Mysterious Man of the Mire
By Binny Babbit on January 14th, 2016 |
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Stories are told of an old, battle-weary man who wanders the swamps of Caledon Forest. With a bed of unkempt hair and a shriveled face, it is difficult to tell whether he is a wilting sylvari or a decaying human, or if he is even alive...
I wanted to give this character an undead/risen hero type of look, the idea of which came into my mind when the "unshowered" sylvari hair depicted in the screenshots was released. It took a bit of tweaking with the hair and skin color to get the look I wanted. I incorporated some plant-like armor pieces and dyed them for a wilted appearance. And of course the armor can't be too shiny so I decided on a dull silver.
Initially I decided on not equipping shoulder pieces (most of them are ridiculously oversized on male sylvari), which is why he doesn't have shoulder armor in some of the screenshots. I think the Gladiator shoulders look decent though.
Comments
 NanaItalia Fashionista | I like the colors and the armor pieces fit surprisingly well together. I see him more like a mysterious rotting syslvari warrior in the swamp then a risen, but I like that idea of him too. Nice job! :) |
| 2016-01-14 17:15 | |
 Hylek Fashionista | Super original look! I love how you made the brown part of the leg-piece look like dryd leafs! For shoulders id go with some cultural stuff maybe, but the gladiator pauldrons work well too! Very nice screens and matching weapons ... Gold :D |
| 2016-01-14 17:40 | |
 Elessar Taralom Fashionista | really cool and unique look, especially on the dyes! good screens and an interesting description, that is an easy gold! |
| 2016-01-14 17:43 | |
 Acethyle Fashion Guru | Very cool idea and theme! I love how the gloves and the tassets fit well together! Cool mix and cool screens too ! His face and his hair are perfect he really looks undead or rotted. Gold ! |
| 2016-01-14 19:55 | |
 KestrelGirl Fashionista | I love this - very original!! You might want to use darker, more rusted-looking dyes on the chest and legs, though. (Tarnished Steel comes to mind.) |
| 2016-01-14 20:50 | |
 xKratos Fashion Guru | Cool loik |
| 2016-01-14 22:59 | |
 Luphegor Trendspotter | Cool idea and fitting armour! I´d also go for a darker silver for the chest, but it´s still awesome :) |
| 2016-01-15 7:57 | |
 Pattou Fashion Guru | He looks awesome ! I love the armor mix and the dye you use, gold from me :) |
| 2016-01-15 10:51 | |
 huzze Trendspotter | Amazing Dye Job |
| 2016-01-15 15:39 | |
 Binny Babbit Trendspotter | Thanks everyone, I didn't expect this to be so positively received! Like some of you mentioned, I'll play around with the armor dyes a little more. It would be ideal if I could make the armor look rusted, but I wanted to emphasize the brown of the leaves, which is why I dyed the armor a different color (I didn't want the whole look to be brown). |
| 2016-01-15 15:49 | |
 Gewreid Fashionista | A unique look that hits the theme quite well. I especially like how the way you dyed the pants matches the leaves and cultural armor bits. |
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