AION - Prime Guardian Royal Captain Hauberk Mod

Last but not least on the Prime Guardian Royal Captain armor series, we have the chain chest, a.k.a. hauberk. However, this hauberk does not quite look like what we would expect of a chain armor. The only prominent chain that I can find on the hauberk are the three chains that connect the neck accessory to the bra area of the blouse. The main design of the hauberk looks more like a blouse, and in fact seems very similar to a cloth armor worn by Sorcerer, Spiritmaster and Songweavers from another armor series. Any players like to name the look-a-like piece?   XD

 

Anyway, similar to the tunic, the hauberk also has a pair of translucent sleeves, except that the sleeves are 'omg' trumpet shape (  O.O  ) with leaves-like structure at the end...

 

The basic armor looks like a blouse with a low-cut front and the bottom is made up of three layers of short skirts. The lowest layer of the skirt is a piece of translucent cloth with a 'tail' dangling by the right leg.

 

Check out the original armor in the images below.

 

Front View - Original Armor

Front Close-up View - Original Armor

This is would be such a nice little blouse, if not for those trumpet sleeves...  >.<

 

We can also clearly see the three layered skirt in this image.

 

Rear View - Original Armor

Rear Close-up View - Original Armor

Check out the half bare-back... or is it three-quarter bare?   XD

Right Side View - Original Armor

And here, we can see the translucent 'tail' dangling by the right leg.

Left Side View - Original Armor

Left Side Close-up View - Original Armor

So anyone notice any considerable amount of chain?  >.<

 

Hmmm... What should I do for the mod then? First of all, my utmost enemy must go! Yes... I mean the trumpet sleeves, although I did not remove the entire sleeves. I find that by simply removing the leaves structure at the hand, it would ease the 'trumpet' feeling by quite a lot.  o.o

 

Next, I tried to play around with the skirt. I kind of like the translucent layer and was hoping to stripped away the two top opaque layers, keeping the translucent one. Unfortunately, removing either of the top two layers would reveal holes and discontinuity between the tummy area and the skirt. So being the stubborn person that I am (to strip away the opaque layers), I make the two opaque layers as short as possible without revealing any discontinuity or holes.

 

Finally, I modified the cleavage area by shortening the longer pointy edge and modifying it into a transparent layer. Oh, and not forgetting to make the translucent layer even more so.

 

Take a look at the modified outcome.

 

Front View - Modified Armor

Not much changes can be seen when we look from this distance.

Front Close-up View - Modified Armor

However, over here, we can clearly see the transparent layer at the cleavage and the shortened second opaque layer. I can't totally remove the cleavage area as there will be a hole, and simply repainting to skin would create a 'floating' layer, which are both undesirable.  ~.~

Rear View - Modified Armor

Rear Close-up View - Modified Armor

Wonder if anyone can notice that there is now more transparency on the translucent layer...  XD

Right Side View - Modified Armor

Left Side View - Modified Armor

If any eagle-eyed viewer notice the black index finger on her hand, no... it is not a mistake... It is actually the design of the hand armor which consists of a wrist band and colored finger nails. But the most interesting design is a 'finger armor' that she wears on the tip of her index finger!  O.O

 

Left Side Close-up View - Modified Armor

Given that the torso area is tight-fitting, I probably could have modified the entire area into a transparent layer like what I did for the Kunax Jerkin. However... I think... my naughty mode was not turn on for this mod.    :p

 

Finally, check out the video for anything I missed.

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