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So, I completely re-designed how the coat worked, separating the fur mantle from the coat, patching the giant gap the mantle was covering in the process and negating the need for a hood by having the mantle act as one.
I also (through some bizarre alchemy) got the gloves working this evening with the one tiny exception that the weight slider doesnt seem to apply to them, despite the fact that it should. I am pondering pursuing this problem but honestly it doesnt look that bad ingame, and in fact is barely noticeable unless you showracemenu and change your weight. I am not sure if its worth troubleshooting since most folks play at a mid-level weight or max weight from what I can tell and the gloves are always at the _1 weight mesh *shrugs*
I am working mainly on crafting unique enchantments for the different pieces at the moment. the coat will retain the original archmage robes enchantment. the boots will be an upgrade to the existing archmage boots and provide 30% resistance to all 3 elements, and the gloves are a WIP...
I originally wanted them to boost wards, so wards either cost less or blocked more damage or absorbed more magicka, but I am having trouble pinning down what exactly the two ward modifier values actually DO...makes me miss the simpler days of morrowind tbh.
anyways, i would love feedback but please dont ask for more coats, I have no plans to do them and so the answer is immediately no. I just wanted to make the archmage coat less of a leather poncho and more splendid and unique.
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I havent posted anything in days because i found out that somewhere along the line the surface of the mesh was damaged and wouldnt respond properly in shadows (i discovered it by accident, i had only been testing it in full daylight)
so, for the 3rd time I started from scratch and I just nixed the whole armband entirely. I may tackle it again but I am satisfied with the results using the original upper arm wrap section of the archmage robes.
if youre curious, the armbands refused to weight properly after the 2nd rebuild from scratch, I tried importing them from an earlier attempt that did work but damned if that didnt work either.
On a positive note, I am in the process of redesigning elven and glass armors. I have a few concepts and the aesthetic goal is armored robes/coats. I started a new character for Dragonborn (also cuz I was bored) and after playing a pure mage, I found myself disgusted at my reliance on mods to make mage armor and destruction magic viable. So my altmer is more a spellsword, and while I will probably stick in a light armor version of the archmage robes, I want to include elven and glass in my coat design project.
anyways, i doubt anyone reads my nonsensical rambling updates so im signing off ~_^