LE The Blades: Army of the Dragonborn

[LegitInspector57]

Hey Mod-Makers,

 

I have an awesome idea for Skyrim's most mediocre faction; The Blades. Playing through the vanilla game on Xbox 360, I thought it would be awesome if Bethesda had added the ability to have your own army, but was mortified when the quest to rebuild them only let you get their numbers to 5. I got PC Skyrim since I'd heard the modding community was still alive, and tried several mods to overhaul The Blades into a worthy faction in Skyrim. I've come incredibly close to building them up to a true full-scale army, but there's still some gaps missing, and an untapped pool of potential for them. I've added so many mods making The Blades a unified army, Blades Greatswords, Blades Bows, Blades Daggers, Light Blades Armor, an Overhauled Sky Haven Temple, the ability to recruit 30 soldiers, and so many more. I can't seem to fill in all the gaps though, and I had an amazing idea for adding them as a third civil war faction, but I have absolutely NO SKILL in creating my own mods at all. This is a desperate plea, since the potential for this is amazing, to any mod-makers out there with an interest, I want to turn The Blades into the Dragonborn's Personal Army. Here are all of the mods I've compiled together and achieved thus far. Hopefully someone out there thinks the same as I do:

Akaviri Dai-Katana (Blades Greatswords): http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/59086/?

Archer's Armory (Akaviri/Blades Bows): http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/59345/?

Blades Light Armor: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/44377/?

Helgen Reborn (It adds to the Sky Haven Temple Mod): http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/35841/?

Pick Default Follower Armor (For Light Armor Based or Mage Followers): http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/50693/?

Recruit More Blades - S.H.T Enhanced (Recruits 30 Blades, Lets You Rebuild S.H.T, and more): http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/11750/?

(The Next 4 I use as Blades vs. Thalmor Mods)

The Aldmeri Domain: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/33261/?

South Dragon Bridge: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/33323/?

Adal Matar: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/33108/?

The Cyrodill Frontier: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/33164/?

Akaviri Tanto (Blades Daggers): http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/24237/?

 

The things that I think The Blades are missing are:
1. Mage Robes/Mage Armor for Mage Followers

2. Grandmaster and Loremaster Sets unique to Esbern and Delphine to show their higher ranks.

3. (Big Project) The Blades as a 3rd civil war faction.

 

The third civil war faction may be wishful thinking, but the foundation has already been laid out. Become High King of Skyrim came pretty damn close to what I was looking for, but not quite. But if it is possible, what I'm thinking is the same concept to the vanilla civil war quest, but you have to set up blades encampments in each hold, capture the holds for the blades instead of the empire or stormcloaks, choose which of the two jarls you want for each hold (Ex: Laila Law-Giver or Maven Black-Briar for Riften), and take down both Ulfric and General Tullius. Once that's done, as they're sworn enemies, you can use The Blades to drive the Thalmor out of Skyrim for Good! It's a big undertaking I know, but I know if anyone is willing to try, It's a reality. Hope someone thinks so to...

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"FOR THE BLADES!!!" -Delphine, Blades Grandmaster

[Mizati13]

This has to be the best idea for the Blades I've seen in ages, and while I too have no skill in modding(I've barely gotten my toes wet and am already overwhelmed) I CAN perform voice acting as I have access to quiet rooms and an excellent mic and if you got a mod author to take up this project I will be more than willing to do any voice acting necessary for new NPCs for this

[LegitInspector57]

This has to be the best idea for the Blades I've seen in ages, and while I too have no skill in modding(I've barely gotten my toes wet and am already overwhelmed) I CAN perform voice acting as I have access to quiet rooms and an excellent mic and if you got a mod author to take up this project I will be more than willing to do any voice acting necessary for new NPCs for this

If you're willing to help out, I'd love to see the result. The only real thing I can provide is the creativity and the ideas, other than that, I'm not really qualified to do much other than voice acting (Puberty wasn't kind to my voice so prob only kids, teens or women :tongue:). As for mod authors, knowing at least 1 person's interested in helping with the product, I'll take a look around the nexus for people willing to take up the project. Hopefully lots! In the meantime, the best thing anyone can do right now, SPREAD THE WORD! This idea doesn't deserve to be one of those pages that just gets forgotten about. :/

Edited March 2, 2015 by LegitInspector57

[amerem]

Pretty cool ideas

[TheBawb]

Interesting ideas, hope this lives up to it's full potential.

[Mizati13]

My voice is fairly versatile. I can do deep and higher pitched male voices, some female voices, accents, and I can make any script sound non-scripted, like it's actually part of a conversation. I cannot, however, sing. Please don't make me sing T_T

[Dennisb11234]

We need some Akaviri Strongholds like the Cloud ruler Temple from Oblivion.

I really like the Japanese Architecture !

[henshu]

I know this isn't quite what you had in mind, because I'm not using the blades, but I'm pretty far into a mod does involve building your own army and entering the civil war. I just started a tumblr about it where I'll be sharing details as I continue working on it: Dragonking

[LegitInspector57]

I know this isn't quite what you had in mind, because I'm not using the blades, but I'm pretty far into a mod does involve building your own army and entering the civil war. I just started a tumblr about it where I'll be sharing details as I continue working on it: Dragonking

As far as civil war goes, I can change their armor to match the blades using the mods ive listed, and AFT. Its not 100% but I'll take it when it comes out! All thats left is some armor sets, 2 for blades mages, one heavy and one light, 1 special one for delphine as the grandmaster, and one to replace esbern's crappy mourner clothes. anyone good at modding armors, cause i tried and it sux.

[Evan719]

Hey Mod-Makers,

 

I have an awesome idea for Skyrim's most mediocre faction; The Blades. Playing through the vanilla game on Xbox 360, I thought it would be awesome if Bethesda had added the ability to have your own army, but was mortified when the quest to rebuild them only let you get their numbers to 5. I got PC Skyrim since I'd heard the modding community was still alive, and tried several mods to overhaul The Blades into a worthy faction in Skyrim. I've come incredibly close to building them up to a true full-scale army, but there's still some gaps missing, and an untapped pool of potential for them. I've added so many mods making The Blades a unified army, Blades Greatswords, Blades Bows, Blades Daggers, Light Blades Armor, an Overhauled Sky Haven Temple, the ability to recruit 30 soldiers, and so many more. I can't seem to fill in all the gaps though, and I had an amazing idea for adding them as a third civil war faction, but I have absolutely NO SKILL in creating my own mods at all. This is a desperate plea, since the potential for this is amazing, to any mod-makers out there with an interest, I want to turn The Blades into the Dragonborn's Personal Army. Here are all of the mods I've compiled together and achieved thus far. Hopefully someone out there thinks the same as I do:

 

Akaviri Dai-Katana (Blades Greatswords): http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/59086/?

Archer's Armory (Akaviri/Blades Bows): http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/59345/?

Blades Light Armor: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/44377/?

Helgen Reborn (It adds to the Sky Haven Temple Mod): http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/35841/?

Pick Default Follower Armor (For Light Armor Based or Mage Followers): http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/50693/?

Recruit More Blades - S.H.T Enhanced (Recruits 30 Blades, Lets You Rebuild S.H.T, and more): http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/11750/?

(The Next 4 I use as Blades vs. Thalmor Mods)

The Aldmeri Domain: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/33261/?

South Dragon Bridge: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/33323/?

Adal Matar: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/33108/?

The Cyrodill Frontier: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/33164/?

Akaviri Tanto (Blades Daggers): http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/24237/?

 

The things that I think The Blades are missing are:

1. Mage Robes/Mage Armor for Mage Followers

2. Grandmaster and Loremaster Sets unique to Esbern and Delphine to show their higher ranks.

3. (Big Project) The Blades as a 3rd civil war faction.

 

The third civil war faction may be wishful thinking, but the foundation has already been laid out. Become High King of Skyrim came pretty damn close to what I was looking for, but not quite. But if it is possible, what I'm thinking is the same concept to the vanilla civil war quest, but you have to set up blades encampments in each hold, capture the holds for the blades instead of the empire or stormcloaks, choose which of the two jarls you want for each hold (Ex: Laila Law-Giver or Maven Black-Briar for Riften), and take down both Ulfric and General Tullius. Once that's done, as they're sworn enemies, you can use The Blades to drive the Thalmor out of Skyrim for Good! It's a big undertaking I know, but I know if anyone is willing to try, It's a reality. Hope someone thinks so to...

______________________________

"FOR THE BLADES!!!" -Delphine, Blades Grandmaster