bellanca6561n wrote: »

But...an apex level for a COSTUME?! Really....

Not the first time this has occurred:

https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Garb_of_Grinning_Horrors
https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Celestial_Robes
https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Stillrise_Ritecaller
https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Ragebound_Harness
https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Dwemerdelve_Scavenger
https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Necrom_Evening_Attire
https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Windcaller_Garb

Have you notice that the open back of the costume shows your bra? It's kinda translucent, but you can still see it. Very disappointing. @bellanca6561n what dye are you using?

I like it, but I don't really have anyone in mind for it, and I'm not sure I will pay that price for it (in seals). If I had the "perfect girl".... but I don't....

This dress is so awkward looking IMO, the puff sleeves in particular. I typically find the 400 gem costumes really nice, especially the celestial robes, the Necrom dress, and the robes that Valessea wears.

SilverBride wrote: »

I really hate outfits that are wide open at the chest. I feel like they make my character look cheap.

"Every girl has her price. Mine is five gems."

Hamfast wrote: »

What white did you dye that with?

Not my character, but I can tell you with 100% certainty that that is Marble White.

Top is nice, but as with all skirts and dresses the bottom is too stiff to look good.

bellanca6561n wrote: »

But...an apex level for a COSTUME?! Really....

It's because Isobel can wear it

NotaDaedraWorshipper wrote: »

In just that picture we can see a line across around where the hips are, there is some weird blackness right at the edge at the breasts, and as Enemy-of-Coldharbour mentioned so is the braband kinda visible at the back.

Lines on the arms just under the elbows too.

Jaraal wrote: »

Hamfast wrote: »

What white did you dye that with?

Not my character, but I can tell you with 100% certainty that that is Marble White.

Julianous white in this case...well...the case of the initial screenshot.

But no dye is consistent in ESO. Or even close in many cases. The whole dye system was added later and required what is generally a huge no-no: reordering the palette. Assigning a color palette is among the first things you do when developing a game. But I'm glad they added dyes despite their many glitches.

Cloth and hair are modeled very 20th-century and little improved over the old-tech deformable mesh system. But they do surprisingly well with that old tech. I can't fault them for it. They didn't create the engine.

Lots of venerable stuff in ESO such as the core design of Cyrodiil which dates back to 1987. 😟 But I digress. The game itself is now venerable and I still like fashion in this game. Heck, it's kept me around, on and off, since they presented the beta testers with that demented monkey back in '84 😌

Yeah if Julianos is that shiny on that costume, then Marble White would be blinding. Some "fabrics" are flat and don't reflect (shine), while others can be like slick silk and extremely reflective. And then if you combine that with a naturally shiny dye, like Contraband Violet, then you can get some really wild looks, and colors that shift like Mystic paint does on cars.

Since you're a PvPer, I'm curious why you don't try Legate's Black instead of the Coldharbour Ash Black? It's the best black, in my opinion. Quite better than the Void Pitch Black, which hides details because it's so darn dark.

I didn't like any of previous Apex-tier costumes. But this one is really good, and can be used on male characters without looking funny Sadly, there are some visual glitches (seams on multiple places)...

This costume has difficult dye channels, even though they take dyes rather well (but not perfectly). White colors don't look good on this fabric, in my opinion.

Dye channels:

Coldharbour Ash Black:
Julianos White:

Scintillating Red (shiny color):

Stalhrim Chrome (shiny color):

Bloodroot Wine (shiny color):

Welkynd Blue:

I must use unexpected color combinations on this costume to make it look interesting, and it's impossible to just dye it once and use with any skin - I visit the outfit station if I change skin

My favorite color combo works only when combines with certain skins:





I took screenshot of someone's character wearing the costume, looked cool:



Wild combo of red, black, purple and blonde:



Green/red combo which I like on this dress:

Golden and black combo with matching skin:

Blackreach Blue and black combo with bright blue skin:

My character who looks good in default version, thanks to her matching lipstick color:

Purple and red version for when she is vampire:

Pure white version when trying to match a skin:

Brown and blue combo for normal skin:

Pure black with matching skin on female Argonian:

Male Bosmer with perfectly matching body art:

When body art just doesn't match

Male Argonian:

Male Khajiit:

@Fischblut - great post! I think you just convinced me to buy it on a couple of accounts!

Technicaly you can say that visible invisible bra just holding back together like a little belt to keep it from falling open and the dress from falling off. I know, there's a collar holding whole thing in place, but it's still workable.
But sometimes it just mess with plain back on some characters.
Anyway, it would probably look better without the bottom part and just leave the cut out parts or if the bottom part was all the way to the ground, but I already wrote that.

Fischblut wrote: »

I didn't like any of previous Apex-tier costumes. But this one is really good, and can be used on male characters without looking funny Sadly, there are some visual glitches (seams on multiple places)...

This costume has difficult dye channels, even though they take dyes rather well (but not perfectly). White colors don't look good on this fabric, in my opinion.

Dye channels:

Coldharbour Ash Black:

Julianos White:

Scintillating Red (shiny color):

Stalhrim Chrome (shiny color):

Bloodroot Wine (shiny color):

Welkynd Blue:

I must use unexpected color combinations on this costume to make it look interesting, and it's impossible to just dye it once and use with any skin - I visit the outfit station if I change skin

My favorite color combo works only when combines with certain skins:

I took screenshot of someone's character wearing the costume, looked cool:



Wild combo of red, black, purple and blonde:



Green/red combo which I like on this dress:

Golden and black combo with matching skin:

Blackreach Blue and black combo with bright blue skin:

My character who looks good in default version, thanks to her matching lipstick color:

Purple and red version for when she is vampire:

Pure white version when trying to match a skin:

Brown and blue combo for normal skin:

Pure black with matching skin on female Argonian:

Male Bosmer with perfectly matching body art:

When body art just doesn't match

Male Argonian:

Male Khajiit:

So, this apex tier costume with several texture errors also got the problem it can't have major parts of it dyed? We can dye some useless piece on the sleeves/shoulders, but we can't dye the head piece, neck decoration, or any of the of the decorations on the bracelets and sandals