Last night I found Greek Armor Revamped. It adds an ancient Greek bronze cuirass in six colors, a bronze bracer in six varieties, six varieties of hoplon shields, six really high crested attic helmets, six really good looking Corinthian helmets, six bronze greaves, a bronze xiphos (greek infantry sword), a linothorax, and even some sandals and even a couple of chitons.

I had been thinking of restarting Persephone in Skyland, but this has me mulling over the idea of playing an Amazon. After all, I played a Roman already, so why not? I just wish there was a mod that added spears with real spear-fighting animations to go with it, since that would be ideal.

Wow, some of those pieces look really neat!

Some of those look Awesome!

Considering that the original Persephone is an ancient Greek goddess it would be interesting to see undead Persephone as an Amazon. Hmmm, worth a look!

It's not quite right for Persephone.

I am still looking at possible new outfits for her. Though it does not look like anything can hold a candle to the Eisen Platte white. I did find a new sword for her, from Drunkzealot's somewhat historically accurate weapons. It's an outstanding reproduction of a flamberge zweihander.

The zweihander does work very well with the plate armor from Zzjay's Wardbrobe. I shot this down before, but that was without this sword. With the zweihander it creates a neat Fantasy German Landsknecht look.

I think a real live Amazon would work better. I am still looking for a weapon. The xiphos and falcata that came with the Greek Armor mod are not that great. I found a Xiphos mod, but I don't like the way the blade looks, and the pommel is kind of weird as well. So I think I will look in some of the weapon packs to see if any have any xiphos or kopis - looking swords.

The Dwarven War Axe might work in a pinch however. Amazons are famous for using battle axes. It is where the labrys comes from, and probably the saying of being "an old battle axe".

I should probably make a new wardrobe topic for these musings!

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Sep 27 2015, 07:54 PM

Whenever I see Eisen platte white I always think, Hey, that’s Persephone’s armor! However that zweihander sword with zzjay’s plate is also a winner. I think she looks modern Skyrim but better, perhaps fitting in more than she stands out. Could that look start a new chapter for Persephone?

I love your real live Amazon. That shield is gorgeous, and the gold of the Dwemer axe works well with the armor color. I haven’t seen any less shiny gold-toned weapons to recommend. Very cool!

No, that doesn't suit Persephone - but that shield is gorgeous!


That plate armor is absolutely Awesome, and the helmet suits Persephone - but I don't feel like the armor does, over all.

Maybe take that Amazon armor and change the color/textures? I still like the plate helm better; because this one obscures her face too much (and the plate one even showed her hair!)

That Dwarven axe reay matches the Amazon outfit well


I always love watching your outfitting decisions! The ability to change clothing was one of the things that made me first fall in love with Oblivion,

Hey, Acadian, have you seen this mod? It made me think of Buffy. I mean, it's got green, flowers, trees, animals, and best of all, waterfalls!

I am looking for a nice tiny woodland home for my new Skyrim character, a Bosmer hunter. Well, not very original, but Halle tried out Hunterborn for me and we both loved it. So I got to thinking about playing a character that lives off the land, and decided a little Bosmer lady would fit the role very well. So I started a new game with her, using the STEP project. No, I haven't yet fixed the LOD texture issues, but the game started just fine with those deactivated, so I know for sure that's the problem. So when I have more time, I'll go back and tinker with the set up. I do want to add Hunterborn, and I'm on the fence about either Campfire or Camping Kit of the Northern Ranger. I love the latter because it's so customizable, and the barrel in the larger tent is perfect for stowing excess weight. But I love the immersion of Campfire, so I'll have to think on it a bit more.

In the meantime I'm browsing through the player homes and abodes mods to see what's out there.

Rider, no, I hadn't seen that one. But as far as I know, all of Elianora's mods are gems. Heh, Buffy's 'house' is Superian's saddlebags, or maybe an inn when she's in a town. Seriously, the mare carries everything Buffy owns and they are well and truly on the road all the time. A bedroll under the stars wherever they are when it gets dark works well. A tent if the weather is bad. Thanks much for thinking of her!

Here’s one that looks interesting: The Notice Board. It’s seems to be a collection of radiant quests that you can do for rewards. I might give this one a try.

Oooh, just like in ESO !!!

I am trying out a few mods that I think are perfect for my Bosmer hunter. First are a couple of my standard mods - One with Nature, and Nature Summoning (thanks 'Rosa!). These two are in every Skyrim playthrough I've done since the second one (the first modded one). With Halle's playthrough, I tried out Hunterborn, and really liked it. It gave me lots of ideas for my Bosmer. I've added Art of the Catch to go with Frostfall (on Lite, as the regular setting is really difficult!) I have yet to try it out, but I'm looking forward to it! Since my Bosmer started with LAL's "Left for Dead" option, she literally has nothing but her wits to survive on. Fishing will definitely help!

For the hunting itself, we are using Real Bows paired with Ranger's Arrows. For quick movement from one location to another, we are trying out Aeonbarr, because he is summonable. My Bosmer likes him pitch black with blue eyes. Quite the striking beast. As we left him the default destrier size, and bareback, she finds him a challenge, but I adore the way she staggers when she dismounts.

Added, but not yet tried out, are the Bosmer Armor Pack and the Isilmeriel LOTR Weapons.

Downloaded, but not yet installed, are Spirits of Kynareth, the Wrath of Nature Path of the Druid and Wrath of Nature The Champion of Kynareth. I feel that Kyne is closest to the Bosmeri deity Y'ffre, which my Bosmer tries to follow closely. Though it's difficult to hew to the Green Pact when you have no weapons to bring down game. But that should change soon!

So we will see how things progress with Phaedre!

I just started using Revamped Exterior Fog. It is a simple mod that moves back the fog from the player. But it has a big effect at removing much of the desaturated haze of the game. It makes things much brighter and more colorful.

I also started using Remove Interior Fog which does a similar thing with all the interiors.

Of course I have also been using No Tint and Desaturation since I started playing, to remove the grey, colorless tint the vanilla game puts on everything.

The three of these mods really help to bring back the color to the game, without the need of using an ENB.

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Oct 9 2015, 08:42 PM

SubRosa, I'm very intrigued by those simple graphics mods you recommended, as when I looked into ENB stuff I became confused and relegated ENB to the 'too hard' box. Regarding the No Tint and Saturation mod, which of the files do you recommend using - the top one in the list?

The top one is the only one that I use from the No Tint mod.

I second the No Tint mod. It's part of my standard mod loadout. Wouldn't play without it.

I don't use ENB, either. Like you, Acadian, I looked at it and became confused.

Thank you so much, ladies! I shall have to try all three of those little graphics mods.

So I saved my game and installed the No Tint main file via OBMM. Install was fine but in the active mods list, it is listed as an esm vs esp. Did a bit of reading through the mod's comments and found a bit of mixed opinion/controversy/warning about that. Fired up the game and noticed no visual difference running around Whiterun. So I uninstalled it and went back to my save from before installing.

Moving on to try the other two mods, one at a time, of course.

It is an .esm rather than an .esp. Why they made it a master file, I don't know. If you don't see any difference with it loaded, you probably have something else doing the same thing that is loading after it and taking precedence.

Hmm. The only mod I have that has anything to do with graphics is the official graphics DLC so I'm not sure what might be interfering. Also, when I install a new mod, I put it dead last in my load order to test / evaluate it (then set it where I want in my LO if I decide it's a keeper). I'm going to wait a bit until Buffy's out on the road traveling, then try the next one (exterior fog). Later, I might try that no tint one again in a different area than inside the city of Whiterun. Thanks for the help and ideas.