Blade & Soul - Aurora (Gon/Jin Outfit) Mod

After recovering from the charger explosion (or rather smoking 😰 ) saga, I guess I will take things easy, for now, and thus decided to do an easier mod. Therefore, I will work on the Gon and Jin Aurora since they are quite easy, and the request was made three weeks ago, a day after I posted the Yun Aurora mod.

Since I already have the Yun mod template and the meshes for all three races are well lined up, it is easy to just copy the modified parts over from the Yun. What is left are the erasing of extra clothing and shading away of shadows.

With the details about the Aurora outfit posted in the previous Yun Aurora mod, there is nothing much to add on, except a question of why the Aurora is found in the Sandstorm Temple which is surrounded by a desolate desert. 😅

Seeing that the outfit has almost no relation to the natural phenomenon, I guess it might be meant to point to something else... like the other meaning of rise/dawn of something or even the Roman goddess of dawn.

The outfit's name does not seem to have much relation to a goddess either so I guess the remaining possibility would be the 'rise/dawn of something' part. Indeed, the outfit is a random drop from Rukesh who was obsessed with finding a new way to achieve transcendence. However, at his final discovery which should have been the dawn of his transcendence, it also marks his downfall when he fell under the devastating effect of the artifact. Picture again, the legless man that is bind to a headless genie. 😨

That might all have been just my willful guess but at least it has a link somehow. 😅

Let us take a look at the original outfit below, with Gon version on the left and Jin on the right.

Front View - Original Outfit

If we compare the Gon and Jin outfits to the Yun, we can be sure that they have the same appearance.

Front Close-up View - Original Outfit

The same goldish dress enhanced with metallic guards on the shoulders, forearms and legs.

Rear View - Original Outfit

The mantle and two goldish straps are also present for the Gon and Jin Aurora. But do not ask me whether the writings on the mantle are exactly the same because it is a language of the fantasy world of Blade & Soul. 😅

Rear Close-up View - Original Outfit

Side View - Original Outfit

We can also see the feathers between the shoulder guard and bracer.

Side Close-up View - Original Outfit

As mentioned earlier, I intended to replicate the Yun mod on both the Gon and Jin outfits. That means trimming the mantle to dress level, trimming the dress by a little, cutting the inverted 'V' shape into the sides and finally, removing the straps, that links the dress and leg guards, on the outer thighs.

Let us check the two mod versions below, similarly with Gon version on left side and Jin on the right.

Front View - Modified Outfit

As seen above, both dresses have been trimmed to end at the edge of the white line.

Front Close-up View - Modified Outfit

The chest areas are 'opened up' but it is less obvious on the Gon version due to inherent difference in body shape.

Rear View - Modified Outfit

Rear Close-up View - Modified Outfit

The mantles on both outfits have been trimmed until slightly above the edge of the dress.

Side View - Modified Outfit

Side Close-up View - Modified Outfit

The two side images above show the inverted 'V' cut into the sides of both outfits and the straps on the outer thighs are no longer present.

With this, Aurora for all three races have been completed. You can watch the video to take a better look at the mods.

Since I do not have the outfit on my Gon or Jin, and the outfit is individually bind, I can only create the video with the help of in-game Tailshop. The scene is also set in the Silverfrost Mountains map but in a warmer and greener landscape of Evergreen village.

Download Link for Gon
Download Link for Jin