Saturday, March 28, 2015

Beast Race Immersion Mod WIP

I'm working on a mod based on the Argonian Beautification mod (which I am currently using) that adds Morrowind-like feet to Khajiits and Argonians. Right now all the vanilla Khajiits have their feet. The Argonians have feet, but there is major clipping at the ankles most of the time, so I am working on converting all the vanilla pants and greaves to include a set of the Argonian feet and be adjusted to eliminate the clipping. So far, I have finished the lower class clothing, the "Hobbit Britches" style middle class pants, the Shrouded Armor (for Khajiits too), and the tan linens. I don't know how I'm going to handle the greaves. I think I'll try to disassemble the boots and put the front plate on the greaves so there isn't a big empty place where the boots would usually be covering. But making Argonian pants for hours on end gets mega boring, so I don't know when I will finally finish this project. Wish my patience luck if you want to see this uploaded any time soon. When I finish it I will release it as an overhaul for the Khajiit and Argonian Races with the feet/clothes as playable equipment. It will essentially be like Argonian Beautification, but more comprehensive and for Khajiits too.

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Oblivion Character Overhaul 2 Khajiit Female Fix

I love Nuska's mod Oblivion Character Overhaul version 2, but it doesn't come with Khajiit body textures to match the new face, which tends to lead to horrible neck seams of doom. There is a fix someone made that retextures the female face to better match the default HGEC Khajiit textures, but I don't really like it. It takes away from the really cool markings that OCO comes with. So I made my own fix that keeps the coloration of the original, but edits it slightly to match some slightly recolored Khajiit HGEC textures by Luchaire. Much better, and virtually no neck seam at all.



There is an optional tail texture in case you are using the (much better) tail replacer that comes with Luchaire's Khajiit textures. Over-right the default tail with this one if you have the new tail.



Credits:

Nuska
Luchaire

Luchaire's Credits:

Credit for the original textures goes to Daede of TeamFF. Thank you very much for the beautiful work that made this possible!
Credit for the original khajiit head texture used as a resource goes to jw0ollard. Thank you!
Thank you to TeamFF for the Fantasy Figures mods.


Fancy Mage's Robe Mod WIP and Frustrating Gloves

As I usually play a mage in Oblivion, I thought I needed some nice robes. Luna has been wearing robes lately as well, which is how this mod got started. I've been putting together some new fancy robes with new meshes and textures, as vanilla is pretty shit if you ask me. I'm working on making male counterparts to the female robes. All of the robes have a matching set of fingerless gloves, but I don't have a glove mesh for Roberts male, so I've spent the last 3 hours working on converting the female gloves to fit the male hand. Pain in the ass!! It's not perfect, but I have got one hand working.

Comparison of Female and Male Gloves


Once I get everything done, I will upload the robes here for all to enjoy. I've worked too hard on this mod to let it sit on my pc all my its lonely self.


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Finally after five hours, I have successfully converted the gloves to work with Roberts male. Yes, yes, fucking yes! That was annoying, but I'm really glad I did it.

Friday, December 26, 2014

Alice in Wonderland

I got Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland for Christmas (one of the best movies ever....) which has inspired me to make a Wonderland themed mod for Oblivion. I currently have a half-furnished cottage and a custom Alice race. The cottage relies heavily on the Shivering Isles but uses other resources as well. I even made my own shitty version of the Cheshire Cat. Chess will adventure with Alice. Alice can also summon three little mushroom creatures to fight with her. The spell summons one of the three at random. If I like what I end up with, I'll probably release my Wonderland Cottage and Alice race for everyone to play with. :)

Here's Alice in her custom blue dresses:



Here's Chess: (I'm aware that he looks pretty crappy, but it's the best I can do right now....)


And here's the rest of the cottage so far: (Not even close to finished, don't worry.)






Alice and Chess:


The Shrooms: 








I hope you like it. I'm certainly having fun putting it all together. I'm so obsessed with Alice in Wonderland it's ridiculous. I've been sleeping under a Cheshire Cat comforter sense I was 15, and I'm now 24.....

Monday, December 15, 2014

Remake of my Frost Sprite Mod

The first race mod I uploaded to the Nexus was a small blue race called Frost Sprites. My texturing skills were shit back then, and I can't stand the way they look now. So I made completely new textures for the Sprites and added a male version. (The original shared a face texture between genders. Not the best....) I also added 3 more male hairs converted from the sims by Maxim at MaxHeartFlan.

This is a comparison between the old and new versions. You can see why I hate the old one....



Stats:

Str: 30
Int: 50
Wil: 50
Agi: 30
Spd: 50
End: 30
Luc: 40
Pers: 30

Abilities:

Frostskin - Constant

Resist Frost 100%
Weakness to Fire 75%

Frost Sprite Enhanced Magicka - Constant

Fortify Magicka 100 points

Freeze - Lesser Power - 25 Magicka

Frost Damage 25 points on touch
Paralyze for 1 second on touch


You can download either version from the Nexus, but really why would you want the original?
Here's a link to the new version:


Credits:

Nequam for Eyes
Flonne and Bnnfish for Eyes
Cazy, Anto and FumoFumo for Crazy Hair
Anto and Lucha for Coolsims Hair
Ren for Ren's Hair
Mondstein for the facial piercings
Kafei, Kikaimegami , AlienSlof, Luchaire, JC Clyde, Chingari, SavageArtistry and Spirited Treasure for the Smaller Elf Ears With Piercings resource
ThrottleKitty for the Head06 Resource
Scanti for the Merged Mouth and Merged Teeth
jclyde6108 for the original eyelash mesh
RAIAR and MadCat221 for the HGEC body
Exnem for the original Eyecandy body
Robert2 for Roberts Male Body
Dustin Flan @ maxheartflan.com for the face texture, eyebrows, and the male body texture
Ozmo for the hi-rez HGEC textures
Obsidian Dawn at http://www.obsidiandawn.com for the makeup brushes
Geonox and Apachii for 3 male hairs, and Maxim @ maxheartflan.com for the conversions
Sinblood for the white teeth texture

Screenshots:





This is Belle.... I just made her to take the pictures. I don't actually play this race anymore, but the original was horrid and I wanted to fix it.


Sunday, December 14, 2014

Introducing Freya Windsinger

Freya Windsinger is a character that I've played on and off for almost 2 years, but I was never quite satisfied with how I had her set up. She started out as just a vanilla Nord, and has evolved from there. I spent last night piecing together some new equipment for her, and making a new face and eyes. I quite like how she turned out. I haven't decided if she will end up with a lip piercing yet....





Unlike pretty much every other character I play, Freya is a warrior and fights with a longsword. I don't usually do that, as I kinda suck at it. Like really.... But I'm hoping that playing Freya more routinely will improve my hack and slash skills. =)

When Freya first came into existence she was a paladin of the Nine, but now she's a bit looser in her beliefs and slightly more amoral at times. I haven't made her a home yet, but plan to start on that today. The original Freya lived in a cottage I made in the West Weald, but I don't have that house anymore. I might still put her home in that spot, though. It's pretty near Bleak Flats Cave, so I had a small cottage there for a long time. Anyway.... This is Freya. She kicks ass. Or she will once I get better at melee...lol.

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Update: She ended up with a small silver stud in her nose, which I like better than a lip piercing anyway.


Saturday, December 13, 2014

Wren's Quest for Stinkhorn Caps

Wren the Shaman was set on a quest from Kynareth to bring a Stinkhorn Cap to the Druid's Temple. This is what she got up to on the way...

Wren made her way to Blackwood, stopping to enjoy the scenery along the way.

Wow Nirnroots Are Huge:


Along the way, she stumbled across a quiet pool of water, and made friends with the water birds living there.

Communing With Nature:


When she got close to Leyawiin, she decided to pay a visit to her friend S'Dara, who owns a small alchemy shop in town.

S'Dara's Cauldron:



And, finally, a short way from the city gates, she found what she needed.

Finally:



I hope you enjoyed this little peak into the life of Wren. I mostly just wanted to show off the screenshots I took while on this quest, but hey, maybe someone will be interested.... So there you go.