AION - Adma Breastplate Mod

In this week's mod, I'll be skipping over the leather and going straight to the plate armor because I had already done a mod for the Adma Jerkin in the past and I think I should do the same for the other versions. So the first on the list is the plate version, a.k.a. Adma Breastplate.

As I mentioned before in the Adma Jerkin post, the Adma armor sets are unique and each of them are beautiful... except maybe for the Jerkin, which I thought of as a 'patch work'...  :(

The breastplate can be described as a plated chest guard, hand guards and leg guards over a dark-red blouse, which combine to give it a feel of ancient armor from the Middle Age. The armor is so nice that the only eye sore I find is an odd armor piece that protrudes up from the chest piece into the face. While that kind of armor piece can be found on ancient armor, it isn't really necessary for an in-game armor (except to stay true to a real life armor I guess) that will get whack by non-existent magic and whatever alike. Beautiful over logical is the way for game armor perhaps...  XD

Without further delay, let's look at the original armor below.

Front View - Original Armor

Front Close-up View 1 - Original Armor

Front Close-up View 2 - Original Armor

From the three front views above, you will probably understand what I meant by armor pieces over a dark-red blouse. Would you agree that it feels like an ancient armor from the Middle Age?

Oh, you can also see that odd protruding armor piece that I mentioned before, just below her chin. It isn't very obvious from the front, but wait till you see the side view.   XD

Rear View - Original Armor

Rear Close-up View - Original Armor

From the rear, we can see a body-length piece of cloth, with matching color, dangling from just below the neck area.

Another thing is that when I look at this armor, it kind of reminds me of the "Guardian Brigade General's Breastplate" although they don't look that much alike. Perhaps it is the skirt and leg guard combination, with revealed thighs, that gives me that impression.

Side View - Original Armor

Side Close-up View - Original Armor

So, here we are on the side view, looking at the protruding armor piece.... Any thoughts?

Now comes the difficult part of mod-ding this beautiful armor. Hmmm....why mod it when I already find it beautiful? Well.... Beautiful, yes... Sexy, definitely not...  >.<

Thus, onward with the mod!  :p

First of all, the odd armor piece has to go. However, there is a huge hole below that armor and I made several attempts before managing to minimize the hole, while having the oddness removed.  But if you do look closely from the top, you may still see an invisible slot on the region.   >.<"

Next, I shortened the skirt. Yes! Shortened! Not removed! And it actually looks nicer with a just short (or long) enough skirt that just sufficiently covers the panties.  XD

Then, I stripped the dark-red cloth on the inner arm and transform the cloth region on the tummy-side-back area into transparent layers.

Let's check out the modified armor below.

Front View - Modified Armor

Front Close-up View 1 - Modified Armor

What's most prominent on the top two images is probably the shortened skirt. I retained the original slanted design and just adjusted a bit of the length.

Front Close-up View 2 - Modified Armor

On the front close-up, you can also see the transparent layer that has replaced the dark-red cloth. I would have just made it the skin layer if not for the uneven surface around the waist. I do not have the capability to modify that uneven region, which is on the mesh structure, into smooth skin surface, so the next best thing to do is to replace with a transparent layer.   ~.~

Of course, I did not forget to tweak a little on the bra to show some skin too!   :p

Rear View - Modified Armor

Rear Close-up View - Modified Armor

Not much changes on the back except for the noticeably shorter skirt and transparent layer at the waist. You may have also noticed that the inner side of the upper arm area is now skin instead of dark-red cloth.

Side View - Modified Armor

Side Close-up View - Modified Armor

Ah! Happy now that the odd looking armor piece is gone.  XD

Well... That wraps up this mod. Check out the video for a better look.

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AION - Frigida Hauberk Mod

As a closing for the Frigida Armor set, we'll be looking at the Chain chest, a.k.a. Hauberk, this week. Readers are also in for a treat to a rare snow view during the winter season in AION. I have captured some screen shots and video with the weather effect maximized so viewers can see not only glittering white scenes but also falling snow.  :D

Back to the armor, if we compare the hauberk to its cloth, leather and plate version, there is a stark difference. There is actually no spiky prong rising over the shoulder!  O.O

 

Well... technically speaking, the same design (spiky prong) can still be found on the hauberk, but it is located at the left waist in a horizontal orientation, instead of protruding over the shoulder in a vertical orientation.

 

In terms of design, the hauberk also kind of reminds me of the "Sauro Commander Hauberk", especially when it is dyed in black color. Maybe because of the "scaly" surface and the similar slanted cut at the bottom of the dress.  >.<"

 

One interesting logic-defying design would be the 'floating bra' which is basically not attached to any other part of the armor. The bra is only made up of 2 bra cups and a few dangling chains, which is why I call it 'floating bra' or maybe 'stick-on' bra?  XD

Now, let us take a look at the original armor below.



Front View - Original Armor

Front Close-up View - Original Armor

Can you see the spiky prong between the left waist and thigh? That piece of armor was seen rising over the shoulder for the cloth, leather and plate version. Its base color is white-blue but because I dyed the armor black, it kind of turned grey.  ~.~

Front Close-up View 2 - Original Armor

In the image above, you can clearly see why I call the bra 'floating' or 'stick-on'. Especially, if you look closely at the left bra, you will notice that there's only one chain connecting the bra to the neck armor.  >.<

Rear  View - Original Armor

From the front and rear zoom out images, we can see that the right arm and leg are cover in a dark translucent layer, like some kind of stockings.

Rear Close-up View - Original Armor

Side  View - Original Armor

Side Close-up View - Original Armor

And the view on the left side is eye popping! It is basically ALL CLEAR except for an armor piece painted on the waist!  O.O

If you still have your suspicion about that 'floating' bra, well.... now you can fully convince yourself of the non-attachment claim.   XD

So, who's ready for the modified armor? Check it out below!

Front View - Modified Armor

Front Close-up View - Modified Armor

From the two images above, you will notice that the dark translucent layers on the right arm and leg have been removed. In addition, the cloth at the right thigh has also been trimmed to show a super high cut.

Front Close-up View 2 - Modified Armor

Well... since the bra is already defying logic, might as well make full use of it.  XD    And so, I trimmed the lower part of the bra to show a little under-boobs.  >.<"

Rear View - Modified Armor

Rear Close-up View - Modified Armor

The rear views show the trimmed cloth on the butt. I was actually trying to trimmed it to nicely cover up the panties but.... well... stripped too much as usual....  @.@

Side View - Modified Armor

Side Close-up View - Modified Armor

Wow! I think I took the naked side to the next level by taking away that armor piece on the waist! The armor at the side is now basically held together by just a dangling chain at the waist.  O.O

Since I had modified the color of the right leg, I also need to modify the shoe so that the color of the lower leg match.

Check out the video for more snowy scenes and the rare white tiger mount.  :D

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AION - Frigida Tunic Mod

Welcome back to the blog. Next in line, we have the "Frigida  Tunic". Similar to its plate and leather version, which we had seen in prior posts, the tunic also has a base color of white-blue tone. The signature bluish spikes or prongs design, with hard scaly armor can also be seen on the torso portion. And of course not forgetting the shared sexiness.  :p 

Without anymore delay, let's check out this sexy tunic below.

Front View - Original Armor

Front Close-up View 1 - Original Armor

One special design for the tunic, which is not seen in the plate or leather version is the translucent sleeves. Unfortunately after the mod, these nice sleeves had to be removed.   D:

Front Close-up View 2 - Original Armor

In the close-ups, we can see the hard armor pieces with draconic essence and the bluish prong sticking up over her right shoulder.

Rear View - Original Armor

The bottom of the armor is a skirt made up of 2 separate parts: The left half looks like the same material that made up the hard armor pieces, but is soft like cloth; while the right side is made up of multiple layers of plain cloth. The skirt is of uneven length giving the impression of a torn wing or such.

Rear Close-up View - Original Armor

Left View - Original Armor

Left Close-up View - Original Armor

Right View - Original Armor

Right Close-up View - Original Armor

The sexiest part of this tunic is probably the right torso which puts the side of the right breast on display.   XD 

In the mod, some parts of the hard armor pieces on her torso were removed together with the sleeves. Pieces of cloth on the skirt are also removed for better view.

Front View - Modified Armor

Front Close-up View 1 - Modified Armor

From the two images above, the cloth portion at the front of the skirt can be seen missing. Also, the hard armor piece immediately below the right breast has been trimmed slightly to show off more skin.

Front Close-up View 2 - Modified Armor

Because of the trimming of the hard armor pieces on the left and right side of torso, the translucent sleeves had to be removed too. Else the sleeves will have discontinuity issue with the armor, looking weird all by themselves.

Rear View - Modified Armor

Two pieces of the layered cloth was removed, as shown in the image above, revealing a bit of her panties.   XD

Rear Close-up View - Modified Armor

Left  View - Modified Armor

Left Close-up View - Modified Armor

In the left close-up view, we can see that the bra is no longer connected to the shoulder and the left-back because that hard armor piece has been removed. This is why the sleeves had to be removed too because it has nothing to attached to.   >.<" 

Right View - Modified Armor

Right Close-up View - Modified Armor

The sexy right side has been retained with a little more skin revealed.   :p

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AION - Frigida Breastplate Mod

Next in the Frigida  armor mod series is the plate version, a.k.a. Frigida Breastplate. When I first saw this plate armor, the impression is that the most heavily armored areas are basically the hands and lower legs. The torso area is mainly 'unprotected' except for a shoulder-draped armor, which has two prongs extending downward, covering the breasts and a piece of armor protecting the side-waist area. In contrast to the relatively 'unprotected' torso, the arms sport a full length sleeve right up to the hands. The leg armor takes on a panties style with an armor piece covering the outer left of the left leg.

The most fortified parts of this armor set are actually the gloves and the boots which effectively cover every parts that they are supposed to cover. As such, I find that the armor set gives an 'imbalance' impression as a whole. But I warmly welcome that hot-ness though.   XD

As I have stated in my previous post, this armor series is the sexiest, that I have seen to date. And when you look the images of the original armor below, you will understand why I said that.

Front View - Original Armor

Front Close-up View - Original Armor

Over here, we see the two prongs extending downwards from the armor on her shoulder. Although the two prongs are just overlaying the breasts, I can assure you that the designer had made sure we don't see anything that we are not supposed to see.   >.<

Although the design used really little material to cover up, it doesn't feel crude like "My Bathrobe" because the design actually looks pretty fearsome.

Rear View - Original Armor

Rear Close-up View - Original Armor

Side View - Original Armor

Side Close-up View - Original Armor

Wow! We got a really nice view from the side! Except that armor piece though...

Since the armor has such little material, I can't really remove any more without exposing the sensitive areas.  ~.~    So, I kept the mod really simple.



Front View - Modified Armor



Front Close-up  View 1 - Modified Armor

I really like the two prongs of the original armor so I tried to keep them intact. How to make the armor sexier then? Well... By drilling holes in it, of course!   XD 

Front Close-up View 2 - Modified Armor

I had experimented and located 'strategic' points on the two prongs, where I can have holes, revealing a little more of the skin without compromising the sensitive points.

But if you guys look hard enough, you may still catch a glimpse of some pink dots underneath the prongs. Those are not what you think they are but are points that I had used to help me find the best positions for the holes. And then.... forgetting to remove them...   >.<



Rear View - Modified Armor

Rear Close-up View - Modified Armor

Not much change can be noted from the rear images.

Side View - Modified Armor



Side Close-up View - Modified Armor

Over the side, we can see the transparent layer which I had used to replace the metallic armor piece, in addition to the sexy side view from the original armor.

Well, that's all for this simple mod. Check out the video for more detailed views.
 

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