np and thank you

This is the best armor mod I've come across, feels pretty vainilla and in tone with the game ty author

This mod is wonderful! I do have a question though: Is there a way to change the color of the oni face on the banner? The white on the cloth is hard to see. I love the mod and this is the one minor issue I have with it.

An awsome work. It's incredible!

Hey what graphic mods are you using specifically for the face textures? Looks great

Sorry you are seeing that issue but my mod wouldnt have anything to do with that its simply a cosmetic mod

Ok I have to delete this. It causes critical problems with mercs. Not sure if it just messes with my other mods but ever since I got this the new mercs wearing the new armor RUN INTO THE EARTH NEVER TO BE SEEN AGAIN!

So im tired of losing the cats...

The armor looks amazing. The best looking in the game in terms of lore friendly. However are the stats correct?? This is the WORST stat armor a merc can wear??

I would like to also see a full samurai armor version from you (e.g. for UC) because IMO the merc armor looks a bit more authentic than original Kenshi samurai armor - still post-apocalyptic without colorful details of historical Japanese armor but also without weirdly placed armor plates.

may i request a version of the armor with Sode and more leg protection?
a lot of japanese armors had the tassets overlap and go down lower on the thigh
thanks in advance

I feel like I should let people know that the legplates (skirt more like it) are compatible with nudity mods. The leg plates add in a thong-like underwear that are the same colour as vanilla underwear, so they're normally invisible without a nudity mod.

If I could make a suggestion to Cat, can you add in an item that is JUST the thong? I like to role play sometimes as a naked warrior, kinda like an old time Viking or barbarian.

Hi! Can I take your mods for my overhaul mod SLOFK? I will indicate you in the credits, or if desired, I can add you to the authors.

Well, year ago i complain about this armor have no pant, and u said since this is mercenary armor and it suppose to look like that, you also said you will consider make one someday, so im still waiting since

Guess i have to use colored vanilla samurai leg plate then

@Quilava, I am not sure what you mean by base samurai model? But I currently dont have much time to model and implement things into kenshi as it is a time consuming process

It been a year already and still no samurai armor base on this model, i need really need some samurai armor base on this armor model to flex on tho scummy UC Samurai who keep planing drug in my bag to make me spit out money for em

@MizKai, the armor is based on a post apocalyptic style. Main inspiration was taken from samurai bandits that were just poor and wore what armor they could find and nothing else.

@Loki Dishonored I made the armor weaker than samurai armor on purpose. I believe that wasteland mercs would not be as a strong as an entire army supported by an emperor or some lord

Why are the stats on this armor so bad? Somehow this armor gives more debuffs than full Samurai armor, and makes mercenarys substantially under powered. Looks cool but the armor itself is useless stat wise

this is cool, one thing that bothers me is the lower ranking mercs wears only less armor or no clothes. like naked and only chainarm or pauldrons with their underwear.. hope u add them some clothes... specially female.. cuz they looks like they wear bikinis and few armor. like fantasy bikini armor.. for men. well the men looks fine if they don't wear top clothes and a few covering pad. but for the female is different.. it is fine if u don't rework it.

@EzePz I also had the same issue as you. I installed Genesis and Legendary of Kenshi + Genesis Patch, and by moving these three mods to the top of the load order, the merc research finally appeared! Maybe this is your issue?

@EzePz, did you research everything already? I am not sure why it would be empty. Do you have some kind of research overhaul mod?

@cat question, in the research tab, Cat's Clothing is empty in the Blueprints section. Not really sure what i'm doing wrong

@The Silver One, it is not

is this set included in the clothing overhaul?

@Thanzol, if I remember, I removed most of the default armor from mercs

This looks really good!
Does this replace armor for all mercenaries in the games or just give them a chance to be wearing this?

my favorite mod from your entire collection, it turns mercenaries into a full-fledged new faction

Looks cool, thank you =)

@pix you are literally a hero thank you

Hey, just letting you know I made a patch to make the pieces purchasable in the world, for people like me who want to do hobo plays... and are tired of mugging the poor mercs for their shoddy pieces :p

https://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3046753649

@Buddy, yes this does require an import. It should be compatible. This armor is made by me, does not edit base game files.

Does this mod require an import? Also, is it compatible with the mercenary plate fix mod (the one that switches mercs from wearing samurai armour to wearing merc plate)?

@rappdgart, there are no blueprints for this armor, you need to research it at a research bench. It should be in a category called Cat's Clothing

I can't find these armors and blueprints in any shop, although I do see them being worn by mercenaries. Any idea what I'm doing wrong here? I already imported my save.

For those who asked for an NCE patch: https://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3019877164

@Saxon, color is depends on the faction. The only way to change it for yourself is get some kind of faction color changer mod.

How do you change colour?

Updated mod for file path optimization should NOT need an import

Im looking forward to it :D

@Quilava, the armor i based off of the references provided. I will probably retouch on samurai armor when I overhaul the United Cities military

This mod is good, i love the model, best samurai armor mod by far for me that doesnt look too clean or too rusty, but the pant armor dont have any pant that look kinna ... "unprotected", will you add more version with pant later on?

@Cochiloco, yes you will still need those. They are not included in the clothing mod

Is this (and Tengu's, etc) still needed if I have the new Clothing Overhaul?

I made NCE patch and Balance FIX for this mod
https://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2957920407

Could you maybe add that crate from the concept art as a backpack? Maybe something with a x2 or x4 stack multiplier, I think depending on the weight of the crate itself (I would gues about 5-10 kilos) something about 40% weight reduction rate would be fair, less than most other backpacks so it's more suited for the "mule" of the group who doesn't do much fighting or just has higher stats to deal with the negatives of it.

Feedback and Ideas. People may not agree but hey.

Open helmet has more negativ value than closed helmet..
-I get the idea of "worse" than Samurai armor.. but it gotta be based in logic also.

I am just gonna edit it my self.
But maybe lower the defence stats and lower the negativ values.

-20 Perception on an open helmet.
-10 on a Closed Helmet.. Um? Maybe just swap them. (I know, I will)

Also Full Helmet Samurai weight is more or less the same as the open light version.. Cheap armor is often light.. so. But not always.

So yeah I Love the idea of not OP gear.. but please take a closer look on the stats on some

Heavy Plate legs cover 20% while boots take 40%..
They more or less should be the same in my book. As they cover more or less same amount of skin. (I see legs flying a lot..)

But again this is not Criticism.

Love the gear so much I more or less use it every play now hehe...

@ORC, I made them less stronger than samurai gear because they are supposed to be cheaply made armor thats better than rags and raider armor but not as good as full plated boots or faction armor. I can look at increasingly the mobility of the shoes though.

Why not make the shoes a little stronger? I'm not convinced that mobility is less mobile than samurai shoes.
But they are beautiful.

beautiful work, really fits into the atmosphere and breaks up the generic merc equipment, well done!

Very cool mod, LOVE the rope backpack

what graphics mods are you using to make the game look like this?