LE Helmet Re-Meshing?

[Moldy]

So...Helmets. Personally,I'm amazed this didn't come up before. Let's look up some images of the game's helmets,and ask ourselves "Does this look nice?"

 

I'm fairly certain you said "Hell naw!" to at least two. In Skyrim,the armour generally looks quite nice,and practical...Save for Ancient Nord on women,which is sideless and backless for one reason or another. But,my request is for helmets. My main gripe comes to the Light Stalhrim and Dragonscale helmets. The Light Stalhrim helmet just looks...Silly. Obscenely so. The horns look out of place. If they were removed,or changed to curve backwards close to the head,then it'd look nice. But as it stands? It looks like it'd be right at home in a circus sideshow. The Heavy Stalhrim helmet looks like a lazy reskin of the Iron helmet,with only the most minor mesh changes. And then there's the Dragonscale helmet,which doesn't match the armour set it's supposed to be a part of,and looks like some aboriginal headdress gone wrong to boot.

 

These helmets see use in every player of the game,and,although this is just an assumption,I'm fairly certain that my views are not unique. While yes,I could simply not look at the helmets by keeping to first-person,I like my armour to look nice,too,as I often find myself doing camera orbitals to take in how my character looks with his leather pouches and Dragon Priest cloaks. And I can guarantee that there are people out there who play third-person,and go helmetless because the helmets just look god-awful.

 

I'd love to do this myself,but I lack a 3D program,and the expertise to use it,in order to make the helmets look nice. Ideally,the mod would be modular,and only touch the meshes and/or textures,to avoid gameplay conflicts,and to allow the player to choose which helmet(s) they want changed. My requests are as follows,but modder agency is encouraged...

 

-Stalhrim,Light: The horns are my biggest concern. The path of least resistance would be to remove them,but in order to keep thematic consistency with the rest of the game,they should be modified. I think they would look best curving back to the rear of the head,keeping close to the skull.

 

-Stalhrim,Heavy: While it looks far less offensive to my sight than the light variant,the horns seem quite large. Shrinking them,or angling them downward slightly can help tremendously to improve the overall look of the helmet.

 

-Dragonscale,Light: I'll be honest. It needs a total reconstruction. It doesn't match Dragonscale armour,either in shape or colour. I have no real help here,besides it'd look far less disgusting if it looked like it matched the rest of the set.

 

-Dragonplate,Heavy: This is another light job. The materials all look poorly matched,with the exception of the section covering the back of the head. And the horns make the person wearing it look malproportioned. Maybe having them sweep backwards would help,instead of rising skyward.

 

If you have another idea,go for it. I'm just here to make a suggestion,to plant the seed,if you will. Modder agency is encouraged,and you're in creative control,not me. I'm just here to say "This is something that should happen." So,any takers? I tried as much as I could to give you some ideas.

[brenticus1]

Well, I can probably modify the Stalhrim helmets and the Dragonplate Heavy helmet to what you want, but you're going to have to give a sketch of some sort for the Dragonscale Light armour.

I'll try my best to make the other three though, I'll notify you when I have.

[Moldy]

I don't have a scanner,so I won't be able to provide a sketch. And it'd look like garbage anyways,since I'm no artist.

 

So,I hope a description will do. Everything from the brow up is bad. The horns need to go,as does that mounting bracket (for lack of a better term) on the forehead. Replacing them,I think,should be a nose guard,and a smooth top for the helmet. Decorating the helmet,and to convey that it is indeed a Dragonscale helmet,maybe something like a samurai's kabuto. Also,cheek guards would be a good idea for the helmet's appearance. As I said before,agency is encouraged. If you have an idea,run with it.