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This mod adds a new, non replacer set of armor to the game; the Gemini Armor from the Saint Seiya universe.
After installing the mod, the next time the game is loaded and the player gets to an exterior cell you'll receive a quest-like notification and the Armor will be added to the player's inventory.

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You will receive 5 items: 

- Gemini Gold Armor 
- Gemini Gold Helmet
- Gemini Cape 
- Gemini Facemask 
- Gemini Pandora Box


I got the original armor model from Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2720052 uploaded by Ero_SS in 2017, so big shout out to him.
I believe it's a rip from the Saint Seiya Soldier's Soul game, and there are some details missing (some of the decorative stylish forms and lines on the armor and helmet surfaces) which were probably added into that game via a normal map we don't have.
Other than that, I worked the model to make it a wearable armor for Oblivion and made new UV's. Included normals are just empty with no details, just for the texture to show up, except in the case of the Pandora Box, which has a proper normal.


The Armor itself includes the full suit but the helmet and takes the Upperbody, Lowerbody, Hand and Foot spaces. Armor rating is of 70.
The Helmet has an armor rating of 30. They are not enchanted.
The Cape is a custom made using MOO's capes and cloaks as stencil, so kudos to him. Uses the Tail space.
The Facemask was only added for fun. Unfortunately, I had to set it to use the Head space, since the mask is the same from the manga/anime, it wouldn't fit Oblivion faces and there would always be some clipping unless the facemask is heavily shaped thus losing the original resemblance. So whenever you choose to wear the mask, your head (mostly neck, since your face and head will be covered by the mask and the helmet) will be invisible. Think of it as if you became the Gemini Ghost from the anime.
The Pandora Box is just for decoration, altough I used MOO's backpack stencil to make it so you can wear it in the back. You can't put anything in it, and it's just a box with a normal map applied to it, since it would be too polygon heavy to put the actual details in the model.

The Armor, Helmet and Pandora Box are very shiny and resemble reflections very well using the EnvMap2 NiMaterialProperty with dark specular and emissive colors and the NiTexturingProperty set to Apply_Hilight technique achieved following this tutorial: https://wiki.nexusmods.com/index.php/Reflective_metal so thanks to Vagabond Angel and Jerros for it and credit goes to them.

Installation:
Use Vortex or download manually and extract inside your Oblivion Data folder. Click Yes if asked to merge. Activate the mod in your mod launcher.

Bugs and compatibility:
No bugs that I'm aware of, and should be compatible with anything.

Wish list:
A bigger mod, in which you get teleported to a new cell with the 12 Gold Saint Temples and you fight each Gold Saint until you claim 1 armor of your chosing, among the 12 zodiac signs.