AION - Heavenly Tunic & Leggings Mod

In this week's post, we will be looking at the cloth version of the Heavenly set's chest and leg armor, which are 2 separate pieces. As compared to the plate set, which looks uncomplicated, and the leather set, that looks like cloth armor; the design of the cloth set is very unique (or some would say weird), looking like a hybrid of flower, butterfly and chameleon.    >.<

What do I mean by hybrid of flower, butterfly and chameleon? Well.. the first cue is that flower in the middle of the chest and the extensive uses of colorful layered petal design, which resembles petals forming a flower. This layered petal design can be seen prominently on the skirt, the bottom extension of the chest armor and the trumpet-styled sleeves.

The butterfly-feel comes from the neck lace, which extends upwards into a collar, that looks like butterfly's wings that are stacked together.

But the most prominent aspect of the dress is probably the curvy chameleon tail that trails  from the back of the skirt. 

Let us look at the images of the original armor below.

Front View - Original Armor

Front Close-up View - Original Armor

Would you agree that the armor gives a very flowery feel by looking at the two images above?  :D

Other than looking similar to butterfly wings, I think the collar also resembles some part of a plant, isn't it?

Rear View - Original Armor

Ahhh... Here we can see the curvy tail. It doesn't have the exact same texture or shape of a chameleon's tail, but that curvy part at the end really reminds me of one.  XD

Rear Close-up View - Original Armor

Nice bare back there!   :D

Side View - Original Armor

For the mod, I kept all the designs because I find them so unique.  :D   The exception is the trumpet sleeves that looks so 70's.  ~.~

So, let's look at the modified armor below.

Front View - Modified Armor

First of all, the skirt and chest bottom extension are trimmed to show off more of her leggy legs. But you can see the flowery design remains though.

Front Close-up View - Modified Armor

Secondly, the trumpet sleeves are shortened with the intention to reduce the circumference of the opening. But it seems I ended up trimming too much though.  >.<"

Front Close-up View 2 - Modified Armor

Third part of the mod is on the chest, repainting the cloth covering her cleavage into skin, and of course, at the same time, I have to remove the flower that blocked my view.  XD

Other modification on the chest also includes turning the cloth texture, on the torso, into transparent texture. Fortunately for me, the straps, that run right through the middle of the breasts, can sufficiently cover the nipples, so I don't have to crack my head trying to find ways to conceal them.   XD

Side View - Modified Armor

We can also see the transparency on the sides as well.

Rear View - Modified Armor

The rear view looks almost identical to the original armor because I kept the tail and its accessories. On top of the fact that, the back is really bare and has nothing else to modify?  XD

Just one last thing that I find on the chest armor is that it seems to have some kind of bust shrinking effect, as opposed to the Sea Feast chest armor's bust boosting effect.   -.-"

So, that's all for the mod and you can watch the video for more details of the mod.

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AION - Heavenly Jerkin & Breeches Mod

In today's mod, we will look at one of the oldest armor in AION. This is the first abyss leather armor set, which was introduced in AION 1.0, for characters between level 25 and 35. If you guys can recall, abyss armor is a class of armor with PvP stats, that reduces damage inflicted by another player.

 

By AION 5.0, new players would probably level up so much faster, that most might have just skipped this armor set and went straight for the level 40, 50, 55 or even 60 ones. But back in the days of AION 1.0, leveling up is a grind fest and having this armor set around might enhance a player's survivability, when questing in the PvP zones. 

 

Although each level range of abyss armors has uniquely designed skin, the different grades of armor (i.e. superior, heroic, fabled, eternal & mythical) does share the same skin (except their colors). The different grades for this set are the "Guardian Recruit's", "Guardian Squad Leader" and "Illustrious" set. Even though they are now outdated in terms of stats, they are still sort after by some skin hunters, thanks to their unique skin.  XD

 

Although this is a leather armor, it gives more of a cloth feel and I find it kind of similar to a housemaid's dress (You know? Those black-white dress that maid wears in Japanese anime XD  ). The jerkin looks much like a bare-shoulder, lace neck party dress and the breeches resembles a short skirt with matching stockings, as shown below.

 

Front View - Original Armor

Front Close-up View - Original Armor

 

Rear View - Original Armor

Rear Close-up View - Original Armor

Hmmm... The back of the dress is what causes me to feel that this design originated from a housemaid's dress...  >.< 

Side View - Original Armor

In order to make the armor more appealing, I have trimmed the bra, dropped the neck lace, modified the sides-back to plastic texture, and of course not forgetting the skirt... No, I didn't remove the skirt this time round. Instead, I have shortened it to reveal more of the leggy legs.  :D

 

So, let's take a look at the modified version below.

 

Front View

Front Close-up View

The layer below the bra is empty and so, I cannot really trim much on this area. Same goes for the tummy, sides and back areas. 

Rear View

Rear Close-up View

 Does the skirt looks cuter now?   :p

Side View

And finally, modified the sides and back from cloth texture to a transparent plastic texture, since I can't do much, due the missing layer below them.

 

You can take a look at the video if the images are not clear enough for you.  @.@

 

 

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AION - Rentus Recovery Cloth Armor Set Part 2: Rentus Recovery Tunic and Ophidan Legging Mod

As promised in the previous post, we'll take a look at how we can take our armor customization to the next level through the use of skin mods. In order to achieve my desired customization, I have modified both the Rentus Recovery Tunic (or Rebel tunic) and the Ophidan Legging. So without further delay, let us look at the before and after screen captures.

  

Front view - Before and After

Can you guys spot the difference?   :p   

In case you have difficulty spotting the changes, the following 3 screen captures will point them out for you.   :D

Front view - accessories removed

Well, for the first thing, I removed the golden, mini wing-like accessories located at the front of her waist, which I had mentioned in the previous post. Not only does it not change color with the tunic, but it also looks out of place with the replaced skirt (Ophidan legging). So, off it goes!    >.<

Front view - Full to partial armor

The next item that I mod is the chest area. Although the full chest armor looks nice, it gives this strong, hard feel of a plate armor. As such, I decided to have it mod into a bra-type armor, to give it a softer, clothier feel. It's a cloth armor to begin with, isn't it?  XD

 

Actually I also tried removing the sleeves but it exposed some discontinuities between the upper arm and the main body, so I scrapped the idea.  ~.~

Front view - Trimmed skirt

For the last item on the list, I finally got to the Ophidan legging. Readers who have followed this blog would have probably guessed what I intended to do... My love for leggy-ness.   :p

 

If you did guess correctly, well congratulation, but sorry...  no prize to give away   :'(    As a consolation, you can download this mod from the link at the end of this post.    :p

 



Anyway, I stripped off the cloth part of the skirt to reveal her full legs, but the front portion seems empty because the 'feathers' do not cover the area. I would have replaced the area with the same feathers but it is beyond my access to mod a solid object into a translucent one.   ~.~

 

Instead, I trimmed the around-the-wait skirt into a triangular portion that specifically covers that empty area. Hey! I even added a little design on that small piece of cloth.  :p

 

So, what do you guys think of this fully customized armor set? Or do you guys have some improvement tips (except nude  >.<  )?

 

 

 

 

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AION - Veteran Hunter's Chausses

As promised in previous post, I'll show you guys the leg armor (pants) which I had used to create a match for the Rebel Chain Chest armor. The pants that I used is in this post's title, namely the Veteran Hunter's Chausses. This leather leg armor can be bought from the "Fortuneer" NPC who are stationed at Cygnea or Inggison fortress, with their special reward tokens which are given for completing their daily quest.

 

By the way "chausses" is used as the standardized naming convention for leather leg armor since Aion 4.X, similar to "hauberk" which means chain chest armor. I actually googled those terms, when Aion NA started using them, and they are actual terms used to describe armor in older days (12th to 15th century). See.... we do learn something while playing games :p

 

Anyway, for people who are wondering why my character is wearing both chain and leather at the same time, it is because they provides different character stats (e.g. chain has higher physical defense, while leather provides higher evasion rate). Another reason is because, the original matching pants, Rebel Brogans (i.e. Chain Leg armor) cannot be altered to what I need due to the mesh not following a tight leg shape, as illustrated below.

 

Can't change the baggy pants into a tight fit leg :(

As the image above has shown, I can't modified the "baggy" pants into a tight leg shape if I cannot change the mesh, which determines the surface shape of the armor skin.  :(

 

With everything explained, let's now look at the before and after modification images.



Front view

Rear view

Close-up view

Some people, who has an eagle-eye for fashion, will probably frown at the mismatched chest and leg armor in the above images, but I had actually used that leather top because it has a neat cutoff at the waist line, such that the leg armor can be shown clearly without any obstruction. I modified this leg armor to match another chain armor, remember?   :)

 

To prove my point about the matching, watch the video below for the chest and leg armor worn together.    :)

 

 

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AION - Remodeled Danuar Tunic

In this post, I will be featuring one of my favorite armor skin in Aion, the Remodeled Danuar Tunic. This armor set is only buyable using Ancient coins from the Shugo in Cygnea or Enshar.

 

As Aion players will know, Shugos are from a scientific/engineering proficient civilization. Thus, the armor sets has that engineer feel, with plenty of bolts, gears, straps and what else but pockets!

 

The reason why I chose the cloth set is because it looks cute, especially with the headband, as compared to the plate helmet that looks like a hell-spawn soldier or chain helmet that looks like a toy soldier. Don't belief? Look here. ~.~

 

Remodeled Danuar Headgear comparison

Although I find the plate and chain headgear kind of weird, I have to salute the designers for putting in lots of efforts to give the different armor sets their individual unique looks. Plus, the leather headgear actually looks pretty classy too.

 

Hmm...from the above image, it looks like there are only 2 straps running down and covering her breasts? Of course not! Surely NCSoft will not do that... but can't say the same for this xFormer, who just can't resist the temptation to be naughty.   :p

 

Well, if you guys are wondering what have I did to this beautiful skin? Like Nike's motto suggests "Just Do It!". And so, I did! I strip all the clothes from the upper part of her body, plus a piece of  cloth that is "blinding" my sight, by covering her butt and back of her legs.

 

So, what's left on her? Let's take a look. :p

Front view

Rear view

Side view

For some reason, she reminds me a bit of Lara Croft from Tomb Raider after the back piece of cloth is removed. Would you guys agree?   >.<"

 

The top part of her body is left with straps, bolts and gears... Bad xFormer! >.<    And that butt area is where I felt looks like Lara. Maybe it's because of that hot pants.  :p

 

Well, let's take a closer look.

 

Front Close-up view

 

Side Close-up view

And finally, the video. Enjoy!

 

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