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Trying to skin my first mesh, a bow - Help appreciated


Yanazake
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Actually, i'm still going to start the mesh. But i'm getting reference material to begin with, of course.

 

I'm planning on using the Orcish bow design to help me start, mostly because it is the most assimetric bow i can remember right now, and the bow i'm trying to do is just as assimetric. I started by thinking "well, i need something to import to blender, for visual reference" and went to export the bow mesh as .obj format. Headaches started right there.

 

Basically, i wasn't aware i can't export a rigged/skinned mesh to obj format. Mostly because i already did some body/armor exports months ago and used obj a lot for it. I know the bow is different, tho - they do not have _0 and _1 meshes [would be so much easier if they did] and some rare ocasions even have the animation embed in the nif file.

 

So, right now i'm at a loss here. This is my first time trying to skin/weigh paint something, anywhere. I'm just more used to blender, even tho i know that 3dsMAX is infinitely more compatible.

 

Since things can be complicated, i'm willing on doing the mesh first on blender, exporting it in obj format, and rigging it in 3dsMAX if need be to a safer and less painful experience. I'd just like to be directed to a good rigging tutorial for bows. [Armor, clothing, bodies are something else, i'll get to them eventually. I'm concerned with the bow right now]

 

 

Thanks in advance for any helping hand anyone is willing to extend. :)

 

edit: I just noticed i was looking at a modded amber bow, not the original! I got it, the original, the orcish skyrim bow, and the wooden skyrim bow, all of them for reference. Bows in skyrim are longer compared to the ones in oblivion. At least, visually. This doesn't change anything, i'm using them all for visual reference and still plan to make a non-symetrical bow, unique, not a remake of the old mod [since i have no idea who did it] and neither of the original bow [which seems like it's made of ebony instead of amber >_<]

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