Blade & Soul - Dragon Knight (Gon Outfit) Mod

If you are a Blade & Soul player and you see the title of this post, you might be envious or jealous, and thought I have been 'whaling' my credit card. But no... I don't have the outfit nor do I have the luxury to swipe card so as to obtain all the new outfits. 😭 I just notice it as a good candidate for mod, similar to the Cutting Edge, so I did the mod.

For the non-players who are wondering what I am bubbling about in the paragraph above, let's just say that this outfit is currently obtainable if one has the ability to swipe in real life or just so very lucky. 

To explain a bit more, the in-game trove event is currently on, where players can 'open' an in-game treasure chest to get a variety of items daily. Initially, the chest has only two spaces that contain two items in which players can choose one of two. But the spaces can be expanded up to seven (by buying in-game expansion tickets) so you can choose one out of seven random items.

The chest is also ranked from one to three stars randomly when opened, with one star giving common items, while three stars chest granting highly desirable items. Outfits appear in the two stars chest. Unfortunately, even a two stars chest is a rare thing and even if so, may not contain any outfit. 😞

The chest can be reset by using a 'key' that can be bought from the online store and that is where rich players (in-game and/or in real life) can take advantage to open the chest indefinitely until they obtain the items they want.

As such, it is not easy to obtain any of the outfits unless you are really lucky or have so much vitamin M in real life that you can simply swipe all those outfits into your wardrobe. 😮

Well, enough about the information. Let us take a look at this shining piece of armor worthy of a knight.

Front View - Original Outfit

The torso portion of the outfit is laden with scale like pieces and claws can be seen on the finger tips and toes.

There is also a spine-like structure that runs from the waist all the way down to the ankles.

But the dead giveaway of a dragon is the helmet, which is not shown here.

Front Close-up View - Original Outfit

The outer metallic layer is worn over a soft inner layer as shown in the images above and below.

Rear View - Original Outfit

Rear Close-up View - Original Outfit

The darker areas are the soft layer while the white shiny areas are the hard armor.

Side View - Original Outfit

There is also a thick metallic belt that wraps around the waist.

Side Close-up View - Original Outfit

This is an outfit with beautiful details and does not seem easily mod-able but the inner layer kind of reminds me of the Cutting Edge outfit. So I wanted to see if I can convert the inner layer to skin layer as I did for the Cutting Edge.

You can decide whether it is successful by comparing the modified outfit below.

Front View - Modified Outfit

Front Close-up View - Modified Outfit

In the two images above, you can see that the sides of the torso and the thighs have been recolored to skin layer.

Rear View - Modified Outfit

The butt! 😍

Rear Close-up View - Modified Outfit

The skin layer at the sides of the torso extends to the back but the center portion of the torso is not a smooth surface so I have to keep the metallic look.

If I have recolored the center portion to skin, you will get a jagged skin surface which will look unnatural. 

Fortunately, the butt area is quite smooth so I can borrow the Gon Stinger's butt design and replicate it here. 😅 

Side View - Modified Outfit

Side Close-up View - Modified Outfit

Eagle-eye patrons, may find some unsmooth areas on the skin layer and those are due to the mesh structure. Normally, these areas are not suitable for repainting to skin just like how I kept those armored areas in the outfit. But I find that they are not that jagged so I repaint them anyway. 😥

You can get a better look at the mod in the video below, which is made using the Tailorshop again since I do not have the outfit.  😥

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