Leather Transmog: Thunderlord Chestguard (Monks & Druids)

Posted on November 27, 2014 by Cathedral

Cloth Transmog - Thunderlord Chestguard - Draenei

Exhibit A: Boobs.

Head: N/A
Shoulders: Shoulders of the Roiling Inferno / Mantle of the Shattered Vale (Druid Only)
Back: N/A
Chest: Thunderlord Chestguard

Shirt: N/A
Hands:  Marshseeker Gloves
Waist:  Dragonmaw Emergency Strap
Legs:    Warchief Kilt
Feet:  Sandstalker Ankleguards

Main-Hand: Kil’ruk’s Furious Blade
Off-Hand: N/A

Here’s the full set on Wowhead. And here it is again, this time in green.

Okay, this set has to begin with a whole bunch of apologies. Despite still being theoretically available because it’s BoE and may surface on the auction house (heck, I’m pretty sure I have one lying around somewhere), as of Mists of Pandaria the Warchief Kilt is no longer available as a dungeon drop. The closest you’d get to an alternative is Jinxed Hoodoo Kilt; a green dungeon drop that can let you build a green version of this transmog set that’s also pretty great.

Cloth Transmog - Thunderlord Chestguard - Human

Exhibit B: Moobs.

And here’s another head-scratcher — Wowhead is displaying all sets of Shoulders of the Roiling Inferno and Dragonmaw Emergency Strap as being no longer available in game, this despite the fact they’re a drop from MoP raids that obviously still exist. I have no idea why this is. If anyone has an answer on this, let me know.

(Sadly, available or not, Shoulders of the Roiling Inferno is an intellect item, so only classes with an intellect-spec can win it based on MoP’s loot rules. Rogues need not apply.)

Oh yeah, and this outfit is super sexy — amazingly, not just on women, but on men as well. How the orcs survive wearing such little clothing, I have no idea.

Cloth Transmog: Soulcloth Vest

Posted on November 25, 2014 by Cathedral

Head: N/A
Shoulders: Mantle of the Locusts

Back: N/A
Chest:    Soulcloth Vest
Hands:  Cloudscorcher Handwraps
Waist:    Ruthless Gladiator’s Cord of Cruelty
Legs:  Pontiff’s Pantaloons of Prophecy
Feet:   Wrathful Gladiator’s Treads of Dominance

Main-Hand: Staff of Infinite Mysteries
Off-Hand: N/A

Here’s the full set on Wowhead.

Building a cloth transmog set that doesn’t lean heavily on robes can be tough. There are a number of reasons for this, the first among them that, until recently, cloth pants came in one of two flavours — dishwater dull and eye-scorchingly horrific.

Cloth Transmog - Lifegiver Britches - Hideous

Fashion.

When you think about it, lazily reusing textures intended for skirts and robes makes a lot of sense. I mean, the results are almost universally hideous, but cloth-wearers wear robes, right? Who’s even going to see them?

The answer is me. I am going to see them. I am going to see them and despair, because in this glorious age of transmog there are some beautiful cloth shirts out there and very little to pair them with.

So needless to say, when I find a pair of pants I actually like, it’s Christmas in July. Or, in this case, November. Late November. Whatever.

What I’m trying to say is in a world where Lifegiver Britches in all of their transcendent hideousness exists, I’m glad to find a gem like Pontiff’s Pantaloons of Prophecy in the Burning Crusade back catalogue.

Sure, they’re a little hokey, but the swirling blue motif is a little skiing in the Alps, you know, a little Nordic snowflake sweater, for me. But that’s appropriate attire for the winter season, right?

So, all you mages, warlocks, and priests out their, slogging your way through Frostfire Ridge, give this transmog a try. Sure, it won’t stop you from freezing to death, but at least you’ll look good doing it.

Plate Transmog: Protective Barricade of the Light (Paladin)

Posted on November 20, 2014 by Cathedral

Head: N/A
Shoulders:  Pauldrons of the Argent Sentinel
Back: N/A
Chest:   Lawbringer Chestguard (Paladin)
Hands:    Plated Fist of Hakoo
Waist:    Ghost-Forged Belt
Legs:    High Chief’s Legguards
Feet:   Silver Sabatons of Fury

Main-Hand: Continuum Blade (requires Revered with Keepers of Time)
Off-Hand: Protective Barricade of the Light

View the whole set on Wowhead.

Lawbringer Chestguard and Pauldrons of the Argent Sentinel are one of those combinations that should work but that I’ve always struggled to make happen. See, the problem is Lawbringer Chestguard. Back in the bad old days of Vanilla, Blizzard paired that delicate, almost ethereal white-gold chestplate with a pair of lumpy, unflattering legplates and the most hilarious banana pauldrons you’ve ever seen. No surprise there — questionable tier designs are one of the reasons this website exists — but unlike some of the more classic colour combinations that seem to resurface expansion after expansion Blizzard hasn’t gone back to white-gold plate in any meaningful way.

Oh, there’s been white, occasionally. And gold. But they’re noticeably different shades and, frankly, and it’s made giving Lawbringer Chestguard a second life more difficult than it needs to be.

This is just an aside, but I find the lack of white-gold gear in Paladin tier sets a missed opportunity, because the Lawbringer was possibly the most Paladin set ever designed. Between their white-gold spell icons, their white and gold spell effects, and the fact that the word “Light” has been awkwardly shoe-horned into almost everything they do, if you ask what a Paladin’s favourite colour is, they’d say, “… uh, what colour is light?” because that’s all they know.

Plate Transmog - Protective Barricade - Side View It’s like expecting a feral druid to understand life beyond a sea of virtually identical bear claw icons.

Paladins are, at their essence, white and gold light dispensers who run on righteous fury and divine protection and they should be allowed to dress as such.

Lacking appropriate legplates, I went with a sort of burgundy alternative instead. The set was also designed to highlight the Protective Barricade of the Light (haha), which I realize the initial screenshot didn’t highlight well. So here you go.

Unintended hiatuses are the best kind, right?

Posted on November 17, 2014 by Cathedral

Okay, I admit it, I’ve been a very, very bad girl. The Devil Wears Transmog has been a little (read: a lot) quiet of late, largely because I haven’t been playing WoW. Even worse, I’ve been playing other things, like Final Fantasy XIV, an MMO built for the sort of person who treats collecting pretty dresses as endgame content.

But I’m back, and though the orc aesthetic has never appealed to me much, Warlords of Draenor once again has me in its, uh, thrall. If you’re looking for a little fashion inspiration to mog out of your dreary Warlords blues, or are looking to bring a little retro draenei flare to your questing ensemble, I should have something for you shortly.

Plate Transmog: Tusks of Mannoroth

Posted on November 17, 2014 by Cathedral

Head: N/A
Shoulders: Tusks of Mannoroth
Back: Gambler’s Wrap
Chest: Breastplate of the Undercover Thorium Brother

Hands:  Gauntlets of Bitter Reprisal (Horde)
Waist:  Girdle of the Protector
Legs:      Westguard Legplates
Feet:  Qebnet Greaves

Main-Hand: Gorehowl
Off-Hand: N/A

Click here to see the full set on Wowhead.

Okay, so I dropped the ball on this one. The gloves are, unfortunately, a drop from Trial of the Crusader (curse you, faction-specific raid drops), which means they are faction-locked to the Horde. That said, I haven’t flagged this with a “Horde Only” sticker because those gloves, though admittedly pretty cool, aren’t going to make or break the set.

If you’re Alliance and can’t find alternative gloves, let me know and I’ll scrape together some ideas for you.

On the other side of the coin, if it looks like Breastplate of the Undercover Thorium Brother is an Alliance-only quest reward, never fear. There’s a Horde quest that offers the same model reward.

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Monthly Archives: November 2014

Leather Transmog: Thunderlord Chestguard (Monks & Druids)

Cloth Transmog: Soulcloth Vest

Plate Transmog: Protective Barricade of the Light (Paladin)

Unintended hiatuses are the best kind, right?

Plate Transmog: Tusks of Mannoroth