Sunday, 15 March 2015

Rune-Keeper: Forging with Fire!


 Rune-keepers have always been the masters of Fire, Storm, and Healing. According to Turbine they're the only real Magic Users, as Lore-Masters are more seen as natural chemists or alchemists than wizards. Fire is one of the great damage types in-game, for a RK and an LM, and even the Hunter/Warden. One thing is certain though; as far as flaming forges go, the Dwarves take the biscuit!

Although I struggle with some elements on every cosmetic piece, on light-armour pieces I struggle most I think. The difficulty is usually in shoulders/shoes/heads, because I never want to hide them but I never feel anything fits in right. Particularly shoulders and head; shoulders make the character look stout and tankish, heads hide amazing lotro hairstyles. I think (and hope) that this is a nice blend for all of those.


Some Dwarves choose the Axe for battle. Give me a forging hammer and a piece of stone, I'll show you the wrath of Fire and Might!

 

Crowned with Flames and taking credit in this piece is my Rune-Keeper Rokhar, but I must thank and give credit to Camniel for the suggestion of the forge by Dwalin (Pic 1).

Head: Ceremonial Hat of the Written Word.
Shoulders: Ceremonial Silver-Voice Shoulders (Dyed Burgundy).
Back: Ceremonial Cloak of Shadow and Flame (Dyed Crimson).
Chest: Flame-Touched Hauberk (Dyed Burgundy).
Gloves: Extravagant Festival Gloves.
Leggings: none.
Shoes: Brushed Leather Boots (Dyed Burgundy).

Saturday, 14 March 2015

The Hunter: Half a Man, Twice the Hunter!

Hobbits may be small, but you don't want to rise over the treetops when it comes to hunting, especially when your target may be twice your own size!
Although this outfit has 1 piece from any vendor, (the gloves came from Michel Delving light armour vendor), and a hat which is not only easily available at any Skirmish Camp but also quite common in-game now, I feel it has kept true to the lore and the purpose of any hunter; to fight in woodlands and remain unseen.
This outfit was created designed for RoR and a mounted combat hunter. Still staying in the woodlands, but still fighting for the Rohirrim. If you do not have the Hauberk (HD expansion I believe), a good alternative would be any of the Rohan armour pieces dyed any of the Greens.

Head: Makeshift Ranger Mask
Shoulders: none.
Back: Fancy Quiver (Dyed Olive)
Chest: Hauberk of the Hammerhand.
Gloves: Cloth Gloves
Legs: none.
Feet: none (hobbits don't wear shoes, remember!).
Bow: Smooth Ash Bow of Speed
Daggers: Hardened Iron Dagger of Deflection

Rules of Submission

Zewar, resident rule-breaker! Showing off low-graphics and his bow! :o Naughty Zewar.
I know! I know! Rules, regulations, warning signs, 'risk of death', they're all boring things which restrict us and don't let us have any fun, but they are sometimes important and can increase things, so please bare with me and please read this post if you intend to participate in the site.
Anyone and everyone is allowed to request their cosmetics put onto the site, but not all will meet the standards and all must go through me. Unfortunately, this will mean a lot of sorting on my part, but perhaps some people can help by following these rules.

1: Angles. If you submit a cosmetic outfit you will need to send Screenshots of your character and from several angles, at least 1 in front and 1 from behind for cloak and front. Please send no more than 5 or so but no fewer than 2.
2: The set. Anything which is part of the cosmetic set must be included in the picture and anything which is not must not. This includes cosmetic weapons, shields, horses, goats, and on the rare occasion pets. Please don't include any of those just because you want to show them off, particularly pets or horses. If they are not part of cosmetic load and don't fit in, the outfit won't be showed. Exceptions are instances where a robe hides trousers, then the trousers won't show and won't effect cosmetics. Anything showed in the final picture which is not right will cancel the entire screenshot.
3: In-game UIs. Please don't show any names or UIs (You can toggle these in-game by pressing N for names and Shift+U for UIs). If your sending in a group picture, you may need a 3rd person to take the pictures for you, but please don't include photographers who aren't included in the cosmetics.
4: No copying from the internet! I will do a search before any picture goes up and try my best to make sure this is not a picture from any other site.
5: Details. Please make sure your pictures are clear and as detailed as possible. I recommend taking pictures while graphics are set to 'ultra high' or 'high', but this is not essential as long as the pictures are clear.
6: Names. When you send in your screenshots, please include your character's name for credit (groups can include group name/kinship name instead), the names of every cosmetic piece included (if a war-steed is included/cosmetic set based on war-steed, please include the names of items in cosmetic set for them), and also please remember NOT to include your own name/account names. I don't want to be blamed for any hacking! Remember, I include names in the final post, please don't include them in your screenshots.
7: Be creative. Sending in a picture of a champion in its starter outfit isn't really any good, or using the entire Great Barrow armour set. Feel free to use individual pieces, but create something unique!
8: Remember, we can't include everyone! You may send in pictures which you think are great, and they may be, but that doesn't mean they'll make it at first. You can expect for some of them to appear in the future, but not all will make the cut. Please accept this.

9: Contact details. If you have any questions you can E-mail me, and you can send your screenshots in the same way. My E-mail address is Marcus.Shadowbane@gmail.com. Please remember that I can't always reply quickly and your pictures may be scrapped without any responce as to why, but that's rather unlikely to happen.

10: Have Fun! Enjoy and please don't hurt any animals/mounts/pets/hobbits in the making of your pictures.
Yours,
Cielor the Lore-Master.

Wednesday, 11 March 2015

Mae govannen, might I speak with you a moment?

Hullo friends of lotro! (Lord of the rings online)

Well I had a recent desire, rather for the first time in a while, to find some cosmetics for my characters the other day, but was slightly disappointed that most sites haven't been updated in a while. So, let's try and change that!
Beginning with classes, I intend to eventually cover races, classes, and then other stuff for fun like casual wear and maybe party clothes. In all cases I'll try to make everything fit together perfectly and not have any "out of place" pieces with sets. Anyway, enough talk. In the words of Saruman "we have work to do". Good luck and I hope you enjoy the ride as much as I will! 

Thanks for patience rank 8,
Cielor the Lore Master.