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Phaelia Wrath of the Lich King Female Hairstyles Preview!

Published on July 31, 2008 by Phaelia
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barber_pole It is with great pleasure that I share with you the first real preview of the new hairstyles for female characters in Wrath of the Lich King! The contents of these images were discovered (NOT created) and submitted by community figure Andrige, best known for his modified shapeshift skins and a host of other Druid-related art projects. He sent the female images to me and the male images to John of Big Bear Butt. You can check out the male preview here!

Thanks, Andrige!!

Disclaimer: Andrige wanted me to mention that, because he isn’t familiar with all of the existing hairstyles, that it’s possible some of these may already be in the game. Also, there don’t appear to be new hairstyles for Dwarves, yet. Some hairstyles look as-yet incomplete like the right-most Night Elf style with the bald spot.

Personally, I am a little disappointed that so many hairstyles appear to simply be crossovers from one race to another (Blood Elves appear to borrow styles from Night Elves, Gnomes, Humans, and Draenei). They look nice enough, and I can appreciate that it reduces development time to reuse previously created content, but I hope there are some new additions, as well!

P.S. For a nice preview of the new barber shop, check out Banana Shoulders’ guide, Shave and a Haircut!

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  • Gravatar Andrige

    Yeah haha, sorry Phael, I’ll try and complete the list with Undead and Dwarf female asap, I just forgot about it ^^;

    Andriges last blog post..Blizzard: Wrath will be out in Q4 2008

    10:39 pm on 7/31/08
  • Gravatar Leala

    Must have Blood Elf pigtails!!!!

    Lealas last blog post..Epic Dolls Episode 46

    12:04 am on 8/1/08
  • Gravatar Andrige

    I’ve sent you the updated hairstyles now.

    Andriges last blog post..Forum post of the day: A monetary slap in the face

    4:14 am on 8/1/08
  • Gravatar Zaira

    Nice work Andrige ^_^ Thanks for the preview! Not sure if my druid will be changing her hairstyle, but those are neat to see!

    10:00 am on 8/1/08
  • Gravatar Boudi

    Thank you SO much Andrige and Phae! This is exactly what I needed to get excited about the expansion again. I already know which haircuts I’m getting for whom thanks to you! Have a lovely weekend!

    Boudis last blog post..Boudi Gets a Haircut?

    11:07 am on 8/1/08
  • Gravatar Tone

    I’m pretty attached to my male Night Elf’s current rockin’ green hairdo. However, I’m really hoping the new barber shop will allow the poor guy to finally get some eyebrows! :-o For some reason, in the current game, you can’t make a clean-shaven Night Elf male without also forfeiting your eyebrows (a minor detail I missed during character creation!). The male hair samples on Triple B’s site give me hope. :-)

    11:50 am on 8/1/08
  • Gravatar Tigress

    These are pretty… disappointing. I thought we would get to see some new hairstyles, not just cross-race hairstyles. I’m hoping some new styles get added to these ones. The tauren and troll styles need some love.

    12:50 pm on 8/1/08
  • Gravatar Ravynn

    An Undead w/ pigtails? I’m speechless… :(

    1:36 pm on 8/1/08
  • Gravatar Gurluas

    Andrige, can you see if the first human female new hairstyle was enabled for Blood Elves too?, as it was originally a Blood Elf hairstyle canned in the beta.

    1:52 pm on 8/1/08
  • Gravatar busy

    need human pigtails! come on!

    2:04 pm on 8/1/08
  • Gravatar Zaira

    One of the things we should keep in mind is that this isn’t the end-all be-all. Once the interface for change is set up, there is nothing to stop them from throwing in a few hairstyles now and again. Or maybe even achievement/quest reward hairstyles (you teach the barber a new one to help you with a disguise). To change hair is the first big thing. We probably aren’t seeing new hairstyles largely because the system, and the already complete templates or sets – are the ones complete and ready to demo, whereas the new ones will take more design time. I definitely hope we see a few new ones in the mix before it goes live, but if we don’t I have a definite feeling we’ll be seeing them in the patches.

    2:13 pm on 8/1/08
  • Gravatar Hergonan

    Ooh, thanks for the quick edit.

    2:16 pm on 8/1/08
  • Gravatar Daniel Whitcomb

    Hey Phaelia,

    This is Daniel from WoW Insider. I just wanted to apologize to you for crashing your site. I didn’t want to just take the images from you wholesale and deprive you of some well deserved hits.

    I do hope your server gets well soon, heh.

    Daniel Whitcombs last blog post..Ricole Nichie lurks in the World’s End Tavern

    2:31 pm on 8/1/08
  • Gravatar Jeff

    Lol @ the tauren female hair styles.

    2:36 pm on 8/1/08
  • Gravatar Rex

    Ugh, we’re going to be seeing way too many people with pigtailed characters now. :( Pigtails are best left for the little kids, not adults. Adults never look good with them.

    3:04 pm on 8/1/08
  • Gravatar Sjofn

    Pfft, speak for yourself. I look rad with pigtails!

    All the races should have a pigtailed option. But leave the long, pretty braided ones to the dwarves. We’re the only ones that can work it. ;)

    3:23 pm on 8/1/08
  • Gravatar Jo

    As one of the three people on this planet who play a female dwarf, I am eager to see the new variety of dwarven hairstyles. In the meantime, the troll ones are super cute.

    6:15 pm on 8/1/08
  • Gravatar sean

    This is going to sound totally manish…Austin Powers created the word not me…lol but since you so properly laid out all the females like that I am still very partial the the draenei womens’ butt…I have something about tails it would seem…oh yeah, and the hairsytles are great too…lol…sorry, it wouldn’t hurt my feelings if you deleted this post and called me a jerk…:P

    5:16 am on 8/2/08
  • Gravatar pain

    Where are the girl dwarves? I know they’re underrepresented in general but… I was looking forward to seeing the new options.

    Also, I’ll be kinda sad if troll females only get those new options and not other ones… seeing as how some of the other races get a lot more.

    9:14 am on 8/2/08
  • Gravatar ^^ OINK OINK

    ja lol so neu sind die frisuren wirklich net

    blutelfen haben frisuren von mensch, drenai, nachtelf und gnomen bekommen !!!
    drenai haben frisuren von blutelfen bekommen !!!
    menschen haben frisuren von blutelfen und drenai bekommen !!!
    nachtelfen haben frisuren von blutelfen, ect. bekommen !!!

    also so neu sind se wirklich net, durch checken von modelviewer sieht man von wem die alles die neuen frisuren bekommen haben.

    wenn das wirklich die neuen frisuren sein sollen war blizzard net einfalsreich !!!!!

    9:19 am on 8/2/08
  • Gravatar Ashtaar

    The Troll females made me cry. :( Why so much hate, WHY?!

    9:50 am on 8/2/08
  • Gravatar farahima

    Oh goody, Fara gets a new choice of horns. /sarcasm Taurens need some (hairstyle) love, too!

    10:08 am on 8/2/08
  • Gravatar Tulani

    So everyone gets each other hair styles it looks like…?

    I wish UD had some nicer styles. I mean, I may be dead, but I’m still fashion-conscious.

    10:32 am on 8/2/08
  • Gravatar farahima

    @Ashtaar and Tulani – I think our three races (cow, orc, and UD) are going to keep getting shafted because we really aren’t one of the “pretty” races. No sex appeal, unless one is into bestiality or necrophilia (I don’t know which paraphilia would apply to orcs). After all this is another game that thinks it’s main (almost exclusive) demographic is the teen to late 20’s male (WHAT!? women play video games? Nowai!). I’m post-BC, but I’ve been assured that tauren females looked incredibly horrid in the original release. If we’re vocal enough, we’re more likely to get Blizz to also include women in their demographic and plan accordingly.

    11:28 am on 8/2/08
  • Gravatar Farseer Lolotea

    I’m somewhat disappointed that a lot of these hairstyles just seem to be “recycled.”  But there are a few that I like (notably, the troll ponytail and some of the styles for orcs).  And I’ll still be keeping my fingers crossed for Blizzard to let my draenei girls shave their heads.

    Still wondering where the dwarves are, by the way.  Is the hatred for female dwarves really that universal?

    Farseer Lolotea’s last blog post…Blue Soap Opera, Take 2

    4:27 pm on 8/2/08
  • Gravatar PallyZorZ

    YES! BE pigtails!! now i can pwn people even more now that they’re gonna be /facepalimg the second they see me =D

    6:08 pm on 8/2/08
  • Gravatar Phaelia

    @Daniel: No worries at all. :-) I just had to contact my hosting service and things got fixed pretty quickly.

    Re: Pigtails — I love them! Although I must admit I’m more partial to the looped braids option for Night Elves. Very Gaelic.

    Re: Dwarf Female — They’re coming. Andrige accidentally omitted them from the pack(s) he sent me. Sorry!

    @Sean: Those tails are pretty enticing, especially when they sway as they walk. ^_^

    @Farahima: I agree. I really hope there are some more interesting options for Tauren Females.

    Re: Recycled Hairstyles: I’m hoping that the reason these were datamined and not officially made available is that they haven’t added the “new” hairstyles yet and didn’t want to deal with the outcry over the reuse of pre-existing ones. I’m guessing we’ll see new groups for each race.

    1:01 pm on 8/4/08
  • Gravatar Myze

    I think the crossover hairdos are a good idea, because I hate a lot of the Troll hairstyles (though only one of the new styles is palatable.) I’m not really interested in most of the brand new ones because it looks like they tried too hard (or not enough) and ended up with some rather unnatural and off-putting hair. Like most of the human female’s new hair choice. It almost looks like she has a Stranglestaff growing out of her head.

    Myzes last blog post..Automated Character Ratings

    3:37 pm on 8/4/08
  • Gravatar Yggdrasil

    This is actually 1 of the things that I am most looking forward to seeing with the expansion. I seem to have screwed up about 50% of my toons’ hairstyles. Ironically they all seem to be the ones I play the most.

    The question is: when will Blizzard allow us to have some form of customizable “living quarters” in the game? That is a new goody I would love to see. Plus, it’d get my wife to play again, I think. ;)

    I agree with Phae on the reason for few “new” hairstyles, and I imagine that new hairstyles will probably added with patches even after the expansion. I’d suggest being patient. I agree that certain races are ignored in the aesthetic department though, but maybe that will get fixed, too.

    5:43 pm on 8/4/08
  • Gravatar Sarah

    Man… I hope the blood elves can get the draenei styled pigtails. SO much better than the gnome pigtails.

    9:14 pm on 8/4/08
  • Gravatar Sazira

    That’s funny, I thought most of those newer human styles look MUCH better than the old styles do.

    My biggest qualm is that the undead are so.. well.. dead versus undead. They managed to make every other “evil” or “horde” race look cool but undead just bothers me. it’s not so much that they’re rotting away to nothing but couldn’t they rot away with some style? Who said all undead don’t risk losing most of their flesh by bathing?

    Give me a clean undead with no ratnest hair and i’ll forget the fact that when an undead puts on a NEW garb they get from ++++insert T5 armor vendor name here++++ that it looks as if they wore it all their life. The body has bones, sure.. but do they have to ruin it with the bones stickin out of the back of everything they wear… really? They are bones, not razorblades.

    9:29 pm on 8/4/08
  • Gravatar Angry Friends lol

    Hey, I’m soooo disapointed.

    And most disapointed I am on the Troll, Draenei and Orc hairstyles.
    (I don’t really care much about the other races :P )
    But why the hell …. WHY THE HELL did the belfs get the most pretty Draenei hairstyle while draenei got their ugliest?!
    I just wanna puke! I’m seriously so disapoined and I wish that Blizzard will not make any further expansions because then they’ll loose a good geek >;O
    Why can’t they give some new people contracts to create hairstyles?
    Is it that hard to create NEW hairstyles?
    Troll looks like butch lesbz.
    And orcs looks like friggin 80’s synth xD
    And now draenei got ugly silly-girl hairstyles.

    Wasn’t it enough to just bring the friggin belfs to the Horde at first?
    Do we have to suffer more?

    This makes me so angry that I just wish that I could rip someones guts out and smash them into a rock then lick them up and puke them up again.

    Baiii ^^

    1:36 pm on 8/5/08
  • Gravatar Stupid Mage

    Ooh pretty!
    Thanks!!

    8:18 pm on 8/5/08
  • Gravatar Eddy

    Actually, from what I saw on the beta, the female BE upswept ponytail thing will be available for Draenei females as well.

    3:58 am on 8/10/08
  • Gravatar Komouri

    I’ve already decided on that second pony-tail style for my human male paladin, I’d always wished that were a human hairstyle.

    8:51 am on 8/20/08
  • Gravatar Hinhana aka Inwë, formerly Dunae/Silmae

    Thank goodness for dailies! I change my hairstyle depending on my mood! And now I can afford these cuts!

    7:24 am on 8/28/08
  • Gravatar Phaelia

    @Hinhana: You changed characters AGAIN?! Your username is getting pretty long there, missy! Just like … my hair. Time to cut it again!

    12:09 pm on 8/29/08
  • Gravatar Çalamity

    I play a female undead, orc, and tauren (the “not pretty” races) and I have to say I’m disappointed… seems like undead just got some of the worst gnome styles, and I honestly prefer all of the current female orc hairstyles to those new ones. And I guess a little more horn diversity doesn’t hurt the tauren, but really, couldn’t they get some new actual hairstyles? Even some gold-capped horns like the males… these are okay, but a little underwhelming compared to even what the other races get.

    Edit: Okay, the orc part was a little dramatic… those are okay, but I still think I’m going to give my currently bald orc one of the long braids instead of the new ones.

    12:08 am on 9/1/08
  • Gravatar Phaelia

    @Çalamity: I’m sad for orcs, too. It’s like they pointedly decided that Orcs shouldn’t get anything attractive or risk ruining the look of their world. >.<

    10:59 am on 9/1/08
  • Gravatar Sazira

    The vast majority rather play something “pretty” though. Hence the human/bloodnight elf population. I myself enjoy my bald pigtailed orc the way she is but if they gave her draenei pigtails, well yehaw. Not that I want to glamorize orcs, I just really love pigtails.

    11:21 am on 9/9/08
  • Gravatar lorelei

    troll females got screwed. holy ugly, this makes me sad.

    3:31 am on 9/19/08
  • Gravatar Phaelia

    @Lorelei: I tend to agree. Check out the player-created ones from Kxara, though:

    http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=10043164370&sid=2000&pageNo=1

    Trolls would be CUTE with some of those, even if they all do look like clones since there’s only one remotely attractive face.

    3:10 pm on 9/19/08
  • Gravatar blah blah

    why do the NE female hair styles still look nappy lol…

    3:17 am on 10/5/08
  • Gravatar Tinkerbel

    I want a feathercut for my moonkin!!!

    6:14 am on 10/15/08
  • Gravatar Sugaone

    Hey i didnt see the Blood Elf demale hair in the game( on the left side the long 1) Did anyone see? maybe im wrong but i wanna use it :@

    8:16 am on 7/16/09

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