Thursday, December 29, 2011

Red Gold


I love red. It's one of my favorite colors. I had planned on doing a fiery red set for my paladin, much like the red and gold armor on the background picture, however I was having difficulty getting a few of the pieces. Some of the pieces I ended up using were from random dungeons and what not and I had kept them because they looked cool. I didn't plan on using them with this set until I began to put it together.

My two main focal items where the Hyperion Armor and the Drillborer Disk. The Hyperion Armor is a just a gorgeous set of red and gold. The most likely places for these peices to drop are in the Vanilla raids. I got sick of farming MC and BWL and only having a belt. I finally found the chest on the AH for 200g and snapped it up! I did get the Drillborer Disk while farming for the Hyperion though, thank goodness. I've drooled over that shield since my baby healing days in Vanilla, now I can finally use it! I did not however end up using the Hyperion Girdle since I "Ooops!" vendored it somehow. I have on the Conqueror's Girlde instead.

Since I was having rotten luck getting the rest of the Hyperion plate I started looking for other options. The Legplates of Blazing Light dropped for me while I was farming AQ for the Avenger's gear. I saved them in case I found a set for them to match. Well so far so good. During WoW's Seventh Anniversary Event I used my little token for reputation gain and farmed Old Hillsbrad Foothills. The Bloodskull Destroyer dropped. I was still sporting a sword at the time and I didn't see myself switching to a hammer any time soon but I kept it for a possible red set anyway. I wanted to use the heroic versions of either Soaulders of Manifold Eyes or the paladin tier gear, Immolation Shoulderguards but I find a nice substitute in the Lightforge Spaulders. I had of course vendored my my set from Vanilla a looong time ago so I just cheated and got the BoA ones instead.

Now, the boots and gloves and I chose. I found these both by using WoW Model Viewer. These were a pain. Both are crafted. The gloves, you can't get the pattern anymore and the pattern for the boots is a rare drop. Oddly enough I didn't have either on my blacksmith and no one in my guild had either piece so I spent a few days spamming trade chat looking for a blacksmith with the required patterns. The Fiery Plate Gauntlets recipe was a reward from a quest that is no longer in game. I also like the graphic much better than the Hyperion Gauntlets. The Hyperion ones have a fat orange stripe going through the middle that hits just at the waist where the belt is so it splits your character in half. I also rather have more red-gold and less orange. The Khorium Boots are the same graphic as the Hyperion Greaves so they matched beautifully.

I'm not a big helm fan as I've stated before and I prefer crown types where I can see my face. I helped a bunch of guildies with their transmog runs and ended up with a few token pieces myself. After turning them in, I decided the Lightbringer War Helm wasn't half bad! It did however require a trip to the barber in order for it to fit over my hair properly. I chose the Shroud of Silvermoon (or Mantle or Cape) because the colors matched, I decided I liked the slightly shorter length and well, I'm a Blood Elf, racial pride and all that.


Slot

Name

Source

ShouldersLightforge SpauldersHonor Point Heirloom
ChestHyperion ArmorRandom Vanilla Green Drop
BeltConqueror's GirldeRandom BC Green Drop
LegsLegplates of Blazing LightBoss Drop - Temple of Ahn Qiraj
BootsKhorium BootsBlacksmithing
HandsFiery Plate GauntletsBlacksmithing
Back Shroud of Silvermoon Silvermoon Reputation - Horde only
Main HandBloodskull DestroyerBoss Drop - CoT Old Hillsbrad
ShieldDrillborer DiskBoss Drop - Molten Core
HelmLightbringer War HelmPaladin Tier

Look Alikes and Options


Slot

Name

Source

LegsHyperion LegplatesRandom Vanilla Green Drop
LegsLavacrest LeggingsBoss Drop - Blackrock Depths
BootsHyperion GreavesRandom Vanilla Green
HelmCrown Empowered Fate Boss Drop - Black Temple

4 comments:

  1. You have an image on your site background of a blood elf wearing a set similar to this, but with a sword equipped and the Immolation Shoulders. Could you link the details of that set?

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    1. Working on that now. It's mostly the Hyperion set but there are few peices switched out and look alike items that are easier to get than full Hyperion.

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  2. I know this has been a while since this post came out, but do you happen to have the fiery plate gauntlet plan on one of your own toon or someone else who retain the plan after removal. I've been desperately looking for this for a while, and I would be happy to transfer character to different servers to get it if possible. Thanks a lot.

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    1. Come to Deathwing. My favorite Blacksmith has the plans and he is still currently playing. If you want to spend hours, you CAN trying going through individual characters on the armory to see if you can find any Blacksmiths who have them but no idea how to do it quickly.

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