New armor edit idea?

[Pawper]

Alright, I'm one of the few who love to look at a good body. Call me a perv if you want, but I find the male body attractive. You could call me gay as well, that wouldn't be a lie. But throwing labels around isn't what we're here for; we're here to talk about Oblivion and mods, right?

 

I'm not asking for a nude mod here. You'll also notice-- I have one already. I took the initiative to censor it, however, so nobody gets offended.

 

What I am asking for, is an edit of some existing armor pieces, that would show some skin. I like to see my characters skin, but would like to do so without losing the defense. And some armor just looks cool, too. If you don't like it, don't bother posting your opinion-- this is what I want, and I'm suggesting it.

 

If any mod-makers out there wouldn't mind trying to make these, it would be uber-appreciated. First off, if for some reason the torso mesh/texture must be part of the item for it to work, the vanilla Oblivion textures/meshes don't suit my taste. It would be a lot better to use Robert's Male Fullbody mods. Here are the links:

http://tessource.net/files/file.php?id=8295

http://www.tessource.net/files/file.php?id=8422

 

If you keep getting seams or if the textures keep messing up, I figured out the correct order of installing them so they don't look like crap. You could just try installing those two if you want, but I also installed Slof's nude male groin. Here's the order I used. I also used OBMM.

1) Create + Activate MaleFullbody V37z (first link)

2) Create + Activate MaleFullybodyV3MeshAdd1V11zip (2nd link)

3) Create + Active Slofs Nude Male Groin http://www.tessource.net/files/file.php?id=5948

4) Disable MaleFullybodyV3MeshAdd1V11zip

5) Manually install MaleFullybodyV3MeshAdd1V11zip

 

Yes, I know it's weird, but it worked for me. I'm sure there's an easier way, but I don't know it.

 

Anyway, here's my first idea: An edit of the Cuirass of Resilience (I believe it's actually based on the Steel Cuirass, but I'm not suer). I'm still a pretty low-level character, so I'm sure there's better equipment, but this armor looks really cool, especially with my craptacular Photoshop editing skills. The item ID that I got off of the UESPWiki is 00049520.

 

Here's my edits. This is what the armor should look kinda like when it's done, I guess. Or at least, what I had in mind.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v219/Syk...ScreenShot7.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v219/Syk...ScreenShot9.jpg

 

Some notes: Basically, it's the 'skirt' part, with the arm armor, along with a small piece of the armor that covers the chest and goes around the back of the neck. The big piece of armor that covers the back, part of the chest, and abs is what I want removed. I also moved the skirt part down some, so that the navel shows and it fits on the waist a bit better, though it still doesn't fit quite right. ^^;; If it's possible to make the skirt part a separate item, that would be awesome, but only if it's not in the pants slot (I like to equip Slof's boners as well-- no comments on that, please, it's just a preference). BTW, I'm using the Kehno'Rou race by Shadow_Dragyn (http://www.tessource.net/files/file.php?id=9435) though I don't think it makes a difference. Oh! Please make it so that the skin tone of the part of the torso that shows, actually matches the rest of my body. D: That's a very important part. X3

 

For the stats: It should of course be lighter than the regular armor, and have less defense naturally. For the immersive aspect, I have a speedy fist-fighter who uses heavy armor, and something that that would be optimal anyway. No enchantments are necessary, but if you add an enchantment for immersion purposes, I won't argue. e.g., strength, endurance, agility, speed, whatever floats your boat. =]

 

Thanks for reading! It would be greatly appreciated if someone took this up. If I get another piece of armor that I think would make a good edit, I will post it as well.

[Pawper]

Hey everyone who cares ;)

 

I decided to try and make it myself. I've already hit a wall of problems, but you can keep up with my progress here: http://forum.gamingsource.net/index.php?showtopic=38263

 

I update whenever I come across a new problem, really.