thanks for all the support & constructive comments.
firstly, the metal glossiness and specularity depend on the ENB setting and can vary a lot, I am balancing the armor based on Real Vision (performance setting), which I believe many people use based on it's popularity? I might switch and test other ENB if my computer can run it smoothly....... all the screenshots were un-edited .jpg except the title which I overlay a pattern and the name on it.
secondly, I must say... there are always conflicts between realism and fantasy, but eventually it all comes down to personal taste, taking the previous Chevaleresse Armor as example, if you think from realism... wearing a red skirt to battle you will die and die very quickly... but if you come to imagine the story of elegant knights (Chevalier & Chevaleresse) battling for justice & protecting their faith, isn't it beautiful? That's why it was called Faith Steel ^_^, personally, I like my armors and mods to have some kind of back-story, it might not be Skyrim friendly but I am not a loremaster and prefer not to limit and bound my imagination to "realism" and "lore-friendly", in my opinion the game could use more diversity, skimpy armor, unrealistic armor, warrior in heels and dress... they are all diversities which make Skyrim so interesting.
so... lastly, about the textures being too new and not enough wear and tear... I designed the armor thinking about Regal's executioners / personal guard / fanatical loyalist of the Royal & King, they are not foot soldiers and infantry who fight in mud pits..... the ornament and emboss on their armor indicate their ranks, their armor get constantly polished and cleaned by servants to match their status, this is why I did not add the wear and tear like the Chevaleresse V2 textures, it was designed to be shiny, because I don't think the royal family would appreciate personal guard covered in dirty and broken armor ^_^
but... I think a battleworn texture version could be done out of interest's sake
thanks! sorry for my late response because I needed a good friend of mine to help me correct my "English" into something understandable...
I started learning Blender and NifSkope and if I get to making armours, I have the same opinion as you. We can have unrealistic armour, skirts, heels, etc, because this is a video game. There is no need for "realism" and nobody needs to download a mod if they do not like it. I like your your artistic style and vision, and hope you keep it up!
I completely agree with you. And then some. If you take good care of your armor, even if you're a foot soldier in the mud, it'll take good care of you.
There are tons of skimpy, ultra skimpy and bikini armors mods out there. Nexus is literally flooded with those, you just have to search under the armor category and you'll find your happiness.
This one belongs exactly to the type that's missing here.
yurica. this is a beautiful armor. I hope you made armor like this in the future, this armor made female character looks noble and though, not looks like a cheap whore.. I'm annoyed with half naked/bikini armor flooded this site (i know, it's not my business. everyone has their own taste) but you have a great taste yurica!
As this mod is a year old, I doubt anyone will be fixing this anytime soon. However, I'd like to point out kind of a glaring problem with this otherwise beautiful mod.
If you wanted to wear the boots by themselves, they unfortunately allow parts of the leg mesh to show through the armor. When you equip the chest peice, it seems to "fill" the gaps in some way. I love this mod but I can't stand the skirt and wanted to use a different chest piece and now have to wear something else under the greaves that will "plug" up the holes as it were.
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thanks for all the support & constructive comments.
firstly, the metal glossiness and specularity depend on the ENB setting and can vary a lot, I am balancing the armor based on Real Vision (performance setting), which I believe many people use based on it's popularity? I might switch and test other ENB if my computer can run it smoothly....... all the screenshots were un-edited .jpg except the title which I overlay a pattern and the name on it.
secondly, I must say... there are always conflicts between realism and fantasy, but eventually it all comes down to personal taste, taking the previous Chevaleresse Armor as example, if you think from realism... wearing a red skirt to battle you will die and die very quickly... but if you come to imagine the story of elegant knights (Chevalier & Chevaleresse) battling for justice & protecting their faith, isn't it beautiful? That's why it was called Faith Steel ^_^, personally, I like my armors and mods to have some kind of back-story, it might not be Skyrim friendly but I am not a loremaster
so... lastly, about the textures being too new and not enough wear and tear...
I designed the armor thinking about Regal's executioners / personal guard / fanatical loyalist of the Royal & King, they are not foot soldiers and infantry who fight in mud pits..... the ornament and emboss on their armor indicate their ranks, their armor get constantly polished and cleaned by servants to match their status, this is why I did not add the wear and tear like the Chevaleresse V2 textures, it was designed to be shiny, because I don't think the royal family would appreciate personal guard covered in dirty and broken armor ^_^
but... I think a battleworn texture version could be done out of interest's sake
thanks! sorry for my late response because I needed a good friend of mine to help me correct my "English" into something understandable...
thanks & hope to see your first mod soon!
There are tons of skimpy, ultra skimpy and bikini armors mods out there. Nexus is literally flooded with those, you just have to search under the armor category and you'll find your happiness.
This one belongs exactly to the type that's missing here.
If you wanted to wear the boots by themselves, they unfortunately allow parts of the leg mesh to show through the armor. When you equip the chest peice, it seems to "fill" the gaps in some way. I love this mod but I can't stand the skirt and wanted to use a different chest piece and now have to wear something else under the greaves that will "plug" up the holes as it were.