Melmorta's Twilight

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Inspiration

The inspiration here came from seeing these amazing shoulders drop during some achievement runs I was doing through TBC content. They are some of the best looking in the game, and fairly easy to get. So I just had to whip up a hunter-friendly set with them!

Challenges

The only true challenge in this set was to substitute the actual shaman-based set pieces that go with the shoulders. I hate kilts (especially on hunters), and the other pieces have a pastel-green color that just looks horrid in my opinion.

Bringing it Together

It's been a while since I had to cobble a set together without using most or all of an actual matching set, so this one was pretty fun for me. I used some Wrath-era pieces for the chest and legs, and some off pieces as the boots and gloves.

Helm: Headdress of the Tides. The only matching set piece I used. Self explanatory, matches the shoulders perfectly and has the bonus points for being open-faced.

Shoulders: Mantle of the Sea Wolf. Awesome design and great lightning graphics. Honestly, these shoulders and their recolors are some of the best in the game.

Chest: Tundrastrider Ringmail recolor. The only real items I could find with the same tones of light purple/pink as the shoulders.

Shirt: Sightless Mantle. A nice dark shirt that matches the black/green dark coloring on the chest and legs.

Tabard: None.

Cloak: Cape of Azure Fury. Has a nice patch of the same pink/purple as the shoulders, with some "spiky" accents as well. The shot of blue helps break up any chromatic monotony and matches the tiny tufts of blue fur on the chest piece.

Bracers: Tundrastrider Ringmail recolor.

Gloves: Nethersteel Gauntlets. matching steel theme of the Tundrastrider set, and looks to be wrapped in light purple cloth as well, which matches perfectly with the boots below.

Belt: Tundrastrider Ringmail recolor.

Legs: Tundrastrider Ringmail recolor.

Boots: Abyssal Mail Greaves. Looks amazing with the gloves above.

Weapon: Melmorta's Twilight Longbow. The only real choice here. Matching color scheme, and comes with some cool circular "targeting" graphics as well.

That's it fans! Let me know what you think, or if you have any suggestions or ideas in the comments below!

-TFH

Dark Phoenix

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Inspiration

I have a worgen resto druid that I have been playing a lot of random BG's with when I need a break from my Hunter main. The idea for this set came from the desire to look like an evil healer. So I browsed a few sets and fell for the Dark Phoenix look-alike set for rogues from heroic Firelands.

Challenges

The only real challenges here were to find a matching weapon and cloak, which did not take too long. I wanted a staff that matched the avian theme of this set. All and all and easy outfit to create (farming it however, took a good while).

Bringing it Together

I added the Origin of Nightmares from Naxxramas, and a Cataclysm era cloak to match the purple of the set.

Helm: Dark Phoenix look-alike. I find that a lot of helms look awful on worgen. The muzzle is too long, and it stretches models out. I find that the only way around it is to use helms that don't cover the jaw/chin (or go helm-less, which isn't a bad idea on the bestial worgen). Luckily this helm works very well.

Shoulders: Dark Phoenix look-alike. I like the giant bird shoulders, and the cool purple smoke animation is nice for my dark healer theme.

Chest: Dark Phoenix look-alike. Matching chest, looks awesome.

Shirt: None.

Tabard: None.

Cloak: Cloak of Ancient Wisdom. Has matching dark purple color, and some nice bright purple/pink as well to lighten it up just a touch. Has a few yellow squares on the bottom of the cape, that feel right at home with the yellow accents on the set itself.

Bracers: Flickering Wristbands. Matching off-set gloves.

Gloves: Dark Phoenix look-alike. I like the little bit of yellow from the gloves (and helm and belt) to break up the purple.

Belt: Riplimb's Lost Collar. Matching off-set belt.

Legs: Dark Phoenix look-alike. Thank god it's not a kilt.

Boots: Sandals of Leaping Coals. Matching off-set boots.

Weapon: Origin of Nightmares. Matching bird head at the top, and some nice dark purple wrappings that match. I like that it has a bit of wood texture and coloring as well. The birds head has blue glowing eyes, that match the blue lettering on the cape.

That's it fans! Let me know what you think, or if you have any suggestions or ideas in the comments below!

-TFH

Smoking Dreams

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Inspiration

The inspiration for this outfit is pretty straight forward. I think that the shaman raid set from Siege of Orgrimmar is crazy good looking! I like the hunter set from SoO, but this one is amazing! So I set out to whip up a hunter-friendly outfit that's sure to turn heads.

Challenges

The challenge here was how to replace the kilt leggings of the original set with real pants, and to replace the boots which didn't have a lot going on (by design, i'm sure, since they were covered by the kilt).

Bringing it Together

I used some gold and red pants to replace the kilt, and some Cataclysm era pvp boots to bring the whole thing together.

Helm: Cowl of Smoking Dreams. I love the plate helm, with the red and gold bandanna over the face, and the glowing blue animation on the forehead is just stunning. 

Shoulders: Fleshsmoke Chain Spaulders. Great animations with the spinning rings.

Chest: Ebon Blood Chestguard. Matches the set, and balances out the red and gold with a nice light grey stone feather look.

Shirt: None.

Tabard: None.

Cloak: Phoenix-wing Cloak. A blast of matching red and gold to give the impression that the drape and bandanna over the face is a single piece wrapped around.

Bracers: Not visible under the gloves, so it doesn't matter. User something small.

Gloves: Grips of Tidal Force. Matching gloves, with awesome red and gold over the back of the hands.

Belt: Belt of the Iron Prison. Matching belt with the same cool blue gem found on the gloves. The lines created by the two tusk-like protrusions from the bottom of the belt buckle line up perfectly with the chestguard, and flows into the replacement pants for this set.

Legs: Sunfury Legguards. The same gold and red, with some nice lines that appear to flow with the belt and chest. The best replacement for the kilt I could find.

Boots: Bloodthirsty Gladiator's Sabatons of Cruelty. They have the same blue orb-like gem as the belt and gloves. A great fit and easy enough to get.

Weapon: Voice of the Quilen (normal mode). The gun itself is aggressively gold with a bit of grey that matches the set. And almost perfectly, the center of the gun has the same blue orb-like gem as the rest of the set.

That's it fans! Let me know what you think, or if you have any suggestions or ideas in the comments below!

-TFH

The Illidari Hunter

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Inspiration

The idea behind this outfit came to me when I was browsing through item models of capes for a different outfit. I came across the cloak in this set, and was immediately taken by the bright purple and green coloring, as well as being reminded of the equally purple and green Illidari Trophy tabard from TBC. I felt the call to create an outfit that would do these items proud!

Challenges

Honestly, the only challenge here was to find accompanying items that wouldn't drown out a players eyes with too much neon green and purple. I had to use gear that would allow the colors of the tabard and cloak be the main focus, but still match the set.

Bringing it Together

I decided to start out with finding a weapon to match. The bow I decided on was a clear winner the moment I saw it. It has the same shades of purple and green, and has a nice crystallized look. That made it easy to match up to the heroic legion dungeon mail set.

Helm: Legion Heroic Dungeon Set. I enjoy the exposed head, and the green jewel at the neck matches the bow.

Shoulders: Legion Heroic Dungeon Set.

Chest: Legion Heroic Dungeon Set. The sleeves of this piece have more of the matching green crystals tied around your characters arms, almost like ammunition.

Shirt: None. I tried a few purple shirts, but found they clashed with the blue/purple of the armor set, so I left the shirt off.

Tabard: Purple Trophy Tabard of the Illidari. Beautiful.

Cloak: Thalassian Wildercloak. Again, beautiful. I'm so happy that there is a matching cloak/tabard out in the game like these.

Bracers: Legion Heroic Dungeon Set.

Gloves: Legion Heroic Dungeon Set.

Belt: Legion Heroic Dungeon Set. I tried a few different belts, some with crystals too. They looked OK with the tabard and bow, but they definitely didn't match the rest of the armor.

Legs: Legion Heroic Dungeon Set.

Boots: Legion Heroic Dungeon Set.

Weapon: Crystalline Branch of the Brackenspore. Holy cow this bow is cool. Same green crystals as the armor set, and some nice dark purple wrappings on the limbs that match the style of the armor set, and offer a different shade of purple to contrast the tabard and cloak.

That's it fans! Let me know what you think, or if you have any suggestions or ideas in the comments below!

-TFH

Steelspine Faceguard

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Inspiration

The gorgeous Steelspine Faceguard from Kara. I had this on my old orc hunter, and loved the look of a warrior helm on my arrow slinging raider! Unfortunately it looked like trash with my Demon Stalker's set I was using.

Challenges

Wouldn't it have been nice for the design team to make the entire Battlegear of Might warrior set into hunter mail? Instead, they just threw us the helm and flipped the colors from grey/dark grey to a brown/gold that doesn't match a whole lot of piece that we can 'mog. The big challenge here was to find something, ANYTHING that matched this color scheme.

Bringing it Together

After (I hate to admit it) hours of scanning the databases for any of the same gold/brown colors, I found a cloak with the same dark brown as the helm, right at the top of the back, and yellow that matched the diamond shape on the back of the helm. These two pieces together, when viewed from behind (the most common sight for the WoW player) looked like they were made for each other. 

Once that was set, I looked for armor that matched the cloak/helm combo and went with the Alliance recolor of the Warmongering Combatant's set from WoD. My apologies to any Horde hunters reading this, but this is literally the only set I found that worked).

Helm: Steelspine Faceguard. A mail version of the old warrior set helm. I love the aggressive spikes around the characters head, and the open top lets your 'toons eyes and hair be on display as well.

Shoulders: Warmongering Combatant's. The silver/copper hues of the trim on the armor and the brown/gold of the feather-looking spiky bits on the Warmongering set matches well with the colors of the helm. And the extra spikes don't hurt.

Chest: Warmongering Combatant's.

Shirt: None. I decided in this case it was better looking to allow some skin to show.

Tabard:

Cloak: Gray Hair Cloak. This was the key to the set. Just look at that.

The top of the cloak lines up and matches the yellow and brown of the back of the helm, while the blue design on it is the same blue as the armor set. This view of the helm, shoulders, and cape solidified this set for me.

Bracers: Warmongering Combatant's.

Gloves: Warmongering Combatant's.

Belt: Warmongering Combatant's.

Legs: Warmongering Combatant's.

Boots: Warmongering Combatant's.

Weapon: Amber Messenger. I tried a lot of weapons here, trying to find matching spikes to the set, or matching colors. This bow is (I feel) the best match overall. I really liked the Huntmaster's Bow (Legion hunter order hall vendor bow), as it had nice spikes that matched the shoulders, and also the same rings as the ones hanging from the small spikes on the shoulders, but the color was way off. I tried it with the Horde recolor, and it didn't look bad, but it definitely did not go with the helm.

That's it fans! Let me know what you think, or if you have any suggestions or ideas in the comments below!

-TFH