Hi, just wondering if anyone has a model for a glowing spherical 'orb' object they wouldn't mind me having, or if there's something already in the game that I could edit fairly easily? The idea is that I want it to cast lightning spells.

I would have a stab at making it myself but I'm hopeless with modelling and nifscope and all that, and I'd be incredibly grateful if someone who has already made something like this could help me out.

Cheers guys.

You could use anything that is round, retexture it and give it a glow map.
I have been playing FO3 and not OB, so I forgot all the objects in that game that you might be able to use.

This ancient mod of mine has two orbs in it, (planets) that you could use.
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=11323

I have one in http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=28748 that I put through the IllumAnimation tool (what is used to animate AWLS meshes) . So you can use "http://cs.elderscrolls.com/constwiki/index.php/PlayGroup Stagger 1" in your script to turn them on, and "http://cs.elderscrolls.com/constwiki/index.php/PlayGroup Unequip 1" in your script to turn them off. It is slightly translucent and has glass reflection turned on. If neither this nor Willie's suit you, it's nothing at all to alter to suit, just holler.

Hey guys thanks for the support, Khettienna I found your Orb mesh and textures in the mod you linked and theyre great! Whats the easiest way to make the orb silver in colour? Im a total noob when it comes to meshes and textures.

Cheers again.

There's a http://cs.elderscrolls.com/constwiki/index.php/Category:Texturing_Tutorials at the CS Wiki on retexturing. Since you're not a Nifskope adept, you might want to try http://cs.elderscrolls.com/constwiki/index.php/Retexturing_Made_Easy for using a different texture on the mesh. If you've never used an image editor, http://cs.elderscrolls.com/constwiki/index.php/GIMP:Retexturing_Oblivion can walk you through a basic recolor in Gimp, which is a free and open source image editor that a lot of us modders use and love. It also includes how to change the texture in Nifskope, if you're feeling brave.

If you do use the texture from my mod, don't forget to credit Meo, as it's a recolor of one of his. Good luck!