How to make new armor using parts of existing armors?

[Invctus]

Hello,

 

I've been trying to make an armor set using the arms of the Steel Plate Armor and the chest and legs of another armor type (from a mod, and yes I have permission to use those components). How would I go about doing this? I have 3ds Max, but the tutorials I've seen online deal with creating armor from scratch, which I am not doing, and in my previous attempts to make this armor I can export it as a .nif just fine, it looks great in Nifskope, but is invisible in the Creation Kit and in-game. :confused:

 

Any help (or directions to a relevant tutorial) would be appreciated!

 

Thank you!

[Hotemochick1992]

Did you texture it?

[Invctus]

I did. Could that have caused problems?