AION - Harley Quinn Outfit

In the previous post, I had briefly mentioned about the Harley Quinn styled leggings and also introduced the double toned hat skins available in AION. Then, it struck me... Why not do a Harley Quinn mod? And so, here we are.

 

Those familiar with the character from DC Comics probably know that Harley Quinn had undergone extensive changes physically and also psychologically. Psychologically, she had transformed from being a psychiatrist for the Joker, into his partner in crime as a super villain, and then eventually into an anti-heroine. Her illustration had also gone from wearing the red-black full body costume, complete with joker hat and mask; into low-cut top with hot pants/skirt, dropping the hat and mask to sport a 2 toned hair style. Although the black-red double tone style still remains.

 

Harley Quinn's Transformation according to Wikipedia

But it was the recent movie version of Harley Quinn (performed by Margot Robbie in "Suicide Squad") that captured my attention. Maybe because she was the most colorful character in the movie poster? And I do mean literally most colorful. XD    Thus, I decided to based my mod on her although she sport mostly blue-red tone instead of the black-red tone from the comics. But she does wear a black-red diamond bracer, as a link to the comics version.  XD

By the way, we can also notice that Harley Quinn has changed her weapon from a mallet to a bat too... Wonder if that has anything to do with her relationship with Bruce Wayne (a.k.a. Batman) in the comics... You know, "The girl who is good with a bat"...  :p

Anyway, in order to pull this off, I would need to find and mod suitable chest, pants, glove and shoe. As you can see, this would be a major mod of 5 pieces of items, plus the baseball bat. And, yes, AION does has a baseball bat that can be used as a sword skin. XD   As such, this would probably be my only post for the week. 

 

The armor pieces that I chose for the mod ranges from leather to plate, namely the "Veteran Hunter's Jerkin" (which I had also previously used for a mod), "Vasharti Brigade General's Chausses",  "Steel Rose Sailor's Chain Glove" and "Vasharti Brigade General's Sabaton". Searching for these suitable armors, that match the specific requirements, already took quite a bit of time, especially when it comes to Harley's outfit. That's because symmetry of armor is quite a favorite in games, as designers will only need to include one side of the armor in terms of graphics and that translate into a lot of saving in terms of disk space. So, you can imagine trying to fit in Harley's love for double tone and that "Daddy's Lil Monster" slogan on her shirt.  >.<"

 

Fortunately for me, there're still the above mentioned armor pieces (chest and pants) that meet those criteria. Though unfortunately, I cannot help her to keep both Harley's actual hairstyle and the 2 tone hair color, as you will see later. Also, I can't put her signature 2-tone eye shade on her face (else all other players will have the eye shade too  O.O  ), so I simply give her a really thick black-colored eye shade, red hot lips and pale skin. Yes... for AION players, you know what that means... 400 Million kinah (in-game currency) gone... poof.... ~.~   For curious non-players, well, the "plastic surgery ticket" to perform a character change cost that much in game or five bucks if paying with real life currency on Black Cloud Marketplace (BCM).

 

Wow... I think I talked to much... So let's get to the mod now. Oh, please don't mind if the hair looks weird due to bending because the video and photo was taken on a moving boat that is floating in the sky; so her hair is being blown by the wind.   :D

Front Views

From the front view, we can see that she is sporting a double tone hairstyle but it is not quite the actual hairstyle of Harley. The actual hairstyle is shown in the image below. See the difference in the angle where the pony tail is formed.

Front View - Actual Hairstyle

The reason, I cannot have double tone on the actual hairstyle is due to, make a guess... symmetry again. Both sides of the pony tail shared the same graphic texture, so if I apply any color, it will appear on both pony tails.    -.-"  So I just use the double tone hairstyle (as double tone is the symbol of Harley) although I like the original hairstyle more. Which one would you guys prefer though?

Oh, by the way, I got the color on the wrong side of the head...   DX

Rear Views

Side Bottom View

Not forgetting the bat with "Good Night" imprinted on it. Unfortunately for some players, they may not be able to equip the bat because the bat is actually a skin that can only be applied to a sword. So unless the character is a Templar, Gladiator, Assassin or Ranger, they can't use it.  >.<

So what do you guys think of my Harley Quinn mod? Check out the video.

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