CaptainNuge Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 I'm not sure what the protocol is here, but I suggested this in a similar, but disparate, thread, and thought I'd make my own, new thread, to guage responses more easily... If this isn't the done thing, go easy on me, I am but a newbie. I'm not a modder (yet, still going through tutorials at a sluggish pace), but I do know that armour textures can change the shape of a body, for example, when an argonian or khajiit's snout is seemingly "cut off" by a face covering helmet... So, my question is, would someone make an armour set of the wraith Raziel from the Legacy of Kain series? They could design the cowl and hair and so forth as part of the helmet, and have the remainder of the cowl, and Raziel's ribcage and spine making up the cuirass? The greaves could mimic Raziel's wiry legs, and the boots could mimic his tridactyl feet. The gauntlets could be designed to have the three claws in place of the usual four fingers and a thumb, with one of the gauntlets possessing a lightning effect to mimic the spirit reaver's tracking up Raziel's arm. The wraith reaver blade could be made by reducing the opacity of an existing Soul Reaver sword mod, such as B Cookie's example, and adding a flame or lightning effect to the blade (I use B Cookie's Reaver myself, and is found at http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=20456 ). This would mimic the Material Wraith Reaver held by Raziel in Defiance, as shown here ( http://www.thelostworlds.net/Software/index.html ) which contains the "Only Skin Deep" program, which, according to the site, is "A utility for exporting texture maps from Soul Reaver 2 and Defiance for the PC and all versions of Soul Reaver", and the "ModelEx" program, which is "A utility for viewing and converting the 3D object models used in Soul Reaver." Although they probably require the user to have a copy of Defiance or one of the Soul Reaver games, in order to be able to extract anything, these programs are free to download from The Lost Worlds, and there is no registration or any of that sort of thing to worry about. I have downloaded a number of movies and soundtracks from The Lost Worlds, and can vouch for their reliability, as much as my opinion matters in this case. Again, not being a modder, I'm not sure whether these textures and models would be in the right format, but if they could be converted, they could certainly make an altruistic modder's work much easier. I, for one, would be extremely happy to get to play as Raziel, and, although creating an armour mod, as opposed to a race mod, would mean that players could not alter the appearance of their wraith, but it would allow fans to finally control their own Vampire Wraith Raziel in Oblivion, and that would be a wonderful thing indeed. Here are some reference shots, as supplied by Don_Kain, and kudos to him for finding them.http://www.nosgoth.net/Soul_Reaver/wallpap...k_1024wall5.jpghttp://www.nosgoth.net/Soul_Reaver/wallpap..._1024wall12.jpghttp://www.nosgoth.net/Soul_Reaver/wallpap..._1024wall11.jpghttp://www.nosgoth.net/Soul_Reaver/wallpap...k_1024wall3.jpghttp://www.nosgoth.net/Soul_Reaver/wallpap..._1024wall10.jpg More reference shots of this type can be found at http://www.nosgoth.net/Soul_Reaver/wallpaper/Raz/ if that's of any use... And also, the gauntlets and boots could be retextured to allow players to make Legacy of Kain style vampires as well, for those who aren't a fan of Raziel. It would make playing as Kain, or some new vampire, a lot easier, if players preferred the LOK design. But, basically, this is a mod that I would really like to see. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCalliton Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 this would be interesting, maybe throw in a parachute effect too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainNuge Posted March 24, 2009 Author Share Posted March 24, 2009 To be honest, I'd love to have the armour. A parachute effect would be good, but might be trickier to implement... It would be great to have the body to run around in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainNuge Posted April 13, 2009 Author Share Posted April 13, 2009 Is bumping this kind of request a bad thing? Oh well... I think it's okay if you include a new point... And the request for a clawing animation ( http://thenexusforums.com/index.php?showtopic=115128 ) would tie in very well with this armour... Is anyone willing to make it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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