Trial Paladin Transmog - This girl is on fiiiree!

Be aware: this transmog mainly consists of mail pieces and Paladin heirlooms. Therefore it is not wearable by max level Paladins (unless they for some reason would wear mail instead of plate). The tabard was bought for my f2p Paladin Sikvah before the 6.0.2 patch; however, it is not possible to get it at level 20 anymore.

[Burnished Pauldrons of Might], Shoulders
[Flameseared Carapace], Chest
[Flarecrazed Cloak], Cloak
[Raider's Bracers], Wrists
[Imbued Infantry Gauntlets], Hands
[Runed Copper Belt], Waist
[Infantry Leggings], Legs
[Raider's Boots], Feet
[Solomon's Gavel], One-hand mace
[Commander's Crest], Shield
[Minor Striking], Enchant (red)
[White Linen Shirt], Shirt
[Tabard of the Argent Crusade], Tabard

Trial Hunter transmog - Wyrmrest Scout

This is my trial / f2p hunter Shanvah with her pets Alagai and Couzi (all names are from the Demon Cycle books). I've been working on this transmog for some time now, gathering green drops from rares in Azeroth, collecting Darkmoon tickets for the heirloom shoulder and gaining honor points for the tabard. I'm quite happy with how this turned out for my level 20!

Creating a transmog for a trial / f2p character can be quite tricky. When it comes to hunters, shamans, paladins and warriors, you have to think twice about the gear you want to transmog to. Since hunters and shamans wear mail when they reach level 40, and paladins and warriors similarly wear plate, their heirloom parts are originally mail and plate respectively which automatically turn into leather (for shamans and hunters) and mail (for warriors and paladins) if you wear them on lower levels. In this particular case with my hunter, my [Champion Herod's Shoulder] is originally a mail piece which has turned into leather since my character is only level 20. And here's the tricky part: you can't transmog this gear. The game still recognizes this gear as mail if you try to apply a leather transmog to it, and it won't accept a mail piece as a transmog either since a level 20 character can't wear mail yet.

Because of this, I decided to create the whole transmog around the hunter heirloom parts! Of course, it IS possible to use the rogue heirlooms instead since they have similar stats and stay leather, making them transmoggable, but I quite like the [Champion Herod's Shoulder], so I made it the foundation for this transmog. It will look alright once I get the [Champion's Deathdealer Breastplate] (which is pink and doesn't fit with the color scheme) as well since the tabard hides it.

[Rifle Commander's Eyepatch] (alliance), Head
[Champion Herod's Shoulder], Shoulder
[Feral Harness], Chest
[Bard's Gloves], Hands
[Feral Cord], Waist
[Spothide Leggings] (alliance), Legs
[Bard's Boots], Feet
[Flarecrazed Cloak] (alliance), Cloak
[Crossbow of the Crown], Crossbow
[Tabard of the Wyrmrest Accord], Tabard
[Stylish Black Shirt], Shirt
[Reins of the Grey Riding Yak], Mount
[Deviate Coiler Hatchling], Pet (left)
[Corrupted Tide Crawler], Pet (Right)

Edit: I like how this following guide to get the tabard was valid for like a week... It is actually no longer possible to buy Commendation Badges for justice points since they removed that currency. The Commendation badges are also removed. This means the tabard is no longer available as f2p.

The [Tabard of the Wyrmrest Accord] is quite fun to get. Once you reach 500 honor points from battlegrounds you can exchange them for 250 justice points (in Stormwind for Alliance, in Orgrimmar for Horde). Travel to Northrend by boat/zeppelin, fly to Dalaran and buy 6 Wyrmrest Commendation Badge. Using them will allow you to reach friendly status with the Wyrmrest Accord. Then jump down from Dalaran and run to Wyrmrest Temple in Dragonblight and buy the tabard from the quartermaster at the top level of the temple (there is an npc that will help you fly all the way up). This same trick will work for [Tabard of the Argent Crusade] and [Tabard of the Kirin Tor] as well.

Trial Druid transmog - Verdant

As I talked about in my previous post, I enjoy playing on my trial account. Here's yet another of my trial characters, Hemavan (named after a skiing resort in Sweden...) She's a troll resto druid and here are two transmogs I made for her. In my last post I talked about how it's pretty hard to get heirlooms for trial characters. This is the reason why Hemavan is wearing cloth chest and shoulders in one picture; I haven't gotten hold of the leather heirlooms yet, and the cloth chest and shoulders give better stats than any equivalent leather items. The leather set is for later, when I have all the proper gear. Many items are from horde quests, just so you know.

I promise no frogs were harmed during this shoot!

LEATHER [Mudsnout Spaulders], Shoulders [Greenweave Cloak], Back [Gypsy Tunic], Chest [Gloves of the Hero], Hands [Scrupleless Bracers], Wrists [Belt of Beginnings], Waist [Gypsy Trousers], Legs [Alighted Boots], Feet [Staff of the Verdant Circle], Weapon [2H Weapon - Lesser Intellect], Enchant

CLOTH [Mourner's Stole], Shoulders [Wolfmaster Cape], Back [Willow Robe], Chest [Gloves of the Hero], Hands (leather) [Scrupleless Bracers], Wrists (leather) [Belt of Beginnings], Waist (leather) [Staff of the Verdant Circle], Weapon [2H Weapon - Lesser Intellect], Enchant [Small Frog], Vanity pet

About trial accounts

A few posts down in my blog I have a so called "trial transmog". I thought I'd tell you a little about what it's like playing on a trial account. Trial accounts are, most importantly in my case, free. I currently can't afford paying the monthly fee for playing WoW, and I simply don't have time to raid since I study. When I miss WoW too much I just simply log in to my trial account and do some low level dungeons instead.

Trial accounts have the following benefits:

• They are free
  
• You can keep them for an unlimited time
  
• If you have the trial account connected to an already existing battle.net account, you get access to the same mounts, heirlooms and titles
  
  

However, there are several restrictions as well, such as the following:

• Maximum level 20, then you stop gaining experience
  
• It is not possible to lock your experience gain. You will reach 20 if you keep playing
  
• You can't trade or use the AH
• You can't use addons
  
• You can't use in game mail / postal service
  
• You can't invite people to a group (although you can accept party requests)
  
• You can only gain 10 gold, maximum
  
• You can only have 100 in the primary professions and you can't learn archaeology
  
• You can't visit Pandaria
  
• The only battlegrounds available are Warsong Gulch and Arathi Basin - and also Alterac Valley and Eye of the Storm as of patch 6.0.2
  
• The only dungeons available are the Deadmines, Ragefire Chasm, Wailing Caverns, Shadowfang Keep, Blackfathom Deeps and Stormwind Stockade
  
• You can only use /say, /party and /instance chats by default. You can only /whisper to people who whispered you first or if you both are on each other's friend list

Because of these specific restrictions you can't get the best gear and enchants and you can only compete in the 20-29 PvP bracket. It is therefore necessary to try to get the best gear possible from quests and drops - some of it you have to craft yourself with your 100 profession skills, and you have to enchant and enhance everything yourself. I've spent alot of time on wowhead figuring out which gear is the best I can wear, and on MogIt trying to put together transmogs with the scarce material available.

It is possible to get heirlooms (which I have on my priest Mysfox, and my boyfriend has them on his trial shaman Ohej), but getting them is very time consuming if you are a new player. If you already have an account with high level characters you can access your old heirlooms from that account. If you're NOT using a trial account connected to a real account, you have to earn them from scratch. During Darkmoon Faire (starts first Sunday every month) you can collect Darkmoon Prize Tickets, and for about 110 of them you can get an Heirloom item. That means you might need 1-2 Darkmoon Faire weeks (2 months). You can also buy PvP Heirlooms for justice points.

This might sound like a whole lot of work for just a level 20 character, but it's part of the charm. All of my enchants and leatherworking enhancement kits are crafted by me and it's actually quite fun to know you're slowly going towards a set goal, unlike the "real" game in which new expansions are released and limits are pushed further. I enjoy not having to worry about getting full gear before the next expansion comes, when it will be worthless. It's enough for me at least :)

Trial Priest transmog - Flying tiger, hidden exp. gain

Sometimes I get a strong urge to play WoW, but I know that once I buy game time I grow tired of playing after a week or two. So when the WoW fever hit me this time I decided to just play the trial version of the game, which allows you to play for an unlimited time for free up to level 20 with some restrictions.

I created a priest (since obviously, I love priests) called Mysfox (which is a kind of couples' dance), and I managed to get almost all of the best possible trial gear for her except the arena trinket and heirlooms. But since I am crazy about transmogs, of course I had to look as stylish as possible even as a level 20.

The range of transmog items at level 20 is scarce, so I had to work with what was available. No item my priest is wearing is priest-only, except for the staff. I originally wanted to use the [Staff of the Friar] for this transmog, but it hasn't dropped for me yet, so I decided to go with this priest-only staff instead. Furthermore, the goggles are only wearable as an engineer, and you have to craft them yourself. The mount is only available to those who already have it on a real account, connected to the same battle.net ID as their trial account.

If you want to see what items I am wearing underneath the transmog, check out my armory.

[Flying Tiger Goggles], Head (Engineering)
[Feline Mantle], Shoulders
[Fur Covered Robe], Chest
[Seer's Gloves], Hands
[Wisp-Chaser Cord], Waist
[Staff of the Hallowed], Staff (Priest quest)
[2H Weapon - Minor Impact], Enchant (blue, uppper)
[2H Weapon - Lesser Intellect], Enchant (yellow, lower)
[Raven Lord], Mount