Well, the end has finally arrived. The Closing Ceremonies to the Transmogolympics were today. That was one hell of an amazing contest! I, however, am speechless. Or perhaps, I have too many words, but here it goes:
I am honored, shocked, amazed, surprised, grateful, ecstatic, humbled, and blown away:
I won the Mogolympics, and it is just so cool! All the competitors did such an amazing job, and I’m so appreciative of each and every one of my medals. I had so much fun with the challenges presented in creating the outfits. A big CONGRATS! to all the other winners. I can’t say ‘thank you’ enough to JD for setting the whole contest up, I hope he doesn’t get sick of hearing it, lol. I also want to thank the other three judges, the mountain of entries they had to go through would have made lesser women run and hide :D.
As if he hasn’t already done enough, JD has set up an official Transmogolympics website to feature all of the competitor’s outfit by faction, and includes wowhead links for each look. You can also get an idea of just how close every competition was, as he’s included each entry’s score.
I have also set up a page for all my Mogolympic entries, just for funsies 🙂
In week 3, we saw the final three events, Fencing, Freestyle, and Equestrian.
The first event of the week was Fencing. My little entrant proved gnomes aren’t just for punting around, and she’ll challenge anyone who tries!
The challenge for this event was to build an outfit around a one-handed sword. I decided to literally make a fencer for this. When I finally got all the pieces picked and matched perfectly, I fell in love with her. Honestly, I put all my hopes and dreams into her. I thought “if I can only win one event, I know it will be her”. Not only did she bring home the gold, I found out in the closing ceremonies she got the highest, almost-perfect score for any entry of 39.5. Gnome Powah!!!! I sorta wish I hadn’t deleted my gnome warlock so she could wear this, it does not look as awesome on Draenei :/
The second event of the week was Freestyle. This event was an opportunity to really show off some creativity, and the competitors really brought their ‘A’ game.
The challenge here was to build your own npc. Here was the text I sent to go along with my entry:
My Freestyle NPC is a sheep farmer, who has moved in with Agee Tyler in his little cottage north of Stormwind. Despite their obvious height difference, they get along well, as Agee spends most of his days sitting in front of the fire and doesn’t have much to say.
I discovered the little cottage only a week or so before the contest was announced and I knew I wanted to use it. I had debated on my character being a few different things, but decided the farmer fit the scene best. The other npc idea I had was someone who could reassign you old quest chains in exchange for transmog-only pieces that were the original quest rewards. That one didn’t really pan out, so farmer Drayney it was 🙂
The last event to be held was the Equestrian. It was a rainy day in Hillsbrad Foothills, but the competitors were out in full horse, err… force.
The challenge for this round was to build an outfit to compliment one of the horse mounts. I originally started with Tyrael’s Charger, but I’m glad I gave up on that because the Silver winner who did build around that horse did an incredible job. So, my entry was based on the Felsteed. My baby warlock Zzyzx was a great entrant for this. I had a hard time picking a belt for the look. I settled on one that was ok, but when I put the horse model into photoshop to lighten it up a little, I noticed the red rune on it’s chest. I remembered seeing a belt that looked just like it, and the outfit was complete! Now I just need to actually level her so she can wear it!
Well, that is the end! It was super-fun and I hope there’s something like it again soon. Maybe a winter version! Brb, working on my Ice Dancing outfit! LOL.
