Alice - Hysteria

Historical
By Katushka on July 03, 2017 - 1 view

Skins

Helm
Bloodstone Visage
Shoulders
Heritage Mantle
Coat
Triumphant Raiment
Gloves
Nightmare Court Gloves
Leggings
Cabalist Legs
Boots
Aetherblade Light Shoes
Backpiece
None

Hero's Dagger

Info

Armor:
Light
Gender:
Female
Race:
Human

Description

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Hello, As the title suggests, this theme was inspired by Alice: Madness Returns, which is a sequel to American Mcgee's Alice. I've always loved this game for its beautifull artistic and horror atmosphere. Recently I've replayed it and thought of making some Alice outfit in GW2. For those, who never played this game, here is some brief info (I don't think there will be any spoilers - you'll learn all of that at the very beginning of the game). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The story takes place in London in 1875. Alice Liddell is a young girl who is seriously traumatized by the death of her family. After spending some time in asylum, still suffering from halucinations, she's trying to find out what really happened the night her family died and for sake of that she returns to Wonderland where she finds her forgotten memories and puts pieces together. The Wonderland represents Alice's mind, which is now corrupted by the event of that night when her home caught on fire that killed everyone in the house except her. She believes that she is responsible for the fire start. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alice changes clothes according to the enviroment she's currently exploring, so there are many options for pick. I chose to try the Hysteria Mode outfit. Inspiration came from the dress in the game itself (https://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/americanmcgeesalice/images/0/0c/Hysteria.png/revision/latest?cb=20140711163839) and from fanart I found online (http://nightmaree-moon-sis.deviantart.com/art/hysteria-mode-alice-madness-returns-332365013) - I like the white hair better :) Hysteria Mode is accessable when Alice's health drops low. It has cool animation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mclAyvJ15RQ). Everything turns black and white except for red parts. So I focused on capturing the horror vibe and Alice's insanity. The face with melted makeup was an obvious choice. I made her eyes red and added the Bloodstone Visage. I wanted to come close the original dress but still I wanted the whole outfit look good, so I came up with this combination. It probably wouldn't look so good in other dyes, but since I was using only shades of white, I'm happy with how it turned out. I bought Permafrost dye specially for this, now I'm broke again. Alice's first weapon in game is the Vorpal blade, which is practically a kitchen knife with some ornament on it. The best fitting skin for that seemed to be Hero's dagger. I took a billion of screens, it was very hard to chose which to put in here. You can check the rest here (https://imgur.com/a/gRe07) if you're interested. I chose "not so colorfull" locations - Bastion of the Penitent (I got the idea from Bianca Zauberkind - http://gw2style.com/look.php?id=13721), Dredgehaunt Cliffs and Frostgorge Sound. I didn't use any editor on pictures, only Reshade in game. I hope you'll like it, sorry for the long text ^^