The Capo's LH Gallery and Self-Help Thread!

[The Almighty dF]

I'm not much of an artist, though I've got rather decent photoshop skills (only thing I have to show from all my years of being a Goon, besides the fact that nothing on the internet can disturb me.)
I could give improving her texture a shot.

 

[The Capo]

I'm not much of an artist, though I've got rather decent photoshop skills (only thing I have to show from all my years of being a Goon, besides the fact that nothing on the internet can disturb me.)
I could give improving her texture a shot.

Yeah, the main issues with her are her arms and the bottom part of her torso (and of course the cleavage). If you can figure that part out that's pretty much all she needs now.

 

[The Almighty dF]

Yeah, the main issues with her are her arms and the bottom part of her torso (and of course the cleavage). If you can figure that part out that's pretty much all she needs now.

I can probably fix that up. If I can turn Gary Busey into a zombie, I'm sure I can do this.

 

[The Capo]

Alright man, make her look good. I think I have the files for her posted here somewhere. If I don't let me know.

 

[Vrenir]

Glad to see the tie issue fixed. While you're trying to address the black parts around the cuffs, you may also want to look at where the neck meets the collar. There's some of the same issue going on where the two different models blend. I'm not sure if that's fixable, but it might be worth it to improve the overall polish.

 

[The Almighty dF]

Looks like I might not really be able to do this. I can do some photoshop/gimp work, but it looks like I need to understand NIFskope and the like a bit better first.
Everytime I try to view the nif, it shows up as the model with a blank texture.
I can, however, offer this advise:

-Make the entirety of the skin besides the finished breast part closer to the shade on the light spot of her neck. Close, but not exactly. Leave it just a bit darker. Just slightly. Just take the eyedropper, select the lightest part of her neck texture, go to paintbrush, set it to maybe 15% opacity, and just keep going over those areas until they're somewhat close in shade.
-For the lower half of the breasts (which is currently missing), simply copy the finished half, flip it upside down, then use clone stamp and smudge to even it out.

That should leave her looking a lot better.

 

[Ekmek]

Yeah I'll do that. You saw what I was talking about though right? I don't get how simply changing the color of the tie would have that effect. I'll try your idea though.

it has something to do with saving the dds i suppose. glad it worked out for you.

for skinning try clone brushing shaka's face on khamena. lighten it first but if you clone brush you can keep copying over part tell it looks good.

 

[The Capo]

The problem with your suggestion, TAdF, is that the original model used was Isabella. So the texturing is actually based on her wearing clothing. What that entire explanation means (basically) is that its in pieces rather than one solid image. So the upper portion of her torso (her shoulder/neck/top of breast area) is facing forward in the texture while the bottom portion of her torso (the part that basically looks untextured) is actually two halves which are identical. So basically I can't just flip the cleavage and use that because I have to create, well "side-boob", in the texture, which is pretty difficult when you have my skills. I actually did attempt to do this earlier, and it looked TERRIBLE. I guess I'll try and screw around in GIMP or something, but the best way for this to get taken care of is by someone who actually knows what they are doing.

 

[The Capo]

Here's what the texture looks like (if you want to know I used the Dido LH's texture for this), see its a little "raw" and tough to work with. And I've already had one glorious failure. I suppose I could try again, but if anyone else wants to take a crack at it here it is.

 

[The Capo]

CLEOMENES of SPARTA​

Well, I know a lot of you were expecting Leonidas (I figured he didn't actually do much as far as ruling Sparta, and was more of a symbol to rally around after Thermopylae) or Lysander (he wasn't a King of Sparta, he was only a General) but this is Cleomenes I of Sparta. He was King in the late sixth and early fifth centuries BCE. During his reign Sparta defeated Argos and established the Peleponnesian League, which gave Sparta great influence throughout Greece eventually leading to the conquest of Athens by the Spartans, although that did not occur during his reign.

He could very easily be used as Leonidas or Lysander if you'd rather go in that direction, and he may appear in my mod as one of these men. But its a pretty generic looking Spartan to me, and that was the intent.

>>DOWNLOAD<<​

BTW; if anyone could help me with that Salmasina texture that'd be really awesome.

 

[achilleszero]

Oh your a tricky one, The Capo. Thats probably the best call for a leader of sparta thuough. Im fine with leaving both Leonidas and Lysander as great generals in the game.

Good job btw.

 

[The Capo]

PYRRHUS and ANTIOCHUS​

Here is my answer to the "What do we do with Alex after the new one is finished?" question. I have reimagined the old LH to work as a different Greek leader. I went relatively generic on these. One has a traditional Hellenic crown, the other has a traditionally Hellenic Helmet. I named them Pyrrhus (with helmet) and Antiochus (with crown).

>>DOWNLOAD<<​

 

[The Almighty dF]

Just a suggestion but could you maybe dim the textures on the Spartan helmet? Just the red fabric (maybe similar to the red cape) and the black/white checkerboard piece (a good deal darker, on par with the helmet itself.)
At their current brightness, at least the latter, it looks a bit silly. No offense meant.

 

[Berenthor]

Those look really good . I especially like the hellenistic crown a lot more than the laurelleafs from the original. Downloading now .

 

[The_J]

Now there's the time for a big ancient greece mod .

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[The Capo]

Just a suggestion but could you maybe dim the textures on the Spartan helmet? Just the red fabric (maybe similar to the red cape) and the black/white checkerboard piece (a good deal darker, on par with the helmet itself.)
At their current brightness, at least the latter, it looks a bit silly. No offense meant.

Well, I was considering changing them both actually (I was thinking of giving the base of the plume a more boring look, and then making the plume stripped black and red) so that's why I never actually altered them. I'll probably update it with that fixed/changed but I wanted to release it for a couple of weeks to see if there were any complaints or problems with the model.

 

[The Almighty dF]

Well, I was considering changing them both actually (I was thinking of giving the base of the plume a more boring look, and then making the plume stripped black and red) so that's why I never actually altered them. I'll probably update it with that fixed/changed but I wanted to release it for a couple of weeks to see if there were any complaints or problems with the model.

Ah.
Besides that, looks good.
He looks kinda like Brent Hinds, which makes him especially awesome. An excuse to pop in Mastodon while playing as Sparta.

 

[MadmanOfALeader]

I wonder, Capo, who are you going to use as a base for Jawaharlal Nehru. I think he definitely looks like a clean-shaven, Indianized Willem.

 

[The Capo]

I wonder, Capo, who are you going to use as a base for Jawaharlal Nehru. I think he definitely looks like a clean-shaven, Indianized Willem.

I was actually going to use Julius Caesar as a base, or at least thinknig of it. But Nehru isn't going to be made for a while, I think (I stress think because I don't want to be held to anything specific) I am going to make Cetshwayo and Lalibela next. I won't tell you who I am going to use as bases for them, but neither will use a current African leader as a base.

 

[The Almighty dF]

I was actually going to use Julius Caesar as a base, or at least thinknig of it. But Nehru isn't going to be made for a while, I think (I stress think because I don't want to be held to anything specific) I am going to make Cetshwayo and Lalibela next. I won't tell you who I am going to use as bases for them, but neither will use a current African leader as a base.

So we have another secret leader on our hands, maybe?