Complete unit modeling tutorial*

[Conqistador]

i'll post it tonight...

[Killerbee]

yes i'm texturing it (first try at skinning)... i hope today i can post an picture of it

Don't worry if the skinning doesn't work the first day

[Conqistador]

no i'm thinking that it is going good for a greater noob like me... lol

[Ranger Of The North]

Karlost you are great! I hope you will do modeling for LOTR-TW too (im LordofDead from lotr-tw.net) I like this guide is veryu helpfull! Thank you very much!

[JorisofHolland]

Great tutorial but where can I download 3dmax?

[S-te-Fan]

Here,

Fill it in and you have acces to a 30 days trial.

[Lü Bu]

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

I wouldn't mind if someone rep me.Joking (or Im not)

[davidshawkaz]

Hey thanx for the post looks helpful. I was thinking for my 1st mod to get billmen to drag riders off their horses. Or if that's a little difficult create Chinese and Korean mecernaries for the Mongols..

[davidshawkaz]

Yeah basic enough for me to understand. Could you tell me what basic packages I need to change textures and models please?

Great post and rated, thanks

[Killerbee]

Vercingetorix' pak extractor for editing skins and other UI elements

[davidshawkaz]

Really? Someone mentioned a package called GIMPS. Plus what is the above package called? To many packages..

Thanks for the help

$3999 is that really how much it costs???!!!!!

[Killerbee]

GIMP is a (free) program that is capable of editing .tga/.dds files (files needed for skins)

Vercingetorix pak extractor is for showing the "hidden" UI elements (skins , symbols , ..)

And yes , 3dsmax is 3-4 grant , but you can try a trial version of 30 days , or you could download milkshape or Gmax

[davidshawkaz]

What does UI stand for? Sorry I'm taking it 1 step at a time

So you have 30 days to finish your mod? I wish there was a one bit of software does everything type situation. I hear people have to use Photoshop as well. That's quite a few packages for just changing graphics..

[Killerbee]

UI = User Interface

Well , Photoshop or GIMP are both programs of editing skins etc. , although GIMP is free .. i made a topic about it , check it out here

3ds max is only needed for edting models , wich is a difficult aspect of modding .. Actually , it depends on what you want to do ..

[davidshawkaz]

For my 1st mod I'd like to animate a bill man dragging horsemen of their horse. Or create Chinese or Korean units for the Mongols in MTW2..

Thanks for the link. All help appreciated

[Killerbee]

dragging horsemen of their horse ? Not possible i think with the M2TW engine

As for the other thing : Just take a mongol unit and reskin him a bit so he looks like a korean unit

[davidshawkaz]

Well that's that one down the drain and probably won't be the last

Thanks I'll probably download GIMPS then and maybe have a look at 3dmax. Thanks for the advice

[Lü Bu]

Nice idea,i like it!Maybe you should make new topic about it...(please keep this thread only for modelling and texturing)

[davidshawkaz]

No problem.. So if I was starting off with say a Korean infantry unit. What would I need?

Just GIMP and Vercingetorix?

[Lü Bu]

You need 3d max (30 trial) or Gmax (free) or milkshape (free) and for texture you need Photoshop (trial) or gimp (free and very good)...