Finally, we have come to the end of the Nirvana series, which is, of course, for the Jin race. Most of the information about this outfit and how its name came to be, can be found in the Yun Nirvana post.
Although the outfit looks exactly the same as that of the Gon's and Yun's, the Jin's version has an entirely different mesh structure. While the Yun's and Gon's texture is a rectangle of 1024x512 pixels, the Jin's texture file come in a square format of 1024x1024 pixels. This, of course, means that simply copying and pasting, from the Gon or Yun texture to the Jin texture, will not work. 😰
On top of that, I also found that the upper back of the body has discontinuity with a hole on each side. 😧 Because of this, the bikini top mod on the Gon and Yun cannot be duplicated onto the Jin's version directly.
As such, even though it is still consider a simple mod, it still has to be done from scratch. And so, we will only have one outfit in this week's post and video.
But before we dive into the mod, let's take a look at the original outfit below.
Front View - Original Outfit
Front Close-up View - Original Outfit
In the front close-up view, you may have noticed that the underboobs are actually flat below. This is due to the thick layer of cloth that is wrapped around the abdomen, pushing up from below.
Rear View - Original Outfit
Rear Close-up View - Original Outfit
Side View - Original Outfit
Side Close-up View - Original Outfit
The flat underboobs can be better seen from the side. 😦
Other than the flat underboobs, most of the outfit look very similar to the Gon's and Yun's.
As mentioned earlier, there are two issues to overcome in the Jin's version. Firstly, the holes at the back and secondly the flat underboobs.
The holes affect what I can do for the top garment since I cannot make it into the bikini top like in the case of Gon and Yun.
The flat underboobs, on the other hand, prevents me from trimming the thick cloth layer in order to reveal the upper abdomen. That is because, the flatness would look unnatural if nothing is supporting it from below. However, this issue can be easily overcome by... well, doing nothing. 😛
So that leaves the top garment issue. Let's look at the mod below and see what I did instead.
Front View - Modified Outfit
The very long front cloth has been removed as seen above.
Front Close-up View 1 - Modified Outfit
It may not be obvious from a distance, but I have modified the top garment into a netting layer. But of course, I still hide the important area. 😅
See below to get a better view of the modified top garment.
Front Close-up View 2 - Modified Outfit
See the netting yet? No? Check the even closer view below. 😅
Front Close-up View 3 - Modified Outfit
I have added some an uneven round surface, on the center portion, because it was too plain.
But the thick cloth layer was not trimmed due to the flat underboobs.
Rear View - Modified Outfit
The long layered tail cloth has been removed as seen in the image above.
Rear Close-up View 1 - Modified Outfit
Since the top garment has been modified into a netting, including the back, the two holes mentioned earlier in the post can be seen through the semi-transparent cloth.
As such, I have to add two logo at the back to hide the two holes. The image below provides a better view of the logo.
Rear Close-up View 2 - Modified Outfit
Side View - Modified Outfit
Side Close-up View 1 - Modified Outfit
Side Close-up View 2 - Modified Outfit
If you still can't see the semi-transparent top garment clearly, maybe this image on top gives a better alternative view? 😆
With this, I can finally wrap up the Nirvana series.
Around the same time when the request for Promise Keeper mod was made, another viewer requested for a Nirvana mod. So, in this week's post, we will have the Nirvana mod.
If you have seen the outfit and know the definition of Nirvana, you will probably be perplexed by how incompatible they actually are. How in the world did such a sexy outfit, with a full view of the under boobs, come to be known as Nirvana, which in Buddhist term refers to the highest state of attainment where one is formless, at eternal peace and free from the cycle of life and death (you can read more about this in the side note if you are interested).
The connection is actually made via a NPC by the name of Yunsang. Once the King of Thieves, Yunsang turned over a new leaf after the events of Heaven's Mandate in which Jinsoyun tried to bring forth the Dark Lord into the Earthen realm. After which, he decided to relinquish his leadership in the Lumang Syndicate and seek enlightenment at the Snowfrost monastery. He also appeared at Mushin's Tower Floor 20 to help train the Hongmoon hero. The tokens (Yunsang's prayer bead) that players pick up from Floor 16 - 20 can be used to exchange for the outfit and its sister "Mystic Monk". there is even a matching Yunsang hairstyle to go with it. 😆
If you are wondering how the outfit looks like, check below.
Front View - Original Outfit
The main color theme is a striking gold with some black, which is quite close to the yellow-orange color of a Buddhist monk's robe.
Front Close-up View - Original Outfit
But the exposed under boobs and legs certainly don't match the meaning of enlightenment. 😅
Rear View - Original Outfit
Rear Close-up View - Original Outfit
From the rear, everything seems fully covered though.
Right Side View - Original Outfit
The left side reveals almost the entire left leg.
Right Side Close-up View - Original Outfit
Left Side Close-up View - Original Outfit
As it can be seen, the outfit is quite complicated with the layered robe, knots and ribbon. In my opinion, from the waist down, it is either total removal or no removal at all. That is, except the front and rear cloth that runs vertically downwards. The shirt portion is also tricky given how sexy it already is. And just for information, the mesh structure for the breasts are present so some people might have made a topless mod out of it.
For my mod, I tried to turn the shirt into a bikini top and also removed the three vertical cloths from the lower portion of the outfit.
Check the mod version below.
Front View - modified Outfit
In the image above, the front cloth is seen to be removed.
Front Close-up View 1 - modified Outfit
The belt has been trimmed downwards and a hole is 'opened' on the mid portion of the shirt to make it looks more like a bikini top.
Front Close-up View 2 - modified Outfit
The image above gives a clearer view of the mod on the shirt portion.
Rear View - modified Outfit
The two tail cloths have been removed as shown in the image above.
Rear Close-up View - modified Outfit
The back of the shirt is now only a horizontal line, which acts as the string for the bikini top.
Right Side Close-up View - modified Outfit
Right Side Close-up View - modified Outfit
The rest of the accessories remain intact.
That's all for this simple mod. Watch the video for the Yun Nirvana outfit and the white version of Gon "Ashes In the Falls".
Side Notes:
In Buddhism, all lifeforms are believed to be in a continuous cycle of birth, ageing, sickness and death, within the six realms of Divine, Asura, Human, Animal, Hungry Ghost and Hell. At the end of each life, we will be reborn into one of the six realms depending on our past deeds. It is in the Buddhist belief that all lives undergo suffering, even in the Divine realm. As such, Buddha seeks the path out of this unending cycle, through discipline, meditative calmness and wisdom. This path leads to Nirvana where one breaks free from this endless cycle of suffering to achieve eternal peace.
