AION - Heavenly Hauberk Mod

To close up on the Heavenly armor sets, we'll be looking at the chain type in this post. And as the title suggests, I will only work on the hauberk (chest) but not the chausses (pants). This is because the pants is really nice and I doubt that I can make it better.

The chest piece of this armor is one of the few that actually remains true to its armor type by including lots of chain mail textures (because it is a chain armor after all >.<   ). Most of the other chain armors just ignore the fact that they are of chain type and are designed with either cloth, leather or plate textures. But I don't think any players would mind that as long as they look beautiful, isn't it?  XD 

In contrast to the chest piece, the pants is of cloth texture and contains no trace of chain mail, except for the two "tails" on the rear sides. Although the leg guards with unequal length on both legs looks a bit funny, it is still one of my favorites  in the game and I have used it many times as part of a mix-match armor set.

So, let's look at the original armor below.

Front View - Original Armor

Notice the leg guards with unequal length?  XD

Front Close-up View - Original Armor

In the above image, we can see the chain mail texture on the front torso and on the upper arms.

Rear View - Original Armor

Two "tails" with chain mail textures on the rear sides.

Rear Close-up View - Original Armor

A stripe of chain mail runs down the rear center portion. Nice hot pants too!  :D

Side Close-up View - Original Armor

The sides look a little dull though.   >.< 

To show support for staying true to a chain armor type, by the inclusion of chain mail texture, I have decided to keep them (chain mail texture). Well, most of them at least.... I still can't resist modifying the front torso to make it a bit sexier.  :p

Let's look at the images of the modified armor below and I'll explain the mod.

Front View - Modified Armor

Hmm...from far, it doesn't look like much has changed...

Front Close-up View - Modified Armor

Front Close-up View 2 - Modified Armor

As described in the image and mentioned before, the front torso underwent a bit of modification. I have modified the look of the chain mail here, which was originally tiny chains over a black background, into bigger chains over a skin background. It may not be obvious here, because of the lightings, but you probably can see it more clearly in the video.

Rear View - Modified Armor

Rear Close-up View - Modified Armor

As indicated, the rear extension of the chest piece was shortened to reveal more of that hot pants.  :p

Side Close-up View - Modified Armor

Wow! I guess the most 'exciting' part of the modified armor has to be the sides!  O.o    To make the originally dull sides more interesting, I repainted the mail texture into skin texture. Thus, the chest armor now looks like some sort of an apron that covers the front and back, while leaving the sides open.  XD 

In order to hide the discontinuity between the chest piece and pants (i.e. the chest piece does not meet the pants on the same layer, but is instead floating above it), I have also retained the bottom portion of the chest piece.

In addition, I have found a sharp discontinuity between the front and back of the torso, which forms a distinct line; and thus, I have drawn some sort of a tattoo, over the line, on both sides. This was found during the video capture, so the tattoo isn't captured in the above images or video. So please don't freak out when you see a tattoo in the mod, if you ever use it.   >.<"

Check out the video for a better comparison.

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