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A redesign of the Ebony Armour so it's a little less fantasy, more mundane, but also much higher quality and looks like a proper Heavy Armour for a fancy Knight.
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- Overview -
The Ebony Armour is love on first sight...Until I saw the helmet, so I used Phitt's Helmet Collection to fix that, but sadly the armour was still ugly the more I thought about it.
How ugly?... The bloody unfit rust, the rather ugly gold that looked more like a lining than decors, some of the other decorations in it even...
So I decided to go ahead and make a retexture, maybe some of you will know it as the Redesigned Ebony Armor, that is an old work of mine. After gaining experience (but more importantly, asking my best friend Blackgrowl for help and advice) I have decided to give it a second go, so I've made a brand new mod instead of updating the main page. (I was just too lazy to fix the old one's main page layout and all...Forgive me not.)
- Description -
A retexture of the vanilla Ebony Armour that removes some decorations that looked too ridiculous to be there, while also enhancing it by removing all the ugly unfit rust, changing the gold colour to something sharper and darker as well as making the leather red, because it looked to fit it much better.
This mod uses "Kartoffels' Oblivion Upscaled Textures" as base, because why not? Specifically, 2x, I don't think armour should be higher than 1024 or sometimes 2048 for Oblivion.
Check out DETAILS for more information!
- INSTALLATION -
Simply install it using the Mod Manager of your choice.
- Details -
- Helmet:
* DIFFUSE MAP: Darkened and removed Rust from Metal, Softened Metal dirt, Darkened & Improved Gold Colour, Recoloured the Horsehair to be darker and redder.
* NORMAL MAP: Completely redid Normal Map, size increased by 2x, more detailed Gold, flattened the Metal and removed all Rusty Bumping from it, Horsehair is less shiny now.
- Cuirass:
* DIFFUSE MAP: Darkened and removed Rust from Metal, Softened Metal dirt, Darkened & Improved Gold Colour, Recoloured and Darkened Leather. Brand new Chainmail texture that looks like true Chainmail instead of what appears to be a "set of holes".
* NORMAL MAP: Completely redid Normal Map, size increased by 2x, more detailed Gold, flattened the Metal and removed all Rusty Bumping from it. Brand new Chainmail normal map.
- Gauntlets:
* DIFFUSE MAP: Darkened and removed Rust from Metal, Softened Metal dirt, Darkened & Improved Gold Colour. Brand new Chainmail texture that looks like true Chainmail instead of what appears to be a "set of holes".
* NORMAL MAP: Completely redid Normal Map, size increased by 2x, more detailed Gold, flattened the Metal and removed all Rusty Bumping from it. Brand new Chainmail normal map.
- Greaves:
* DIFFUSE MAP: Darkened and removed Rust from Metal, Softened Metal dirt, Darkened & Improved Gold Colour, Recoloured and Darkened Leather. Brand new Chainmail texture that looks like true Chainmail instead of what appears to be a "set of holes".
* NORMAL MAP: Completely redid Normal Map, size increased by 2x, more detailed Gold, flattened the Metal and removed all Rusty Bumping from it. Brand new Chainmail normal map.
- Boots:
* DIFFUSE MAP: Darkened and removed Rust from Metal, Softened Metal dirt, Darkened & Improved Gold Colour, Recoloured and Darkened Leather. Brand new Chainmail texture that looks like true Chainmail instead of what appears to be a "set of holes". Changed some Chainmail to be Metal instead.
* NORMAL MAP: Completely redid Normal Map, size increased by 2x, more detailed Gold, flattened the Metal and removed all Rusty Bumping from it. Brand new Chainmail normal map.
- RECOMMENDED MODS -
* "Phitt's Helmet Collection", has a cool Ebony Sallet that should fit with this mod!
* "Assorted Protective Female Armors", uses a more bulkier and practical mesh for Female's Cuirass, compatible with this mod, too.
* "Snail's Ebony Armory", redoes all weapons and shield to make it look more practical and cooler. (This mod also inspired me a bit to update my own mod.)
- Planned Features -
* Retexture the Escutcheon of Chorrol.
* Maybe retexture the weapons?
* Fix and even redo the mesh. (I need help with NifTools and Blender, please send me a PM if you are willing to help)
** If redoing mesh, completely change UVs and do some proper baked Normal Maps. InsanitySorrow would be proud!
- Credits -
Phitt for the cool Helmet Collection, specifically the Ebony Sallet.
Nuska for the very well-made "Assorted Protective Female Armors" mod. Even if I don't play as a female, it's worth it for the female NPCs.
Blackgrowl for helping me out, he basically completely remade the Normal Maps. (And could have done more, but he's a lot more lazy than me!)
Kartoffels for the Upscaled Textures.
- Terms of Usage -
Do whatever you want because a modder is free, you are a modder! (Aren't you?)
But please, if you take these textures, do not take them as yours. You should give credit and you can take DP points.
No need to ask me for permission.
The Ebony Armour is love on first sight...Until I saw the helmet, so I used Phitt's Helmet Collection to fix that, but sadly the armour was still ugly the more I thought about it.
How ugly?... The bloody unfit rust, the rather ugly gold that looked more like a lining than decors, some of the other decorations in it even...
So I decided to go ahead and make a retexture, maybe some of you will know it as the Redesigned Ebony Armor, that is an old work of mine. After gaining experience (but more importantly, asking my best friend Blackgrowl for help and advice) I have decided to give it a second go, so I've made a brand new mod instead of updating the main page. (I was just too lazy to fix the old one's main page layout and all...Forgive me not.)
- Description -
A retexture of the vanilla Ebony Armour that removes some decorations that looked too ridiculous to be there, while also enhancing it by removing all the ugly unfit rust, changing the gold colour to something sharper and darker as well as making the leather red, because it looked to fit it much better.
This mod uses "Kartoffels' Oblivion Upscaled Textures" as base, because why not? Specifically, 2x, I don't think armour should be higher than 1024 or sometimes 2048 for Oblivion.
Check out DETAILS for more information!
- INSTALLATION -
Simply install it using the Mod Manager of your choice.
- Details -
- Helmet:
* DIFFUSE MAP: Darkened and removed Rust from Metal, Softened Metal dirt, Darkened & Improved Gold Colour, Recoloured the Horsehair to be darker and redder.
* NORMAL MAP: Completely redid Normal Map, size increased by 2x, more detailed Gold, flattened the Metal and removed all Rusty Bumping from it, Horsehair is less shiny now.
- Cuirass:
* DIFFUSE MAP: Darkened and removed Rust from Metal, Softened Metal dirt, Darkened & Improved Gold Colour, Recoloured and Darkened Leather. Brand new Chainmail texture that looks like true Chainmail instead of what appears to be a "set of holes".
* NORMAL MAP: Completely redid Normal Map, size increased by 2x, more detailed Gold, flattened the Metal and removed all Rusty Bumping from it. Brand new Chainmail normal map.
- Gauntlets:
* DIFFUSE MAP: Darkened and removed Rust from Metal, Softened Metal dirt, Darkened & Improved Gold Colour. Brand new Chainmail texture that looks like true Chainmail instead of what appears to be a "set of holes".
* NORMAL MAP: Completely redid Normal Map, size increased by 2x, more detailed Gold, flattened the Metal and removed all Rusty Bumping from it. Brand new Chainmail normal map.
- Greaves:
* DIFFUSE MAP: Darkened and removed Rust from Metal, Softened Metal dirt, Darkened & Improved Gold Colour, Recoloured and Darkened Leather. Brand new Chainmail texture that looks like true Chainmail instead of what appears to be a "set of holes".
* NORMAL MAP: Completely redid Normal Map, size increased by 2x, more detailed Gold, flattened the Metal and removed all Rusty Bumping from it. Brand new Chainmail normal map.
- Boots:
* DIFFUSE MAP: Darkened and removed Rust from Metal, Softened Metal dirt, Darkened & Improved Gold Colour, Recoloured and Darkened Leather. Brand new Chainmail texture that looks like true Chainmail instead of what appears to be a "set of holes". Changed some Chainmail to be Metal instead.
* NORMAL MAP: Completely redid Normal Map, size increased by 2x, more detailed Gold, flattened the Metal and removed all Rusty Bumping from it. Brand new Chainmail normal map.
- RECOMMENDED MODS -
* "Phitt's Helmet Collection", has a cool Ebony Sallet that should fit with this mod!
* "Assorted Protective Female Armors", uses a more bulkier and practical mesh for Female's Cuirass, compatible with this mod, too.
* "Snail's Ebony Armory", redoes all weapons and shield to make it look more practical and cooler. (This mod also inspired me a bit to update my own mod.)
- Planned Features -
* Retexture the Escutcheon of Chorrol.
* Maybe retexture the weapons?
* Fix and even redo the mesh. (I need help with NifTools and Blender, please send me a PM if you are willing to help)
** If redoing mesh, completely change UVs and do some proper baked Normal Maps. InsanitySorrow would be proud!
- Credits -
Phitt for the cool Helmet Collection, specifically the Ebony Sallet.
Nuska for the very well-made "Assorted Protective Female Armors" mod. Even if I don't play as a female, it's worth it for the female NPCs.
Blackgrowl for helping me out, he basically completely remade the Normal Maps. (And could have done more, but he's a lot more lazy than me!)
Kartoffels for the Upscaled Textures.
- Terms of Usage -
Do whatever you want because a modder is free, you are a modder! (Aren't you?)
But please, if you take these textures, do not take them as yours. You should give credit and you can take DP points.
No need to ask me for permission.