diosoth Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 There are a lot of bikini & bikini armor mods but I haven't found one that specifically mimics the one from Arena's box- which is surprising as that's official canon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandaron Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 and bless the lord, for it is a great bikini. I kinda like it, it's at least trying to be armor and that's certainly commendable, I guess. If I ever get bored I might try my hand at it; it seems like a no-brainer of a mod and it's pretty simple to make something like that relative to other things. It's like one of those memes about having big brain energy; just making a bikini is a normal thing to do, but making a bikini that's also BASICALLY BUILT INTO THE LORE is some next level move, it's just hiding in plain sight AND no one saw it. However, that leads to the next (logical, illogical?) step, which would be the TES Arena box art bikini on the TES Daggerfall box art lich and I don't know if I (or the world) will ever be ready for THAT... (I'm sorry). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandaron Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 (edited) So I have an update. Who thought it would be this early? I sure as heck didn't. I've blocked out what I think represents the Arena bikini armor, for the most part. At closer inspection, the box art looks to maybe have a right shoulder pad or something, maybe it's a leather mantle thing, but from the hand hidden behind the lady, it definitely looks asymmetric from the arm thing on her left side (the closest I could find in reference is called a segmentata, I don't know what else it could be called). I also did some "research" to guess what the back might look like as well as just mimicking the front part a bit; I'm not sure if it'll stay this way, but I'll see when I work on it again. The boots are a complete shot in the dark, I just thought it might work and maybe it does. If I do the boots the way they are I'll have to implement it with one of those high heels mods; another thought is to try some roman/gladiatorial sandals as a flat footed option, but I haven't thought that far yet. Anyway, I wouldn't mind some feedback in terms of the basic shapes compared to the box art or ideas for the obscured parts, if anyone is willing to share. A render of the "armor": The box art: Edited January 11, 2021 by Sandaron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diosoth Posted January 13, 2021 Author Share Posted January 13, 2021 Without another piece of official art with the rest of the bikini visible(which may or may not even exist, though I bet there's a stack of papers sitting in an archive somewhere, forgotten, that has more) I don't think you can really improve on this. Great job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandaron Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 (edited) I'm back with another update.I've got a working model and some rough textures, mostly just to test how it works in engine; the models overwrite the amulet of akatosh, ring of hircine and monk boots which isn't really ideal (and I will 100% change later)... but anyway, there was some slight clipping I noticed in 2 places I'll have to fix up and the textures need heavy adjusting for the most part. I also noticed that on the box art, the thing on her chest is an amulet; so I adjusted the bra to have 2 straps and I still need to properly make the amulet. in-game screenshot: :smile: Edited January 21, 2021 by Sandaron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandaron Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 I'll leave this here ;) https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/106393 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diosoth Posted February 1, 2021 Author Share Posted February 1, 2021 Downloaded, will check out out whenever I get time to play the game again. Thanks for this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raven46382 Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Just because you can't see the other arm doesn't mean it isn't there I think she would have both arms looking the same or I may be wrong about that idk but it is a very 80's style box cover 3 guys and a random hot chick in front, reminds me of an album cover for some rock band. Yeah, anyways is it possible to have both arms the same or is that too much to ask for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandaron Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 When I was throwing around ideas while I was initially blocking it out I went to a tangent of an 80s shoulder pad jacket, but with this gladiator/barbarian bikini vibe. It might be cool to make that (or even just a more symmetrical version), but I honestly don't want to add anything else to it; I want to eventually finish the goals I have with it and move onto something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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