No worries, as many were, in fact polite and constructive (thank you to those,
and I hope you know who you are), but there were several that were a bit too
demanding (like cracking a whip, which is a real put-off. I tell ya what).

I will still proceed with the replacer, but it will be like a thief in the night when she is released;
it will most likely be in he cover of darkness and fall to the fourth page before it is noticed :ninja:

I know. Ideally I'd be able to make a creature version of her, though, so a replacer could be pluginless.

At this point, I really just want to make my own vision of Almelexia, as I have been bombarded with e-mails (well perhaps not bombarded, but at least 20 messages), saying how I should do this, no do that, no do this... It can be really overwhelming to know that my own vision would not be supported just beacuse it might not fit into "lore", because the original Almelexia appeared a certain way. That, on top of a heightened emotional state can really bring down one's genuine initial enthusiasm about making something beautiful. This is all I really wanted to do: remake Almelexia in the style of "Westly" and not necessarily in the style of lore. However, should I release such, the headache that would come from the messages that would follow (about how I should make certain changes), is not something I need ATM (to compound my frustrations and shadowed saddness in real-life). Ultimately, I will finish it (for sure), but will probably decline from a release (at least for a little while, 'til the "storm" blows over).

:)

-Snip-
Anyway, all those shots look great. Slightly OT: Is there any chance of seeing a BB Azura replacer any time soon? http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Mods.Detail&id=5590 is great, but it would be nice to see one without the ugly seams, even though it's just for a few seconds of in-game time (besides, I prefer Azura to Almalexia).

Slightly OT as well, I just need to sort out the transparencies but heres a preview from NifSkope.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b240/Psymoniser/Azura.jpg

The texures for the face, hair and dress were done by Westly.

Sy

What, are you going to post the release thread under a pseudonym or something?

Edit rather than double post: I've played with my Almalexia skin some more, made her more shiny and golden and tweaked the tattoos some more to closer match the shading on Bethesda!Almalexia.
http://img147.imageshack.us/my.php?image=almalexiafront.png
http://img516.imageshack.us/my.php?image=almalexiaback.png

Slightly OT as well, I just need to sort out the transparencies but heres a preview from NifSkope.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b240/Psymoniser/Azura.jpg

The texures for the face, hair and dress were done by Westly.

Sy

Those look fantastic, Plankye! :goodjob:


:ooo: Nice! Could you put up a comparison shot with what it looked like originally? I'd like to see the difference (I haven't seen Azura in a long time!). How did you get NifSkope to have a background other than black? I've been wanting to change it, but I have yet to figure out how to accomplish that.

Well, if you have to go the NPC route, I think it's possible to "trap" her via a script - I would have to look into it first. There's a get spell effect function that can determine if an NPC is under the influence of a particular spell, like soul trap. If she was when she died, the script could check to see if the player has an empty Azura's start, and if so, swap it out with one filled with her soul. Fliggerty or Yacoby should know for sure if that was possible. Still, keep up the good work.

Considering that you only get one Azuras Star and that it isn't wildly powerful for enchanting anyway (yes, you can do constant effect, but you're going to run out of enchanting space on the item before you run out of spell power) does she even need to be made trapable?

Maybe its just me, but I never saw the point. And people would be perfectly able to choose whether a body replacer or a trappable soul was more important to them.

How did you get NifSkope to have a background other than black? I've been wanting to change it, but I have yet to figure out how to accomplish that.

http://mpg.planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/images/lnightblade/azura.jpg

Considering that you only get one Azuras Star and that it isn't wildly powerful for enchanting anyway (yes, you can do constant effect, but you're going to run out of enchanting space on the item before you run out of spell power) does she even need to be made trapable?

Maybe its just me, but I never saw the point. And people would be perfectly able to choose whether a body replacer or a trappable soul was more important to them.

Yes, but I'm absolutely useless at scripting... of course, I'm also absolutely useless at combining meshes in NifSkope (crashes the CS every time!) so either way I'm not about to be able to do this by myself. Every time I try to do something complicated I am reminded that hey, I'm a texture artist, but I'm not really anything else...

What, are you going to post the release thread under a pseudonym or something?

Edit rather than double post: I've played with my Almalexia skin some more, made her more shiny and golden and tweaked the tattoos some more to closer match the shading on Bethesda!Almalexia.
http://img147.imageshack.us/my.php?image=almalexiafront.png
http://img516.imageshack.us/my.php?image=almalexiaback.png

I what way does it not work? I've been working on and off with NifSkope, Max and the Better bodies meshes for a while now so maybe I could take a look at it for you.

PM me if you like.

I like all of the work thats going here, far better than my texture work on her.

Sy

Slightly OT as well, I just need to sort out the transparencies but heres a preview from NifSkope.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b240/Psymoniser/Azura.jpg

The texures for the face, hair and dress were done by Westly.

Sy

I'm not sure what you mean, considering she has the largest soul in the game. Before I had the PC version, I remember making a 50 fire/50 frost/50 shock enchanted Ebony Scimitar with a 1500 charge on the GOTY edition for the XBox. That was awesome and I hope I can still do the same with Westly's replacer, which looks amazing.

Slightly OT as well, I just need to sort out the transparencies but heres a preview from NifSkope.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b240/Psymoniser/Azura.jpg

The texures for the face, hair and dress were done by Westly.

Sy

Well, either way, I'd prefer a creature version, because pluginless mods make me happy.

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g235/Wesadam/Creatures/WAR_ALMELEXIA_SCREENS3.jpg

Won't be long now, or will it... :ninja:

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g235/Wesadam/Creatures/WAR_ALMELEXIA_SCREENS3.jpg

Won't be long now, or will it... :ninja:

You're really doing a beautful job. Right there is an Almalexia that I don't think my character would have to fight to keep from laughing at like she usually when she meets with "vanilla-Almalexia".

Oh, Westly, I do believe it is spelt "Almalexia."

Oh my Goddess! That's looking so good! I love it. She's looking 'divine'. Have you designed her war mask yet?