Does anyone know if http://i39.tinypic.com/16bkmzs.jpg is still planned to be released? Or if it was ever released as a resource somewhere? Or was it just shelved indefinitely? The picture is dated 2009, but I've found posts as late as 2011 claiming it was still planned to be released, but I don't know if that's true. It looks like the best replacer I've ever seen, and honestly, I'd love to have access to it, even if I have to implement in-game myself just for the sake of screenshots and things like that.

Any information on it would be greatly appreciated.

Id love to know that too. 0_0 Havent seen that one... amazing!

I don't believe Westly ever released that. An alternative would be Saint_Jiub's outstanding Divine Dagoth Ur (the screenshot at the link below does not do it justice).

http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=39431

Oh, I hadn't seen that before but now I want it! O_O

best ask dirnae.

Yeah, that's the replacer I've been using since it came out. It's the best one that's been released. Still, it breaks my heart to see Westly's take on him and not be able to see it in-game.

Yeah, I heard he/she? was given it to animate him and it never happened. That's why I was kind of hoping it was released or would be released as a resource, so hopefully someone else would pick it up, or, if nothing else, people could implement it into their game in their own way. I don't even care if he's fully functional, I just want that Dagoth Ur in my game.
Or, hell, it'd be awesome as a playable race!

I'm pretty sure Antares would animate it.

O_O Now I don't want to finish the Main questline until someone works on that. smw

Westly still shows up on the forums sometimes, I remember someone looking for him and he appeared

I PMed Westly on Fliggerty's forums. It says he was online sometime yesterday, so hopefully he'll see my PM and tell us about the destiny of this Dagoth Ur. Its so amazing, I really hope its not lost. I need it for a set - I have Westly's Almalexia and Westly's Vivec, Westly's Dagoth Ur would fit great.

Haha, me too. But St. Jiubs is a good alternative till then.

That's how I've felt about it ever since Westly first shared that image with us. Since I use screenshots as illustrations for my fic, the appearance is more important to me than animations...not to say that the animations don't entirely matter.

Not to contradict what I just said, but I'd love to see this version do the "hands on hips, laughing" animation.

Same here.
Let us know if he PMs you back. Or, better yet, maybe we can get lucky and get a response here letting us know one way or the other.

Not much has changed since that post (almost a year ago) . Even at this time I am hesitant to release the Dagoth Ur files as it feels so incomplete at this stage. To release such an unfinished project just does not feel right when it was so close to being just right (at least at that point). Else, maybe I can find a way to make it work on another set of animations (but it still would not fee quite right). I hate to have been a tease, but that's just how it has turned out at this point. Take Care, All .

That's a shame, but I understand how you feel. If you do ever decide to release it as-is, I can say for sure a lot of people would be able to appreciate it for what it is. Better to have something a little unfinished than nothing at all. But I digress, and I respect your decision regardless.

Thanks so much for commenting here!

But Dirnae havent been online since August! T_T It seems he has lost interest in this project completely. A playable Dagoth Ur race would still be much, muuuuch appreciated! It doesnt have to be animated same as original to be awesome It might not feel right to release something undone, but never releasing a nearly done amazing project because of a small, tiny, micro flaw is even a bigger shame. I for instance wont use the animated version should it even be done, Ill use the BB replacer. Maybe someone will finish it after you release it as a modder resourse, Westly?.. Just not let it fall into another year of oblivion, please! T_T Its too amazing for being forgotten like that!.. This Dagoth Ur deserves being loved, not just stocked into a locked folder forever, forgotten, just because a modder entrusted to animate it never finished it.

I understand your feelings on this completely. This is your artwork, and not all that different from a painting/illustration. Most artists really don't want their work "out there" when they feel it isn't quite done, or not exactly how they want it to be...And modders are NOT under an obligation to share their creations with the public.

So, take care and many thanks for the wonderful creations that you've generously shared with us.

Wasn't Dirnae banned here? I might be wrong. Check the Skyrim:Home of the Nords forums, I think I've seen Dirnae there.

Westly, why not try ask A.Antares regarding this matter? I'm sure he could animate it for you

That's what I was thinking when I suggested a resource release. I'm sure there are several people that would step up to the plate to get such a piece of art finished. Hell, I'd give a shot at learning how to animate just to try to do it myself.

This seems like a popular option.