Guild Wars 2

i’ve been toying with mixing different sets of armor. so far i’ve come up with this as the most cohesive look minus the boots.

i would appreciate any help with finding a more compatible set of boots that has a layered plated look without messing up the leggings. i chose those particular boots because they flange at the top, similar to the flanges in the leggings where the boots meet. the chest and leggings are pretty much set in stone because i cannot find leggings that don’t give me saddlebags…and even worse, the leggings usually are very wide at the top while the chest piece tapers. this produces a strange gap and is usually an issue with most heavy armor.

thanks!

also, does anyone know the name of crusader hiroki’s chest armor? i can’t find it for the life of me…

and if there’s an armor simulator somewhere out there, i would LOVE a link. searching has proved fruitless…

http://gw2armorgallery.com/human-heavy.htm

I use this site. (I linked human cause ur character looks human :P )
The chest of Crusader Hiroki, is the Human Teir 2 armor.

thanks hebee. i used that site too, but since i can’t simulate pieces live, it’s difficult to see what will mesh well with the leggings

Well if it were me I’d probably use the boots that go with those pants (The CM dungeon boots) but if you aren’t liking those I do think draconic would look good, also the heavy plate( http://gw2armorgallery.com/armour/human/human-heavy-karma-heavyplate-female.jpg) which I believe are the same type as the gloves you are wearing. Reinforced scale might also work well and tie into the layers on your chest and pants. I actually like the boots you are currently wearing, though I do see why the spikes might detract a little for the over all look.

I love what you’ve done though, I completely agree and the majority of the the heavy sets looking beyond weird with the super wide hips and tapered chest/waste. It’s so ugly.

Here’s the look I have for my warrior. She’s meant to be a bit grungy and scrap heapy, but someone gave her a decent cohesive set that still isn’t too flashy for her … anyway, these boots might suit you:
http://i46.tinypic.com/2lscy7k.jpg

They are “Ravaging Splint Greaves of Infiltration” but as I’ve transmuted a few times I am not sure where I got the skin originally.

As near as I can guess (since you did not list the items, hehe) these are what you have currently chosen:
Helm - PvP Knight’s Helm
Chest - PvP Dark Coat
Shlders - PvP Banded Pauldrons
Hands - PvP Splint Gauntlets
Leggings - PvP Nobleman’s Legguards
Boots - PvP Dark Leggings

Options that might work (opinion only):
PvP Banded Boots
PvP Splint Boots

Dye color may not match.

thank you all for your replies!!

i’m sorry i didn’t list the gear i’m wearing…

slalom is mostly correct. the boots are the pvp knight’s set. i will definitely be exploring the banded and splint variations. i like the mixed set you have donari…the leggings are a bit slimmer and don’t have the weird metal skirt look to them, which i feel like many of the heavy armor leggings suffer from. i’m currently using the primeval set, which has 1 of 2 boots that i really like. most of the boots in game for human females look very clunky and rectangular-like. the few that taper happen to have spikes/horns on them, which i wish they didn’t.

as for the discrepancy with the nobleman’s gear having a ‘worn’ look to them, i can mess around with different dye combinations to see if i can reduce the worn look to a minimal while highlighting other aspects of the armor.

again, thank you! if anyone else has any suggestions, please list them!

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sulor, i will try the reinforced scale as well. the nobleman’s boots make her look a bit bottom heavy, not in the derriere, but just..well it’s hard to say, but kinda clunky?

arah helm, cm pauldrons, cm pants, cof hands, cof chest, ta boots, all transmuted with monk runes(hence the aegis even tho i’m a worrior)

the dye is abyss and silver, but due to the lightning it looks the same, if i put everything on low setting tho, it trully becomes very dark and the fire very bright

very nice shpongle. you don’t happen to live in hawaii do you?

@kiba,
When completed, please post your final solution (including dyes, hehe). I have to a Norn guardian and want a similar gear set.
Thanks.

so i’m finished and here is the end result. i may switch around dyes, but for now i’m happy. a blue/white/graphite scheme might go over better, but i love redemption.

the primeval was my old setup. i got tired of it being so matchy-match.

the dyes are: white, redemption and graphite. i found that celestial gave off a sort of lustre effect that i didn’t like as much as flat white. i used a bit of dijon in the gloves because the material made redemption look very saturated, as if the hue was off.

so from a dark to a light set.

thanks all!

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added back shot

Sooo… what boots did you settle on? I got’s to know! hehe

Having no sense of color or artistic ability I have trouble creating such, but I know what I like when I see it… very good color selection.

Well done.

I see you like the same shoulders and gloves as me! I’m also curious about the boots, I could see my warrior getting new ones if they still fit the overall look.

for the boots, i went with slalom’s suggestion of banded. the problem i was running into was having too much of one set of gear that matched too well. however, since only the shoulders and boots are from the same set and since they are physically far apart from each other, i feel as if this is more acceptable. plus they are one of the few boots that are knee high. the draconic boots were only mid calf and there was a weird gap between the plating of the thighs and the flange of the draconic boots.

as for the gloves, they are the splint variety, as i feel they look better than the banded, so a slight difference between what donari and i are wearing.

i couldn’t frame a shot correctly(even using the environment to induce a certain zoom) highlighting the leggings and boots, but they are my favorite part of the ensemble. the gradient effect from white to grey to graphite(the gray was a bonus part of the cm leggings) is spectacular

a few more shameless promo shots =]