A weird shield question.

[Sjaldan]

I am looking to cosmetically equip a shield but do not actually want to equip a shield on my main panel. I do not know of any item that I could equip that would allow me to use a cosmetic shield that is not actually a shield. On the off chance there is actually some item that I can do this with I thought I would pose the question here.

[Seschat]

There's a couple you could wear on your back, but that's all I can think of.

I'm in the opposite situation: I want to wear a cosmetic in my off-hand for a shield using character (Guardian, Minstrel, Captain), but they are not visible once equipped. In fact, my real shield displays when in combat.

[Valakircka]

to use an item as outfit it mast be of the same category with the one you are using.......
examples : shield for a shield, an one hand weapon on an one hand weapon etc.
so.... if you r trying to outfit a sword while you actually using a shield, the shield you are using wile be shown as outfit .......

[Seschat]

I'm trying to outfit a lantern.


Or a mug.


Or a bunch of flowers.

[YamydeAragon]

I'm trying to outfit a lantern.


Or a mug.


Or a bunch of flowers.

Those are handheld items of cosmetic weapon kind, they will show well on the main hand but not on the off-hand if your toon isn't a dual welding class. You want to look instead for a cosmetic shield that doesn't look like a shield, but like a silver platter repurposed door, window shutter or a privy's hole-cover. There are some low level shieds that actually look like such & the item description backstory confirm their origin.