How To: Make Leaderheads! Ekmek's Guide

[Nitram15]

I did this exactly! And it screwed up if animating! Wait, I'll upload it tomorrow.

 

[KaneofEgypt]

I'm trying this out.... Does Python version 2.6.2 work here? I keep getting the message when I try to import .nif files. "Python script error: Check console."

 

[Nitram15]

Uhm, that's caused by the NIF scripts. Try to download the newest ones. It must work.

 

[KaneofEgypt]

How do I do that?

 

[Nitram15]

Try to download one of these:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/niftools/files/blender_nif_scripts/2.5.x/2.5.07/

 

[KaneofEgypt]

Thanks, Nitram. It worked.

 

[Nitram15]

I had the same problem a few months ago, and this also worked for me. You're welcome.

 

[Graceheart the Leopard]

I seem to be experiencing Python problems:

 

[Triver]

Which version of Python do you use?

 

[Nitram15]

It is not Python. NIF scripts. You must download the newest one.

 

[Graceheart the Leopard]

It worked fine before: it only crashed when I tried importing a unit into Blender and it hasn't been working since.

 

[Ekmek]

It worked fine before: it only crashed when I tried importing a unit into Blender and it hasn't been working since.

usually that means a reinstall. blender is fickle - and thats probably why its free

 

[Linkman226]

How would I go about removing the red minicap on Baibar's turban?

 

[Ekmek]

have you gone through the tutorial? you'll have to import the LH then select all the faces and delete then export-nifswap- then play!

 

[Linkman226]

The issue was that that left a gaping hole in the top that looked ugly even after I merged the edges together. But that's not an issue anymore; I decided to use the hat from the Mangal Pandey LH instead, it's more fitting.

My next question (sorry to pester you, lol), is this: How would I go about creating my own hat/ other article of clothing?

 

[Nitram15]

I decided to use the hat from the Mangal Pandey LH instead, it's more fitting.

Yippee! Someone uses my leaderheads!

 

[Linkman226]

Yippee! Someone uses my leaderheads!

It's well done. I basically stacked two Pandey hats on top of each other, recolored, and tilted them backwards a bit and I got a very nice hat.

 

[Nitram15]

Thanks, but I wanted to release a v2. I never finished it though. On the real picture, Mangal Pandey had a moustache, and I created 3 version of him. On 2, (both were bad and buggy) he HAD a moustache. On the released one, I simply forgot that.

 

[Ekmek]

My next question (sorry to pester you, lol), is this: How would I go about creating my own hat/ other article of clothing?

dont worry about questions thats what this thread is for and as you can see the other masters come here to so you should get a lot of help.

As for making your own hat/clothing. I've never done it from scratch. I usually take parts that I want and link them together and shape as need be. subdividing vertices helps with shaping sometimes. What are you trying to make?

 

[Linkman226]

This guy's hat and clothing. Quite unique, compared to that of existing LH's. I don't believe that we have a shirt-skirt mix that this guy's wearing:

Spoiler :