Pages

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Going to the Oscars

Matty from Sugar & Blood has a birthday coming up on the Oscars and has even put together a mog contest.  Basically it's recreating three characters from any movie.  We're even allowed to mix and match armor types to get the look we want.

The movie I choose was Disney's Beauty and the Beast, mostly because I really wanted to make a Beast :)

The Beast




And my attempt to replicate his fancy dress. I choose a Worgen because the physical features seemed to match the closest. The way the legs bend and end in claws, the pointy teeth, pointy fingernails, fluffy head. I just wish they had a brown Worgen male color. This greyish color was the closest I could get.  And the big winner for choosing a Worgen for the beast is Two Forms. After all the Beast is really human.  I thought I would have to find a blue shirt and then add a white shirt underneath but this vest already had the look but it didn't have sleeves.  But the blue shirt matched fairly well and added some fancy gold to make the outfit look more rich.  I was really happy when the belt matched the design on the sleeves and helped tie the pieces together even more.


Belle 



Belle I wanted as human and I was really torn about trying to make her fancy dress because it would be really difficult to try and replicate.  I thought about using a yellow robe but I didn't feel any of them where really quite right. I like the chestpiece but think there needs to be a decent yellow kilt in the game somewhere. So I went with a yellowish sort of kilt and used the belt to hide some of the purple and add some more of the really bright yellow. I think it's an ok idea but I'm not as happy with this look as I was with the Beasts.


Gaston



Gaston is a blood elf. While Gaston has a more angular face and more chest hair then a blood elf I felt the most important thing for choosing a model for Gaston was his character.  Gaston was considered the most handsome man in town and he was very arrogant about it.  And what could be more handsome and arrogant then a blood elf? I was really happy with how well this outfit came together from the open-necked shirt to the hunting boots all the pieces just seemed to fall into place.  If you wanted to use the outfit for a mog there's even a decent set of red shoulders that you can use that won't detract from the overall look.


10 comments:

  1. Those are wonderful! Can't even pick a favorite, but I'm leaning towards Gaston, lol, can't resist those Blood Elves.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. He's my favorite. I need a blood elf hunter named Gaston who'll prance around in that cloth outfit all the time. Well... maybe a warlock will work instead.

      Delete
  2. How creative! I would never have thought of Disney cartoons! I absolutely love your take on Beast! <3

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Lol. Thanks! I found it difficult to think of any movie except for a Disney one so I decided to run with it.

      Delete
  3. Oh how did I miss this post? I think I got lost reading your 20 days of blogging. Your beast looks fantastic!! I love it!! Gaston doesn't look half bad either - I think blood elf prancing and posing suits him perfectly :)

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Heh. I did sort of sneak it in. But they do look pretty damn good.

      Delete
  4. I love these, and your blog is amazing. Damn, that sounds like spam. LOL!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Sincere compliments are never spam! And always appreciated! So thanks very much

      Delete
  5. I have to agree, Gaston looks so great. For me it is a BE thing since I play one and see them so often. You did an excellent job with the Beast as well and I know what you mean about limitations with Belle's dress.

    Nicely done.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thanks! I couldn't think of anything that would be more perfect for Gaston then a BE. They would look good wearing a sack, not that they would ever be caught dead in such a thing. ;)

      Delete