AION - Ophidan Tunic Mod

As a continuation of the "Ophidan Armor" series, we'll be looking at its cloth version next, in this mod. In my previous post, "Mix-matching Aion Armor", we have taken a look at the leggings of this beautiful armor and here, we will be seeing the tunic, which is a 2-in-1 chest piece (chest and leg in one armor). Thus, we can admire the leggings again.  :D 

If you can remember or had just referred to my previous post, you will know that the leggings is a skirt with translucent "feathers", which give it a very unique look. However, the chest portion of the armor is a little... hmmm.. plainer; something like a V-neck dress with a low-back design. But the translucent armbands and 2 mini-wings on the back does look nice.

You can see the original armor in the images below here.

Front View - Original Armor

Front Close-up View - Original Armor

Here, we can see the translucent armband.

Rear View - Original Armor

The same translucent feather skirt that we have seen before in my previous post, except that it was dyed white back then.

Rear Close-up View - Original Armor

And those two cute little, mini-wings.  :D

Side View - Original Armor

Although the chest portion is a little plain, the armor still looks great as a whole. And I'm sure there are lots of people who love it, because many were wearing it when it was first introduced; and I can still see some cloth class wearing this skin, even now in AION 5.0.

In order to make chest portion a little more interesting, and keep it inline with the design of the skirt, I basically transformed it into a translucent (or rather transparent) material. You know what that means...  :p 

However, there was a little problem because the chest portion does not sit exactly on the same layer as the base skin. This means that if I paint the chest portion into skin color, it would look like this layer is floating above the base skin. In simpler terms, discontinuity is obvious.

Let us look at the images after mod and I'll explain further.

Front View

The first part of the mod removed the V-neck and the cloth part of the skirt, leaving only the translucent feather skirt and the décor at the back, which we will see later.

Front Close-up View

Next, the tummy area, which was originally covered by black color cloth, has been recolored to skin color. To keep the consistency between the changes applied at the tummy area and the other torso areas (sides and back), the entire chest piece was converted into a transparent armor. But of course, the sensitive points are hidden, by extending the original designs on the bra.  XD 

However, an issue that I have mentioned earlier, caused discontinuity at the cleavage and abdomen region. As such I have added a golden piece on the cleavage between the bra, and a golden "belt" to hide the discontinuity between the tummy and abdomen region. You can take a closer look at the bra in the maximum zoom-in image below.

Front Close-up View 2

Side View

Rear View

Rear Close-up View

From the last three images, you will notice that I have kept the original accessories at the butt area because it is too beautiful a décor to be discarded. Sorry if it has obstructed your view.    @.@

Finally, you can watch the video for a closer look at the mod armor. There's even a bottom-up view where you can see "stars-like light" up in the sky, which are actually not stars but lights emitted by light sources in the Asmodians' half of Atreia (virtual world of AION).  

Download Link
 

Side note on AION's virtual world:

So, why is Asmodians living up in the sky? I think the best way to describe it, is by showing the Atreia globe.

Planet Atreia

Well, the story goes that the God "AION" created this world where all living things live within the planet Atreia, enclosed inside the globe. This idea was probably taken from the belief of our very own human ancestors, that they live on the inside of the Earth. Well... Come to think of it, it actually wasn't that far back.   XD
 

In this still intact globe, lives the ancient Humans (Elyos and Asmodians alike) and many other creatures. Then, AION created Balaurs to police and protect the world. However, the Balaurs became corrupted and began to challenge AION's power. As such, AION ascended talented Human into Daevas to counter the Balaur. Twelve Daevas who exhibited exceptional skills eventually became the leaders (a.k.a. Empyrean lords) of the Human.

A millennium war erupted, as a result, which eventually split the globe in halves. During the battle, the Empyrean lords split up (in numbers and ideology) to defend the top and bottom halves of the globe.

After the globe split apart (a.k.a. Cataclysm), the Empyrean lords that defended the top half was stranded at the top and led the remaining Humans and Daevas, who eventually became known as the Asmodians. While the Empyrean lords that defended the lower half led the survivors to become the Elyos.

So every time an Asmodian or Elyos looked up at the sky, they are looking at their lost half. As to why they are at each other's throat? I'll talk about it next time, when the opportunity arise.  XD