Kreis' Armors devblog

[kreiste 1,426]

some more progress shots. 

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Ebony Mail and Ebony Armor...this one's a bit tough. They look too similar for my taste, but I'm not sure how I want to differentiate the two. Leave comments if you have ideas!

 

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I finished the Dwarven Armor. Also somewhat 'patched' the Immaculate Dwarven Armor from the Forgotten City mod (check it out! It's amazing) but I'm not sure if I could publish the latter since I'm gonna have to ask two persons' permissions to do so (AMidianBorn and TheModernStoryteller) and I'm unsure if I could get it 😂 but I'll include the bodyslide files as usual if you want to do it yourself! It's easy  

P.S.: I love the timing of how Rykas rushed to me to join the photo session. He don't wanna be left out, it seems. 

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Steel Armor and its 'with Pauldrons' variant...except they both have pauldrons coz it would look weird otherwise lol 

I am somewhat tempted to make the second one incorporate pieces from Imperial Armor since for some godforsaken reason, the higher tier of Steel Gauntlets & Boots uses the identical meshes with Imperial Gauntlet and Boots. What do you guys reckon?

Also yes, I totally stole that leg harness from FFXIV Coliseum Subligar

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The Iron Armor and its 'with Pauldrons' variant. This one staying true to that. I feel like they look bulkier than the Steel Armor despite being wealer, so I might have to adjust that. But then again, there's that golden bikini armor rule where the higher your stat the less you cover...so screw it I suppose. Also texture looks darker because I'm using AMidianBorn's but who doesn't, nowadays.

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Final look on the Steel Plate Armor. I do away with the loincloth/skirt thing because it's always a mess to weight-paint. I turned the belt into straps. Even more straps goodness like you're going to the circuit party lol. If you're playing with Helgen Reborn mod you can use the Nif to replace it Keepers of Hattu version and simply repath its texture to the mod's textures.

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Wolf Armor. Imagine Farkas and Vilkas with these ❤️ Also no more weirdass skirts and hello lore-friendly Andrew-Christian-esque briefs.

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Blades Armor. NOT FINAL. I'm not satisfied with it yet. 

Also reminds me what does a samurai had to do with being the Dragonborn's vassal?? I need to educate myself in the Akaviri lore. But since you guys are here, I doubt y'all care about lore-friendly-ness 😂

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Still on the so-not-lore-friendly topic, I like to think that the Orc people don't share the same principle of modesty like other races. So they would proudly show off their manhood as a sign of pride...idk. Therefore this one would be a 'revealing' armor, so to speak lol

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For the same reason, I doubt the Dremora cares if their dick is flopping about. Therefore, Daedric Armor would also be revealing. 

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bonus, Kaidan's armor. Doubt I'll publish it here because I'm not sure the original creator would be happy to know that I lewd-ed their follower mod 😂

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Bonus, General Tulius/Penitus Oculatus armor. I won't share it in this batch as it will be a part of the 'Civil War Armor' redux set. 

To-Do-List are : 

• Finishing the Blades Armor.
• Start on the Dragonbone Armor. I'm really clueless on that one's design tbh. 

Sorry you guys had to wait. I hope this update will sate y'all  

[InoOnew88 214]

OMGGG Kreis you never ceases to amaze me! I'm totally in love with the Steel Plate, Wolf, Blades, Orchish, and Daedric one! 

Some of my ideas.

For the Blades Armor, maybe you can change the thong into a white fundoshi and remove the little chestplate but not the front part (it's good for the armor's accent and decoration). Another tied rope for one of the arms will also match the one on the belly.

For the Ebony Armor, maybe you can add chainmail texture for the arms but keep the torso area revealing. Shorter or Smaller size of the armored part on the thighs can make the armor feels lighter (since Ebony Mail looks like a light version of Ebony Armor).

For the Steel Armor, I'm with you on that incorporate pieces from Imperial Armor idea (because i love imperial hahaha).

Thank you so much Kreis. 

 

[kreiste 1,426]

@InoOnew88 imma start working on your suggestion one by one  bless you for the inputs ❤️ 

as such, the fundoshi is a little hard because there aren't enough parts in the texture that has 'clothing folds' to pull off that fundoshi look; but I think I nailed it (?) I hope lol

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[InoOnew88 214]

23 minutes ago, kreiste said:

@InoOnew88 imma start working on your suggestion one by one  bless you for the inputs ❤️ 

as such, the fundoshi is a little hard because there aren't enough parts in the texture that has 'clothing folds' to pull off that fundoshi look; but I think I nailed it (?) I hope lol

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Whoaaa it looks sooo much better now! Love it sooo much!

Yesss You nailed the shape and the folds part Kreis! I'm so glad i could be of help. Thank you so much Kreis i really appreciate it.

[SavrenX 10,319]

That's a good daedric imagination. Love it.

[OlathDarthirii 1]

Have been thinking about the Ebony sets, have you thought about removing some of the plates on the set (I was thinking the ones on the thighs and possibly the chest) to give it a lighter look compared to the plate version? Also could the texture of the thong be changed to match the chain mail on the legs? 

All I can think of for the Dragonbone gear is some type of leather armour with the bones/scales layered over the top, you could even take ideas from the leather or hide sets you've already done and add the bones and scales to those, not sure what textures there are for the sets though.

Also, will there a possibility of non-revealing versions of the orcish and daedric sets, similar to how you had thong versions of the light and oblivion mage sets?

Otherwise, these refits are looking great.

[kreiste 1,426]

moving my development to the blog! Leave me your comments there

@OlathDarthirii That's a good idea for the Ebony. I think I might do just that ! And for initial release, I will not let the orcish and daedric to be revealing for the time being. Eventually, I'll go back to add pants/thongs version to other outfits (for both heavy and light) but my focus right now is to release the heavy armor redux then move on to clothes redux, dlc, and guards.