whorrak
01-24-2008, 09:56 AM
I'm looking to alter a couple of items on my locksmithing gnome. I'm going for a gear/cog, tinkerer theme... Here's what he's currently wearing:
You are wearing a crystal amulet, a back-split dark velvet frock coat with exaggerated cuffs, a pair of dark crystal-lensed spectacles, a handsome dark cranberry silk shirt, a cranberry spidersilk satchel, a vaalin ring, an iron and mithril band, a dark leather locksmith's pouch, some tight leather pants and a pair of enchanting black boots buttoned with white opals.
The vaalin ring currently has a show of: "The face of the vaalin ring is engraved with a series of interlocking cogs and gears that join on either side of a finely rendered lock."
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Based on a recommendation on the official forums, I was thinking of changing the ring to "an opalescent thick vaalin band" with a show of "Precisely measured segments have been cut from the face of the thick vaalin band, forming what would otherwise appear to be a tiny white cog. A thin translucent pattern swirls over the metal's surface with the available light, shifting into brilliant rainbows as it dips down into each notch."
I was thinking of changing the coat to "A knee-length dark velvet frock coat embroidered across the back with a circular pattern of interlocking cogs and gears surrounding a finely rendered lock."
I want to get rid of the opals on the boots and at least substitute a pair of opalescent or blood red scarabs. I'm not sure what else to change, though.
For the glasses, I was thinking of something like "some intricate artisan spectacles with additional lenses set on tiny adjustable arms." I'm going for something that looks like a watchmaker's glasses, with the extra lenses / magnifying glasses on the little arms.
Any advice/help/recommendations would be most appreciated. Mainly, I don't want to end up in the Ugly Alters thread. :p
You are wearing a crystal amulet, a back-split dark velvet frock coat with exaggerated cuffs, a pair of dark crystal-lensed spectacles, a handsome dark cranberry silk shirt, a cranberry spidersilk satchel, a vaalin ring, an iron and mithril band, a dark leather locksmith's pouch, some tight leather pants and a pair of enchanting black boots buttoned with white opals.
The vaalin ring currently has a show of: "The face of the vaalin ring is engraved with a series of interlocking cogs and gears that join on either side of a finely rendered lock."
- - - - - - - - - -
Based on a recommendation on the official forums, I was thinking of changing the ring to "an opalescent thick vaalin band" with a show of "Precisely measured segments have been cut from the face of the thick vaalin band, forming what would otherwise appear to be a tiny white cog. A thin translucent pattern swirls over the metal's surface with the available light, shifting into brilliant rainbows as it dips down into each notch."
I was thinking of changing the coat to "A knee-length dark velvet frock coat embroidered across the back with a circular pattern of interlocking cogs and gears surrounding a finely rendered lock."
I want to get rid of the opals on the boots and at least substitute a pair of opalescent or blood red scarabs. I'm not sure what else to change, though.
For the glasses, I was thinking of something like "some intricate artisan spectacles with additional lenses set on tiny adjustable arms." I'm going for something that looks like a watchmaker's glasses, with the extra lenses / magnifying glasses on the little arms.
Any advice/help/recommendations would be most appreciated. Mainly, I don't want to end up in the Ugly Alters thread. :p