Guild Wars 2

Asking if anyone, Dev or otherwise, knows the exact set of colors used by Lionguard members on their heavy armor sets? I’m pretty close right now with Dijon, Tarnished Steel, and Pottery but not quite there yet.

I have a guildie who specializes in reproducing various uniform armors, I’ll link this to her so she can help you out.

Donari.5237:

I have a guildie who specializes in reproducing various uniform armors, I’ll link this to her so she can help you out.

That would be amazing, thank you!

Hello! I’m no dev, but reproducing NPC armor is a hobby of mine.

I tried to re-create a Lionguard heavy set back before TP dyes were previewable, and I ended up with Gold and Tarnished Steel on everything but the shoulders. (I never acquired the right shoulders, so I’m not sure what dye to use on them.)

It’s not perfectly exact. Gold is a bit too yellow (by a single tiny itty bitty notch) but no one would look twice.

I’ll pick up the Lionguard project again and see if I can’t find the exact dye used. And I really need the right pauldrons, too. I’ll let you know what I discover!

Fuffydud.1352:

Hello! I’m no dev, but reproducing NPC armor is a hobby of mine.

I tried to re-create a Lionguard heavy set back before TP dyes were previewable, and I ended up with Gold and Tarnished Steel on everything but the shoulders. (I never acquired the right shoulders, so I’m not sure what dye to use on them.)

It’s not perfectly exact. Gold is a bit too yellow (by a single tiny itty bitty notch) but no one would look twice.

I’ll pick up the Lionguard project again and see if I can’t find the exact dye used. And I really need the right pauldrons, too. I’ll let you know what I discover!

Pottery on the pauldrons is pretty close. Just a shade or two darker and they’d be perfect.

Okay!

I’ve spent all afternoon trying to find a dye that, as it turns out, I’m 99% sure doesn’t exist. The main color on the Lionguard heavy armor is somewhere between Gold and Sand. I have pictures of my character (the short one) next to a Lionguard NPC using both of those dyes. The color on his pauldrons is Brass, and the leather parts are Antique Bronze.

(Brass is not the exact color either, but I was going broke trying to find the pauldron color, and Brass looks nice with Gold, since it’s kinda vibrant, and Gold is a bit more vibrant than the mystery color, so it balances out.)

With Gold: http://i.imgur.com/AETyXgy.jpg

With Sand: http://i.imgur.com/IAp5PZt.jpg

I hope this helps!

Thanks! =D

Either or is close enough for roleplaying purposes. Someone who saw this post and PM’ed me ingame suggested Mudmetal was the mysterious mystery color of the armor. It too is pretty close but not spot-on. In my opinion just a tad too light and not enough yellow. In my own search, I’d begun to even check into the various greens. Yet again with only varying levels of success. I have no clue what this mystery color actually is either.

One thing I actually noticed in my personal quest here, is that many of the actual Lionguard NPC’s themselves are not completely consistent in their color scheme. When seeking out random Lionguard officers to compare my current hue choices to, I found varying differences. Some of them had darker pauldrons than others. While a few of them the armor trimming , the metal usually grayish portion on the helm and armguards, were shades of red, etc. I don’t don’t know quite enough about the lore behind the Lionguard to know if this means anything, but I speculate that this may be indicative of a person’s rank. This would also make some sense from a military perspective.