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Gewreid Fashionista | I love the general concept and idea but i feel like the dyes aren't quite there yet. The dark colors seem a bit too stark for my taste, especially on the metal bits of the legs and in combination with that very bright popping blue. The combination of armor pieces also has a lot of different textures and materials and i don't feel like the current dye scheme helps them come together into a harmonious whole. There are a lot of special effects in this outfit and i feel like matching it with very popping and "strong" conrast rich dyes is just too much. My eye doesn't really know where to go rather than being drawn to the highlights. Have you tried changing the cloth part of the pants to the dark blue/black color and trying something else for the metal parts? Maybe something matching the metal bits of the axe or the mace. A more subdued bluish dye like eucalyptus or tea jeans might also allow you to still match the shield while allowing the shoulders, shield and axe to pop more. |
2022-03-08 3:32 | |
ieva Fashionista | Thanks for the feedback, I understand what you mean. But if you look at all my characters, you'll notice that they all wear armour that is either very realistic (mostly classic look) or uses strong and clear colours (it's like my brand, I'm not a fan of muted pastel colours :)). I can post you a link for making-of later (I just have to look for screens), there are also other armour parts + colours for comparison. |
2022-03-10 5:58 in reply to Gewreid | |
Gewreid Fashionista | Some other versions/steps along the process to see how you developed it would be great! |
2022-03-11 5:28 in reply to ieva | |
ieva Fashionista | So I picked out a few pictures: https://i.imgur.com/krKFe04.jpg Everything worked perfectly in the preview window, but I had to test many parts in real life because it looked quite different. That used up a lot of transmutation charge (all chars except the heavy class have legendary armor, only the heavy class makes do with Ascended armor because I play too rarely). My problem was - first, the pants/boots mix mostly had clipping errors, second, the colours were almost impossible to match because they looked completely different on different armour after changing cards. |
2022-04-07 4:58 in reply to Gewreid | |
Gewreid Fashionista | Thanks a lot! I't's great to see the different variations. The blue on that bottom right one is so beautiful, that's exactly what i had in mind as an alternative to the darker dyes. The Warlord legs look pretty good as well but i agree with your final choice to go for the Blossoming Mist Shards. Then again, i'm a huge fan of that set. I should really upload some of my outfits using it but i tend to make a super big deal out of uploading here and don't get to it for ages. ^^" |
2022-04-11 3:44 | |
ieva Fashionista | I still have designs for Engineer and Mesmer with this shield, so we'll see when and if I get around to posting that here :) |
2022-04-11 16:09 in reply to Gewreid |