Really GOOD alters

[LadyLaphrael]

Have to compliment Laphrael for designing the LFM shop at the recent FWI festival. I really enjoyed putting the cloaks and clasps together to make some nice pieces that have become my lightening and deepening projects.

Gretchen

Thanks! I was honestly -really- surprised how many folks took an interest in the shop. People likes having customization options, I guess.

[Asile]

Cordovan is one of those trickey words that can be used to describe either the material (an equine leather or leather taken from the rump of a horse) or it can also be used as a color (a rich burgundy or dark rose shade). What's funny is how OOC it actually is considering both the color and leather were named after a city in Spain (Cordoba) while I have issues with merchants making panne velvet.

And, please, that is not a dig on anyone (the OOC part), its more a personal gripe about what GMs do and do not allow.

Just for the record, if no one's noticed, Traiva's hair is cordovan (the hue, not the leather)...which I got by means of a hair-dye vial.

And yeah, inconsistencies suck.

[Giantphang]

Here's a few of my favorites:

a humongous warmaul

The warmaul is very big. Actually, big doesn't really measure up. It's huge, although huge can be said to slight its proportions. Monstrous approaches the weapon's girth although monumental could more so describe its degree of monstrosity. Suffice it to say, the thing is gawd-awful huge and has a mithril alloy head that's as ugly as it is big. A faint aura of holy light radiates from the warmaul.

some enormous boots

They are huge! And they are muddy as well. It's just despicable how some people can be so negligent of their footwear. These are both sloppy and audacious at the same time. They have silly-looking flies incised into the leather around the top of both boots. Who would want such a thing?

Mel in armor:

a very dead-looking fly

You see a large fly, which looks to have been dead for quite some time. Its wings are tattered and torn, and it resembles an old raisin. It has been stuffed into a tiny veniom-bound mithril war mask and a tiny suit of plate armor that has been etched with the letters, "MEL". Old Mel looks pretty ferocious for a dead fly. However, dead flies are sometimes known to be less than intimidating.

Mel dressed up

a dead but elegantly clad warfly

You see a large fly, which looks to have been dead for quite some time. Its wings are tattered and torn, and it resembles an old raisin. The specimen is wearing veniom-rimmed spectacles on its decimated little head, and it is holding a mithril cane. A silk tunic clothes its emaciated body with the word 'Mel' worked across the chest. The whole presentation would be ludicrous if it weren't so pathetic.

All done by Aelsidhe's merchants. She's so missed.

Also just got my feature alteration done...been wanting this forever:

You see Giantphang Obrhgror'rts'r the Fighter.
He appears to be a Giantman.
He is shorter than average and appears to be mature. He has almond-shaped stormy grey eyes and golden brown skin. He has long, black hair that has been meticulously plaited into hundreds of tiny, waist-length braids in the traditional style of a Faendryl swordsman, which has been pulled back to reveal slightly pointed ears and is tipped with a small mithril blade held in place by a thin veniom wire. He has an angular face, a thin nose and protruding ears.

And finally, the Mel tattoo:

an armor-clad black warfly tattooed upon his neck beneath his right ear

Resembling an old raisin more than a once living creature, the tattoo is that of a fly dressed in intricate, if tiny, armor. Silvery hues create the image of a mask that partially covers the large, black eyes of the fly, while crimson and ebon colors create the image of plate armor decorating its round body. Greyscale wings depicted as being free of the armor's joints and back, but have tiny spikes on them making them appear to almost be deadly. A calligraphy script beneath proclaims his name as "Mel."


Feel free to tell me any of these belong in the BAD alters thread and i'll happily move them.

[Nathala Crane]

Haha. Always loved Phang and Mel. Good to see both back around again.

[Ltlprprincess]

Almost 6 years since this thread was posted in. Time to NECRO.

[Gelston]

No, all the alters suck now. #damnkids

[Ltlprprincess]

You're jaded because you've been overexposed to the really bad alters thread.

[Mogonis]

LOOK FALCHION:

The vultite falchion is covered with unknown runes from top to bottom, their origins a mystery. Light shimmers off the weapon which vibrates and hums as if it had a sinister life of its own.

UNKNOWN RUNES ARE MYSTERIOUS

[everan]

This was my old armor - I thought it was a nice alter, well suited to a cleric, but I don't remember the merchant who came up with it for me though

a dark suit of sigil-branded scalemail

The hammered steel armor has been covered with well-oiled black leather, the hide fastened to the suit by a series of square-shaped eonake rivets. Centered upon the chest are several fire-branded sigils, the stylized design echoed by the stiff metal pauldrons fastened across the shoulders by heavily buckled straps. A single oval of soulstone sits centered amidst the sigils, the gem's pale color a stark contrast to the darkness gathered around it. You also notice a small enchanter's glyph.

[Viekn]

I found this in a player shop and it was perfect for my dark elf rogue. I think the show is pretty sweet. I'm not really good at coming up with good alters myself, so when I find one I like, I am happy to pay for it. I may switch up the noun a bit, but otherwise, it's perfect for my character...

Some dark shrouded brigandine

Cleverly concealed under the supple exterior of this armor are myriad thin glaes shards, each carefully riveted to the garment's leather facade. Lacking the cumbersome metal plates of conventional armors, this efficient design allows for a full range of motion in combat while still providing significant protection to the wearer. A dark cotton wrap is affixed at the shoulders and hangs loosely over the torso, providing a shroud in which the wearer's movements can be camouflaged. You also notice a small enchanter's glyph.