Originally I had planned to buy the Tier 3 set for my Guardian using these below colors, that was until I rolled a Warrior and found that I enjoy the class more than my Charridan. Been tempted to buy the Charridan a set of Tier 3 as well, but want him and the Warrior to have a different set. Anyways…
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I used the following dyes.
Icing Dye – For all of the base metal, except for the helmet. Gave me a nice ‘silverish’ steel color that was not overly polished, and lack the blue tint that you get with the actual Silver Dye.
Fog Dye – I used Fog specifically for the helmet. Dye applied to the helmet will be lighter than the other metal portions of the armor when dyed with the same color. The difference is maybe one shade so if you only want to buy Icing then that will work.
Gold – For the trim I used Gold Dye. Illumination is far too bright in my opinion, and makes the armor appeared to be overly polished. Gold gives you a deep gold color without the extra shine. Antique Gold works too, but like Illumination appears too bright.
Blueberry – I used Blueberry for the more silk like cloth portions on the legs and shoulders. Unlike the more expensive Sapphire Dye the color is not so saturated that it makes the cloth appear to be made of plastic.
Pitch – I used Pitch Dye, primarily because I am too cheap to buy Black Dye for the rougher cloth pieces that lay under the actual armor. I had someone give me negative feedback here because of the use of a darker color, stating it did not match. The purpose of the darker color is make the portion of the armor you actually want to look at pop. If I had went with Blueberry or a ‘whitish’ color it would have distracted from the attractive parts of the armor, the metal and trim being the parts.
You could also use a light to dark brown to make the rougher cloth look more realistic as well. Cocoa is a excellent color. I generally swap between it and Pitch.
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I originally went with these colors with the intention of giving my Charridan a ‘knight in shining armor’ look. I wanted it to have that ‘shining knight’ look, but not overly polished so that it appeared to be a set of armor that had never seen battle. Despite the fact that the armor went to my Charr Warrior I kept the colors, I guess I fell in love with them while I was drooling over the armor set, slowly hoarding my gold in the hopes that one day I could buy it.
