Blade & Soul - Ashes in the Fall (Jin Outfit) Mod

For the first Blade & Soul skin mod, I guess it is logical to start with this outfit which has been very special to me. As you may have known from the introduction post, "Ashes in the Fall" in Blade & Soul is a sister outfit to the "Vasharti Brigade General's Jerkin" in AION, and the main reason why I started playing Blade & Soul.

This outfit is one of the outfits given free to players after completing a certain quest line and has a sad tale to its name. The story goes that when the last of Mushin's (see note for more details on Mushin) descendant fell in the great Stratus-Talus war, his wife and only baby daughter became targets of shadowy organization, which is plotting to secure all of Mushin's artifacts for their own greed.

Fleeing in despair the mother, holding her baby daughter, reaches out to the "Shadowless" - an organization sworn to defend Mushin's bloodline with their very lives, only to have a dagger ploughed right into her heart. Left to die in the swamp, the dying mother entrusted her daughter to a passerby and turned into a beautiful lotus in lament of the betrayal and regret.

The player acquired this outfit as a reward for liberating the soul of the sorrowful mother, while in search for the missing heiress. Hence the name "Ashes in the Fall".    😭

And back to the outfit, I am guessing most of you will know how it looks like but just in case, here's an image of the original outfit.

Ashes in the Fall - Original

Although this outfit looks very similar to its sister in AION, there is still some distinct difference. For example, if you check the position of the 'tail', you will notice that "Ashes in the Fall" has it at the center back while "Vasharti Brigade General's Jerkin" has it on the left hip. Compare below.

Vasharti Brigade General's Jerkin - Original

As a recap of what modification I did on the "Vasharti Brigade General's Jerkin", see the image below.

Vasharti Brigade General's Jerkin - Modified

Yup... Not only did I correct the color on the torso, naughty me also modified the full leg armor into a G-String bottom plus leg guard.  😝

Well... since "Ashes in the Fall" already has the correct color for the torso portion, the next thing I can do is to modified the leg. But I went a step further to totally replace the entire pant with only the G-String.  😛

The result? Check below!

Front View - Modified

Front Close-up View - Modified

Doesn't she looks like wearing a shirt over a bikini?  😃

Rear View - Modified

I really like the "tail" because it looks so cute wriggling around when moving or dancing. You can verify that in the video.  😍

Rear Close-up View - Modified

Side View - Modified

Oh my... That pair of shoe just looks so out of place... Unfortunately, I can't do anything about it..  😧

Side Close-up View - Modified

Other than the differences in tail and extra accessories, the 3D meshes in Blade & Soul are more detailed. For one, the pubic area of the "Vasharti Brigade General's Jerkin" is a flat angular surface while the same area in "Ashes in the Fall" is a smooth contour. I have also noticed that most outfits in Blade & Soul contains the 'butt line'  😍 , as compared to few in AION.

So what do you think of the mod?  😊

You can check the video for better look. I would say the graphics surpasses that of AION because Blade & Soul uses the Unreal Game Engine which truly gives life to the motions and dynamics to the scenery.

Side Note:

Mushin - one of the four ageless guardians who defended the Earthen Realm against the Dark Realm, sacrificed himself to close the Dark Gate, the door through which the Dark Lord was planning to forward his troops into the Earthen Realm. Mushin was also heir to the Naryu Empire which rules over the Earthen Realm thousands of years ago, but mysteriously disappeared into history, leaving behind countless artifacts of great value and power.

The Shadowless Faction - An organization which is loyal to Mushin and sworn to protect his bloodline after Mushin's sacrifice. However, like any mortal organization, the faction disintegrated after decades and some of them betrayed their vows, instead to secure Mushin's artifacts for their own greed.

Download Link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1M51ksc-BKlOV8UN-6AIc9pHKbsbhZjmr