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Japanese / Shinto Hunter Theme - Kitsune [EDIT: pic added]

Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 7:44 pm
by Worba
Whenever I see blood elves, I think "anime" ... and so it was probably inevitable that when I rolled a BE hunter, she received a Japanese RP backdrop; Kitsune means (for those who don't already know, ofc) fox spirit, and they were a race of shapechanging elves in Shinto mythology. Anyhoo enough of my lore butchery - on to the transmog set! :mrgreen:

As soon as 4.3 hit, I started haunting the AH for warmonger's gear, and eventually accumulated a full set. While I liked it, I felt it lacked a certain "pop" - it is after all vanilla artwork, and so lacks a certain amount of flare and detail... after trying a few different things, I found that swapping in brutal chain gloves, boots and shoulders filled that gap nicely (I especially like the twin glowing ghost flames over her shoulders).

The cloak is the lvl 85 Thrall reward - I felt its subtle riot of colors tied in rather well to those in Kit's armor.

For weapons, I wanted as much glow as I could get my grubby hands on, so I went with the argent tourney horde models - the Sen'jin Beakblade Longrifle, and the Staff of Feral Furies. The latter is another perfect fit imo, with the glowing cat skull and dangling tassels.

And there you have it!

EDIT: New shot with better lighting
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Covered Bridge (Sorry for the slightly murky lighting - I was determined to get a shot standing near the covered bridge in Swamp of Sorrows)
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Re: Japanese / Shinto Hunter Theme - Kitsune

Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 7:17 am
by pop
Kinda hard to discern the coloration. You should cs it in neutral lit areas like uldum or nagrand imho.

Re: Japanese / Shinto Hunter Theme - Kitsune

Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 9:44 am
by Worba
I know, I know. I'll get another screenie in better light - I knew I'd lose some clarity doing it there, but I mean where else can you get a backdrop like that?? :D

Re: Japanese / Shinto Hunter Theme - Kitsune

Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 10:46 am
by pop
have you tried using this shoulder instead?

http://www.wowhead.com/item=64562

Re: Japanese / Shinto Hunter Theme - Kitsune

Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 11:00 am
by Worba
I can't get it to load in model viewer for some reason... but from the existing screenie and my recollection of it on other toons, it wouldn't be a good fit for Kitsune; I feel the current shoulders really plug into her feel and essence as a faerie creature.

Just posted a pic with better lighting. :)

Re: Japanese / Shinto Hunter Theme - Kitsune [EDIT: pic adde

Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 11:38 pm
by Astratia
I love this set :D It does give off a very oriental feel to it.

Re: Japanese / Shinto Hunter Theme - Kitsune [EDIT: pic adde

Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 11:40 pm
by pop
I'm tempted to steal this morg look as I've yet have any blood elf toon, but I already have 9 hunters on my server and the last slot is for my pandaren :(

Re: Japanese / Shinto Hunter Theme - Kitsune [EDIT: pic adde

Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 10:06 am
by Worba
Astratia wrote:I love this set :D It does give off a very oriental feel to it.
Thank you! :D

Re: Japanese / Shinto Hunter Theme - Kitsune [EDIT: pic adde

Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 10:06 am
by Worba
pop wrote:I'm tempted to steal this morg look as I've yet have any blood elf toon, but I already have 9 hunters on my server and the last slot is for my pandaren :(
Steal away! 8-)