New Shield Textures

Morden · Post by **Morden** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 7:12 am

Today it occured to me that there's not much texture variation amongst the weapons and armours of the original Morrowind game. I like the crappy armours that nobody ever buys... like Iron. Iron is so neglected.. and it was neglected by Bethesda too. There is only one iron round shield texture, and one iron tower shield texture... thats it for iron shields.

So today I whipped up 6 new Iron Shield textures and i'm currently working on some more. Please let me know what you think. Here are just some pictures of the texture for now.

Geowulf · Post by **Geowulf** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 11:37 am

I think this is a great idea. Imagine the look on people's faces when they buy an iron shield and notice it isn't exactly the same as the one used on that npc...

Yoehoe!

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 12:10 pm

Nice morden!

You have the actual texture ready?

Assassinace · Post by **Assassinace** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 2:21 pm

Very cool. Going to do this for other iron stuff?

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 3:32 pm

This is a great idea and one which could vastly increase variation in appearance. Provided the game mechanics can be persuaded to supply and equip on NPC.s randomly skinned items and not just the original.

Morden · Post by **Morden** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 3:52 pm

Or we can just get somebody to retexture the original Iron Shield .nif, and make a whole bunch of new sheilds for placement and use on mainland morrowind. The NPCs on mainland morrowind haven't been created yet.

Anyone have any suggestions for what armor piece to go for next?

prometheus · Post by **prometheus** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 4:05 pm

i like the idea ...i think that the crappy armours are the best and also don't make the game become boring and u too powerfull so i usually use them ...

i especially like the nord ring mail mixing it up with other things...unfortunately i am still in the learning fase of how to make armours so i didn't really made anything ...but i already tought to do something like that

Eraser · Post by **Eraser** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 6:20 pm

Very nice morden. When those are completely finished, could you send those to me so i can add them to the armor plugin? Also, would you be able to do this for the other armor pieces, weapons and for steel? It would add much needed variation to the game.

Morden · Post by **Morden** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 6:40 pm

Unfortunately i don't have access to a copy 3d Studio Max, so i can't actually re-texture the orginal Iron Shield .nif file, and send them to you as ready-to-go weapons. However, i'd be more then happy to send you the texture files. I have them saved as .bmp format.

I've just started modelling with Blender, thats how i'm testing my textures, but i can't do anything with .nifs...not to my knowledge anyways.

How do you guys like the designs/rhunes on the shields? Should i do more of those?

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 6:42 pm

Yeah, man, do that

do some with steel tower and ebony and such

Geowulf · Post by **Geowulf** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 6:44 pm

Morden, you can create new nif's and retexture them using a special skinningprogram like the one I attached. The possibilities are limited though.

Morden · Post by **Morden** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 6:46 pm

Ebony shields would be easy to do cause they're mostly black. Right now though i'm going to concentrate on the common weapons and armor. Naturally there would be more variations among iron and steel weapons than the more rare materials.

Morden · Post by **Morden** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 10:39 pm

I downloaded a program called NIFtexture, and i was able to make all my shields into ready-made weapons

I tried the program that you posted Geowulf, but you're right... it is very limited, and i found NIFtexture to be way easier.

Right now i've got 7 shields lying around the street-side armour vender in Gnisis. Seven custom textured round iron shields should be enough.. with the orginal that makes 8 different round iron shields... i can always make more later.

Geowulf · Post by **Geowulf** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 12:12 am

Will you release that demoplugin? I would like to see those shields ingame 8) .

Asylum · Post by **Asylum** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 12:24 am

great work morden, maybe you could try making some wooden shields (like the noremen or the vikins had)for skyrim all cut up and broke

Post by **Haplo** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 12:55 am

yes, you should make 6 more copies of those new ones, only make them look new, and rust-free, instead of old weathered ones.

Morden · Post by **Morden** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 6:46 am

I made two Netch Helm variations...here they are beside the orginal helm. I'm also currently working on the Netch Leather Cuirass.

Morden · Post by **Morden** » Mon Mar 08, 2004 6:19 am

I have finished 3 netch leather cuirasses, and a full set of Iron armour has been all cleaned up to look brand new

Now i have to go back and bash the hell out of it to make a junky set

Nazz · Post by **Nazz** » Tue Mar 09, 2004 3:11 am

Well I'm not sure whats happening but I still couldn't send you the sheild file so here it is. And here is what I'm looking for.

I know this is going to be a little confusing especially since its called "stuffforeraser"(thats how E sent it to me) but the sheild is in the "indoril tower sheild.rar" file that is in the rar that is attached to this PM. If you need it in zip form then it won't be a problem for me to send it that way instead.

As for the design I don't have anything real specific in mind it just needs to look fancy like the other house guard sheilds, and needs to look like bonemold, and you don't need to use the current texture as a base. If you want to do it from scratch that would be perfectly fine.

Thanks again

vorrheis · Post by **vorrheis** » Tue Mar 09, 2004 3:41 am

Re-skinning that shield with Niftext is going to be problematic, as there is only one texture that is repeated 3 times. If you use a new texture, it will also be repeated. It has to be re-skinned in 3ds. I would be willing to help with it, seeing how I made it and all. If you want to make a new skin, I would be happy to do the skinning in 3ds.

Vorrheis

Nazz · Post by **Nazz** » Tue Mar 09, 2004 1:53 pm

Hmmm ok. Well the reason I asked Morden is because I wasn't sure how big on the texture side of things you were, and you also seem to be quite busy lately. But if you want to do it then its fine with me.

Garland · Post by **Garland** » Tue Mar 09, 2004 2:46 pm

I still re-texture the down and dirty way, Hex Editing.

Morden · Post by **Morden** » Tue Mar 09, 2004 5:30 pm

You can go for it if you want Vorrheis. I figured it would already be like other shields.. with 3 textures assigned (front, back, and strap)... but if they're all the same texture, I am pretty limited in what i can do. I wouldn't mind taking a look at it after you're done though

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue Mar 09, 2004 7:48 pm

Morden, you couldnt give me a tutorial to create shadows and strachs?

vorrheis · Post by **vorrheis** » Wed Mar 10, 2004 12:58 am

I meant that if you make a new texture, I would be happy to skin it so that it isn't repeated. I wasn't trying to lay claim.
@Morden- I'm happy to have you make a skin for the shield. You'd do a much better job than I did, but it will be hard for you to apply it. That's why I was offering to help.

Vorrheis

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Mar 10, 2004 1:04 am

Which reminds me. Could the shield with the symbol be alittle blended in with the shield?

vorrheis · Post by **vorrheis** » Wed Mar 10, 2004 1:16 am

While were talking about the indoril armor. I just sent Eraser a new version of the house indoril cuirass. I think it looks a lot better, but the main chest piece's texture is a little weak. It would be nice if someone could touch it up and maybe add the Indoril crest (if it's done).

Vorrheis

Hermit · Post by **Hermit** » Wed Mar 10, 2004 1:20 am

The indoril crest is done, here it is.

Hermit · Post by **Hermit** » Wed Mar 10, 2004 1:21 am

... didn't upload ...

I hope it does now ...