado-Pan Helmet, Ravager’s Mantle, Warmonger’s Chestpiece, Bloodspattered Sash, Bloodmail* Legguards gloves & boots, Cloak of Beasts, Master Builder’s Shirt, Bronze Blaster
This is something of an “if you’ve got it, flaunt it” kit. Although I only really wanted the Bloodmail Legguards, I’d collected all the rest of the set by the time the pants finally dropped. I decided to keep the whole set, “just in case”, and dumped it into Void Storage. Now I’m glad that I did!
I borrowed the combination of the Shado-Pan Helmet with the Warmonger’s chestpiece from WoW Roleplay Gear.
19) Wild Plains Gladiator
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator’s Chain helm shoulders belt pants & gloves, Wild Plains chestpiece & boots, Jungle Spirit’s Embrace, Crossbow of the Hardened Ranger
I’d been looking forward to getting Ketura to level 90 so that I could use this set. I love the asymmetrical shoulders, the fancy belt buckle, and the pheasant feathers in the hat. The crafted set is quite handsome by itself, but, being a Transmogrification fanatic, I couldn’t resist mixing it up just a little bit.
18) Hunter in the Hills
Lord’s Crown, Sparkleshell Mantle/Thick Scale Shoulder Pads, Gentling Breastplate, Myrmidon’s Girdle, Wet Suit Leggings, Ice Cream Mitts, Thondroril River Boots, Night Elven Bow
The colors of this quest reward set are very camouflage-like, making it a most excellent kit for a Hunter.
17) Gilnean Foxtrot
Deadly Retinal Armor, Fox Grove or Purifying shoulders, Fox Grove or Troggbane chestpiece, Lord’s Girdle, Groundshort Leggings, Silencer’s Gauntlets, Fox Grove boots, Blue Workman’s Shirt, Bronze Blaster
As I had predicted, the Fox Grove set and the Gilneas City Guard set coordinate extremely well. I couldn’t decide which of these combinations I liked best, so I planned to cycle through them all. I only got through the first two, however, before Ketura reached level 90 and could wear the handsome level 90 crafted sets. Perhaps I’ll come back to the third varation of this kit sometime later.
16) Fox Grove
Fox Grove/Jade Witch set with Bronze Blaster
After I initially collected this set with Kamalia (who didn’t keep it), I looked forward to collecting it for Ketura (to save) for a couple of reasons. First, I thought it would be perfect with this gun — it’s a quest reward from End Time, but its design looks very Pandaren to me. Second, I thought it would mix-and-match well with the Gilneas City Guard set.
15) Dressed to Kill I
Cured Orcascale Spaulders*, Dark Iron Mail, Bonelink belt gloves & boots, Bloodmail Legguards*, White Tuxedo Shirt/Stylish Black Shirt, Ironfeather Longbow
Because a mail pastel-hued “Elegant Dress”-type outfit had a high probability of turning out exceedingly similar to my mail Darkmoon Faire outfit, I decided to make a black and white “Spring Tuxedo”-type outfit instead.
This outfit takes its name from the stylish apparel provided by Blingtron 4000.
The shoulders in this kit were changed to a Plate item with a different name in Patch 7.0. Fortunately, shoulders could now be hidden in Patch 7.0, and this kit would look fine without them.
14) Voodoo Hunter
Defiler’s Mail Pauldrons, Dragonkiller Tunic, Warmonger’s Belt, Shifting Camouflage Pants, Gauntlets of Sniping, Ravager’s Sandals, Voodoo Hunting Bow
When I went looking for items to use with the level 85 T11-recolor Dragonkiller Tunic, the teal tones of the agility versions of the level 70 Zul’Aman mail coordinated excellently. The copper tones of the belt and boots provide a nice burst of complementary color and also tie in the bindings of the bow.
13) Sin’dorei Sentinel
Ravager’s Mantle, Silvermoon Armor, Ornate Girdle, Emberweave Leggings, Gauntlets of Divinity*, Radiant Boots, Skyfire Hawk-Bow
A post by Samaramon of “Sin’Draenei” outfits reminded me that I had a mail outfit planned using the same tunic and bow.
I recommend the Glimmering Mail gloves & boots for those who don’t have the Gauntlets of Divinity from old Scarlet Monastery.
12) Argent and Aurum
First Responder’s Pauldrons, Invulnerable Mail, Myrmidon’s Girdle, Scaled Sand Reaver Leggings, Mail Combat gauntlets & boots
An ideal outfit for any mail-wearer who wishes to declare his or her allegiance to the Argent Crusade.
This kit was much easier to make prior to Patch 7.0 when the chestpiece and leggings could be obtained as relatively low-level quest rewards. Those quest reward items were changed to Plate, however, and these are the only still-available mail equivalents. The chestpiece in particular will be very difficult to obtain as it is crafted from a very rare drop pattern.
11) Brigade Champion
Champion Herod’s Shoulder, Brigade breastplate belt & boots, Tarnished Leggings of Destruction, Scarlet Gauntlets*
If you don’t have the Scarlet Gauntlets, use the Merciless gloves and boots.
Kamalia et alia 