Cosmetic Lotro

Scout in Gondor

September 11, 2021 by Cosmetic Lotro

The Elves were a rare sight in Gondor during the War of the Ring. To most Gondorians they seemed like the stuff of legend, a fabled people from long ago. Superstition and distrust surrounding the Elves was more the norm than the exception. However a few more open minded Gondorians might have had a more nuanced opinion or even admiration for the Elves.Imrahil to Legolas about Elves: “So it is said in the lore of my land. Yet never has […]

Categories: - Rangers & hunters, Elf female, Female, Outfit, White and Grey • Tags: Boots of the Wild Hills, elf, Fancy Cap of the Expedition's Vanguard, Hól-budlan, Jacket of the Osgiliath, Silvan Quiver

Winners Retro Contest

June 3, 2021 by Cosmetic Lotro

Thank you to all who sent in screenshots of your outfits for the Retro contest! Thank you for all your kind comments, congratulations and personal messages. Outfitting is still a thing in LOTRO, and it turns out that the older pieces, especially from the Isengard expansion, are still incredibly popular.The participation in the contest was just enough to make it hard to pick my 10 winners. I really enjoyed reading your stories about how those outfits came together. I was […]

Categories: Contests, Latest news, Other • Tags: Contest, lotro goes retro, Retro Lotro

Reminiscing on a decade

May 21, 2021 by Cosmetic Lotro

In april of 2011, now ten years ago, I began this blog about cosmetic outfits in LOTRO. I did not really give much thought to naming the blog and just dubbed it “Cosmetic LOTRO” thinking I might change it later. Well as you can see I never did and the name stayed. I never thought it would last this long. I never knew that creating outfits for my LOTRO characters would become such an important part of my game experience. […]

Categories: Contests, Latest news, Other • Tags: Anniversary, Contest, lotro goes retro

Golden blooms

May 16, 2021 by Cosmetic Lotro

Pretty Spring or early Summer outfit for my lore-master. The Staff of the Vales, that drops from the Remmorchant raid, is also available from the March on Gundabad Quartermaster as a cosmetic weapon. Any lore-master with a love for flowers should wield one. I am still fidgeting a lot with the new “per pixel lighting attenuation” setting. I don’t like to have it “on” when previewing in the wardrobe, because it gives odd glaring to some textures, but I do […]

Categories: - Robes & dresses, Female, Gold and Yellow, Outfit, Race of Man female • Tags: Galadriel's Dress, Naruhel's Shawl, Poinsetta Crown, Staff of the Vales

New moon

May 9, 2021 by Cosmetic Lotro

Inspired by my fellow bloggers who every now and again create a “make-over” or post a “throwback Thursday” to Twitter, I have redone an old favorite outfit involving the moon. Actually it’s a great idea to take an old outfit concept and redo it with newer items. I still love the original outfit, but I also like to use newer items that I have acquired, and sometimes they fit very well into an older concept. In this case, the robe […]

Categories: - Robes & dresses, Elf female, Female, Outfit, Purple and Rose • Tags: Ceremonial Gloves of the Graven Word, Examplary Hood of the Anórien Tree, Gabil'akkâ, Glûdra-clog, Hoh-dreng, Rune-keeper

On a mission

May 1, 2021 by Cosmetic Lotro

Not only have I been on a mission (or rather many missions), to acquire all cosmetics from the Gabil’Akkâ Quartermaster, I have been on a mission to recover my ability to post to my blog as well. WordPress has changed the editor on my blog a few months ago, and the new editor turned out to be incompatible with the theme I use. I was unable to continue posting in the same format and layout that I have always done. […]

Categories: - Battle & defense, Beorning female, Blue and Turquoise, Female, Outfit • Tags: Beorning, Gabil'akkâ, Hiking Boots of the Wilds, Holbytla

The Old Hag’s Cabin

October 10, 2020 by Cosmetic Lotro

Despite the rain, I love October and all the spookiness that comes with it. I get in the mood for darker days and ghost stories. While unfortunately the start of the Harvestmath Festival has been delayed and is still a few weeks away, I’m sharing my October outfit this week. I have been working on my spooky All Hallows’ Eve house for weeks now, and yet I still feel like it’s not finished (is a house ever finished?). My cabin […]

Categories: - Robes & dresses, Black, Female, Outfit, Pets, Race of Man female • Tags: Fine Camail of Thranduil's Cunning, Hale-glofas, Housing, Jaunty Cap of the Limlók Guard, Smoky-grey Cat, Superior Shoes of Bard's honour, Woven Waistcoat of the Abyss

Travel companion

August 22, 2020 by Cosmetic Lotro

With all the current server problems it is near impossible to play at all, so I thought to make good use of my time and post an outfit that has been lingering in my screenshot folder for a while. Earlier in June I posted The Lonely Traveller outfit. Luckily for my elf she has found a companion since then and is now travelling around with Ayla, a stray shepherd dog that just wouldn’t leave and is tagging along wherever she […]

Categories: - Casual & travel, Elf female, Female, Green, Outfit, Pets • Tags: Campaign Backpack, Hiking Boots of the Wilds, Reithvald's Fancy Waistcoat, Shepherd Dog, Shoulders of the Elder Days, West-land Gloves

Summer night

August 14, 2020 by Cosmetic Lotro

The Midsummer Festival was incredible. I loved all the cosmetics and housing items, and find myself with no less than three new dresses in my wardrobe! As my real life summer holiday is coming to an end, it’s time to post some of the ensembles that I have been using these past few weeks. I fell in love with the default color of this dress. It is very pretty dyed in other colors as well, but I go back to […]

Categories: - Robes & dresses, Female, Outfit, Purple and Rose, Race of Man female • Tags: Arwen's Dinner Dress, Swan-Cloak, Voice of the West Shoulders, Winged Circlet

Homestead land

June 28, 2020 by Cosmetic Lotro

Ever since the introduction in beta of the upcoming new housing areas in West Rohan, there has been much discussion on the forum about all aspects of these new homesteads. While people all have different opions and concerns about the design and landscaping (some that I agree with), I am sitting here like “can we speed this up already?”. I love all cosmetic and “trivial” aspects of the game, and housing is no exception. While I am not super fond […]

Categories: - Robes & dresses, Blue and Turquoise, Female, Outfit, Race of Man female • Tags: Holbytla

River-folk

June 20, 2020 by Cosmetic Lotro

It is being rumoured that SSG may be releasing a new Hobbit race in a future expansion. After the High Elf and the Stout-axe Dwarf it would be wonderful to have these Stoor Hobbits from the Anduin river added to our playable races. Of course the most famous River-hobbit was Gollum, but there are many of these hobbits living near the Gladden Fields. The latest expansion, Mists of Wilderland, leads into a secluded village beyond a steep and hidden mountain […]

Categories: - Casual & travel, Blue and Turquoise, Brown and Orange, Female, Hobbit female, Outfit • Tags: Hól-budlan, hobbit, Holbytla, Westfold Campaign Shoulder Pads

Lonely traveller

June 7, 2020 by Cosmetic Lotro

One of the followers of this blog made a comment wondering if I was going to take a long break from blogging again. Every so often I take breaks from playing Lotro, but never for longer than a month. So in effect I am always around in Middle-earth somewhere, even if only doing festival quests or redecorating my house. I am making new outfits all the time using quest rewards or festival cosmetics, but truth be told I am usually […]

Categories: - Casual & travel, - Rangers & hunters, Elf female, Female, Gold and Yellow, Outfit • Tags: Elegant Riding Boots, elf, Far-arrow's Gauntlets, Fine Quiver, Hunter, Traveller's Hood, Well-Preserved Waistcoat of Adambel