Just for clarification, once you complete the mannequin quest by collecting the parts yourself, or buying from bazaar, you can purchase more mannequins at 250k each.
Also, to make your mannequin posable, you need CoP installed, and you need to complete 2 quests "Behind the Smile" and "Knocking on Forbidden Doors" You will recieve a key item that allows you to pose your mannequin.
General info: Mannequins take 16 squares to place in your mog house, it takes 1 mog safe slot, and gives 7 storage slots. Put the equipment you want to have your mannequin wear in your storage. Rearrange your furniture through the mog house command, and click on your mannequin, click equip, and then pick equipment for your mannequin to wear. Exit out of rearranging to see your mannequin.
I believe, but am not sure... that your mannequin may wear any gender, race, or job equipment. So you can have a mannequin with WHM artifact armor on, wearing a Deathbringer sword if you want.
You only have to complete this quest once, then you can buy whole mannequins. You may have only 1 or each kind of mannequin in your posession, as they are rare/Ex :)
I was able to reach the "Powerful Light Energy" level (Moghancement Strength 51-100) with a full set of 8x Mannequins and an Adventuring Certificate (Reported to be Light +3), but not without the certificate.
This gives a calculated Light Elemental Strength of +6.
You only have to gather the parts for 1 Mannequin. After that, you can buy the other 7 mannequins from the Mithra in Mhaura that gave you the quest "It's raining Mannequins!"
I only need body and hands, then it's "maxing out my storage with minimal item spaces" time. And I will seriously need it, since I heard RDM has to have a crap load of gear for any situation. about 7ish. o.O
I finally got mine ^^ As soon as i get it dressed up decently I'll post a pic (prolly in my nin20 gear or maybe RDM AF)
Locations of drops obtained: Feet: Garrison lv20 in West Ronfaure Legs: Garrison lv30 in Jugner Forest Hands: BCNM20 - Charming Trio in Balga Dias Head: BCNM20 - Shooting Fish in Horlais Peak Hands: BCNM20 - Crustacean Conundrum in Waughroon Shrine
If you're wondering what the finished Mithra Mannequin actually looks like, here's a picture It's not equipped with anything in the pic, but of course it changes with the armor and items you equip it with.
I looked very hard for over 2 months, and here's what I paid for my parts:
Head: 45k (but I see it selling now for over 80k) Body: 100k (I got the only one I've seen for sale) Hands: 60k (from BCNM20 in Giddeus) Legs: 30k (drops in Garrison) Feet: 0 (got the drop in Garrison)
I remember the first week I played FFXI I thought it would be really cool if I had a Mannequin... And then SE created one! ^_^
I wonder how much I could have sold a full set of parts?! Whatever it is, it doesn't really matter cuz I wanted the Mannequin more than anything else. The finished Mannequin is Rare-EX, so it's mine forever now.
Wow you didnt pay a lot for it^^ Youre pic is pretty cool thank you.
Here what I pay for mine Head (150k+ tx) Feet (135k +tx) But i saw one at 90k and less ; ; Legs (150k) I shout for them in jeuno. hands (did charming trio) body (Was about to do the bcnm with the crab, but i cant wait for my mannequin, i buy it 550k+tx (but i will do the bcnm and sell the drop))
So i wish luck to everyone, if you can wait for it, check the lower price, but i recommand BCNM for hands and body.