Thursday, May 7, 2015

Custom Armor Set #5: Capture Loadout

Although this isn't a themed custom set, I find it to be very useful for farming monsters via capture. This is how the set looks:



This set's skills are as follows:

- Capture God
- Heat Cancel
- Trap Master
- Marathon Runner
- Capture Guru

It is a somewhat difficult set to make, given that you need arena coins and an specific talisman to make it, but it's otherwise fairly straightforward. Below is a list of the equipment, materials, and zenny cost of the set, as well as its base defense:

Equipment:
- A weapon w/2 decoration slots (3 if your talisman only has two)
- Skull Visage
- Plesioth Mail Z
- Black Belt Vambraces
- Chrome Metal Coil
- Chrome Metal Boots
- A talisman with SpeedSetup +4 or greater, as well as 2-3 decoration slots.
- Perception Jewel 1 x5

Cost: 50800z

Materials:
- Firecell Stone x3
- Dragonbone Relic x5
- Unknown Skull x5
- Mystery Bone x10
- Fine G. Plesioth Fin x3
- Crushing Fang x4
- Monster Essence x2
- Rajang Blackfur x2
- Ace Hunter Coin x3
- Flying Coin x3
- Brute Coin x3
- Monster Hardbone x12
- Novacrystal x2

This set is made with G-Rank materials, so make sure you're at least G1 and have completed the quest "Chumming the Waters" before attempting to make this set. As always, feel free to comment with your thoughts on the armor set, ideas for future armor sets, or just to say hi!

Friday, April 24, 2015

Custom Armor Set #4: Darth Vader

I finally accomplished recreating the look of the Dark Lord of the Sith himself, Darth Vader. As usual, the original image and my recreation of it are included below:



This armor is composed of high-rank pieces, so make sure you're at least HR 4 in the Gathering Hall before attempting to create this set. The armor's cost, pieces, slots, materials, and base defense and skills are listed below:

Equipment:
Gravios Cap U (w/Black Pigment)
Fan Club Jacket (w/Black Pigment)
Nerscylla Braces S (w/Black Pigment)
Gore Faulds S (w/Black Pigment)
Black Leather Chaps (w/Black Pigment)

Materials:
B. Gravios Carapace x 5
B. Gravios Scalp x 1
Wyvern Gem x 1
Rare Scarab x 3
Fan Club Invite x 6
Remobra Hide x 9
Striped Skin x 3
Bronze Guild Ticket x 1
Nerscylla Sharpclaw x 4
Nerscylla Carapace x 2
Stoutbone x 1
Konchu Carapace x 3
Gore Magala Wing+ x 2
Gore Magala Carapace x 5
Gore Magala Plate x 1
Gore Magala Tail x 1

Cost: 41900z

Base Defense: 159
Armor Slots: 4

Base Skills: 
Adrenaline +1
Divine Blessing

Feel free to comment with your thoughts on the armor set, ideas for future armor sets, or just to say hi!

Thursday, April 23, 2015

Custom Armor Set #3: Ezio Auditore da Firenze

From a vigilante to a far-away galaxy, and now to Renaissance Italy. My third custom armor set recreates the look of Ezio Auditore da Firenze from Assassin's Creed II. The original outfit is displayed below, followed by my recreation of it:



Unlike my previous two armor sets, this set can actually be made using low-rank materials. I will provide the details to create the low-rank version of this set, but you can sub in high-rank pieces as you see fit. These are the armor specs:
Equipment:
Khezu Helm
Battle Mail (w/White Pigment)
Khezu Vambraces
Khezu Tassets
Velociprey Greaves

Materials:
Pale Bone x 2
Flabby Hide x 6
Earth Crystal x 7
Monster Fluid x 2
Iron Ore x 18
Thunderbug x 1
Rubbery Hide x 1
Remobra Hide x 2
Warm Pelt x 2
Genprey Scale x 5
Velociprey Hide x 2
Velociprey Scale x 3
Monster Bone S x 4

Cost: 11000z

Base Defense: 84
Armor Slots: 5

Base Skills: None

Feel free to comment with your thoughts on the armor set, ideas for future armor sets, or just to say hi!


Custom Armor Set #2: Starkiller

For my second custom armor set, I decided to take things to a galaxy far, far away. Starkiller was Darth Vader's Secret Apprentice in the video game Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. The armor I recreated is Starkiller's Sith Stalker armor, which is an endgame costume that looks like this:


My recreation of this armor set looks like this:


This armor is composed of high-rank pieces, so make sure you're at least HR 4 in the Gathering Hall before attempting to create this set. The armor's cost, pieces, slots, materials, and base defense and skills are listed below:

Equipment:
Artian Helm S (w/Black Pigment)
Derring Mail S (w/Black Pigment)
Chakra Bracelet
Gore Faulds S (w/Black Pigment)
Black Leather Chaps (w/Black Pigment)

Materials:
Ancient Fragment x 6
Yoldspar Ore x 2
Rusted Fragment x 4
Novacrystal x 5
Carbalite Ore x 3
Heavenly Crystal x 2
High-Quality Pelt x 1
Velociprey Hide+ x 2
Iron Ore x 8
Gore Magala Wing+ x 2
Gore Magala Carapace x 5
Gore Magala Plate x 1
Gore Magala Tail x 1
Fan Club Invite x 3
Remobra Hide x 6

Cost: 35000z

Base Defense: 154
Armor Slots: 6

Base Skills: 
Adrenaline +1

Feel free to comment with your thoughts on the armor set, ideas for future armor sets, or just to say hi!


Custom Armor Set #1: DC's Nightwing

To start things off, I thought I'd show you the first armor set I've made that resembles a character from another franchise. Nightwing (whose real name is Dick Grayson) was the first of four different characters to portray Robin in the Batman comics. He eventually developed his own vigilante persona as Nightwing, utilizing dual nunchuks that could link together to form a staff. I've recreated his armor set to the best of my ability using armor pieces in Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate. The result is displayed below:



This armor is composed of high-rank pieces, so make sure you're at least HR 4 in the Gathering Hall before attempting to create this set. The armor's cost, pieces, slots, materials, and base defense and skills are listed below:

Cost: 37000z

Armor Pieces:
Chakra Earring
Chakra Necklace (w/Blue Pigment)
Nerscylla Braces S
Chakra Waistlet
Black Leather Chaps (w/Black Pigment)

Materials:
Carbalite Ore x 9
Novacrystal x 6
Nerscylla Sharpclaw x 4
Nerscylla Carapace x 2
Stoutbone x 1
Konchu Carapace x 3
Fan Club Invite x 3
Remobra Hide x 6

Base Defense: 117
Armor Slots: 10

Base Skills:
Adrenaline +1

To create the head design, use the Hairstyle Type 27 and Facial Feature Type 6, both colored black. 

Feel free to comment with your thoughts on the armor set, ideas for future armor sets, or just to say hi!




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