the kid anubis LeaderHead Thread

[kid anubis]

I finally finished Ekmek's leaderhead tutorial and managed to get Ragnor's helmet on Catherine. This was just a test for me to figure out what I was doing. And after much pain figuring out how to create, select, and assign vertex groups, finally was able to rig the helmet.

So now I'm going to start on the missing LeaderHeads for my Women of the Sword mod, starting with:

- a female Viking leader
- a female Ottoman leader
- a female Spartan/Greek leader

I haven't settled on which BtS female leaders I'll use as bases yet, but am open to suggestions

If all goes well, I'll also be looking into some Middle Earth/fantasy leaderheads in the future.

 

[The_J]

You also should try to move some of the clothing over to her, should look better then .

 

[The Capo]

You also should try to move some of the clothing over to her, should look better then .

He'll be here all week ladies and gentlemen, don't forget to tip your waitress!

 

[MadmanOfALeader]

I'd prefer if he took the clothes away from Catherine!

 

[kid anubis]

I'd prefer if he took the clothes away from Catherine!

Don't tempt me! I suppose I could slip in my version of 'hot coffee'

Actually, is there an official forum policy on the amount of skin shown for leaders/units? not that I'm looking to do anything, just curious.

 

[kid anubis]

You also should try to move some of the clothing over to her, should look better then .

I thought about it, but Catherine's animation is problematic. She shows her back and flips her hair. This 'breaks' Ragnor's helmet and cape (she moves through them). And some assets, like Sitting Bull's headdress don't seem to have a 'back' to them.

I haven't decided if I want to keep going with Catherine as the base for the female Viking leader or someone else, like Isabella. Although either way, I need to make her hair blond.

 

[Ekmek]

in that case you swap some animations

PS Welcome to the club!

 

[kid anubis]

in that case you swap some animations

PS Welcome to the club!

Thanks! And just in time to have to relearn everything for Civ V. Also, I've been meaning to thank you for your tutorial.

And swapping animations!?! I'm barely swapping parts!

 

[Ekmek]

nah you just copy one animation file and rename it to the one you want to switch. its pretty easy

 

[kid anubis]

so I decided to play around with backgrounds and the camera. I revisited Valeria (my goth reskin of Shahzerahade). First I reset the camera on her to get her centered a bit better. I then swapped the background to Julius Caeser's since Valeria is Roman. I had to monkey with the background rotation and scale, but I seem to have gotten it lined up the way I wanted (or at least no red).

I'm not reposting her yet because I plan to do some remapping of textures. I need the practice.

 

[killmeplease]

for female viking leader i'd recomend you to use Victoria leaderhead

 

[The Capo]

for female viking leader i'd recomend you to use Victoria leaderhead

I agree, like the proverbial fat-lady at the opera.

 

[kid anubis]

I agree, like the proverbial fat-lady at the opera.

wow. I hadn't thought of that. I'll get started this weekend.

 

[IgorS]

wow. I hadn't thought of that. I'll get started this weekend.

You can also take Sitting Bull's hair and colour it blonde and put it on her.

 

[kid anubis]

You can also take Sitting Bull's hair and colour it blonde and put it on her.

Ha! Thanks! I was just trying to figure out how I would do braids and was thinking of modifying Catherine's pony tail.

 

[kid anubis]

I've started on the female viking leader and got Sitting Bull's pony tails on a (mostly) stripped down Victoria (don't panic, she still has her shirt on). There is a bit of clipping with the pony tail tips that I'll have look at when the animation first starts.

Next up is Ragnor's helmet, then I have to figure out her sleeves (shirt will be Ragnor's chainmail).

 

[The_J]

I think, this will be a really cool leaderhead .

 

[Vrenir]

You could use Hannibal's shoulder pieces (colored grey) on her.

 

[The Capo]

You could use Hannibal's shoulder pieces (colored grey) on her.

Actually, you should use Ragnar's helmet as a bra, it would look even better if you used Ragnar's helmet for her head, and took the trim off and replaced it with the trim frmo Genghis Khan.

 

[kid anubis]

Actually, you should use Ragnar's helmet as a bra, it would look even better if you used Ragnar's helmet for her head, and took the trim off and replaced it with the trim frmo Genghis Khan.

Great suggestion on the bra! I'll see what I can do.