Amber Japanese-style swords request

[phayze81]

Hi all,

 

I don't usually do this sort of thing, preferring to just make do with what I can find, but I've just recently starting playing around in SI, and I'm a bit disappointed at the lack of an amber katana or odachi.

 

I know of a couple of mods that expand on the available amber weapons, but it seems that neither fills this gap, so I thought I'd throw this idea out there, as it's something that I'm surprised no one has already done . . . unless of course someone has and I just totally missed somehow (totally likely).

 

Personally, I'm most interested in an odachi (or "big honkin' two-handed katana", if you prefer), but a complete set from there on down to a tanto would, naturally, be totally awesome. I have some CS-savvy, so if some talented person were willing to produce the visual goods, I'd be more than capable of getting them into the game in one way or another.

 

Anyway, it's more of a suggestion than a request, I guess. Either way, I thought it would be a cool thing to have. :D

 

Thanks for listening to me ramble. ;)

[LHammonds]

Somebody asked me to make such a sword...let me see if I can find it.

 

EDIT: Ah, here it is

[BFG99]

There's an amber scimitar included in WEPON. Not quite the same, I know...

The current version (1.02) has a scaling problem with the scimitar--it's too big--but the next version will have that fixed.

[phayze81]

Thanks for the replies!

 

Somebody asked me to make such a sword...let me see if I can find it.

 

EDIT: Ah, here it is

 

Ah, yes! That's the sort of thing I had in mind. I saw you mentioned that any akivri retex would work, but I haven't seen anything like that with an amber texture and I haven't the slightest clue how to make it myself. :(

 

There's an amber scimitar included in WEPON. Not quite the same, I know...

The current version (1.02) has a scaling problem with the scimitar--it's too big--but the next version will have that fixed.

 

Thanks for the heads up on the scimitar. I've been tracking wepon, by haven't had a chance to try it out yet. Has your team given any thought to doing japanese-style weapons? The models in your mod are really cool, so I'd love to see your take on them. :)

[LHammonds]

Ah, yes! That's the sort of thing I had in mind. I saw you mentioned that any akivri retex would work, but I haven't seen anything like that with an amber texture and I haven't the slightest clue how to make it myself. :(

Well, it does seem that there are no other Amber weapons out there except for some daggers.

 

I'll go ahead and create an Amber Akaviri set for you.

 

So to make it "Amber", I just need to recolor the blade and enable transparency as well?

 

I also gather that the stats would be better than any base-model other weapon...but does not have the non-enchanted ability to attack ghosts (does not have "Ignore Normal Weapon Resistance")

 

LHammonds

 

EDIT: Well, I went ahead and released it. Go get it here.

 

http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/images/36132-1-1292806234.jpg

[phayze81]

Cool, thanks! They look great. :D

[LHammonds]

You're welcome.

 

I figured the set needed a few more items since the SI amber set only has a Longsword, Hammer, Mace and a Bow.

 

New items will be:

- Dagger (Fine Steel modified to more closely match the shape of the SI Longsword style)

- Mace

- Club

- Akaviri Claw (this looks cool!)

- Battleaxe (Fine Steel modified to have geometry inside the transparent areas)

- Cutless (Removed pirate skull, changed hue from gold to Amber on hilt, fix gaps in geometry, added geometry to support transparent blade)

 

http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/images/36132-3-1292876408.jpg

[BFG99]

LHammonds, sorry to burst your bubble, but WEPON already has an Amber Dagger, Battle Axe, War Axe, Claymore, and Shortsword. The Club, Claw, and Cutlass would be new though :)

 

Phayze81--We have thought about Japanese-style weapons for WEPON, and do have it on the mod's future development list, but we have several other pieces we want to get to first. Skyrim might be out before we finish them!

 

EDIT: I released version 1.03 of WEPON yesterday, which has the Amber Scimitar's scale corrected.

Edited December 31, 2010 by BFG99

[alonsomartinez]

Whoa LHammonds that looks cool I like the transparency.

 

That is how Bethesda should have made theirs , with transparency http://www.thenexusforums.com/public/style_emoticons/dark/wallbash.gif

[Deleted1848331User]

That Amber claw looks epic. Now I can be a Khajiit without being a Khajiit :D