Modding skyrimy help

[Ellderon]

Hey people.

 

I know the mods tools are not out yet, so I was wondering what is possibel at this point.

 

And it's been a while since I modded Oblivion, and I prettty much forgot everything. Sicne I got pretty ambitious plans, I decided to start by checking out what's possible, posting my ideas and asking for refreshers on how things are done.

 

I added new areas, quests and items for Oblivion, but my mind is drawing a blank when I try to recall how I did it (except for usign the modding tool).

 

PLANS (for starters):

 

Adding a new house

Adding a new faction with their own hidden stronghold

New weaponry (meshes already done)

New Helmets

A new Follower or two

Modified ebony armor (want to change the shoulderpads and re-color it)..with a cape!

Adding a new material (or should I say, a new ingot that's made by smelting several others. For simplicity sake, I can file it as a sub-set of existing materials - such as ebony - so smithing unlocks with them)

 

So how doable is all this.

 

And what do I need besides nifskope. Can anyone point to some tutorials?

 

Some of my stuff:

 

http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/5430/helemt14em.th.jpg

 

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/6850/crusaiderclaymore.th.jpg

 

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/6415/swords.th.jpg

 

http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/2898/avengerblade.th.jpg

 

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/6610/screenshot237ch.th.jpg

 

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/9070/screenshot278zn.th.jpg

 

http://img487.imageshack.us/img487/8863/screenshot692zr.th.jpg

[CampanaAliquanta]

Nice work!

 

Not a lot is possible without the CK, but here are a list of tutorials etc:

http://www.thenexusforums.com/index.php?/topic/471428-modding-faq-how-to

[Ellderon]

Thanks. Those links are very usefull. Still think I'll wait for hte tools before adding anything major.