unnamed WIP

[Blue Shift]

(shield not included)

It still needs a bunch of refining, but hopefully It'll eventually become a snazzy little armor set for myself and others who prefer the coldest of elements.

[DM8954]

Wow, that's looking good.

Is that a retexture of existing armor or completely new geometry?

[Blue Shift]

That's a retexture of the existing Mythic Dawn armor, with minor geometric modifications via normal mapping, heavy recoloring & enhancement, and glow mapping.

[DM8954]

Nice, you've done an excellent job so far.

Keep us updated.

[Artica]

Cool! We want more
Maybe a very crap qwuestion but how do you make such armor? ( And i don't mean in-game )

[Blue Shift]

Artica, see this thread:  http://www.cyrodiil.net/forums/index.php/topic,1774.0.html



New work:


I'm aware that it looks almost exactly the same from a distance.  Check out what it looks like up close, though:



...and at night:

[Mystical]

Cool, it's all glowy at night. Good job!

[DM8954]

Excellent details!

The glow maps are a nice touch, too.

I did have a question about the Oblivion symbol on the front of the Armor. Does it stand for anything? It's essentially just a letter "O" from the perspective of Tamrielic citizens. (It's called the letter "Oht" according to this interesting link.) It looks cool, I was just wondering if it meant anything. Of course it means plenty to us, since this is the main symbol for the game, but I was wondering if you had considered an in-game meaning for it. It might be a little extra work, but you might even consider using a different symbol for it, like "Hefhed" ("F") for Frost... or maybe the magic symbol for frost.

Just a suggestion; no real change is necessary.

[Blue Shift]

That's a very interesting idea.  I'll probably change it to an F (Hefhed) for Frost or an S (Seht) for Solostaran eventually.  I don't really plan on releasing this in the near future, if at all, so I'll toy around with it sometime and see what fits.

[DM8954]

This is some high quality craftsmanship. Have you done any armor mods before?

In any case, keep up the good work.