Blade & Soul - Pugilist (Gon Outfit) Mod

It is time for a Gon mod again and in this week's post, we have the Pugilist outfit. This is the first of several Gon mod requests which I received within a week or two, so I should proceed with it first.

The Pugilist, as the name suggests, is an outfit associated with an arena. However, this arena is not the one where players pit their skills against each other but rather, like a mini team fighting ring within the Yes Man Playpen. The Playpen is a solo dungeon in the Scorching Sands region on the Cinderlands map and the outfit can randomly drop off the warden boss.

The player will visit this dungeon as part of the story to rescue a NPC and in the process, selectively rescue several other prisoners to gather a team to face off the Playpen's warden and his lackeys. Similar to the fate of all old dungeons, most players will just bypass The Playpen unless they are seriously farming for the outfit.

And if the term Yes Man sounds funny to you, that is because they are known to be an organization of misfits by NPCs in game. All Yes Man would wore an outfit decorated with torn and shell, as if mimicking a shellfish. Although the name and outfit seems funny, the Yes Man led by one of the most powerful in-game female character - Juwol (you can read more about Juwol in this video's description), is a force to be reckoned with in the Cinderlands.

You can check out this video for a cutscene introducing the Yes Man and their leader Juwol.

Now, let us view the original outfit below.

Front View - Original Outfit

The wooden leg guard with metal spikes is pretty unique.

Front Close-up View - Original Outfit

Rear View - Original Outfit

Somehow, that anchor looks kind of out of place because most of the Cinderlands is a dry desert. However, that was not so a thousand years ago where it had host a shipping port.

Rear Close-up View - Original Outfit

The pair of torn shorts, and leather top and gloves does suit the desert environment.

Left Side View - Original Outfit

Right Side Close-up View - Original Outfit

A rope can be seen hanging on the right side of the waist.

Left Side Close-up View - Original Outfit

Overall, do you think the outfit seems more closely related to a sea port that an arena? 😆

In the request, the viewer asked for the armor pieces and anchor to be removed. Fortunately, the mesh below these armor pieces exist and can be recolored to remove the shadows.

I had also intended to trim the pair of shorts but the mesh of the entire crotch region is missing so I have to abandon the idea. The pair of gloves cannot be repainted to skin due to folds and bumps on the surface.

So, how does the outfit look with all the armor pieces removed? Check below.

Front View - Modified Outfit

As seen above, the wooden leg guard has been removed.

Front Close-up View - Modified Outfit

Rear View - Modified Outfit

So is the anchor that was hanging at the back.

Rear Close-up View - Modified Outfit

Left Side View - Modified Outfit

The metallic parts on the left thigh is also gone.

Left Side Close-up View - Modified Outfit

The crest on the left arm has been removed.

Right Side View - Modified Outfit

Right Side Close-up View - Modified Outfit

I kept the rope because it would look really plain otherwise.

Do you agree that the Pugilist looks more like a mountaineer or rock climber outfit with all the armor pieces removed? But of course, no one will go climb a mountain in high heels. 😅

With this video, I shall wrap up the post. Since it is the Pugilist outfit, I figure I will capture the video in the Tower of Infinity where players pit their skills against NPC. Be sure to catch the cat scratches and spinning hammer. 😆

Download Link:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=16qYPXIc4GG3YPFSzT-1vny_q35lqZGwq

Blade & Soul - Millennium (Yun Outfit) Mod

In this week's post, we will be looking at the Yun Millennium outfit, to make up for skipping a Yun mod last week. Millennium is a limited-time sale outfit and sometimes included in outfit event chests. As the name suggests, the outfit's design is out of the ancient martial arts world and maybe even beyond our real life time frame.

Although the cloud pattern does reminds me of the ancient world, the 'cup' and 'bubble' outline of the outfit just does not conform at all. Hmm... could the Millennium be representing the younger generation who wants to be seen as individual and not wanting to conform to the standard trend? 😅

Let's take a look at the Millennium outfit for the three races and see if you agree.

Gon                                   Jin                                    Yun

As seen above, the color theme of white-purple-black applies to all three races but the design is somewhat different. While the Jin Millennium is a full bodysuit, the Yun version reveals the right lower side of the torso. But as usual, Gon gets the hottest design throwing in the left leg and the right thigh as well. The Gon and Jin versions have the same baggy shoe design while the Yun has a pair of tight boots. But the most unique part of the outfit is probably the 'cup' on the top of the armguard and maybe that wrist portion that reminds me a little of the Mega Man's transformed arm. 😆

Now, let's take a closer look at the Yun Millennium below.

Front View - Original Outfit

It looks like a full body suit from the front view.

Front Close-up View - Original Outfit

We can see the 'cup' on the top part of the armguards and near the wrist, we have the Mega Man's arm. 😅

Rear View - Original Outfit

Several pieces of jades, pearls, knots and a ring are string together to form a décor that runs down from the back.

Rear Close-up View - Original Outfit

From the rear images, we can more clearly see that the right lower portion of the torso is skin layer.

Side View - Original Outfit

Side Close-up View - Original Outfit

From the right side view above, we can see how the bodysuit is cut out to reveal the skin layer.

In the mod, the part that I wanted to remove most is probably the pair of armguards. Unfortunately, the arm structure does not exist below the armguards and removing them would inevitably be cutting off the entire arm. 😰  Take a look at the image below and you can understand what that means.

Missing Structure

As seen in the image above, the upper arm can be observed to be separated from the armguard after the top part of the 'cup' was removed. The separation is obvious even if I only slightly trim the 'cup' to reduce the bulkiness. Therefore, I have no choice but to retain the entire armguard. 😰

So what else can be mod? Well, we can follow the Gon version and mod all the white tight fitting areas to skin but I figured I want to try something else... Take a look at the mod version below and you will know.

Front View - Modified Outfit

From far, it looks like a replica of the Gon version...

Front Close-up View - Modified Outfit

But when you look closer, the skin layer on the torso is actually under a clear transparent layer.

Rear View - Modified Outfit

The transparent layer stretches to the right thigh.

Rear Close-up View - Modified Outfit

I have also extended the purple cloud pattern near the crotch region to cover the butt and private area. 😇

Right Side View - Modified Outfit

Left Side View - Modified Outfit

Though I did leave the left leg's skin layer as it is because it looks fine by its own.

It may not be obvious in the images but the transparent layer on the torso and right thigh actually reflects rainbow color when light shines on it (something that I learn from one of the summer swim wear 😆 ). You can check the video below for a better look at this.

That is all for this mod. Enjoy the short video.

Download Link:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1zhnGC0tsTfpXkOrRTTS750zMg0sdsx2v

Blade & Soul - Jiangshi Raiment (Jin Outfit) Mod

This week, we will skip over a Yun and proceed with the Jin Jiangshi Raiment mod. If you find the term "Jiangshi" familiar, it is because I have done the other Jiangshi outfit - Profane Shroud in previous posts. Jiangshi is actually a direct translation from the Chinese name (僵尸), meaning stiff corpse. It is the general name for the blood sucking vampire equivalent in Chinese mythology. If you want to learn more about the Jiangshi, you can read about it in my Jin Profane Shroud mod post.

In my previous post, I have described about the Profane Shroud outfit and how it can be obtained from the field boss Profane Jiangshi. The Jiangshi Raiment can be obtained in a similar way and it might be the very first outfit that players can get by spinning a Wheel of Fate. That is, if the player starts from level 1 in the Bamboo Village starting area in the Viridian Coast map. The Wheel of Fate for the Jiangshi Raiment is located in the next following area of Foshi Pyres, which is a spooky area littered with graves, tombstones and wandering Jiangshi. 

The token needed to spin the wheel can be obtained by defeating the field boss Stalker Jiangshi. The Stalker Jiangshi is a creation of the infamous necromancer Nekuro and spawns periodically from an unearthed grave just next to the camp. When compared to Profane Jiangshi, the Stalker Jiangshi is seen to be wearing similar outfit but slightly smaller in size, much slimmer and does not have a huge mouth in the stomach. Unlike the other Jiangshi, the Stalker Jiangshi walks around like a normal humanoid, instead of hopping on both legs with perpendicularly raised hands. Nevertheless, the two huge claws will rip apart anyone who dares steps in its way. 😱

Check out the Stalker Jiangshi below.

The outfit comes with a hat much like the one the Jiangshi is wearing and a talisman to paste on the character's forehead. The outfit itself looks kind of scary with its torn-up and messy feel.

The main colors are black, red and grey with yellow talismans hanging around the body. For the Jin version, the outfit covers the whole body except for the cleavage region. Let's take a look below.

Front View - Original Outfit

A full body outfit with only the cleavage region as skin layer.

Front Close-up View - Original Outfit

The color scheme is very similar to the Stalker Jiangshi's outfit but luckily, the trumpet sleeves was not copied over. 😅

We can see the first charm hanging near the abdomen.

Rear View - Original Outfit

The tail cloth is made up of scale and cloth. The red torn-up cloth can be seen on the lower left side of the tail cloth. The rest of the tail cloth is mostly rigid scale-like structure.

Rear Close-up View - Original Outfit

The back region is mostly made up of a red spine structure, a little similar to that of the Profane Shroud.

We can see a long talisman hanging around the waist level.

Side View - Original Outfit

Side Close-up View - Original Outfit

The final talisman can be seen hanging on the outer right thigh.

The arms have a scaly look that covers the entire arm right up to the fingertips.

In the mod request, the viewer ask for the latex surface (which I supposed are those scaly surfaces) to be modified to skin and to remove the fur collar.

As seen from the images above, the latex or scale fully covers both arms and legs, and also the abdomen portion of the torso. Since I cannot modify the sharp fingernails into normal ones, I have to keep the latex layer on the hand to act as a pair of gloves. And because the shoes are directly 'linked' to the legs, I decided to turn the layer into a pair of red colored boots.

So, let's get to the mod already.

Front View - Modified Outfit

We can see the latex layers on the arms and legs have been replaced with skin layer. The remaining latex surface forms the red colored boots and white colored glove.

Front Close-up View - Modified Outfit

The abdomen region is also skin layer now.

And since there are plenty of torn-up look on this outfit, I also gave the glove a torn look.

Rear View - Modified Outfit

The tail cloth has been trimmed and modified to mostly cloth. Unfortunately, I cannot change the physics of the cloth so it still act like a rigid scale surface. 😥 

You can probably see this more in the video where the tail cloth mostly follow the legs' movement instead of fluttering freely like a normal cloth.

Rear Close-up View - Modified Outfit

The collar has been removed as requested but the shoulder area now looks something more like a combat armor. The hood probably conceals this weakness.

Side View - Modified Outfit

Side Close-up View - Modified Outfit

I left the talismans and upper torso untouched because they seem fine to me.

That's the end of this post. Check out the video for the eerie scenes from the area where the outfit originates and a brighter scene where you can get a better look at the modified outfit.

Download Link:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1oi8HCPahl_c-qb8vngPzfvXV4FpFB7mB

Blade & Soul - Dazzle (Gon Outfit) Mod

I remember it was November last year when I wrote a post about the Jin Dazzle outfit mod, but a viewer saw the video just a few weeks back and ask when will I make the Gon version. Coincidentally, the Dazzle outfit was put on daily sale in the Hongmoon store just last week. 😄  Anyway, since I can get my hand on the outfit and there is no other Gon mod request at the moment, I guess might as well get it done this week. 

Although the Gon, Jin and Yun Dazzle outfit looks exactly the same, there are still differences in the mesh structure. For example, the Gon version does not keep the curvature of the cleavage like the Jin version. If you take a closer look at the outfit in game, you will notice that the cleavage region is almost a flat surface. This prevents the middle portion from being directly recolored to skin. I will discuss more of this below.

For now, let us check out the original outfit in the images below.

Front View - Original Outfit

As mentioned earlier, it looks exactly like the Jin version. The same thin chain layer over a tight fitting white body suit gives the outfit an overall glittering feel.

Front Close-up View - Original Outfit

You can see that flat cleavage region in the image above.

Rear View - Original Outfit

The same shield blocks almost the entire butt area. 😥

Rear Close-up View - Original Outfit

Side View - Original Outfit

The two same dragon face hangs on the outer thighs.

Side Close-up View - Original Outfit

The shield and dragon faces are slightly shifted in comparison to the Jin version due to the differences in the default body shape.

Initially, I was intending to implement the same Jin mod for the Gon. But as explained above, the cleavage region cannot be simply repainted to skin color because that would make the area looks strange. Imagine if we are to repaint the area to skin, players will be expecting the see the curvature of the cleavage. But if all they see is a flat skin layer across the breasts, it would freak them out. 😨 So the Jin mod that covers only the top and middle portion of the breasts cannot be applied here.

As such, I have to cover the cleavage area under a layer of cloth to make sure it looks natural. I can probably leave the rest of the surrounding area as skin but I decided otherwise. Instead, I placed the remaining area under a dark translucent layer which is similar to the one used in the Yun Steel Heart mod.

For the rest of the body, I totally removed the thin chain layer and recolored the tight fitting layer beneath into skin color. Of course the shield that block my view has to be dealt with too. 😅

Front View - Modified Outfit

As seen in the image above, most of the torso and both arms are now skin layer.

Front Close-up View 1 - Modified Outfit

We can also see the 'V' shaped cloth over the cleavage region.

Front Close-up View 2 - Modified Outfit

Front Close-up View 3 - Modified Outfit

Over the top image, we can more clearly see the dark translucent layer covering the remaining area of the front torso.

Rear View - Modified Outfit

The rear view looks almost identical to the Jin mod.

Rear Close-up View - Modified Outfit

Poor shield got cut out right in the middle because it has blocked my view. 😥

Side View - Modified Outfit

The side view gives a hint of the difference in body shape where the Gon's butt cheek is more fleshy. 😆

Side Close-up View - Modified Outfit

Well, that is all for this mod. Do you prefer a bare skin layer over the dark translucent layer? Or should the white cloth be fully retained?

Watch the video below for better look.

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