Category Archives: Vanity Bits & Bobs

Faerie Dragon Mount

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Omigodohmigodohmigodohmigod I want one I want one!! When I saw the picture I thought it looked okay, but what the fuck is it? Then Dan made me watch the video. This mount is frickin’ amazing!! Just makes me sad that it’s more than probably going to be either TCG (*sob*) or Blizzard store, from which I’ve bought nothing since Celestial Steed.. when you’re unemployed with a mean book habit, there’s no spare cash for Banana Dragons and Creepy Flying Lions and Flying Closet Goats. But omigod isn’t it equally adorable and amazing looking? It poops rainbows for goodness sake, people!!

Video Source: MMO Champion.

Movie Mog: Brave

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I keep seeing entries for Matty’s Movie Mog Contest around the blogosphere during my tidying of the Reader and blogroll adventures and thought it’d be fun to join in!

I spend a lot of time just playing with MogIt ((I’m planning to do a guide on how to use it soon as I’ve had a lot of questions about this)) so piece of cake.

My favourite movie is non-existent. Not only am I not a big movie watcher, but when I do I tend to keep adding to the list of favourites so I thought I’d go with one that made an impact on me recently: Pixar’s Brave. Yeah, it took me this long to watch it but Merida is an amazing character, the exploration of the bond between mother and daughter is utterly amazing, and the Celtic fantasy world it is set in had the fantasy and history geek in me jumping up and down.

While I know the rules said three characters, I wasn’t entirely sure how to mog the three little brothers or the gigantic dad so have two. I’m also aware that this particular mog would have looked better with a cloth robe but Merida would have to be a Hunter mog and so it had to be mail. This is also how I managed two characters!

Merida and her mother

A better image to base Merida’s transmog on

- For the robe look I’ve combined Wave of Life Chestguard with Kilt of Spiritual Reconstruction and popped on a Blue Workman’s Shirt for the sleeves.
- The bow is Satyr’s Bow from Dire Maul.
- Sadly I can’t add in a quiver but I have used Fortified Belt for the tan strap attaching the quiver to her.
- And the cloak is Blackmetal Cape. The only cloaks I found any plainer were too short or golden edged so I thought the Celtic-styled pattern suited the character quite nicely.

As for the bits I’ve not included in my image, but just to complete the mog for folk who might like to wear this I’ve gone with Grunt’s Pauldrons for the shoulders which both match and can be reasonably ignorable. Fastfuse Gloves suit the set quite well and don’t hide her hands completely. As for boots, I’m not 100% sure what boots she’s wearing so go wild and pick something brown. I equipped Plane-Shifted Boots at random trying to go for a basic look.

If only Gnomes could be ginger… This image of the family inspired me to complete Merida’s mother’s human outfit

For Merida’s mother I was able to use cloth – woohoo! When it comes to weapon, I’d go with something gold but her mother isn’t seen wielding a weapon so I haven’t included one in the image.

- For this robe I thought Conjurer’s Robe has the right pattern to make it look as though it flares to match the characters’ dress. Sadly the sleeves aren’t flared so I had to make do with coupling it with a Cerulean Filigreed Doublet, which is available from Dalaran. The colours aren’t perfect but the look is much better than without. And trust me when I say the sleeves are flared ingame, WMV is just stubborn.
- The belt took me a little bit of browsing but Ruthless Gladiator’s Cord of Accuracy is the best I could find to suit her golden chain-belt style. With the pattern on the robe, it gets away with not having the chain hanging down at the front.
- The crown absolutely has to be Eye of Theradras.
- And I threw in the Mistyreed Gloves as well. They don’t cover the sleeves and hide reasonably well too.

The shoulders not featured in the image I think suit best are Green Silken Shoulders. Again, they match with the colour scheme without standing out too much. And shoes, again.. go nuts. I’m not sure you ever really see Merida’s mother’s feet but I just went with Boots of the Mourning Widow.

I’d love to see more entries for this contest, it’s a lot of fun!

Going Out of My Mind – Wanna Come?

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What to do when the internet’s down when you really wanted to get some dailies out of the way for lesser charms? Why write blog posts of course! And what better way then by telling you about the latest project to grace this nutty little brain of mine – to get Insane in the Membrane now that I’m no longer hindered by the irritation that was Darkmoon Faire reputation, whom I am revered with on my Mage, and the fact that I was already a fair way towards being exalted with the goblins after the Hyacinth Macaw farming incident ((I spent about 2 months grinding pirates near Booty Bay for that thing to no avail)) and didn’t fancy losing that and having to grind it back again, purely so that I didn’t get horribly murdered everytime I went to goblin-land, and all because of the glory of account wide achievements! I’d love to have the reps on my Priest to go towards the ever extending exalted reputations achievement but it just wouldn’t make sense so in comes Jaedia the potentially insane Mage. Well.. she is a pyromancer at heart after all (bring on the 5.2 buffs!).

I was talking to Reliq about my brief moment of insanity on Gtalk a few days ago and he said he’s also tempted to go for it, so.. here we are. I believe Hunni, our guild’s delightful kitty Druid, might be joining us too, and honestly, the idea of doing this feat of strength is suddenly quite exciting to me! There can be long rep grinds interspersed with Mumble chat and larfs, we’ve both decided to level Rogues to make the Syndicate grind a little cheaper (rather than paying somebody), and it’s a pretty nifty goal to work towards. I’m quite looking forward to the idea of being Jaedia the Insane now and this guide is immensely helpful. Still going to need to do a little research into how many lockboxes we’ll need each and so on but it’s very nice to have up-to-date advice.

We’ll likely start with Bloodsail Buccaneers, which is another feat I’ve always wanted but didn’t have the heart to make myself goblin hated for, and go from there! And meanwhile I shall be levelling my little Rogue. Wish us luck!

My Priest’s Transmog Set

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As promised, here is a little post detailing my Priest’s transmogrification set. In some slots I have included other options, these are mostly other choices for slots in which I’ve used items unavailable to non-Priests and also cloaks and weapons. I personally prefer her helmless without the tier 7 halo but I shall be using that when I get one!

I recommend checking out the ‘same model as’ tab so that you can get the item which is easiest for you to farm. Do keep your eye out in trade though, as horrid as it is, there are usually pugs going to various places with some fantastic hidden gems!

My biggest ‘bleh’ about transmog is that unless your weapon has an inbuilt enchant effect, like the staff pictured below, it will show your current weapon enchant and I can’t stand how you can’t see the weapons through them but hey ho. There are ways around it you just need to choose a weapon with an enchant effect already or something that carries the enchant well.

Head:
Tier 7 – Kelthuzad in Naxx. Either 10 or 25 versions work great
Hallowed Crown – Harbinger Skyriss in The Arcatraz
Mana-Etched Crown – Aeonus in The Black Morass

Shoulder:
Tier 4 – (as pictured) Maulgar in Gruul’s Lair
Hallowed Pauldrons – Grandmaster Vorpil in Shadow Labrynth
Shoulders of Ruinous Senility –  Professor Putricide in Icecrown Citadel 10 man Heroic

Chest:
Soulcloth Vest – (as pictured) Crafted by Tailors, Karazhan pattern

Wrist:
Ether-Soaked Bracers – (as pictured) Rotface in Icecrown Citadel 10 man Heroic

Gloves:
Tier 1 – (as pictured) Gehennas in Molten Core
Tier 2 – Blackwing Lair
Prismatic Mittens of Mending – Commander Sarannis in The Botanica

Belt:
Cord of the Patronizing Practitioner – (as pictured) Lord Marrowgar in Icecrown Citadel 10 man Heroic
Astralaan Belt – BoE world drop
High Councillor’s Sash –  BoE world drop

Legs:
Kilt of Untreated Wounds – (as pictured) Festergut in Icecrown Citadel 10 man Heroic
Soothsayer’s Kilt – Quest reward from Blast The Infernals!

Boots:
Icecrown Spire Sandals – (as pictured) Deathbringer Saurfang in Icecrown Citadel 10 man Heroic
Silent Slippers of Meditation – Murmur in Shadow Labrynth

Cloak:
Drapes of the Dragonshrine – Trash drop in Hour of Twilight
Mantle of Desire – (as pictured) Quest reward from Elemental Bonds: The Vow
Shadow-Cloak of Dalaran – Moroes in Karazhan

Staff:
Anathema – (as pictured) Priest only and no longer available as of Cataclysm
Staff of Infinite Mysteries – The Curator in Karazhan
Chelley’s Staff of Dark Mending – Trash drop in The Bastion of Twilight
Crystalfire Staff – Omor the Unscarred in Hellfire Ramparts

Dagger:
Voodoo Hexblade -Dragonhawk’s chest in Zul’Aman
Jaded Crystal Dagger – Selin Fireheart in Magister’s Terrace Heroic

Mace:
Reign of Misery – Brutallus in Sunwell Plateau
Scepter of Azshara – Queen Azshara in Well of Eternity

Offhand:
Eerie Stable Lantern – Lord Walden in Shadowfang Keep normal
Star-Heart Lamp – Temporus in The Black Morass
Book of Blood – Crafted by Inscriptors

Shirt:
White Swashbuckler’s Shirt – Crafted by Tailors

I hope this is helpful to you guys – enjoy!

Screenshot of the Week: Reflections of Dawn

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I woke up sometime in the week at about 5am with some tooth pain. Couldn’t sleep through it so I got up just to stop myself waking Dan up. I logged in briefly, popped onto my Warlock to just open up the Deepholm portal and on my way between the Jewelcrafting trainer and the portals this just caught my eye. Gotta love those little moments of beauty.