What better time to wrap up the third round of The Amazing Transmog Survivor Contest than during maintenance? I’m not going to waste any time this morning, as the remaining six contestants were tasked with designing an NPC of yours truly. Let’s see what folks came up with!
My take on the NPC you is as a bit of fixer, a go to guy, an organiser, if you need something, from clothes to allies he can provide or at least knows someone who can. A little gruff on the outside, once you’ve earned his trust he’s loyal to the bitter end. He’s suave (see the suit made from the finest Panderen silks) but also dangerous (eye patch and stave which isn’t just for decoration but clubbing bandits over the head). He can be found travelling the highways and byways with his lovely lady Wife, a charming Pandaren who sells the finest teas on the continent.
What immediately came to mind, beyond mogging and the bit of AH-ing you do, is LBR. And if you run your Laid Back Raid nights, you are a fight coordinator. Fight Coordinators need to be badass to deal with pissed off people if something goes wrong (not that it does ^.^). If blood elves could be druids you would be carrying a book (ledger) to record the fights 🙂
For the third round I’ve chosen to make you a keeper of time. This because I’ve first found your blog when you were writing about the laid back raids. Those are, of course, always a step back in time, so what better than a bronze dragon. 🙂
When I saw the challenge, I instantly knew I wanted to pay tribute to the Laid-Back Raids. I decided to make my transmog outfit entirely out of gear from raids (drops, tier tokens, or JP-bought tier gear). As a fellow player of a Sunwalker, I decided to use Saintvache as a model (as best as I could recreate him, anyway). I thought “Kenada” was a great tauren name, so I took my naming inspiration from the ways Blizz has named tribute NPCs in the past and came up with “Kenada the Amateur”. I imagine him standing with the other Sunwalkers in Thunder Bluff, chatting about the best-dressed tauren in town.
I’ve always seen you as a tauren, this could be due to your avatar at WordPress. After reading the chapters of the text “Posthumous” I also consider him an author. So I wanted to do a tauren scribe.
As an NPC JD Kenada the Scribe is traveler you can run in to while adventureing in Azeroth. He travles through the land to get inspiration for the great epic he is writing. He is neutral to all but do not underestimate him. If attacked he will defend himself with his pencil shapener and most likely hit you over the head with the heafty book he carries with him. As with all taurens there is also the risk of getting stomped.
I figured goblin suited you because they seem a little shifty to me (something shifty only seemed to fit given the evil nature of this round). So anyway I figured being pretty much the king of transmog contests that your npc should be dressed good, so I totally pimped him out. This goblin is stylin’ and ready to judge some outfits! Oh, and to add a little bit of badassness to the look (cause we all know your a little badass) I threw in some brass knuckles so nobody would mess with ya!
These are all really nice transmogs! I can’t wait to see what Freyana & Zazzy do for the final 🙂
Oh my goodness, those are all incredible! Congratulations to Zazzy and Freyana for making it to the final round!
LOL! Euphyley! I love that Goblin! They are all just incredible and whether you like Blood Elves you still look damn good as one! Can’t wait for the final round! Grats Zazzy and Freyana!
See, that was my thought. I don’t like the Belfs, but if one of those was me, I’d definitely be ok with it!
Bah. Akismet seems to have taken a dislike to harpies 😦
Love the Goblin outfit and the pose just brings it to another level. Good luck to Zazzy and Freyana in the final!
Oh dear, scrolling down the entries and encountering that goblin. I immediately got a big grin on my face, it’s a good one! Gratz!
Oh. Em. Gee. You. Guize.
THOSE ARE ALL FREAKING PERFECT.
I love the explanations, I love the ensembles, I love the everything.
DAMN YOU ARR EHN GEE! DAMN YOU!
Omg brilliant entries! Congrats to zazzy and freyana! Can’t wait!!!!
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Man, the RNG really loves me right now. Here’s hoping it loves me just as much in my raid tonight…
All of those outfits and explanations are awesome. Grats to Zazzy, and may the best mogger win!
Smushed by the RNG truck…darn! Hehe, not surprised though given the odds. What a fun round though – loved the outfits! 🙂
Grats Zazzy and Freyana, I can’t wait to see what you guys come up with for the last round!
Wow, all of you did an amazing job. Glad I didn’t have to pick the winning outfit…I’d still be deciding on it come New Years Eve.
Congratz to Zazzy and Freyana. I can’t wait to see what you both put together.
Really great NPC ideas. A lovely outfits. 🙂