SSE Custom Armor Question

[Scd2112]

So question: What Mod, App, or Program does one recommend using to create custom Armor for Skyrim? Tutorial LINKS???? Suggestions that WORK.

 

Now I'm not talking retexturing some ones mod or even using stock or standard armor in game. I'm talking creating NEW armor and imporing it into the game. There are more then a few steps involved I'm sure.

 

I figured I would ask the experts as I'm sure a few of you drift in and out of this forum from time to time.

 

Thanks for any help.

[ben446]

i don't know what programmes that are best to use but I was looking through some tutorials on you tube the other day and there was a MA who does a lot of custom armor and weapon mods who has done a whole series on creating armor and weapons and holds your hands right through the whole process. I believe the video author is called nightasy tutorials. I hope these tutorials help. I was gonna use them myself but I couldn't get on with the modelling programmes that are used to create the meshes

[Scd2112]

i don't know what programmes that are best to use but I was looking through some tutorials on you tube the other day and there was a MA who does a lot of custom armor and weapon mods who has done a whole series on creating armor and weapons and holds your hands right through the whole process. I believe the video author is called nightasy tutorials. I hope these tutorials help. I was gonna use them myself but I couldn't get on with the modelling programmes that are used to create the meshes

 

Outstanding Thank you

Looks like another learning curse ahead o-boy!

[Codythecodebreaker86]

Will there ever be a Female Stahlrim armor mod that would refit that females body? I'm just asking because no one has made that I don't think. I believe it would be a great armor refitting mod on Skyrim SE.

[Ynothc]

Kind of having the same trouble myself. Found all the wiki tutorials on nexus, creation kit, reddit, etc. I've bounced around from link to link for days. Some of what I come across while good tutorial themselves, some of the software is hard to come by. I don't really want a time limited trial version of 3dsmax, so I'm trying to figure out what is needed for blender, plugins and whatnot. Some of which are for older versions of blender and don't work anymore (or so i read). Then I downloaded Gimp only to find out the dds plugin no longer works. Hell I'm kinda pulling my hair out at his point to even put together the appropriate programs to even try to take on this task. Or even if some of these are even needed anymore, or have been built into current versions. Idk?

 

Some of the software I have are:

 

Blender (most current version as it updates in steam)

Nifscope

NifUtilsSuite

Nif plugin for blender

 

Still need:

 

software to open and edit dds files - (was gonna use gimp but at this point Im about to just pay for the Photoshop subscription)

I know there is paint.net, but the adobe creation suite would kind of be justifiable if I/my family get to using it frequently enough

Some Havok software I came across mentioned on who knows which site I linked to im my link hopping adventure (gotta find that again)

? is that it? am i missing something? Hell idk?

 

I got this feeling there's some 12yr old out there laughing at my old ass trying to figure this out.

 

I looked up those nightasy tutorials as well and will watch some/all of them. Should be helpful for the process in which things are done, but since the videos are 6yrs old I bet I'm still going to run into the issues of current avail sofware. Most mention using the older 3dsmax2012 because it had or was able to use the havok support plugin.

 

Dude if in your learning curve you come across anything relevant into what were both looking for let me know please. Good luck.