Blade & Soul - Wraith Hunter (Gon Outfit) Mod

This week, we are back for some Gon love again with the Wraith Hunter outfit. The original request from about a month ago is for the Beast Hunter outfit but since the Wraith Hunter is coincidentally the token outfit for the current NA (Weaponsmith's Forge and Raid Crusade) event, I decided to mod both outfits which are in the same package.

While the Wraith Hunter is an event outfit that can be bought using tokens, the Beast Hunter is a random drop from the last boss in the Lair of Yutay solo dungeon on Songshu Isle, located in the Viridian Coast map. The solo dungeon used to pose a challenge for low level players back in the early days of the game, since only one player can enter and gears at that time is mediocre at best. But with game progression, even low level players can easily conquer this dungeon nowadays. However, with the level 50 character creation ticket and new players breezing through only the main story quests, not many players actually fancy facing off this boss anymore.

Songshu Isle is also the first map where players come face to face with hybrid foes like the Yutays and Potdogs. The Potdogs are two legged, dog-like hybrid creatures that wear well... clay pots on their heads. Cute as they may be, these enemies are cunning and deploy 'cute' distraction tactics to take players down. For example, half way through a fight, they may attempt to give the player a 'present' before running away. And the 'present' turns out to be a tickling bomb. 😑 Or randomly pointing to the sky, saying "what's that?" to distract players. Or even downright playing innocence when they realize that they are loosing the fight.  😂

Compared to the Potdogs, Yutays look more fearsome and well... ugly. If you can image a piranha fish walking on two legs coming after you with swords, axes and yelling "Cut them into fillets!".  😨 The Yutays are made up of various species like the piranha, stingray and humanoid fishman. They are allied mostly with the Blackram pirates since they are like neighbors. In the Lair of Yutay, the player can expect to see all three variance.

Well, that's enough fun facts about the game and now let's get back to the outfit. 😆

The basic design looks exactly what the name suggests, hunter-like; rugged and simple, with an ammunition belt, which holds heavy shells, hanging around the waist. The outfits are slightly different for each race. Both Gon and Yun sports a tight fitting suit as the base of the outfit while Jin wears looser clothing with baggy pants. The Gon version is more 'open' as usual with a full view of the cleavage. 😆 We can compare the outfit across the three races below.

Jin                                     Gon                                 Yun

Let us now take a closer look at the Gon Warith Hunter below.

Front View - Original Outfit

Front Close-up View - Original Outfit

In the two images above, we can see the tight fitting body suit below the loose top and accessories such as ammunition belt, red-black colored leg guards and what seem to be grenades.

Rear View - Original Outfit

Rear Close-up View - Original Outfit

The outfits also sports a pair of long boots and err... a letter box or perhaps a scroll container at the back, near the neck? 😑

Right Side View - Original Outfit

Left Side View - Original Outfit

As seen above, the outfit looks great and resembles a ninja outfit, except for the heavy assault ammunitions.

When I first saw the outfit following the request, my reaction was "Wow! what can I do for this?". Nothing can be done for the top torso because of the baggy sleeves and loose top. And the bottom is just a tight fitting suit that I can simply turn into skin layer. But having a hunter run around in true commando style or panties just feels weird. 😆

So, I took a cue from Tomb Raider and decides to turn the entire tight fitting suit into a simple hot pants. 😉  Let's take a look at the result below.

The screen shots are taken at the Tyrian Cult Stronghold where they cultivate a type of flower know as wraithbloom that can be formulated into a mind-bending drug. I initially wanted to capture the video at this location but the place is too foggy and dark so the mobs in Blackram East Fleet Supply Chain suffer my wrath instead. 😆😅  The screen shots below are enhanced to be brighter but is still foggy as you can see.

Front View - Modified Outfit

With the tight fitting areas repainted, the tummy region and both legs are now skin layer.

Front Close-up View - Modified Outfit

The only remaining portion of the tight fitting suit is the hot pants seen in the image above.

Rear View - Modified Outfit

Rear Close-up View - Modified Outfit

I added loose threads at the end of the hot pants to give it a 'modern days distressed jeans' look. 😆

The distressed look actually originated from the punk movement in 1970s, where punks wore clothing that they torn apart, to express their anger at society. In modern days, it has been adapted into a fashion trend. 😲

Side Close-up View - Modified Outfit

I kept all the accessories, including the scroll container, because I think they look unique.

The part of the mod with most issue is getting the tummy area right. Not in the coloring but the Normal. There is a sharp 'line' or rather angle running down the center of the tummy region, through the belly button, and it took a lot of tries to conceal it. Unfortunately, doing so causes the abs to look flat instead of how the abs look in those swimsuits.

What do you think of the hunter in hot pants? Check out the video to get a better look and see how the hunter levelled the Blackram East Fleet Supply Chain. 😆

Download Link:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1R-7vD3n3v8JgN8PA-5mxtb0jpXdCLL5H