Inspiration
This bad boy is inspired by the one-and-only Storm Helm, crafted by blacksmiths in TBC. Back in the day, I thought this was the single best looking helm I had ever seen, and farmed for the materials needed for weeks! The folded black hood, the face cover, the yellow and red eyed dragon/bird flowing along the sides! The only disappointment I had was the fact that it matched absolutely nothing at all in the game (transmog wasn't even a thing yet). Luckily, there's a few pieces nowadays that would work nicely!
This bad boy is inspired by the one-and-only Storm Helm, crafted by blacksmiths in TBC. Back in the day, I thought this was the single best looking helm I had ever seen, and farmed for the materials needed for weeks! The folded black hood, the face cover, the yellow and red eyed dragon/bird flowing along the sides! The only disappointment I had was the fact that it matched absolutely nothing at all in the game (transmog wasn't even a thing yet). Luckily, there's a few pieces nowadays that would work nicely!
Challenges
This one took a lot of searching. The helm uses a shade of black that is almost a dark blue when viewed in certain lighting. There is plenty of "black" armor in WoW, but it all had tones of grey or brown. This helm is so gorgeous that it makes me think that the designers had a full set of armor in mind, but for some reason couldn't get it into the game.
This one took a lot of searching. The helm uses a shade of black that is almost a dark blue when viewed in certain lighting. There is plenty of "black" armor in WoW, but it all had tones of grey or brown. This helm is so gorgeous that it makes me think that the designers had a full set of armor in mind, but for some reason couldn't get it into the game.
Bringing it Together
The trick here, after seeing how the helm looked in a hundred different transmog sets over in the Wowhead dressing room, was to find pieces of gear that didn't match the black of the hood, but the blue-black of the hood when viewed from behind. With that in mind, I found that the Legion "Dominant Gladiator" mail set has a nearly identical shading. With that as the base of the set, I just had to swap a couple different pieces and we had a gangster looking set!
The trick here, after seeing how the helm looked in a hundred different transmog sets over in the Wowhead dressing room, was to find pieces of gear that didn't match the black of the hood, but the blue-black of the hood when viewed from behind. With that in mind, I found that the Legion "Dominant Gladiator" mail set has a nearly identical shading. With that as the base of the set, I just had to swap a couple different pieces and we had a gangster looking set!
Helm: Storm Helm. So nice. Doesn't take long nowadays to farm for the materials (if you know a friendly blacksmith with the pattern), or it is sometimes in the AH for a few thousand gold.
Shoulders: Dominant Gladiator's.
Chest: Mistshroud Tunic. The gladiator's chest piece was too light of a color scheme, and really made you notice that the shading on the helm didn't EXACTLY match the set. So I swapped it out with the Mistshroud, which is a bit darker, but has nice gold/yellow to match the helm, and a touch of red around the collar to match the red eyes on the helm.
Shirt: Black Swashbuckler's Shirt. Same shade as the Dominant set. I tried a few yellow and red shirts, but they didn't seem to fit.
Tabard: None.
Cloak: Dominant Gladiator's.
Bracers: Dominant Gladiator's.
Gloves: Dominant Gladiator's.
Belt: Dominant Gladiator's.
Legs: Dominant Gladiator's.
Boots: Dominant Gladiator's.
Weapon: Skyfire Hawk-bow. Here was the final key to the set. A feathered design to match the bird/dragon on the helm, same shade of yellow, and a couple of bright red jewels near the handle to match the eyes on the helm.
That's it fans! Let me know what you think, or if you have any suggestions or ideas in the comments below!
Shoulders: Dominant Gladiator's.
Chest: Mistshroud Tunic. The gladiator's chest piece was too light of a color scheme, and really made you notice that the shading on the helm didn't EXACTLY match the set. So I swapped it out with the Mistshroud, which is a bit darker, but has nice gold/yellow to match the helm, and a touch of red around the collar to match the red eyes on the helm.
Shirt: Black Swashbuckler's Shirt. Same shade as the Dominant set. I tried a few yellow and red shirts, but they didn't seem to fit.
Tabard: None.
Cloak: Dominant Gladiator's.
Bracers: Dominant Gladiator's.
Gloves: Dominant Gladiator's.
Belt: Dominant Gladiator's.
Legs: Dominant Gladiator's.
Boots: Dominant Gladiator's.
Weapon: Skyfire Hawk-bow. Here was the final key to the set. A feathered design to match the bird/dragon on the helm, same shade of yellow, and a couple of bright red jewels near the handle to match the eyes on 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
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