LE Blender: Need Help

[IsharaMeradin]

Situation:

I've got some pre-existing mod items that I'd like to tweak a little bit for personal use. Adjust the shape slightly that sort of thing.

 

Problem:

All the tutorials I have found tell me how to get the stuff into Blender. But they don't go on to explain how to actually use Blender. The one tutorial that did link to another Blender specific tutorial was written some time ago and Blender has been updated a few times and so has that linked tutorial. It no longer talks about the antiquated version which is required to be used to deal with Skyrim meshes. While the initial tutorial did list certain safe things that could be done to not damage the use of the existing texture file, it didn't explain where or how to use such tools.

 

Request:

Can someone please write with pictures a tutorial that explains how to do the texture safe mesh changes in Blender?

Or link to an existing tutorial with pictures that explains it?

 

I don't need to know how to do everything, I just want to know how to adjust a mesh so that it can layer and not clip with something else while not destroying the ability to use the existing texture file. I may want to learn more later, but for now just simple adjustments is a good starting point.

 

This is the one that I used to get everything into Blender: http://wiki.tesnexus.com/index.php/Converting_an_armour_to_another_body_for_Skyrim

On that page is the Blender 3d: noob to pro link but once gone to it says that they keep it up to date as much as possible and that there has been a major revamp since the version that I'm trying to use for Skyrim. I started reading thru it anyway but quickly became lost.

[Ironman5000]

I would like see some more tutorials that are relevant to the 2.49b version of Blender as it's really the only safe modding tool for us guys. Most tutorials assume you know how to use blender for the kind of thing you are after, which is fine, but where are the 2.49b specific blender tutorials that instruct us how to become familiar with the basic controls and functions that we would need to get started?

 

There are a few hat I spotted that are very popular, but when I went through them some steps were either missing or repeated which left me to try and figure it out for myself which of course does not work for a noob.

 

Yes I have been referred to that 'noob to pro tutorial' and yes it is useless for what we need it for as the interface is totally different, referring to functions not available to this version. It's the same with the tutorials on Blender.org.

 

Here's one that I am familiar anyway, I don't know if you have used this and it's not great but here it is anyway.

 

Fallout3 Training Manual on Blender GIMP NifSkope and GECK

Edited October 2, 2012 by Ironman5000

[IsharaMeradin]

Here's one that I am familiar anyway, I don't know if you have used this and it's not great but here it is anyway.

 

Fallout3 Training Manual on Blender GIMP NifSkope and GECK

No I've not seen that. With Skyrim really being my first TES & Bethesda game I'm not that familiar with what older game methods can work with Skryim. I will take a look at that.

[Ironman5000]

Ok but just as a warning about mid-way through some steps repeat themselves which is where I became stuck, but that all depends on exactly what you are after.