WTH, how on earth did I miss this thread?

This is looking like some awesome work guys! Keep up the sweet work! :tops:

I think that kind of landscape/structures would be better suited to High Rock, but it's just my opinion. Anyway, great work :thumbsup:

As I already said, this will be just a small valley featuring this kind of architecture. It shall be a special unique place and it's just a few cells big. The rest of "The Rift" will be completely different. Also I'm often just testing stuff and during progress change things from this to that. This thread isn't only there for showcaseing, but for open discussion. If you miss something, have special wishes or want to have something in there you were always been searching for, please let us know right now, so that we can turn it to life!


theDaywalker :rock:

Off course, the nords are famous and strong warriors and not mages, but this castle is located in THE RIFT, next to the Morrowind and Cyrodiil border. Also Riften is a hugh city in THE RIFT and different races of Tamriel live there, including bretons.

Sounds like a cool concept for the city Daywalker

And you are certainly welcome to use my Dahrk Creatures for whatever you like in your modding. Just as soon as I release them

I would release them now, but I am finding out that all of my creatures have the same strange issue in game, and I think I just figured out what my problem is. Now I just have to test it out and try to fix it (if I am right about this, then my Atronachs mod will be released as well, a retextured version of my Crystal Atronach would go great in Skyrim I think).

So, changed the roofing of the balconies into zebra skin and it matches the colours of the landscape kinda better now I think. Also had to get rid of some of the high resolution detai maps in nifskope, cause my PC wasn't even able to load this cell. Placed some mist around the towers and spires of the castle, but I must say, that I can't really figure out what is mist and what is Morrowind weather. Doesn't work that well in this case. Maybe another ressource with more dense mist could work better.

Yeah, these are really ashlander's lantern you see...but it's still lorefriendly, cause the wizard who lives in this castle is a passioned collector of things from all over Tamriel and he/ she will pay a good price for unique and rare items!!!

http://pic.leech.it/i/b3d56/a0d0ea42screenshot.jpg
http://pic.leech.it/i/26e5d/7f318613screenshot.jpg
http://pic.leech.it/i/216b9/91c964cscreenshot.jpg
http://pic.leech.it/i/0a5fa/aeeba2bfscreenshot.jpg
http://pic.leech.it/i/885d0/942d0f15screenshot.jpg


@Melchior: No need to hurry, guess some time will pass before I get to work on the interiors!


TheDaywalker :rock:

I'd hate to be the gardener for that tower, those tiered planters look dangerous to water This looks really good. This project is moving quickly...

Great Screenshots Daywalker. I like this. xD

wow amazing!

Thx, glad you all like it in a way, but for those of you who are afraid that Daywalker is making the whole Skyrim thing a kinky fairytale, check out what will await you outside the wizard's little valley:

http://pic.leech.it/i/c4da4/ee11382zz1.jpg
http://pic.leech.it/i/91f95/8b13260dzz2.jpg
http://pic.leech.it/i/88875/d82da43fzz3.jpg

At the moment this is just some static 3D-Concept-Art, but I promise you this thing will be walking until release of the mod. And you all should train your fighting skills in the meantime, cause this beast will be a real nasty one, trust me on that, muuuuuuuuuuhahahahaaaaaaaaaaarrrrr!!!


TheDaywalker :rock:

This looks great!! :tops:

Hi Guys,

The vampire Lestat is back and I've some new screens for you

I've named the shots Impressions from "The Reach"

The Reach is a hugh region in the south-west of skyrim...the environment changes from snowplains in the north to the farmland and forests in the south and a very "rocky" landscape in the east of the Reach. The Reach is still WIP


Enjoy

http://pic.leech.it/pic.php?id=05bdd90thereach01.jpg
http://pic.leech.it/pic.php?id=349ea07thereach02.jpg
http://pic.leech.it/pic.php?id=9ed1c22ethereach03.jpg
http://pic.leech.it/pic.php?id=43727ccthereach04.jpg
http://pic.leech.it/pic.php?id=9692766thereach05.jpg
http://pic.leech.it/pic.php?id=a068768cthereach06.jpg
http://pic.leech.it/pic.php?id=f80023a0thereach07.jpg
http://pic.leech.it/pic.php?id=d2bffa4thereach08.jpg
http://pic.leech.it/pic.php?id=d8c6eb4thereach09.jpg
http://pic.leech.it/pic.php?id=4d956a31thereach10.jpg
http://pic.leech.it/pic.php?id=ff51accethereach11.jpg
http://pic.leech.it/pic.php?id=05bbb09thereach12.jpg
http://pic.leech.it/pic.php?id=bfe39aa6thereach13.jpg
http://pic.leech.it/pic.php?id=3e299260thereach14.jpg
http://pic.leech.it/pic.php?id=66a5b4cthereach15.jpg
http://pic.leech.it/pic.php?id=6fea4c7thereach16.jpg
http://pic.leech.it/pic.php?id=1fd4af4thereach17.jpg
http://pic.leech.it/pic.php?id=b879be55thereach18.jpg
http://pic.leech.it/pic.php?id=a190cacthereach19.jpg
http://pic.leech.it/pic.php?id=911b23a9thereach20.jpg
http://pic.leech.it/pic.php?id=2a49e54thereach21.jpg
http://pic.leech.it/pic.php?id=3e08a9e5thereach22.jpg
http://pic.leech.it/pic.php?id=9aa0375cthereach23.jpg
http://pic.leech.it/pic.php?id=a399bf6fthereach24.jpg


Greets Lestat

The new screens are great. I'm glad you are working fast on this mod. Love the cows too.

Thanks, the cows are from Cait, like all the other peaceful animals i've used...and you have to work fast if you have to finish nearly 2000 f*cking exteriorcells...

Greets Lestat

Great Screens.^^

can you show us a world map picture of what has been done?

A world map picture is a good idea, but it would look like a puzzle at the moment, cause I work on Haafinheim, The Reach and The Northshore at the same time...if I'm bored of placeing trees I leave Haafinheim for the gaciers and snowplains of the Northshore or the wilderness of The Reach, so it makes less sence at the moment, but I can tell you that I've finished 14 exteriorcells the last 2 weeks and worked on the city of Karthwasten. I will post a worldmap at the right moment...

Exteriorbuilder are still needed, so everyone could PM if you wanna help out and get your claim of 20 or 30 cells to work on...Every helping hand brings us closer to the release...but keep in mind that you have to buid Skyrim and not Morrowind or Cyrodiil

Here's the head of a new race that I'm working on for Skyrim at the moment. I call that race "Ice-Faeries". It will be a light race, half as big as normal races with animated wings. What I not yet have decided is, wether it will have a beast body (khajiit, argonian, minotaur with hooves) or a normal better body.

I'd personally prefer a beast body, but I know, that many people better like to have races with staright legs, so that they can wear boots.

This race will also have a special feature: Concerning animations there is no difference between a piece of armor and a normal bodypart and I will make use of that. The normal appearance of the race is that of a monster, but there'll be a spell or an artifact, with which other bodyparts will be equipped as armor. Those bodyparts will be that of beautiful elves. So you'll be able to play a race which is a bit like Jeckyl & Hide. That's my idea, don't know if it will work as well ingame. We'll see!!!


Here some screens of the head (textures may change during progress):

http://pic.leech.it/i/115cb/db0e748cy1.jpg
http://pic.leech.it/i/b5bac/2e4f5174y2.jpg
http://pic.leech.it/i/d8753/c9fedac0f6y3.jpg


TheDaywalker :rock:

Cool head and concept! Some people might not like the idea of a new playable race though without lore support. However, I think it looks very neat!

I would suggest to go with the beast body myself, I don't think it is overused or unused (by players that is) personally...

Will this race be used as a fightable creature in Skyrim or an intelligent merchant encounter (like the sload are said to sometimes be)? Perhaps it could have Daedric origins. But then again it is kind of like an Imp I suppose, and they don't have daedric ties (I think anyway :nope: , I am prepared to be [censored] by lorebuffs if I am incorrect )

I thought of making this a playable race and maybe also some unique NPCs. Concerning lorefriendly or not I normally don't care at all, but as this is not my project I will invent a nice story to make it fit into morrowind lore. It can be a creature that was not known until now, a creature born of a weird experiment, which the mages guild has wiped out all traces of and so on...those people who need an explaination to have peace of mind will get it!!!


TheDaywalker :rock:

Hi Folks,

I've a question for you...

who of you guys have a good, skyrim suitable armor resource and would allow me to use it in Skyrim...the fact at the moment is, that I've masses of new weapons but NO new armor in the weapons stores of the province...this svcks...I need new fur armor or some new kind of mithrill/ iron/ steel/ ebony or trollbone armor, no daedric stuff or bonemold armors...

Could you help me out?

Cheers Lestat

Mithril? There is somewhere Mithril armor Oblivion Like on PES, look there

Ice Armor! And good looking Ice Armor, you could retex the Glass set!

These are all the armors I can find that could work well

Try this http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Mods.Detail&id=6529

http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Mods.Detail&id=5936

http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Mods.Detail&id=3228 (this could be a cool new armor set, maybe tweak it a bit...)

I know you said no Daedric armor but what about a set of http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Mods.Detail&id=1790 in the mod?

VagabondAngel's http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Mods.Detail&id=2446 sort of fits the province, I think

http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Mods.Detail&id=2343 includes a set of Deathdealer armor, which is Nordic in appearance.

http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Mods.Detail&id=4982 fits perfectly!

http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Mods.Detail&id=1874

http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Mods.Detail&id=2547 (it isn't fur but it's close!)

http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Mods.Detail&id=4197 could make a pretty good mage guard armor...

http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Mods.Detail&id=3034

http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Mods.Detail&id=1975

http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Mods.Detail&id=2841

http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Mods.Detail&id=1546

http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Mods.Detail&id=7120

http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Mods.Detail&id=3648

http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Mods.Detail&id=7055

http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Mods.Detail&id=2432

http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Mods.Detail&id=934

http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Mods.Detail&id=3258

@ Starwarsguy

A retexture from glass to ice is a pretty good idea, I will do it.

@ Melchior

Thanx man for this mass of armors, I will add nearly all of them to the mod, have to check the ReadMe for permission


Cheers Lestat