Continuation of New Customisation Options for: Void Elves, Blood Elves, & misc high elves

[Lancelot-lightnings-blade (Lancelot)]

@Hypedspace-area-52

https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/007/676/815/large/glenn-rane-wowx-cover-bloodelf-thefinal-copy.jpg?1507782522

[Somand-proudmoore]

@Hypedspace-area-52

cool new belt too. i like that belt.

Thanks. It was from 8.1 PvP. Sadly, I’m not sure if it’s available right now, but luckily it’ll be on a vendor in Shadowlands.

@Hypedspace-area-52

that girl in the video

Speaking of that video, she has unpained nails, which would be a nice option for belves. It is in the TBC cinematic after all.

[Hypedspace-area-52]

look at this…
https://i.redd.it/bfga04wnyr811.png

[Somand-proudmoore]

@Hypedspace-area-52

https://i.redd.it/bfga04wnyr811.png

[Hypedspace-area-52]

i think thats the look they went for with lor’themar. perhaps the secret ingredient is to give belfs at least one option for an old belf. then grizzled beards and scars work automatically - though cant say i’ve ever seen an old belf

[Starlagosa-dentarg (Starlagosa)]

@Hypedspace-area-52

technically, no they don’t, but generally, of course they can. you can rp you’re an orc while being a human, also. doesnt mean you look like an orc. but why fight against the idea of an actual helf mode concept, since both belfs and velfs could get new hairstyles and beards out of the deal?

There isn’t any ‘fight’. My point is you’re making the claim that Void Elves can’t roleplay as High elves with their present hair color options.
There is nothing in game that I’m aware of that states High Elves can never have dark void elf hair colors.

[Telar-stormreaver]

I’ve not given up hope. This is the week!

[Hypedspace-area-52]

@Starlagosa-dentarg

you’re making the claim that Void Elves can’t roleplay as High elves

no actually, thats not what i mean. i know the line is very thin between the concepts but follow along for a moment -

blood elves are high elves. for 13 years or so, they were missing signature helf eye colors and runic tats. and for even longer than that, they’ve been missing farstrider tats. and though they currently still dont have tats or runics, they have everything else.

velfs are high elves, and like belfs, they were missing signature helf eye colors, tats and runics, and also missing helf skin colors, helf hairstyles and helf haircolors. some of the velfs were literally former alliance helfs and currently new helfs are joining, for whatever reason. so we have a nice pool of helfs but look quite a bit less like helfs than belfs. this is to retain visual uniqueness. this is where the helf mode idea comes in:

give belfs a helf mode too, where they can access a different set of hairstyles/haircolors/beards/tats than the rest of their belf kin. make the hairstyles unique to their faction and add lots of braids so its like a signature that this is a belf helf, not just a belf. more farstrider-ish. like this guy but with helf eyecolors and braids
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/7e/c9/27/7ec927369ba6e7c53cf434cbc042d29d--blood-elf-male-druid-elf.jpg

do this also for velfs but with different hairstyles/beards/tats/runics

[Telar-stormreaver]

I want blood elf druids even more every time you post this image.

[Hypedspace-area-52]

me too lol he’s glorious

[Somand-proudmoore]

@Hypedspace-area-52

blood elves are high elves. for 13 years or so, they were missing signature helf eye colors

Blue wasn’t really a signature helf eye colour, so much as a lazy shorthand to show that NPCs weren’t belves.

@Hypedspace-area-52

and runic tats

Runic tattoos are actually more signature belf.

@Hypedspace-area-52

give belfs a helf mode too, where they can access a different set of hairstyles/haircolors/beards/tats than the rest of their belf kin. make the hairstyles unique to their faction and add lots of braids so its like a signature that this is a belf helf, not just a belf.

It doesn’t need to be a separate mode. There’s nothing wrong with a belf belf using braids. It would fit perfectly with the Farstrider theme that Blizzard continues to painfully ignore.

Even the blue eyes. There are blue eyed belves already, such as Lanesh the Steelweaver. Nothing beyond headcanon needs to represent helves for belves, as helves wouldn’t bring anything that belves couldn’t have on their own.

Lanesh the Steelweaver

[Hypedspace-area-52]

@Somand-proudmoore

helves wouldn’t bring anything that belves couldn’t have on their own.

shhh, i’m trying to generate interest in belfs that look like old school helfs or how we theorize they might have looked, and return the druid class to them. i say return, though there’s scant evidence they ever were, there’s certainly enough to make them botanist druids initially, then they prove themselves to the druid council and get accepted into druidry proper.

velfs would have runic tats too just by virtue of some of them being enlisted from the belf population. in the darker velf skincolors, those runics could glow. now that would look cool.

i promised 2 things: to protest for belf dark rangers and belf druids. just keeping my promises.

[Somand-proudmoore]

Given the current lore, I don’t think any Druids made the boat trip over and became Thalassians. Druids would be a new innovation for them, based on botanists.

I’m on board with this… and so is Linxy

@Linxy

Don’t tell Kaivax or Bornakk, but I sneaked my way onto the team mostly to try to make Blood Elf Druids a reality. Okay, this isn’t true at all… I’ve always wanted to join the team. I’ve just always wanted Blood Elf Druids too… /dream

@Hypedspace-area-52

velfs would have runic tats too just by virtue of some of them being enlisted from the belf population.

If the idea is to make them different, I’d say to go Void themed tattoos for velves.

Either way, both should get Ranger tattoos.

[Hypedspace-area-52]

@Hypedspace-area-52

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/7e/c9/27/7ec927369ba6e7c53cf434cbc042d29d--blood-elf-male-druid-elf.jpg

something about his eyes seemed really familiar. those are sylvannas’ eyes! the guy made a living sylvannas male druid.

[Grandbrae-dalaran]

Or at the very least have multiple color options for the chest piece that grants the wings. Not easy to find mogs that fits the collar colors ya know.

[Fezzy-draenor (Fezzy)]

@Gulkas-barthilas

Okay, now post this one.

Yessss! Half elf half orc! Gimmie!!!

[Gulkas-barthilas]

Also known as a hawk.

[Hypedspace-area-52]

@Somand-proudmoore

based on botanists.

it wouldnt be new per sey since kael’thas’ clan had botanists in the botanica. could have different racial, like + to herbalism and then maybe a new profession like tinkering where you merge herbalism and tech

[Izzabelle-draka (Izzabelle)]

@Somand-proudmoore

It doesn’t need to be a separate mode. There’s nothing wrong with a belf belf using braids.

I 100% agree with this, I’m so tired of seeing the whole, but only helfs can have braids. If you want to have braids in your hair then you’re a half, If you have blue eyes you’re a helf. No I’m not a helf, I’m a belf with blue eyes and braids.

Also dark Ranger customizations for Blood Elves, and Farstrider, and Runic tattoos for Belfs, and Velfs.

[Hypedspace-area-52]

why are you sick of it - it’s a way to make another theme. like velfs have 2 potential themes, velfs and velf helfs. belfs are not claiming their helf theme cause they consider its just something they already had. but really helf visuals were mostly lost when belfs went to outlands, following the scourge invasion. blue and potentially purple eyes, runic and farstrider tats, are part of the helf theme. are you just afraid if you do that, they wont give you dark rangers?