Blade & Soul - Strange Allure (Gon Outfit) Mod

Some time back, a viewer suggested the Strange Allure outfit for mod. Since he/she did not specify which race it should be done on, I decided to mod the Gon version, base on the rotation. It probably does not matter since the outfit looks exactly the same for all three races.

Contrary to the martial arts theme of Blade & Soul, the Strange Allure outfit has a very modern look which does not offer the slightest link to martial arts, combat or ancient world. In fact, it looks more like a normal street wear in our modern world. Is this why it has the word 'strange' in its name?  😅  There are also several other outfits that falls under this same category, such as the school uniforms, swim suits and sailor outfits. I guess they are included to appeal to players who prefer both ancient martial arts world and trendy costumes, like a modern time traveler who visits the ancient world. 😆

Due to its modern look, the Strange Allure cannot easily align with the base story line and thus it can only be bought from the online Hongmoon Store instead of being a quest reward item. The outfit also has a matching sports visor to go with it.

The design of the Strange Allure is a short pinky blouse with long sleeves and a pair of dark grey stockings. The more prominent part is the opening, on the chest, that reveals the top part of the cleavage. Hmm... this opening on the chest kind of reminds me of the DC super hero, Power Girl, although her costume is mostly white. But did the design concept come from her? 😆

Front View - Original Outfit

The blouse looks slightly silky and has several strings hanging around the torso, like headphone cords.

Front Close-up View - Original Outfit

We can also see some wordings tattooed on the outer side of the right thigh.

Rear View - Original Outfit

Rear Close-up View - Original Outfit

A piece of brown colored cloth lays under the pink blouse at the butt area, maybe to cover the pink-white stripes panties, which would otherwise be visible. Hey! I did not peek... It can be seen in the image below even when the character is standing still. 😇

Right Side View - Original Outfit

See? The Gon idle animation slightly tilts the hips, revealing the panties. 😅

Right Side Close-up View - Original Outfit

We can see the tattoo clearer in this image above.

Left Side Close-up View - Original Outfit

By now, some viewers might have catches on to something about the images above. That they seem to be in-game screen captures but not exactly it.

Well... That's because I do not have the Strange Allure outfit and thus, I chose to capture the images using yet another innovative feature of the game. Instead of using the simple Wardrobe (a.k.a. Showroom) like I used to, I had used the Tailor Shop function within the Wardrobe.

The Tailor Shop, as the name implies, enable players to tailor their outfits by changing patterns, colors and texture. However, not all outfits can be tailored and Strange Allure is one of them. Fortunately, the Tailor Shop still allows the character to be fitted with the outfit, even though it cannot be tailored. 😃

Even better, than the Showroom, is that the Tailor Shop also captures the background scenery and allows your character to do 3 poses while you happily tailor the outfit. So here we have the nice scenery which is not exactly real time. I guess that is why there is something off in the images.

For the mod, I had wanted to repaint some parts of the torso (including a little underboob) to skin. Unfortunately, there is some restrictions to the torso which made it impossible to recolor the area to skin texture. To overcome this, I created a layer of netting over the supposed area. As usual, I also repainted the stockings to skin color.

Front View - Original Outfit

Notice that the front-side torso area is slightly darker and duller when compared to the skin at the thighs.

Front Close-up View - Modified Outfit

Hmm... The layer of netting is still not very obvious in the close-up image, which was captured with the maximum zoom in the Tailor Shop.  😥
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Rear View - Modified Outfit

No. I did not remove that brown cloth covering the panties. 😆

Rear Close-up View - Modified Outfit

So, does the Strange Allure looks even stranger now? 😆

Left Side View - Modified Outfit

Left Side Close-up View - Modified Outfit

The layer of netting is still not clear enough in the side image. I guess you will need to see the video in full size to be able to see the netting. 😥

Since I do not have the outfit, I can only create a short video showing the various poses and animations in the Tailor Shop. Hope that will provide a good enough overall view of the modified outfit.