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[Evans]

Opollo, on 15 September 2012 - 09:15 AM, said:

Blood
Antique Gold
Illumination

-I'll post a better SS once I finish my gaming pc build lol

I was just browsing the topic and I noticed your comment that you'd post a better picture.
I was thinking you might want to use an angle that doesn't distract from the colour scheme.

anyway...


Personally I use
Icing, Lifesblood and Ancient Gold.
Icing gives me that metallic shine I like

Edited by Evans, 08 November 2012 - 10:43 AM.

[Ghostwing]

Evans, on 08 November 2012 - 10:35 AM, said:

I was just browsing the topic and I noticed your comment that you'd post a better picture.
I was thinking you might want to use an angle that doesn't distract from the colour scheme.

anyway...


Personally I use
Icing, Lifesblood and Ancient Gold.
Icing gives me that metallic shine I like

what kind of armor is that?

[Impmon]

I change mine constantly.  Problem I've noticed lately is that when I'm altering the color of my armor I get booted to log in.  Reported the bug, I'm thinking some kinda afk kick although I'm not afk.

I use indigo, maroon, midnight purple on mhenlo's light armor graphics.

[Evans]

Ghostwing, on 08 November 2012 - 11:03 AM, said:

what kind of armor is that?

Vigil helm
Wren Pauldrons
Banded Chestpiece
Banded Gauntlets
Vigil Leggings
Banded Boots

[Gilles VI]

Just love this combination.


This is yew (green) + pastel sea (white)


This is sunset (red) + pastel pink (the very light pink)


This is just full Abyss, I know it's a very common armor these days, but I just wanted to show full Abyss can still look nice. (I'm still wearing those ugly chain boots/legs cause this is only a lvl15 warrior)
btw if anyone has a better combo for this, please feel free to show/share.

Edited by Gilles VI, 08 November 2012 - 12:39 PM.

[Evans]

It's most definitely not my style Gilles VI, but that first picture is very unique and aesthetically pleasing

[Gilles VI]

Evans, on 08 November 2012 - 12:55 PM, said:

It's most definitely not my style Gilles VI, but that first picture is very unique and aesthetically pleasing

Thanks!
I'm looking for a different helm & gloves, I aim to be a kind of "angelic" guardian, you have any ideas on helm?
I quite like the CM helm, but it only has 1 dye slot, which kinda sucks in my opinion.

[Fenice_86]

I love Midnight Fire, Red and Honeysuckle (in this screenshot the yellow is Sand, i use Honey now because it has more saturation)

Edited by Fenice_86, 08 November 2012 - 01:04 PM.

[zelrik]

I tried the charcoal/redemption combo recently, works very well. Here are a few test I made with my favorite cloth armors (that I can access so far):

Edited by zelrik, 08 November 2012 - 01:11 PM.

[Evans]

Gilles VI, on 08 November 2012 - 01:01 PM, said:

Thanks!
I'm looking for a different helm & gloves, I aim to be a kind of "angelic" guardian, you have any ideas on helm?
I quite like the CM helm, but it only has 1 dye slot, which kinda sucks in my opinion.

Hmmm, I assume it's a male human from body proportions, if so the only other suggestion I have is cultural tier 2.
Tbh I think it would do injustice to the look you have atm. The colours are so bold, especially with the style of the armor, but it matches so well. I doubt there's a second like that to be found in the game.

[Gilles VI]

Evans, on 08 November 2012 - 01:34 PM, said:

Hmmm, I assume it's a male human from body proportions, if so the only other suggestion I have is cultural tier 2.
Tbh I think it would do injustice to the look you have atm. The colours are so bold, especially with the style of the armor, but it matches so well. I doubt there's a second like that to be found in the game.

Yeah the dyes are wonderfull on that armor.
I really want new gloves (cause current ones only have 1 dye spot) and a new helm (I feel the current one doesn't really shows what I wanna be) but I just don't seem to find new ones that fit the set in its total.

Btw I never take my helm off (or hide it) cause on headstart day I was so hyped I pressed random in face/hair creation..
And yeah it's horrible..

Edited by Gilles VI, 08 November 2012 - 01:39 PM.

[romulus71]

Gilles VI, on 08 November 2012 - 01:38 PM, said:

Yeah the dyes are wonderfull on that armor.

That combination is really striking Gilles, which dyes did you use?

[sevalaricgirl]

I absolutely love white gold and this almost white blue, forgot the name of it, on my guardian.  It is more white than anything.  Looks great.  Our guild colors are wrath and midnight blue.  I also love charcoal, know it's not a combo but looks great without paying a fortune.

Edited by sevalaricgirl, 08 November 2012 - 03:13 PM.

[Gilles VI]

romulus71, on 08 November 2012 - 02:55 PM, said:

That combination is really striking Gilles, which dyes did you use?

Haha I'm flattered!
Euhm it Pastel Sea, and Sand dyes, both are very cheap.
I must say they don't look as good on light/medium amors, they're still nice, but it's on metal that they really shine.

Edited by Gilles VI, 08 November 2012 - 04:13 PM.

[cry4you]

Sovis, on 15 September 2012 - 03:28 AM, said:

Meh, I bought Celestial Dye on a whim today (someone had it 50s below the average cost) and tried it out on my engineer... the results were pretty awful.

If you want a white so white that it blanks out all the textures on your gear, or a black so dark that it does the same, then you'll be spending 5g on dyes. Otherwise there are a lot of nice almost-white/black hues that complement looks 10x better in my opinion. Then again, like all things colors, opinions are just opinions.

Personally, I like cool colors (on the spectrum that is, green/blue/purple). I also prefer colors that are muted as they fit in better with the game world, which is generally rendered fairly realistically. I tend to use Midnight Ice, Midnight Sky,  Royal Blue, Gunmetal, Pitch, Tarnished Steel, Burnished Steel...  Royal Blue. Midnight Violet. Cream, and Burgundy for accents. A lot of colors just look off on the medium armor set that I use.

Midnight Ice vs. Celestial on the chestpiece for comparison *shrug*

what kind of armor is that? its looks very awesome

Oryx, on 07 November 2012 - 10:21 PM, said:

Well, I think that the yellow/black/white combo looks really great.
I dont really like vibrant colors on my character, and I think this looks plain, and looks awesome!


Have bought hundreds of dyes during the CATASTROPHIC DYE ECONOMY DOWNFALL, and i still prefer these colors.
I use white, abyss, and sand,

very nice and beautiful armor. Can you please tell me what kind of armor you are using? it would be a great help

Spenn, on 07 November 2012 - 05:47 AM, said:

Strawberry and cream, with a touch of honey. You don't need rares to make a good combo.

omg another cute one? what are the combination for these?

Catiine, on 07 November 2012 - 04:36 AM, said:

Here are my colors:   White, Black and White gold

this one looks nice too? which armor is this?

[RedStar]

The first light armor is :
Orrian shoulders (Arah dungeon)
Champion chest (linen crafted)
Champion gloves (linen crafted)
T3 human skirt
Masquerade boots (any rare crafted above 125 tailoring)

Second armor is the jute crafted armor.

Last one is the Armageddon armor which is the 42k armor that you can obtain in Orr.

[Condemned]

Blood
Midnight Fire
Illumination

 Herc.jpg   93K   107 downloads

[Oryx]

RedStar, on 08 November 2012 - 06:36 PM, said:

The first light armor is :
Orrian shoulders (Arah dungeon)
Champion chest (linen crafted)
Champion gloves (linen crafted)
T3 human skirt
Masquerade boots (any rare crafted above 125 tailoring)

Very good!
You forgot the wraith masque tho

[Sprinks]

Blue Sky
Dewdrop
Winter Ice

Duelist Armor
I change my armor dyes pretty often. All dyes on the screen were found through leveling / farming. I haven't begun buying them (yet) due to legendary progress (FML).

[Raytla]

cry4you, on 08 November 2012 - 06:27 PM, said:

this one looks nice too? which armor is this?

Karma armor (42k per piece)

[Sephiroah]

Country Blue, Sapphire, Silver

[cry4you]

Thanks for replying guys but what about.the male armor? Any help on that would be awesome.

[lolevy]

Midnight Ice, Redemption, Black

[sakura az]

I change my dyes up every week or so, but this particular color combo I'm pretty happy with

[sevalaricgirl]

I wanted to show the combination of white gold and blue ice.  It's gorgeous together and makes a guardian look really angelic. Sorry it's so big.  I'm at work without a photo editing program.

Edited by sevalaricgirl, 09 November 2012 - 01:14 PM.

[Manaphus]

Catiine, on 07 November 2012 - 04:36 AM, said:

Here are my colors:   White, Black and White gold

Gah ive been hoping for those colours for so damn long, they can turn ANY armor set epic...even the coutry set :3

[Jairyn]

Armor: snapdragon (T1 sylvari cultural light)
Primary: midnight yew (darkest green)
Secondary: gown (bright medium purple) - apparently the filter disapproves of the small, clustered fruits from which wine is made, likely because of the last four letters. Regardless, that is the proper name of the purple dye I'm using, not "gown."
Tertiary: silver (pale grey)

I consider my color scheme triadic even though silver is essentially a shade of black and white, which isn't on the color wheel. I think it helps to stand out as an accent because it's considerably lighter than the other two dyes.

The neat thing about snapdragon (maybe all sylvari sets?) is that it seems to pull your skin color into the ensemble, too. Those "ribs" of the leaves on the chest aren't dyed silver, that's his pale grey-green skintone echoed in the clothing.

Green and purple are complimentary, I've always liked them together. The trick is to avoid standard bright green against standard bright purple, which turns you into the Joker (unless you're going for that).

Golden age superheroes were rendered using mostly primary colors because it's single process printing and saves ink, villains were rendered in secondary colors as contrast, which is why you tend to see lots of comic book villains blending green and purple. Orange is more rare for some reason.

Edited by Jairyn, 09 November 2012 - 03:06 PM.

[Evans]

Jairyn, on 09 November 2012 - 02:41 PM, said:

Your Sylvari is hot!

[Waar Kijk Je Naar]

Abyss + Celestial. Welcome to the Vigil.

[Jairyn]

Evans, on 09 November 2012 - 02:54 PM, said:

Your Sylvari is hot!

Thanks! I'm a big fan of your character with the gladiator/knight style armor. At least the sort of Greco-Roman helm crest makes me think "gladiator." I've always loved knights in shining armor, so the primarily silver & gold scheme is a classic. That icing dye looks terrific for plate, it really brings out the details - I feel like celestial and abyss black are so intense they wash away finer points.

I'd recommend people trying for white and black actually take a look at charcoal/midnight anything (which will give a hint of color) and blue ice.

Edited by Jairyn, 09 November 2012 - 03:27 PM.