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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AION - Prime Guardian Royal Captain Tunic Mod

For the second last piece of the new Abyss armor, we have the Prime Guardian Royal Captain Tunic. I have some difficulty mod-ding this armor, just like the Breastplate.  >.<    That's because it is beautiful in itself, although not exactly sexy (except maybe for the little cleavage view).  XD

The tunic is a full blouse with a slanted bottom design, laced with translucent fins or feathers, and coupled with a very nice pair of translucent sleeves, which I like a lot.

Although the torso area of the blouse seems tight-fitting, it is not exactly so at the lower cleavage area (i.e. it doesn't fully follow the curves of the breasts). As such, I can't really do much to that area.  ~.~

Check out the images of the original tunic below.

Front View - Original Armor

Check out those beautiful translucent fins trailing the end of the blouse. XD

Front Close-up View - Original Armor

Nice translucent sleeves there!  :D

The gloves, although looking very matching, are actually from a different armor set.

Rear View - Original Armor

From the rear, we can see the accessory which is a golden translucent scarf. And it is glowing!  o.o

Rear Close-up View - Original Armor

Side View - Original Armor

Check out that leggy right leg.  :D

Side Close-up View - Original Armor

And that cute leg bracelet with a tiny golden feather attached to it.

So after looking at the original armor, how would you modify it to make it sexier?

Well... For me, I have trimmed the bottom of the blouse (as usual  >.<  ) to show more of the leggy legs and since I can't remove the bra area or even make it transparent, I make it translucent instead.

By translucent, I mean the area is modified to follow the character's base skin color, giving a feel that there is a soft, translucent layer above the skin. However, due to her fair skin complexion and the white cloth, it isn't very obvious in the still images. That is why I included a skin color change portion in the video. 

Let's take a look at the modified tunic below.

Front View - Modified Armor

Ah! Shorter skirt, longer legs.  XD

I have also made the translucent fins slightly more translucent which is hard to see.   >.<"

Front Close-up View - Modified Armor

Can you spot the skin color under the cloth around the bra area?

I have recolored the white cloth more bluish hoping that will help the skin color stand out, but it doesn't seems effective enough...   D:   

Rear View - Modified Armor

The back of the blouse was also trimmed. Well, I have actually tried to make it shorter but that will reveal the tip of those translucent fins which are dangling in the air...  >.<"

Rear Close-up View - Modified Armor

The back, around the waist area, was also given a translucent touch in order to match the front.

Side View - Modified Armor

Leggy legs~

Side Close-up View - Modified Armor

I kept most of the accessories of the original tunic, such as the leg bracelet, fins and leaves. However, some were still removed, due to the trimming that I have done for the bottom of the blouse, else they will be dangling in the air.   >.<

Finally, check the video for what you can't clearly see in the images.

AION - Prime Guardian Royal Captain Breastplate Mod

The newest AION NA patch (5.6: Omens of Ice) was launched last week (19 July 2017) with the awakening of the Dragon Queen of Ice, Ereshkigal. The trailer shows her (in her human form)descending from the sky in a blue semi-translucent dress which is both sexy and classy. But would anyone believe a destructive Dragon Queen would look so beautiful and enchanting (that is until her eyes turned black when sucking life force out of an Elyos guardian captain   O.O  )?

Ereshkigal - From AION 5.6 Trailer

Whether Atreia can survive the onslaught remains to be seen but with the patch, new costumes have been added!  :D 

And wow! Six new mesh packages and five new texture packages have pushed the file numbers of my mods out. But don't worry though, just rename my packages to "Mesh_Textures_110.pak" and "Mesh_Textures_115.pak" if you use them and all will be fine.

In this post, we'll be mod-ding the plate version of the new abyss armor, a.k.a. Prime Guardian Royal Captain Breastplate. This chest armor is very much how a plated armor will look like, except that it is so highly polished to the extend that one can use it as a mirror.  XD

It is designed to have a plated torso armor worn over a shiny, leafy blouse (which I suspect to be metallic due to its shiny surface), coupled with black long sleeves and a pair of glossy stockings.

Let's have a look at the original armor below.

Front View - Original Armor

Front Close-up View - Original Armor

A closer look at the shiny, leafy skirt with a slanted cut at the bottom.

Rear View - Original Armor

Rear Close-up View - Original Armor

Other than the cleavage area on the front, the armor also reveals a bit of the back. On closer inspection, you can even see reflections on the skirt.

Side View - Original Armor

Side Close-up View - Original Armor

Does it feels like, she's wearing a mirror?  XD

What I did for this mod is actually just some simple recoloring and minor adjustment to the skirt, since I don't want to change too much of the design. I even refrain from turning the bra area into transparency because I have done that for too many armors.  >.<"

The tummy area makes modification difficult due to its layered design. The region cannot be simply transformed into skin as that will have 'floating' skin layer effect. I did, however, adjust the area to change with skin color so it looks like a kind of glassy layer over skin.

Front View - Modified Armor

The legs are now without stockings and the skirt is noticeably shorter, exposing a bit of the panties.

Front Close-up View - Modified Armor

The long sleeves are also replaced by skin layer. I left the shoulder pieces (not shoulder armor) intact, which have straps that wrap round her armpit.

Rear View - Modified Armor

Rear Close-up View - Modified Armor

The armor piece that is at the top of her back (just below her neck) cannot be removed or recolored to skin. As the armor piece is a layer over the basic skin layer (which is missing due to empty mesh structure),  it will leave a hole if removed, or look like 'floating' skin layer if recolored.

The back of the skirt also reveals a bit of the panties.

Side View - Modified Armor

Side Close-up View - Modified Armor

So, that's all for this simple mod. You can verify the mirror like surface in the video.

Oh, by the way, don't be alarmed if you do see a giant stingray 'swimming' in the sky when you watch the video. It has been doing that for a long time now and doesn't bother anyone, except giving a few new players a jaw-dropping view.   :D

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AION - Prime Guardian Royal Captain Jerkin Mod

In this post, we'll be looking at the new Abyss armor set, starting with the leather version. As the title has shown, this jerkin has a really long name, so I'll just simply refer to it as the Royal Captain set. That should be sufficient since almost all the versions that share the same skin model has the "Royal Captain" label in them.   >.<"

The Royal Captain armor sets were introduced in AION 5.5 (NA patches) for Archdaeva of level 75 and can be bought from NPC vendors with the new Spinel medals, in addition of Abyss points. Similar to the Adma armor sets, the Royal Captain sets also feature golden frames over the basic armor; but the most prominent feature in their design is that feather-decorated shoulder armor and golden translucent feather accessory that hangs from the armor.
 

But since I am only dealing with the chest armor here, I'll just skip the shoulder armor in the images and video.  XD
 

As for the jerkin, it is a tight fitting, full body suit that is a little similar to the Sauro Commander jerkin. The similarity comes from the fact that they both spot a hot pants on one leg and long pants on the other, except that the Royal Captain jerkin has a stocking over the leg spotting the hot pants.
 

Let's first look at the original armor here.

Front View - Original Armor

On the top image, you can see the hot pants with stocking on the right leg and the full long pants on the left leg. There's also a nice accessory with golden translucent feathers, hanging from the left side of her waist. 

Front Close-up View - Original Armor

How to know that the armor is tight fitting? Well...By the belly button of course!   XD

Rear View - Original Armor

Rear Close-up View - Original Armor

There seems to be some black feather design on her back too.

Left Side View - Original Armor

Right Side View - Original Armor

Left Side Close-up View - Original Armor

Plenty of stuff can be done for this mod because of its tight fitting design. First of all, I take the uneven pants design further by turning the long pants side into a super-high-cut, revealing her full leggy left leg, while stripping off the stocking on her right.
 

Next, the dark long sleeves on both hands are recolored into skin, followed by the torso and side regions. A belt of sort is drawn onto the tummy-waist to break continuity between torso skin and pants areas. For some time, I thought about whether to apply transparent layer for the torso but finally decided to just leave it as pure skin layer.
 

Let's check out the modified armor below.

Front View - Modified Armor

I guess from the top image, you can see what I meant by super-high-cut on the left leg.  :p
 

The stocking on her right leg is also gone. 

Front Close-up View - Modified Armor

So are the long sleeves, and the leather around her tummy and waist. Notice the added belt to separate the skin and pants areas.
 

Rear View - Modified Armor

I retained the golden translucent feather accessory because it looks nice.  :D
 

Rear Close-up View - Modified Armor

Side View - Modified Armor

The modified armor looks really 'clean' on the left side, don't you agree? This design concept feels like the Frigida Hauberk.
 

Side Close-up View - Modified Armor

In order for the shoe to match the legs, I have also repainted them to skin color. However, I did not do the same for the gloves since they don't look as weird as the shoes, if not recolored. Imagine wearing socks of different colors on each leg.   ~.~"

 

OK. With this, I wrap up this post. Don't forget to check out the video.

 

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