so this guy dissapeared? was lookin forward to this armor
if he ever gets back, i suggest that he takes up a job in 3d modeling, that model is better then some of besthesdas own, im sure he could get a job in a good game company if he wanted too...........then again if hes in school then for now he could sell the armors model to a game called 'rage' itd fit just right, im not sure when rage comes out, then he could release it as a modders recource after, therefore getting money, and giving it free to us after he has done so(sorry if im off-topic)
best of luck whatever-your-name-is, hope you find some spare time eventaully, and about the rigging......im not sure how to do it, but i replace the niftrishape/niftristrip data blocks with my own there fore changing the looks but keeping the animation, ive only tested it with weapons though, as for meatcaps i think you put them on as seperate from your model, as in over it, and the limbs between are controlled by nodes
once again i never really published anything complex like that, just advice if you get a oppertunity to work on it
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