Low-Level Outfitting: Festival Cosmetics

In an earlier post, I suggested hauberks as one way to start outfitting at lower levels.  Another way is by bartering festival tokens for cosmetics.  These festival cosmetic items have no minimum level restrictions and many can be dyed for personal outfits.

In the example pictured here, Luivia models the Short-sleeved Summer Tunic and Pants, which is available for 12 summer festival tokens. For a different look than the default green, I dyed it a vibrant blue and added my favorite Hobbit accessory, the bounder cap. To finish the look, I dyed one of the festival cosmetic cloaks. I could have added something to the shoulder slot as well, but that seemed a little warm for a summer outfit.

Full Details

Head: Bounder's Cap (orange)

quest reward (Quest: Joining the Bounders), light armor, min. level 3

Chest: Short-sleeved Summer Tunic and Pants (Ered Luin blue)

summer festival cosmetic barter item, no min. level required

Back: Golden Tree Summer Cloak (Ered Luin blue)

summer festival cosmetic barter item, no min. level required

Pale Golden Summer Horse Outfit

Gelmirian qualified for a festival horse, and she chose the Pale Golden Summer Horse, which is technically the Summer Festival 2010 mount but happily still available. The horse is a pinkish tan with black mane and tail; the tack has rich gold and dark brown. Interestingly, there are two points of bright sea blue on the tack, so I tried at first to work with the anniversary cosmetics that included sea blue as an accent.  After several futile attempts, I finally turned to other dresses and cloaks and came up with the combination pictured below:

The default shade of the Elegant Formal Dress matches the skin tone of the horse fairly well, and strangely the black background of the cloak combined with orange dye creates a nicely matching brown.  The circlet is an attempt to link the outfit to the sea blue gems on the tack.

Full Details:

Head: Turquoise Summer Circlet

summer festival cosmetic barter item, no min. level required, often available on Auction Hall

Chest: Elegant Formal Dress (default dye)

in-store-only, cosmetic item, no min. level required

Back: Golden Tree Summer Cloak (orange dye)
summer festival cosmetic barter item, no min. level required