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The back of the curiass posted in the previous image. ~ Dani ~

This is the front of a retextured Blades Cuirass that I'm working on. The back will post immediately after this. This is for my Ronin mod that I've been working on for months now. Note the armor dates back to the First Era, so it should look old and distressed. This armor corresponds to StarX's Green Dragon katana. Problem 1: Silver. I've added silver buttons, but they show up as white, no matter how much I burn the edges the add shadow. My shadow darkening is not showing up. Any idea why? (I checked the four lighting settings in Nifskope and their on normal settings, so not sure why they are so white?) Problem 2: I have design features I can add, but the armor design is segmented, both in the texture and the mesh. So finding a smooth, clear spot for a design enhancement (example: Medusa's Head, or whatever) would required a redesign of the mesh, as well as a retexture. There is the space between the tassles, but if you look closed that's segemented, too (the plates going on the chest for greater flexibility of movement). One thought I had was to simply join the two top plates, making it one solid piece (that would take two minutes of PS work) but I don't know how realistic it would be, as I'm not an armor expert. What I was is a way to distinguish this First Era Blades armor from Third Era Blades armor, without losing the design intergtity, and the visual recognition that will occur when a player sees this armor. I've done a bit with color, but I don't want "unrealistic" colors. I also want something a little more meaningful than just a recoloration of an existing armor. Any suggestions are welcome. ~ Dani ~

... before release.

Not a very good screenshot. I was trying to get a "moonlight" image, but I was in my "vanilla-modder" install of Oblivion and not my fully-modded-with-All-Natural-nights version. It actually looks better in game, but it looks best in the morning, just as the sun hits it. ~ Dani ~

This is the second unique species of Merremia from my soon to be released modder's resource: Morning Glory Madness, part 1 of Flowers and Flora. It's based on the real life Black or Black Night Morning Glories. Of all the flowers I've done, these were actually the hardest. Getting the seams to line up and the white stems to match the flowers took, oh, over four hours of my life. If only I wasn't a perfectionist ... ~ Dani ~

Here's a picture of the texture in-game, on a rainy day. The mesh size is 1.2 of original mesh.

From my upcoming release (this weekend) of my Flowers and Flora mod, Part I - Morning Glory Madness. See, it started with just one retexture. Before I knew it, I had over 16 variety of the standard morning glory and two new species: Azura's Star and Moonlight Merremia. I'll pick the best ones and put them together as a modders resource.