Blade & Soul - Profane Shroud (Jin Outfit) Mod

Following Wolfskin on last week's post, this week we shall see another outfit, Profane Shroud, in the video. This outfit can be obtained by spinning the Wheel of Fate at the Orchard of Souls near Highland Necropolis, and the token, Profane Jianghi's essence, is dropped off the field boss Profane Jiangshi.

 

As a little information on the Jiangshi, it is the undead vampire equivalent in Chinese mythology. These blood suckers mostly appear wearing ancient China Qing dynasty official robe with a yellow talisman, in red letters, pasted on their foreheads. They moved about in the night and hop around on both legs with hand raised perpendicularly to their body.

The talisman is supposed to put them in a dormant state and they will follow the command of the priest who place the talisman on their heads. If the talisman is removed, they will run or rather 'hop' havoc and bite any living human they see.

 

It is believe that these mythical Jiangshi got their appearance and movement from the ancient trade of body transporters in ancient China. In the times when roads do not readily exist between villages and cities, these corpse transporters would tie the hands of the decease on 2 horizontal bamboos or wood, leaving the body vertical. In this way, they can transport multiple corpses at the same time. The two transporters would be shouldering the front and end of the bamboos, with the corpses in between them. Thus, as they went on their way, the corpses in the middle would look as if they are 'jumping' with hand at right angle.

 

In Blade & Soul, the Jiangshi are created just like those in the Chinese mythology and the Profane Jiangshi is the largest and most ferocious of them all. The Profane Jiangshi is a creation of the Tyrian Cultists who are trying to resurrect their fallen leader through the use of incantation and body parts of an infamous necromancer, Nekuro. The end result is a mindless and deadly monster that the cultists have to keep sealed away.

The Profane Jinagshi is normally sealed away in a standing tombstone, guarded by five Tyrian Cult's Barrier Guardians. When these guardians are defeated, they will each drop a core that can be used to release a portion of the seal. When all seals are removed, the Profane Jiangshi breaks free!   😱

Take a look at the Profane Jiangshi below. It has a huge mouth in the middle of its stomach. 😱

Sealed Tombstone

A Barrier Guardian

Profane Jiangshi breaks free!

The Profane Shroud consists of a shroud over the front of a tight fitting suit, monstrous leg guards and red spine that extends into a tail. The adornments that come with this outfit includes a headpiece and a talisman that attaches to the character's forehead. Check out the outfit below without the adornments.

Front View - Original Outfit

Do you agree that leg guards look really scary?    😓

Front Close-up View - Original Outfit

Rear View - Original Outfit

That red spine is a bit creepy and it kind of reminds me of the creepy crawlers from the "Alien" movies...  😱

Side View - Original Outfit

The tight fitting suit is basically the skin layer given a slightly different color and texture. You can tell by how the body shape is clearly distinctive.   😮

Side Close-up View - Original Outfit

For the mod, I take the opportunity of the tight fitting suit, that is basically the skin layer, and repaint it to skin color/texture. So, it mainly becomes a shroud over the naked body. Well.. Just repainting to skin color isn't fun, so I cut the shroud into two small pieces and paint them into talisman, using them as bikini top.  😛

 

The outfit's bottom has a black piece covering the crotch so I extend two 'strings' to make it a bikini bottom.  😅

 

Check out the mod outfit below.

Front View - Modified Outfit

Well... the huge piece of cloth at the front is now reduced to two tiny pieces for the bikini top.  😅  Just giving the two pieces plain color is... hmm... just plain... So, I paint them into yellow talismans.

A Jiangshi outfit is just not complete without talisman, right?  😛

Front Close-up View - Modified Outfit

We can also see the two strings that I painted on to make it looks like a bikini bottom.

Rear View - Modified Outfit

Side View - Modified Outfit

Side Close-up View - Modified Outfit

You may have also notice the two strings dangling below the bikini top. The reason why I did that is because the mesh for the shroud exists only at the front, and if I want to draw strings for the bra, that runs to the back, they need to be painted onto the skin itself. This would cause the strings to be one layer below the bra, which will look weird without a direct connection.

So, I just draw the strings on the existing mesh and makes it looks like they are not tied up at the back... Well... plenty of sunbathers also leave their bra strings untied, right?  😛

To see the Profane Shroud in the video mentioned above, keep a sharp eye at 00:10:28. You may see some differences between the outfit in the video and here because I did a little changes such as adding the 'strings' and enlarging the talisman bra...