VonBarb Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 (edited) Hi Just showing progress on a mod I'm working on, now that I think I have enough to show. The aim is to create a new complete (chest, hands, feet and head) lore-friendly Mail Armor set for Skyrim, in heavy and light versions. It originally started as an expansion to Pino's light armours mod, but evolved into a completely separate project and now none of his files are being used. I still feel like I have to credit him for the inspiration though. Two materials so far, Iron and Steel, but will probably expand it to include a variant for each stock game material plus a few more (Silver, Mithril...) as well as faction-specific variants. The cuirass is available in "Shirt" (no mail on legs) and "Suit" (mail on legs) variants. Here's a quick peek at some of the items. Remember, still (albeit pretty advanced) WIP : Iron Mail Shirt and Boots :http://i737.photobucket.com/albums/xx14/allaboutpics/WIP001.jpg Iron Mail Suit and Boots :http://i737.photobucket.com/albums/xx14/allaboutpics/WIP002.jpg Steel Mail Suit :http://i737.photobucket.com/albums/xx14/allaboutpics/WIP003.jpg Iron and Steel quick comparison :http://i737.photobucket.com/albums/xx14/allaboutpics/WIP005.jpghttp://i737.photobucket.com/albums/xx14/allaboutpics/WIP004.jpg Female Iron Suit :http://i737.photobucket.com/albums/xx14/allaboutpics/WIP006.jpghttp://i737.photobucket.com/albums/xx14/allaboutpics/WIP007.jpg The gloves shown in the pics are not part of the set, just from another mod my character uses. Nothing out of the ordinary model-wise, I know, but I couldn't edit a 3DS file if my life depended on it. Still working out what model to use for the gloves. What I am in desperate need for right now is a good mesh for the head. ideally, I'd need something as close to the skull as possible and covering the upper part of the torso. A tighter "Monk Hood" without the cape and a rounded-up backside of the head would be perfect ( ;) ;) hint hint ) Comments, suggestions, hints and contributions (see above ;) ;) hint hint ) are most welcome. Cheers Nico Edited July 13, 2012 by VonBarb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankdema Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 have you seen the witcher 2 soldier armor (medium version)? you can find it in this mod: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/5588here is the armorhttp://static.skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/images/5588-3-1340024138.jpg it has a gorgeous chainmail hood, the only thing is that you may have to change the textures because it is too much black and it does not match with the color pattern you have alreadye decided, but i see you have no problems with textures so happy modding!.... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonBarb Posted July 13, 2012 Author Share Posted July 13, 2012 Hmm, that's exactly what I'm looking for however that hood is attached to the rest of the armor, which is one piece, and therefore of no use to me for the mod... The search continues ! Cheers Nico Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankdema Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 well if you know a little bit of blender or 3dsmax is easy to cut the armor off and rig it to a hood skeleton.... however good research :D looking forward to this we always need lore friendly armors! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonBarb Posted July 19, 2012 Author Share Posted July 19, 2012 UPDATE : Progress has resumed after a few days spent figuring out some stuff with Nifskope. http://i737.photobucket.com/albums/xx14/allaboutpics/WIP008.jpg The mesh looked too much like the mail was being worn directly on the skin, which in addition to being pretty unrealistic, didn't look quite good to me, so I added a shirt under the mail to close that gaping hole in the torso and wrist wraps to cover the lower forearms. Unfortunately the new parts have a tendency to clip through the mail and body, and I'm still playing with textures and transparency masks to minimise the effect. I also made the mail darker (Picture shows the new, darker Iron material texture. Iron from earlier pics is now Steel) as I needed more brightness difference between materials while keeping some shades at the lighter end of the spectrum for additional materials I might add later. Silver and Mithril anyone :D ? To do now is to straighten up that female variant using transparency, add gloves and find a suitable Helmet mesh (maybe figure something out in Nifskope using the Steel Helmet and Apprentice Hood ? ) Cheers Nico Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonBarb Posted July 20, 2012 Author Share Posted July 20, 2012 So, as much as I like the looks of those wrist wraps from the Mage robes, they cause some horrible clipping with any kind of gloves I try to use. Being limited mesh-wise to what Nifskope allows me to do without using 12 meshes per item, I've come to the point where I'm left with no other choice but to remove them from both male and female versions of the model, leaving the forearms bare. Seeing how half of the armors in the game show much more skin than apparel designed for freezing cold should anyway, I guess it's just a step towards making the mail armor a little more lore-friendly. Most of the modelling and painting is now done on the first Iron and Steel batch and I'm just a little texture work and a lot of CK fiddling away from release. Cheers Nico Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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