Blade & Soul - Seductress/Temptress/Enchanting Seductress (Gon Outfit) Mod

After filling a string of requests for Jin and Yun outfit mods, finally one viewer asked for Gon. Since I have been mod-ding Yun and Jin outfits for the last few posts, I guess I should show some Gon love in this week's post.  😅

But comparing the number of requests for the three races, Gon significantly has less. Does this translates to the lower number of players having a Gon character? Or maybe because Gon always get the hottest outfits out of the three races? Well... I cannot be sure of that but I had occasionally seen players complaining about their Gon female characters having strange standing pose, causing them to look slightly deformed. Having played characters from each race, I do agree with their opinions. 😅 But then again, the virtual world of Blade & Soul is not of our human world, so certain level of ambiguity should be allowed, like the Lyn race.

Moreover, the designers of the game tried to give each race their own characteristics. While the Jin mimics the human race (except for their exaggerated hip size 😂 ), the Gon is given powerful features to engage players who likes their avatars to be strong and wild, and the Yun to attract players who likes their avatars to be more feminine and elegant. Unfortunately, the creators might have taken those unique qualities and applied them into the standing pose to a level that the characters look slightly deformed. 😓

For one, I have not heard of players complaining about their male characters being deformed. Maybe because male characters of each race are not given those exaggerated poses. 😆 Also, I contemplate that as human players, we like the characters to behave and match more closely to a real human, while at the same time achieving what we want in our avatar (i.e. stronger like a Gon or more elegant like a Yun).

So the developer may be better off having those over exaggerated poses corrected to look more human so as not to cause any deformation. After all, I think a normalized pose would be sufficient to convey the unique characteristics of the race, isn't it? 😅

Looks like I have gone off topic so let us turn our focus back to the mod.

In case you have forgotten, I had made a mod for the Enchanting Seductress outfit for Jin race before but I did not include the Seductress or Temptress outfits back then. So in this post, I will focus on the two main sister outfits and leave out the Enchanting series since these outfits look exactly the same on all races. Not to mention that I do not have the enchanting series...  😭

Since you can read all about where and how to get these outfits in the previous post, let us dive straight into the original Temptress and Seductress below. First up, the Temptress outfit.

Front View - Original Temptress Outfit

The main series are full black in color unlike the enchanting series which include stripes or spots. Also, we can see the nettings, that run from under the arm to the ankle, on the sides.

Front Close-up View - Original Temptress Outfit

The difference between the Seductress and Temptress is the arm guard and the leg straps.

Rear View - Original Temptress Outfit

Right Side Close-up View - Original Temptress Outfit

We can see the arm guard on the right arm for the Temptress.

Left Side Close-up View - Original Temptress Outfit

Let us now check out the original Seductress outfit below.

Hmm... Does that standing pose looks a little awkward?  😅

Front View - Original Seductress Outfit

Comparing to the Temptress, the Seductress outfit has two straps on the upper left thigh and tiny spikes below them.

Front Close-up View - Original Seductress Outfit

Rear View - Original Seductress Outfit

Also, the arm guard on the right arm is not present in the Seductress outfit.

Side View - Original Seductress Outfit

The reason why I can complete three outfits in such a short time is because the Seductress and Temptress outfits actually sit in the same texture files. So I actually mod-ed the Seductress and Temptress at one go. After finishing, I can simply duplicate it to the Enchanting Seductress since they have similar 3D models.

For the mods, I tried to apply the same concept from the Jin Enchanting Seductress. That is to turn the full body outfit into a swim suit style. 😅 However, not everything can be done the same because the Jin and Gon 3D models have some differences.

For the Gon model, the tummy area is significantly 'floating' above the skin layer and thus, I cannot re-paint that area into skin color like I did for the Jin. 😓

Let's take a look at the Seductress mod below.

Front View - Modified Seductress Outfit

The mod looks very similar to the Jin mod except for the tummy area, which is still covered due to the constraint that I mentioned earlier.

Front Close-up View - Modified Seductress Outfit

Rear Close-up View - Modified Seductress Outfit

Right Side View - Modified Seductress Outfit

Now, we can have the great view of the hip and leggy legs just like in the Jin mod 😍 .

Left Side Close-up View - Modified Seductress Outfit

If you had used the Jin mod, you would also notice that there is no tan lines on the Gon mod.  😆

Let's now compare to the modified Temptress below.

Front View - Modified Temptress Outfit

Looks similar to the Seductress but no leg straps.

Front Close-up View - Modified Temptress Outfit

The arm guard is still up on the right arm though.

Rear Close-up View - Modified Temptress Outfit

Left Side Close-up View - Modified Temptress Outfit

Right Side Close-up View - Modified Temptress Outfit

Eagle- eyed viewers may be able to notice the tiny spots, that float in front of the lower left leg, on the Seductress. That is an issue that I cannot figure out as of now, except knowing that they are artefacts left behind by the tiny spikes that I had removed. 😰

Well, with that we reach the end of this post. Catch the video below and keep an eye out for the next post.