Hello folks, my name is Drakesong / Ghostsong, Blood Knight enthusiast and fan of the Blood elven lore.
Ever since TBC, like many paladins out there, I've been fascinated by the Blood Knight order. For those of you that don't know, the Blood knights are a blood elven version of the Human's silver hand, draenei's vindicators or tauren's sunwalker, with their own lore. Thanks to that, when TBC I created a Blood elf paladin in order to become a blood knight, thanks to the transmog system, the blood elves can be blood knights once again (or can they?).
I decided to create a guide of all the possible sets / gear pieces a player can put together in order to create a perfect blood knoght set.
First of all, I consider a "blood knight gear" any gear used by NPCs who have the blood knight / blood lord title (eg: Sunfury Blood Knight), <tag>, or even iconic blood knight items, such as shield or tabard. Fell free to think different an consider the gear used by any blood knight paladin npc as "blood knight gear", but keep in mind that this is not my goal. So, let's star the guide, shall we?
Pre-TBC Blood Knight
When the blood Elves were first announced as a playable race, a few images of the blood elves paladins were showed to the players. Even tho there are blood knight wearing this set in current wow, i believe it's interesting to share this information, let's take a look:
Head - nothing
Shoulder - http://www.wowhead.com/item=16953
Chest - http://www.wowhead.com/item=16958
Back - http://www.wowhead.com/item=21697 or http://www.wowhead.com/item=40353
Tabard - nothing
Waist - http://www.wowhead.com/item=16952
Legs - http://www.wowhead.com/item=16954
Gloves - http://www.wowhead.com/item=16956
Feet - http://www.wowhead.com/item=16957
Weapon - http://www.wowhead.com/item=94103
Original Blood Knight
This is the most popular Blood Knight set, the one that you see in most of the Blood knights out there. It's also the hardest one to get, let's take a look:
Sets: http://www.wowhead.com/transmog-set=1100 or http://www.wowhead.com/transmog-set=1102
In order to get both sets, you must PvP in RBGs and reach a certain rank (I believe 7). Let me say that I find it's sad that the most iconic blood knight set can only be achieved by hardcore pvping. But, let's take a look at some armor pieces a few NPCs wear and other options of gear that share the same models / colors:
Head: http://www.wowhead.com/item=29937 or http://www.wowhead.com/item=32083
Shoulders: http://www.wowhead.com/item=11605 or http://www.wowhead.com/item=24988 or http://www.wowhead.com/item=27725 or http://www.wowhead.com/item=19695
Chest - http://www.wowhead.com/item=25819 or http://www.wowhead.com/item=29337
Back - http://www.wowhead.com/item=29382 or http://www.wowhead.com/item=34810 or http://www.wowhead.com/item=31201 or http://www.wowhead.com/item=49792
Tabard - http://www.wowhead.com/item=25549
Hands - http://www.wowhead.com/item=29134
Waist - http://www.wowhead.com/item=27644 or http://www.wowhead.com/item=27639 or http://www.wowhead.com/item=31315 or http://www.wowhead.com/item=33331 or http://www.wowhead.com/item=94087 or http://www.wowhead.com/item=21503
Legs - http://www.wowhead.com/item=27653 or http://www.wowhead.com/item=27654
Feet - there is no available item
Weapons - any weapon. If using a shield this is the perfect choice http://www.wowhead.com/item=27449 or http://www.wowhead.com/item=30986
Newbie Blood Knight
While you are leveling up in Quel'thalas, you will notice a few low level blood knights wearing a different kind of gear:
Head - nothing
Shoulders - http://www.wowhead.com/item=21683
Chest - http://www.wowhead.com/item=31765
Tabard - http://www.wowhead.com/item=25549
Back - Nothing
Waist - http://www.wowhead.com/item=21503
Hands - Not available in game, but the best choice for replacement, imho is http://www.wowhead.com/item=78303 , but feel free to look for other models
Legs - http://www.wowhead.com/item=31794 or http://www.wowhead.com/item=18861
Feet - The original boots are not available in game, but this one matches pretty well http://www.wowhead.com/item=21704
Weapon - any of choice
Eclipsion Blood Knight
Head - Nothing or http://www.wowhead.com/item=34795
Shoulder - not avaiable
Chest - not avaiable
Back - http://www.wowhead.com/item=29382 or http://www.wowhead.com/item=34810
Tabard - http://www.wowhead.com/item=31404
Hands - not avaiable
Waist - http://www.wowhead.com/item=36299
Legs - not avaiable
Feet - not avaiable
Weapon - http://www.wowhead.com/item=25464
Sunfury Eradicator
Even tho they don't have "blood knight" in their names, they wear the BK tabard, so I believe it's important to share their transmog with you:
Head: Nothing
Shoulder: http://www.wowhead.com/item=19695
Chest: http://www.wowhead.com/item=19693
Tabard: http://www.wowhead.com/item=25549
Back: http://www.wowhead.com/item=29382 or http://www.wowhead.com/item=34810
Hand: Not available
Waist: Not available
Legs: http://www.wowhead.com/item=31298 or http://www.wowhead.com/item=19694 or http://www.wowhead.com/item=28175
Feet: Not available
Darkfallen Blood Knight
Not only Blood elf paladins can be blood knights, but also Death Knights! That's right, there are some npcs in ICC called Darkfallen Blood Knight, but keep in mind that it will take some time to get the entire set, let's take a look:
Head - (optional) http://www.wowhead.com/item=50060
Shoulders - http://www.wowhead.com/item=49980 or http://www.wowhead.com/item=51824
Back - nothing
tabard - nothing
Chest - http://www.wowhead.com/item=50969 or http://www.wowhead.com/item=51861 or http://www.wowhead.com/item=50027
Hands - http://www.wowhead.com/item=50976 or http://www.wowhead.com/item=49995 or http://www.wowhead.com/item=51886
Waist - http://www.wowhead.com/item=50989 or http://www.wowhead.com/item=50451 or http://www.wowhead.com/item=51836 or http://www.wowhead.com/item=50010
Legs - http://www.wowhead.com/item=49902 or http://www.wowhead.com/item=50199 or http://www.wowhead.com/item=51928
Feet - http://www.wowhead.com/item=49905 or http://www.wowhead.com/item=51931 or http://www.wowhead.com/item=50416 or http://www.wowhead.com/item=54586 or http://www.wowhead.com/item=53487
Weapon - The original weapon (http://www.wowhead.com/item=47516) is not available anymore, but there is hope it will someday be available again. While we wait, there are 2 weapons who can fit the transmog http://www.wowhead.com/item=48023 or http://www.wowhead.com/item=47884
So this is it, I hope you liked my little guide as much as I like to help fellow Blood Knights out there. I'll try to keep this updated when new gear comes out!