Outfitter’s Block
Number of View: 63Yes, I know. I have a very sporadic posting schedule anymore. But honestly, I think about posting all the time I just end up not knowing what to say. In this post I'm mostly going to talk about LOTRO and outfits but hopefully some point later I'm going to make an all-Minecraft post. There's some cool stuff going on with some shading mods I want to talk about because they completely change the way Minecraft looks and feels (in a very awesome way).
Anyway, on to the outfits and all that.
Like I posted last time, I'm in the middle of re-doing pretty much all of my characters' outfits. My problem is though that I feel like I get stuck in these ruts where I end up using only a handful of pieces over and over and over again in different colors but in more or less the same combination. I've been looking at outfit blogs like LOTRO Stylist, LOTRO Fashion and Cosmetic LOTRO to get ideas but I still feel like I'm hitting an outfitting wall. I just got the Dunedain Ranger cosmetics from Vol 3 Book 5, so that has added something new to my wardrobe. Here's some of the things I've got for Cithryth at the moment, hopefully someone will give me some ideas on what I can do/change/make better:
As you can see, I'm pretty much in love with my new armour pieces from Dunland quests, as well as the Traveller's Hood. I really love the black outfit with the Grey Company Hood. In fact I love that outfit so much I set Herefara up with it as well, but with different shoulders. I saw the ranger outfit posted at LOTRO Stylist and I really want to re-create that. I also have realized I made a silly comment in reply to that post - I don't actually have to go to Helegrod anymore to get that armour. Oh well. On the bright side I now know I only need 43 more Medallions until I can get that Spear-shaker's chestpiece. Here are just two of the outfits I've been working on with Herefara in the meantime of getting that chestpiece:
Now that I think about it, I think I've posted that first outfit here before. It just matches Herefara so perfectly. I've also been working on Sriracha's outfits. Here are two dressy outfit's I've made. I think the second one is still a work-in-progress:
If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know!
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Sagewood enters Eregion – with outfits!
Number of View: 128Later this week I'll be making a post about the things I've gotten for Christmas (Some of which are Lord of the Rings related of course), but I wanted to make a post about LOTRO specifically because I've been playing it a lot this week since my winter break started. I got 3200 TP as a Christmas gift, which I used to buy the new Fleet-Footed Goat for Cithryth. I think it matches her outfits quite well, just like the Grey Horse.
I've also managed to snag a pretty cool light armour chest piece from the auction house. I believe it comes from one of the new instances, but I'm not sure. All I know is, I love it for Sagewood, and Herefara:
I've been mostly playing Sagewood since I've been home. I've always loved the hunter class. My first character (created exactly 4 years ago today!) was actually a male elf named Liras on the Brandywine server. I then 'lost' him because I switched to Windfola (LOTRO was my first MMO and I didn't understand the concept of different servers. I also had a hard time reconciling the fact that I couldn't pause or 'save' the game).
I've just hit 48 on Sagewood and finished up about half the quests out of Zigilgund in Forochel. I decided to move her on to Eregion since it is easily my favorite region to quest in. The flow from hub to hub is very nicely done, the quests are pleasant (a nice mix of kill x of y, gathering, and mini-boss slaying), and the scenery is gorgeous as well as easy to maneuver through. I've taken a few screenshots of Sagewood in her newest outfit while questing around Gwingris:
I've also been working on her repertoire of outfits and I think I've finally got a set I like. Here they are, labeled for what I plan to use them for:
We'll see how long they last. Knowing how often I like to switch around outfits, I give it a month.
Tis the Season
Number of View: 117... To want to do nothing but sit inside and read and play video games. But alas, I still have two papers to write, a video production to film and a French test to sit. Ah well. I thought now might be a good time to share the random things I've been doing across my games. Minecraft, LOTRO and Skyrim have all gotten some use recently.
Since this is a pretty image heavy post, I'm going to put most of this into the "Read more", so read more!
Skyrim Got Me
Number of View: 529Remember when I was all like "Yeah I'm totally getting back into LOTRO!"? It's becoming more and more obvious that I may never play at the same level as I once did. I used to log in every day. A day without LOTRO felt strange. Now, I can go weeks without it, and have easily. It's not any one thing and I don't even think it's LOTRO's fault. It's just hard playing one game for years and years almost every day. Variety is good. Life also has been getting in the way.
But this weekend I have been playing Skyrim. I had never even played any of the other Elder Scrolls games, but the past few weeks I got caught up in the hype and bought it on Friday. And I love it.
I've tried to re-create Cithryth in Skyrim as much as I could. It's pretty easy because the first main town, Whiterun, is so startlingly like Rohan - they even have a horse on their banners!
So here is Skyrim-Cithryth:
She uses a greatsword (like LOTRO-Cithryth), wears heavy armour, and is working on her healing spells (like a captain should). The only big difference is that Skyrim-Cithryth can also use a bow, something I've always wanted to be able to do with LOTRO-Cithryth.
It's a really fun game so far. I've only just gotten to level 10. Everyone I walk by says I look sick, I'm not sure why. My roommate's boyfriend says that I probably have a disease or something, but I have no idea where I would see if that is true or not and then how to cure it.
Cosmetics Club?
Number of View: 685I'm sloooowly getting back into LOTRO and blog writing. Like I said last time, baby steps.
Before I get into the meat of what I really want to talk about, I've got a few things I am going to shamelessly plug because they are just awesome.
First off - music! Over the weekend I bought one of C418's albums. He is the one who did the soundtrack for Minecraft. Very soothing piano with very calm techno-y bits. Not sure how to describe it. I'm sure there's a name and a genre and everything, but you can listen on the site to some of it. My favorite song is 'Cat'. It's also great because his albums aren't very expensive and you get an instant download in whatever kind of file format you like!
Next - LOTRO stuff! I know it's linked on my Resources Page here, but I just want to put it in a spotlight real quick. Nav's Crafting Calculator. He's gotten a lot of comments lately along the lines of "Well I'm not going to use it because it's not updated". The fact of the matter is though that he and I don't play LOTRO near as much as we used to and we aren't so good at keeping up with crafting updates. So he's added an edit option. You can add and edit recipes and items. In the How To section he explains how to do it. It's pretty easy, mostly a matter of copying and pasting. I'm plugging this because I feel like it could be a really helpful tool for the community, if the community is willing to pitch in a bit. The one caveat is that you have to request a forum account on the site. This is so that people are deterred from just randomly changing recipes and items and generally mucking things up. With the forum account, Nav can track who does what changes.
Okay, so on to what I actually made this post about. I was thinking over the weekend - what if there were a Cosmetics/Fashion/Outfits club that met regularly in LOTRO? Maybe every two weeks or even every month (so people really get a chance to go all out), people can meet at a specified location and show off their outfits. Obviously the matter of servers comes into play here. But I think it could rotate among the servers each time the meeting happens. Even low-leveled or people who have rolled toons for the express purpose of coming to the event can come just to ogle the outfits and get ideas.
I'd like to hear what others think of this and if you think it's a viable thing (obviously detailed would have to be hammered out). I know I love seeing peoples' outfits while I'm running around in-game and so I think an event dedicated to that would be awesome!
It seems I went on hiatus…
Number of View: 803Pretty much.
Basically it was a combination of LOTRO-burnout and Minecraft addiction at first. Then it was school and a new job kicking it and kicking my butt. Then it was that I was building a new PC.
Now it seems I have everything under control, so I've started playing LOTRO on the weekends again. I don't think I'll ever hit the amount of hours I had been playing for a long time ever again. It's hard to maintain that kind of play time over a 4 year + period.
I also think that for the time being I will not be getting back into RP. RP is (was?) such a time commitment, and being expected to more or less lead the entire Windfola RP community was a lot too. Looking back I'm surprised I did as well as I did in school last semester while doing all that RP stuff! I guess I didn't go out much 
Either way, one thing that I will probably never lose my passion for as long as I am playing LOTRO is cosmetics! Here is my latest batch of outfits now that I've been playing the quest lines in the RoI expansion:
Click here to see an album with more images.
And to those who may be wondering what happened to my Casual Stroll to Mordor writings, fear not. Eventually I'll get back to it, I promise! Baby steps 
Update – With Outfits!
Number of View: 1009Hey everyone! Just writing a short update, I know it's been ages since I posted. I have been so busy with real life, and also HH Minecraft has seen a recent explosion of new members and the moderators have been working hard to help everyone. Luckily (?) the server has been down the past few days so I've caught up with my summer class work and been playing a bit of LOTRO.
As you may know, I've started writing for Casual Stroll to Mordor, which is very exciting. My first post was almost two weeks ago, and I will be posting again this week. I've got the next two articles all lined up so I should be good! I'm really trying to pace myself with these articles so that I don't end up feeling super stressed out like I did with LOTRO Weekly.
I can't give you any sneak peaks on my outfits for CSTM, however I can give you some screenies of outfits I've been working on for my own characters to wear.
Here is Herefara on her Algraig Steed:
And Sagewood dressed to the nines with the Sable Harvestmath Steed:
Texture Pack Review: LB Photo Realism
Number of View: 3107Just like with LOTRO and UI skins, I am loving Minecraft texture packs. There seems to be a pack for any kind of theme you could want. I have a variety currently installed so that I can use different packs for different worlds or projects. My newest project is a modernist style house, and so I really wanted a modern themed texture pack to match. I decided on the LB Photo Realism pack by scuttles. It's an HD pack that is available in a couple of resolutions. I decided to go all the way and use the 256x256 version.
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