Dark Equipment Pack - Modder's Resource 1.5 Readme

This is a modder's resource pack of various customized HGEC clothing pieces I originally created for personal use.

Details
I have a lot of clothing/armor mods downloaded. With all these choices, you'd think I'd have everything I'd need to mix and match and put together an ideal costume.
However, I recently grew frustrated as it seemed like every time I found two things I liked that looked like they would go together, something was always off that prevented them from matching.
Either the color was off, or the shape wasn't exactly what I wanted it to be, or there was some kind of accessory attached to the side that got in the way.
I put my foot down and decided that "enought" was "enought".

I ended up creating a bunch of clothing pieces that could be versatile enough to fit together with multiple different combinations of clothes and situations.
Originally I created this collection solely for personal use, but eventually I ended up putting enough time and effort into some of these pieces that I think this collection has become worth releasing.
Some of the pieces are really basic recolors of objects taken from other mods, while others required a bit more effort to create. They are all only for female characters.

The meshes and textures folders are titled "Dark Vampire", because the color scheme of everything in this pack is dark, and the clothing pieces were meant to be used with my character, who is a vampire.

Below is information on the pieces included in this pack:
Boots 1: Just a slightly recolored boot from WAC to more closely match the tones in this equipment pack. Comes in brown or black.

Boots 2: A pair of boots separated from one of the skimpy Shrouded Armor alternatives offered in Vanilla Gear Redux. Comes in brown or black.

Boots 3: A basic recolor of the light armor shoes from HGEC Dark Illusion Armor. The normal maps have been toned down so that the armor is not reflective. Comes in brown or black.
Also comes with a variation with and without the ankle wings.

Bottom Adventurer: Bottoms created using Mid Lander For HGEC And Roberts Male Female as a base. Pants texture came from Saiyan Ranger Armor HGEC turned black.
Belt texture came from Blackmarsh Witch for HGEC_UFF. Thigh belts and knife taken from Saiyan Ranger Armor HGEC.
Thigh belts retextured with a combo of recolored belt texture from Blackmarsh Witch for HGEC_UFF and boot texture from Captain Molly For HGEC.
Boots retextured using a blend of the original texture and a texture from SPB Boots Set colored brown. The soles of the boots were textured black.
*Available in both high waited, low waisted, with belt, and without belt variants. High waisted pants created from a retexture of Vanilla Gear Redux's mithril greaves leggings.

Bottom Long Boot & Short Boot: These are the parts of this pack I am most proud of. Bottom long boot used Captain Molly For HGEC as a base and bottom short boot used Saiyan Ranger Armor HGEC as a base.
The boots from both of these packs had stiletto heels that were way too extreme and limited what kind of costumes the boots could be used with.
I removed the feet from the boots and replaced them with two variations: Flat and Heel.

The Flat variant replaces the original stiletto feet with feet taken from Boots 1.
Elements of the boots texture was blended with elements of Boots 1's foot texture to connect the foot to the rest of the boot.
The Heel variant replaces the original stiletto feet with feet taken from Bottom Adventurer. The foot texture (taken from SPB Boots Set) and boot textures were blended for a seamless transition.
I'm very pleased with how the feet on both variants turned out looking, considering that they were not originally intended to be connected to these boots.

On both sets of bottoms: Pants texture came from Saiyan Ranger Armor HGEC turned black, and crotch stitching came from Mid Lander For HGEC And Roberts Male Female.
Thigh belts and knife exactly the same as Bottom Adventurer. The straps on the boots were replaced with a recolored belt texture from Blackmarsh Witch for HGEC_UFF.
Bottom Long Boot's belt comes from Captain Molly For HGEC and the belt buckles had their textures remapped to look more "grungy" or "dirty".
Bottom Short Boot's belt comes from Saiyan Ranger Armor HGEC. The belt texture was replaced with a recolored belt texture from Blackmarsh Witch for HGEC_UFF.
*Both Long Boot and Short Boot come in high waisted, low waisted, flat and heel variants. All but Bottom Short Boot Low Waist have belt-less variations.

Cuirass 1 and 2: A black and brown retexture of the upper half of the vanilla Shrouded Armor set, cut in half for use as a top. Nothing wild. Plain, scarf, and cape variants are available.
Scarf taken from Scarves 1-1 and retuxured using darkened red cape texture from Travelling Equipment - Cloaks and Backpacks. Cape taken from Travelling Equipment - Cloaks and Backpacks colored darker red.
Cuirass 2 is the same thing, but the brown stripes on the arms have been replaced with black cloth. Gloveless versions of all cuirasses are available.

Cuirass 3: A retextured Kvatch female guard cuirass from Vanilla Gear Redux. The shirt is retextured black with a red stripe.
The window on the back that showed exposed skin has been covered with black cloth. Plain, scarf, and cape variants are available. Uses the same cape and scarf from Cuirass 1 and 2.

Cape and Scarf: The cape and scarf from the cuirasses separated off into their own .nif files.

Greaves 1 and 2: WAC pants colored darker black. The original texture was so blurry that I had to upscale it. There is a version with and without the thigh dagger.
WAC pants colored darker black. The original texture was so blurry I had to upscale it. There is a version with and without the thigh dagger.

Gauntlets 1 - 3: Custom gloves created by attaching the hands from Vanilla Gear Redux's Shrouded armor onto the wrists of Leather Gauntlets (Gauntlets 1), the wrists of the Pit Gauntlets (Gauntlets 2),
and the wrists of fingerless WAC gloves (Gauntlets 3). Uses the same textures as Boots 2 and comes in black or brown.

Requirements:
HG EyeCandy Body - All clothing in this mod is meant for this body type.

Installation:
Well this is meant to be a modder's resource. Do what you want with it. But if you want to install the files to their default locations:
Download my mod, unzip the file, and Drop the folder titled "data" in your Oblivion directory.

Special Thanks:
To all the below mods for providing me with assets:
Vanilla Gear Redux (https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/45241)- ElAlquimista (https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/users/2125204)
HGEC Dark Illusion Armor (https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/26201) - blacklegion (https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/users/528681)
Mid Lander For HGEC And Roberts Male Female - Korana
Blackmarsh Witch for HGEC_UFF (https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/26423)- Korana(https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/users/29882)
Captain Molly For HGEC (https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/28765) - Korana(https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/users/29882)
Saiyan Ranger Armor HGEC (https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/23678) - nagothm (https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/users/65173)
SPB Boots Set(https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/23446) - A TYPE2(https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/users/709188)
Scarves 1-1(https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/17516) - KrimsynKane (https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/users/283929?tab=about+me)
Travelling Equipment - Cloaks and Backpacks(https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/50205) - PushTheWinButton (https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/users/13822205?tab=user+files)
"WAC: Waalx Animals & Creatures" - Waalx