Skyrim Special Edition
RUSTIC DRAGONS - WIP

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Gamwich

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A sneak peak at my full 8K retexture of Alduin, a mythic dragon who's both creator and destroyer. I tried to impart that feeling of both being alive and dead. He resembles a reanimated corpse.

The original concept art had his eyes looking like a ring or "god's eye" nebula. I thought of his eye being like a black hole at the center (pupil), while the outside was the field of stars and gases being drawn to into the black hole. Literally a destroyer of worlds.

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  1. oregano
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    Wooooooooow that was way better looking that i ever could have imagined, you have given Alduin an actual personality!
    It is definetley the best Alduin reskin i have ever seen.
    Sometimes we say "it's the best i have ever seen", when it might be one of the best :P. But in this case it is 100% so. You do not share the throne of Alduin reskins with anyone else. This here, is the best.

    Outstanding work, i am so happy and confident that when this is done i will only need 1 single mod for reskinning dragons in Skyrim, yours. :)
  2. fyrstorm121
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    Love the way this looks! He looks truly horrific. As for the eyes they seem quite tame.
    I was thinking perhaps you could keep the rounded pupil, but instead of covering the whole eye with a color, just surround the pupil by a very thin iris in red/orange color while the rest of the eye is pure black. Like that picture of the black hole that was memed to hell and back XD

    And if possible, maybe use some of Durnehviir's assets, his slime, put a few strands of undead reddish slime near the back of the jaw in his mouth? Not like covering the whole mouth in slime but just a bit of it near the back, like tendons in a muscle joint ya know what I mean?
  3. bwnexus
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    Now that is a real world eater for you, i agree with you about the eye it looks like something Paarthurnax would have.
    perhaps something hipnotic or endless molten lava pit?
  4. spaceinvader91
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    This looks spectacular to me. You mentioned somewhere down below that you've got a couple of eye variants, I really hope you'll keep this one in as an alternative if you end up switching to a slitted eye like the other dragons. Can't wait to download this :)
  5. deleted91856168
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    This is just perfect, the raw flesh holding his plates together is the touch he always needed. I do not have any critiques aside, I like the eyes as they are but a change would not be a deal breaker for me. Well done Gamwich!
  6. fiewiel
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    The face scares me, hes having the eyes of an insane being going to destroy and devour everything laughing maniacally.
    The rest doesnt look very sinister to me.
  7. deleted71741518
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    Looks really good, really like the eyes.
    Maybe give him some darker scales, kind of like Alduin Enhanced?
    Link:
    https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/4831
    1. Gamwich
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      Alduin doesn't have scales like the other dragons. That's one of his defining characteristics. I try to stay as true to the original concept art as possible.
  8. SlyWolfe
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  9. EnclaveOverlord1
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    Holy Sh*t this is the best Alduin design I've ever seen. I'm not 100% sure if I'm into the eyes, but the rock like skin with the red muscle underneath is awesome and really makes him significantly scarier looking.
  10. Jereponibus
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    This is hardcore! I can't wait to see this rendition of Alduin come to fruition! :D