msn from Zbrush woes

[bloody hypocrite]

Hey folks,

So I'm trying to create a new standalone npc using it's own custom race. The problem is that when I generate a msn from Zbrush it ends up looking like this. http://i1268.photobucket.com/albums/jj574/Bud_Kulpecz/maleheadb.jpg

rather than how it should, like this. http://i1268.photobucket.com/albums/jj574/Bud_Kulpecz/maleheada.jpg

 

It looks like the RGB is going the right way, just coming out too dark. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,

BH

[r3320ca]

The one below isn't even done right -- what he did was cleaned off the original facemap.msn file and then used a picture to overlay overtop of the msn file -- meaning there is no 3D effect from the detail in the face -- only in conditions that light shines from above - thats it <br><br>it should be designed so the texture is visible in all angles of light and not just 1 spectrum <br><br>As for yours, looks like your using a horrid polygon model <br>just use the polygone model that Skyrim provides - u have to extract it from the Skyrim - Meshes.bsa file found in skyrim/data directory <br>then once u have the male polygon model... Load it into 4D Cinema or other 3d program and do your work to the face,  increase the polygon count<br>but not to much or low end computers wont even be able to load your mod.<div>Export your changes  to the model into a MSN file then it will look kinda blank as far as fine texture goes but u will have the larger parts of the face like cheeks and eyes and mouth and ears</div><div>this is all your aiming for - nothing fine </div><div><br>To get fine texture on your msn file the texture that u will be using to put on this model needs to be turned into a 3D object</div><div>your gonna need to study lol

 

</div><div><br></div><div>i can do it for you cause i cant write a book on here </div><div>once i have converted the texture into a 3d object u will need to overlay that on your msn file you have created with the basic features like what i said -- eyes, mouth, ears, cheeks, veins..</div><div> </div><div>let me know if thats what u would like to do.</div>

[bloody hypocrite]

r3320ca,

Sorry I missed your post. Thanks for your reply. I'm fine with creating tangent normal maps, but I'm pretty lost as far as msns go. I took the original skyrim malehead.nif and turned it into an .obj making sure to merge the double verts on the seams and brought it into zbrush, where I was starting to create a highpoly version for the normals. What I'm trying to achieve is a very scarred and leathery body texture for the custom race npc. Any help you can offer would be appreciated. Also, if you know of any good tutorials dealing with msns I would love to read them.