For my raid set, I wanted something completely different. I wanted to be able to plop into a dungeon or raid and know that I wasn't running the wrong set. It was skimming the auction house, that I spotted the Admiral's hat. I immediately bought it up and started working on a matching set.
Thematically, I am looking for:
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| Admiral's Hat |
- Strikingly different than my PVP set. Gown / dress ok
- Blue with Gold accents to match the theme of the hat.
- Regal looking. I looked and there isn't necessarily a set to go with the hat. Not going to wear the Pirate Shirt along with my Navy hat.
With those basic thematic ideas, I started skimming the auction house and my tailoring patterns to see what I had. These are the visible items that I started off with:
- Head - Admiral's Hat - Tailoring pattern - vendor
- Chest - Royal Gown - Scholomance drop (found on AH)
- Back - Spidersilk Drape - Tailoring pattern, trainable
- Shoulders - Mystical Mantle - U'goro crater drop. I am not in love with these shoulders yet. I've tried a different model, but this one seems to fit the theme better. (see pic).
- Belt - Serenity Belt - Blackrock drop
- Hands - Brightcloth Gloves - Tailoring pattern, trainable
I don't worry about my legs, feet or wrists; they are not visible. I had mog'd my off-hand recently so that I wasn't carrying around a skull popcicle. The Shadow Council Orb has a nice spell effect where a yellow sparkly spins around it. I think the blueish color with yellow glow is a nice effect.
Overall, I am happy with the total outfit. I wish that it didn't crop off my pony-tail, but that is the hat's fault. It does create a wee bit of a stir when I first drop into a dungeon/raid as people check out the stats on the healer in iLevel 48 gear models. (Yes, I see you all targeting me in my Vudo panel. I'll pop a shield on you, just so you know, I know.)
