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Armor Variants Expansion by Darkgondul.

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/34100

Description:


Armor Variants Expansion aim to adjust and increase variety of armors on Skyrim, by add new armors custom models to some vanilla and usual armor category trying to be closest to the lore friendly definition. This is not a repleacer models mod, but it add new variants in the same way as the vanilla Skyrim original sets.

All variants are complete of models for both genders and races, enchantments, world locations, level lists so NPCs, crafting and upgrade recipes as the vanilla game.


More in details, for the moment add a new variants, complete and integrated, for:

-Iron (helmet, cuirass, an heavy tower shield and a wooden one in light category for the hide variant).

-Steel (two horned helmets, one simple, two armors with one new Padded variant and a Rounded shield).

-Dwemer (helmet and cuirass).

-Leather (helmet and cuirass).

-Hide (helemet and two cuirasses).

-Elven (one Winged Helmet with the same values of the Gilded one, and one Gilded cuirass).

-Orcish (One Crested Helmet for the moment).

-Studded (One cuirass).

-Ebony (Helmet, cuirass and a tower shield).

-Dragonscale (Closed helmet and cuirass).

-Dragonbone (Helmet and cuirass).

-Daedric (Helmet, cuirass and a tower shield).

Plus it add two new almost endgame sets for alternate the unusual use by common high level hostile NPCs, such as bandits, of the Nordic Carved set and the Glass set; in particular:

-Improved Steel Plate set (one helmet, one cuirass and gauntlets). This set is equiparable/similar to the Ebony set, so it will be craftable and upgradable with the Ebony Smithing perk.

-Improved Scaled set (helmet and cuirass). This set is equiparable/similar to the Glass set, so it will be craftable and upgradable with the Glass Smithing perk.

In addition with the 1.5 release there is a new middle armor rate set, the Nordic Vanguard set, comparable in a level between the regular Scale set and the Elven Gilded set.
It's an alternative for how don't like the forzature of the redundant elven set.

-Nordic Vanguard set (helmet, cuirass and shield). As said before, it could be an alternative for the player who don't like the overuse of the elven set; craftable and upgradable with Elven Smithing perk.
It's uncommon, so don't expect it to see it around the world a part for some sporadic hostile npc.

-Changelogs:



Version 1.0
First release.
Added a CCOR Patch as Optional file (esl flagged).
Added the Add-on for Improved closefaced helmets.
First release.
Added a CCOR Patch as Optional file (esl flagged).
Added the Add-on for Improved closefaced helmets. Keep in mind that will suffer of the same problems found in the reference mod (beards and moustache clipping). It can't be solved since these head parts does not have any specific body partitions.

Version 1.5
Added variant pieces for Hide, Elven, Orcish and Studded sets.
Added Nordic Vanguard set.
Update the patches and the addons for the 1.5 release.
Fixed repetitive level list entries.
Fixed minor meshes problem of the previous release.

Version 2.0
Added variant pieces for Ebony, Dragonscale, Dragonbone and Daedric sets.
Update the patches and the addons for the 2.0 release.

Installation/Uninstallation:

Use the Mod Manager.
For update just overwrite the old files.

Permissions:

-You are not allowed to upload this file to other sites under any circumstances.
-You must get permission from me before you are allowed to modify my files to improve it.
-You are not allowed to convert this file to work on other games under any circumstances.
-You must get permission from me before you are allowed to use any of the assets in this file.
-You are not allowed to use assets from this file in any mods/files that are being sold, for money, on Steam Workshop or other platforms.
-You are not allowed to earn Donation Points for your mods if they use my assets.

Credits:

Niftools community with their NifSkope.

Ousnius and Calientefor BodySlide and Outfit Studio.

StoneSpiralGaming for the Xbox One porting and some test phases.

Bethesda for the game.

To Arctic Scrolls Mods for his showcase