LE Shadowmere -> Nightmare

[Terralventhe]

So judging by the Flame Anauroch, and the Flame Wall spell, and other flame-related visual effects, I had this idea: Why not apply those flame effects to Shadowmere's mane, tail, and hooves in order to simulate the effects of a Nightmare.

http://image.wangchao.net.cn/games/1256391540456.jpg

 

For the hooves, you could put the same effect as the Flame Anauroch's fire-trail for when it slithers forward, so that when the horse stomps along, it leaves fiery hoofprints in its wake. I'm not sure how difficult this would be, though I somehow doubt it'd be that hard to pull off.

Edited November 18, 2011 by Terralventhe

[pussyranger]

it needs a horn .....

and i shall love it :3

[Terralventhe]

lol A horn, huh? That strikes me as more of a black unicorn kinda deal than a Nightmare.

[Pineapplerum]

I miss Shadowmere. The horses are way too slow in Skyrim.

[Terralventhe]

Well, I sort of took the first steps towards this idea. However, I have no idea what format to save my .dds file as, so the mane ends up stiff and non-fluent, so I'm just going to post the texture template here, and hopefully someone can do this properly:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v89/Terralventhe/nightmare_text.png

 

As you can see I put some lava textures around the bases of the hooves. In-game it comes out nicely, and would likely be enhanced by the presence of flames around the hooves ala Flame Anaurochs' tails.

Edited November 20, 2011 by Terralventhe