Showing posts with label dazzle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dazzle. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 13, 2019

Blade & Soul - Dazzle (Yun Outfit) Mod

The first time I worked on the Dazzle outfit  was somewhere in November 2017 and it was only for the Jin race. Then, around September 2018, a patron asked for the Gon's version and four months later, another patron finally asked for the Yun's version; which brings us to the Yun Dazzle for this week's mod. Coincidentally, this outfit is currently available through an outfit chest event, where players can buy the outfit chests from the online Hongmoon store. However, the chest will only give a random outfit from a list of fifteen outfits, and which one the player gets depends on their luck. 😮

The list of outfits ranges from new outfit such as the Ninja Tortoise (inspired by Ninja Turtles?) to older ones like Dazzle. So, I am guessing that many players' pockets are bleeding in order to get their desired outfits. Hopefully you guys can get what you want without blowing your pockets. ðŸ˜…

In the Gon Dazzle post, I have mentioned that the outfit is exactly same for all three races, except for the cleavage portion. The cleavage portion for the Jin's version has an actual inward curvature so I can paint almost the entire region to skin. Unfortunately, this cannot be applied to the Gon's version where the inward curve is not deep enough. As such, I retained the mid portion as cloth while modifying the sides to a translucent layer.

Looking at the Yun's version, the cleavage portion seems similar to the case of the Gon's. As such, I will apply the Gon's design on the Yun's, instead of using the Jin's mod design. Luckily, this is also what the patron has requested.

Before we get into the mod, let us take a look at the original Yun Dazzle below.

Front View - Original Outfit

Front Close-up View - Original Outfit
The same thin chain layer can be seen over the white tight-fitting layer.

Rear View - Original Outfit
The same shield that blocks my view. 😅

Rear Close-up View - Original Outfit

Side View - Original Outfit
And the two similar dragon face at each side of the thighs.

Side Close-up View - Original Outfit
As mentioned before, I applied the same design of the Gon mod on the Yun. So, let us see how the same mod looks on the Yun's outfit.


Front View - Modified Outfit
As seen above, the chain layer has been removed and the white colored layer has been repainted to skin.

Front Close-up View - Modified Outfit
The sides on the front torso has been modified to a translucent layer, though it might not be very obvious here.

Rear View - Modified Outfit
A hole was made in the shield. 😅

Rear Close-up View - Modified Outfit

Side View - Modified Outfit

Side Close-up View - Modified Outfit
Overall, the mod looks very similar to the Gon's version but most of the things are actually redrawn because the mesh layout between the two races are somewhat misaligned.

With this, I can finally wrapped up the Dazzle. 

Since, I do not have this outfit on my Yun and I don't really want to send them over from my Jin or Gon, using outfit tickets, I can only show the mod through the in-game Tailorshop. Hope it is enough for your comparison.



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Wednesday, September 5, 2018

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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