Alternate Dawn of War Mod Skins - UPDATE! Alternate CODEX IG Skins! Screenie Up

[Whiteshield]

If anybody wants em I made some alternate skins for the models done for various mods.

Firestorm Over Kronus Chapter Master and Brother-Captain - Reskin (3 Skins for Chapter Master, 1 for Brother-Captain)
Mediafire www.mediafire.com/?5fr4rvb1vocra8q#1

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Firestorm Over Kronus Emperor's Champion - Reskin (1 WTP, 1 RSH)
Mediafire http://www.mediafire.com/?utg58j3y2o8p6t8

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Firestorm Over Kronus Black Templar Marshall - Reskin (7 WTP, 7 RSH)
Mediafire http://www.mediafire.com/?ppdder2tyup7qoy#2

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Winterdyne's Warhound Titan - Reskin + Specularity (3 WTP, 3 RSH)
Mediafire http://www.mediafire.com/?prlx2kmh443dkbn

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Alternate Steel Legion Infantry Skins (3 WTP, 4 RSH)
Mediafire http://www.mediafire.com/?c24vlx19c3zl5wg

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Alternate Grey Knight Terminator + Stormtrooper Skins (2 WTP, 5 RSH)
Mediafire http://www.mediafire.com/?nw4wb342u8zgzwb

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NOTE: Stormtrooper skin is a modified version of my other Stormtrooper Skin from the Alternate Steel Legion Infantry Skins archive.

Alternate Tyranid Skins (11 WTP, 12 RSH)

Alternate Tyranid Skins, 11 WTP Files
Mediafire http://www.mediafire.com/?dirn6mnzbmv1d4l

Alternate Tyranid Skins - Specular Eyes, 12 RSH Files
Mediafire http://www.mediafire.com/?bqn3he7p3ph2bgs

Specular Tyranid Skins (not done by me, credits to Chaos Godstone for the link) - Single SGA File. Modding Skill Needed to Apply them.
Megaupload http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CPV5BY91

NEW Alternate Tyranid Skins + TC Hierophant skin for Dawn of Coalescence modification
(makes the Hierophant TC and adds specularity to all units in the pack. switched some of the TC pattern of some tyranid units to make them more in line with most of the unit textures)
Mediafire http://www.mediafire.com/?aaqyed74941dd7s

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NOTE: You need to download both the 11 WTP and 12 RSH files to get the most of the changes.

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NOTE: You need to download both the 11 WTP and 12 RSH files to get the most of the changes.

Alternate Renegade Militia Skins (3 WTP, 3 RSH)
Requirements: Melooo's "Purgation of Kaurava" mod http://forums.relicnews.com/showthre...load-Available
Mediafire http://www.mediafire.com/?i67sz6o77s5xcze

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Alternate Deathwatch Veteran Skins (UPDATED) (1 WTP, 1 RSH)
Changes: Greyish/Silverish Pauldron now more detailed, like FoK Grey Knight Pauldron, except not golden.
Mediafire http://www.mediafire.com/?2siz9zupp4epybx

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Alternate Codex Imperial Guard Skins (UPDATED) (6 WTP)
Changes: Gives Codex Guardsmen, standard Guardsmen, IG Lieutenant model, and Imperial General with MARPAT style digi camo, Conscript models with the Kasrkin style Camo, Codex Kasrkin with Hangar-8's Splintered C
Mediafire http://www.mediafire.com/?73lyivip9u9r552

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Credits: THE ENTIRE DAWN OF WAR COMMUNITY FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE YEARS THAT HAVE PAST, Whiteshield (me for modifying them )

Constructive Criticism please

UPDATE: Check back soon for new updates, plenty of things to do, plenty already done

SUPPORT: For questions and requests just post on THIS thread. Do not PM me.

ABOUT: These skins are meant to help enhance your visual gameplay and they are in no way meant to challenge the skills of the original skinner/texturer. Its just a DOW fan trying to make the best reskins he can.

NEWS: The specular tyranids are done. I just modified the eyes to have specularity. Shiny armored tyranids seem out of place since most tyranid armor have a fleshy organic feel.

PLEASE: Leave a message on the thread to keep it from dying. I searched on the forums and couldn't find it, it was a good thing I bookmarked it. I don't want to create a new thread with the same contents. Thank you

READ ME! IMPORTANT!: It seems for some downloads, I have written "Data\Art\EBPs\races\space_marines\texture_share" in the install section for where to put the skins. It should be "Data\Art\EBPs\races\(racenamehere)\texture_share", (racenamehere) depends on what race the skin is using.
Races:
Black Templar textures: Data\Art\EBPs\races\Black_templar\texture_share
Chaos textures: Data\Art\EBPs\races\chaos\texture_share
Eldar textures: Data\Art\EBPs\races\eldar\texture_share
Imperial Guard textures: Data\Art\EBPs\races\imperial_guard\texture_share
Inquisition textures (FoK): Data\Art\EBPs\races\inquisition\texture_share
Inquisition Daemonhunt textures: Data\Art\EBPs\races\inquisition_daemonhunt\texture_share
Necron textures: Data\Art\EBPs\races\necrons\texture_share
Ork textures: Data\Art\EBPs\races\orks\texture_share
Space Marine textures: Data\Art\EBPs\races\space_marines\texture_share
Steel Legion textures: Data\Art\EBPs\races\steel_legion\texture_share
Tau textures: Data\Art\EBPs\races\tau\texture_share
Tyranid textures: Data\Art\EBPs\races\tyranids\texture_share

IMPORTANT FOR THOSE MAKING REQUESTS: If you want me to help in a major mod reskin, send me the model + the texture so I can edit them. Do not make me download a 100-300+mb rar file of your entire mod. My Internet Connection is not epic as most of yours, and it also saves me Hard Drive Space.

[corncobman]

Care to post the differences so that people who are unable to download from Megaupload (i.e. me) can see what the changes are?

Also putting an alternative download mirror would be grand.

[Whiteshield]

Click "Show Spoiler about Show Screenie about modified skin", you know the spoiler tab. It changes the helmet color.

[edit] care to link me where I can upload an alternate one?.. Filefront keeps disapproving it for some reason.

[corncobman]

http://www.mediafire.com/myfiles.php is quite good for files less than 200Mb.

[Whiteshield]

Nice. Thanks dude

[corncobman]

Excellent. I shall check them out.

EDIT:

Did you do the specular map yourself? If so that is a very nice job.

[Whiteshield]

Yes I did

Just figured out how to do it like a week ago . However, the base DDS file for the RSH was done by the FOK mod team. I just added the _SPEC and _GLOW maps. The reflection part is Hangar-8's

More modified skins --> The Emperor's Champion and the Company Champion. Will post them in a few hours

[edit] It occurs to me that the Brother-Captain did not get any specular love. I will upload it in the next release

[jONES1979]

More modified skins --> The Emperor's Champion and the Company Champion. Will post them in a few hours

Hi! Can you do the similar for Black Templar's Emperor's Champion?

[Whiteshield]

I did do a similar for the Black Templars one. I use the Black Templars model and use it for my standard space marine army (black templars are the most popular to use them, but other chapters use them as well).

But can you do me a favor? Can you upload the up to date Emperor's Champion (the FOK 3.6 one) model except it looks for the textures in the space_marines/troops instead of black_templars/troops folder?...

For some reason my computer won't let me run that certain tool so that I can do it myself.

BTW, Check the first post since I'll be posting links to the files when I upload them.

[jONES1979]

Sorry, do not understood you clearly.

Do you want the BT's EC's model, but with path to textures changed to races\space_marines\texture_share\ ? For this it is required to convert a model to 3dmax sources, then change paths used, and then compile a new model...

[Whiteshield]

well can you do that?.. Would be great.. BTW There is a tool uploaded somewhere in Skins at Hive World Terra. The problem is my computer can't run it. I just need someone to change the path to races\space_marines\texture_share\(texture name here)

anyway, the BT texture for the emprah's champion:
RSH - emperors_champion_unit.rsh
WTP - emperors_champion_unit_default.wtp

Gonna upload it a little while but hope you can do it. thanks jones

[EDIT] Added spoiler pic for the upcoming Emperor's Champion

[rev_draconis]

nice work, i will definitely use these in my mod Thanks

[Whiteshield]

just don't say you made them

[Whiteshield]

ATTENTION MODERATOR! Can you kindly move my thread to the Mods in Progress section? That would be great. Thanks -Whiteshield

[Ira Aduro]

Use the report button or PM a moderator. Thread moved.

[Whiteshield]

Thank you Ira Aduro and for the record, love your avatar skin

[Whiteshield]

Version 1.0 didn't have the fully weapon tab coloured left pauldron. Version 1.1 had it. 1.1 also has weapon tab coloured thingies on his arm and leg.

To be released soon: Brother Captain Davian Thule Skin using the Black Templar's Marshall model. Its for those who wish to use Black Templar models but not add the Black Templars as a race itself (Useful if you're not too good at modding by yourself, like me ) The main difference is that helmets will be fixed like my Alternate Chapter Master and Brother Captain skin. And the moustached fellow will be gone, so now you can have thule again Some stuff like the robe on the battle plate will be gone, replaced by your standard aquila.

NOTE: Thule skin is intended for campaign use, but you can use it in Skirmish as well

[Whiteshield]

Wow. Been a few days and not a single new comment.

[jONES1979]

Excellent work, Whiteshield!

[Whiteshield]

Thanks jones . Look out coz I'm gonna upload a reskin of commissar yarrick for the steel legion mod.

Its a temporary placeholder until such time that the steel legion mod team releases their own (which will of course be better than my knockoff)

[Richter]

Good Lord. What sort of drain on one's machine does these do?

Awesomely done, Yarrick looks superb.

[Whiteshield]

Since these are special units and commander units, you usually have a limit of one, so to speak, not much of a drain on your gameplay unless you modded squads to have several of the commanders in them it.

[jONES1979]

Cause it seems, that Steel Legion for Dark Crusade will never be updated (to the patch 1.2 rules i mean), I think you can release specularity version of Yarric's skin freely.

For example, I play SL for DC from time to time, and even make a mod "over SL's mod" for purpose of creating single player mission(s), (with gameplay rules updating). So I add "you skin" with pleasure.
I do not modify the SL mod itself by copyright and respect issues, but think I able to add everything to inherited mod to make it better and "suitable"

[Whiteshield]

@jONES1979 - Already released just wanted to make a point there

[edit] Here he is! The new Captain Thule! NOTE: Haven't started on the SWFs yet, so no icons for the wargear screen.

[Khahla]

Hi Whiteshield, I just picked up DC last week, stumbled on FOK, loved the skins and found it hard to return to the default ones as I only play single player and FOK crashes at each stronghold mission.

Long story short, I've reskinned all the troops (but kept default attributes) and got it working fine for single player, wondered if I could use a few of your models on here?

At the moment I'm just doing this for my own in-game eye-candy, but I'm toying with releasing it as a basic "graphical update" for the campaign, and will of course seek permission from the creators of all skins involved if I do that.

Today going to start trying to figure out the upgrades screen with your marshall/thule model, and also how to have the appropriate commander models appear on the menu screens etc.

[Whiteshield]

Hmmm... the models, as you can see on the screenshots' credits, are not mine, so I can't help you there. The textures are just modified versions I made to give them more detail. The marshall thule model can be done for the campaign if you edit the appropriate UCS files and the space_marine_race.race file. Both can be edited via notepad. But for space_marine_race.race you have to extract it with a SGA reader.

Here's an example. Its from my space_marine_race.race file in my mod...

Wargear, space_marine_race.race

WarGear =
{
{
Research = "marine_wargear_upgrade_04_lightning_claw_research",
WeaponName = "space_marine_lightning_claws_chapter_master",
WeaponNameDefault = "space_marine_power_sword_chapter_master",
ClauseKey = "Weapon_Melee_Upgrade_Main",
ClauseValueOn = "space_marines_lightning_claw",
ClauseValueDefault = "space_marines_power_sword",
Name = "$6141846",
Icon = 2,
Description = "$6141847",
Specification = "$6141848"
},
{
Research = "marine_wargear_upgrade_06_storm_bolter_research",
WeaponName = "space_marine_storm_bolter_chapter_master",
WeaponNameDefault = "space_marine_bolter_hellfire_chapter_master",
ClauseKey = "Weapon_Range_Upgrade_Main",
ClauseValueOn = "Space_Marines_Storm_Bolter",
ClauseValueDefault = "space_marines_bolter",
Name = "$6141816",
Icon = 3,
Description = "$6141817",
Specification = "$6141818"
},
{
Research = "marine_wargear_upgrade_08_artificier_armour_research",
WeaponName = "space_marine_force_commander_artificier_armour",
WeaponNameDefault = nil,
ClauseKey = "Wargear_Upgrade_03",
ClauseValueOn = "Wargear_02",
ClauseValueDefault = "<NONE>",
Name = "$6141819",
Icon = 4,
Description = "$6141820",
Specification = "$6141821"
},
{
Research = "marine_wargear_upgrade_09_halo_research",
WeaponName = "space_marine_force_commander_halo",
WeaponNameDefault = nil,
ClauseKey = "Wargear_Upgrade_02",
ClauseValueOn = "Wargear_02",
ClauseValueDefault = "<NONE>",
Name = "$6141828",
Icon = 5,
Description = "$6141829",
Specification = "$6141830"
},
{
Research = "marine_wargear_upgrade_05_plasma_pistol_research",
WeaponName = "space_marine_plasma_pistol_chapter_master",
WeaponNameDefault = "space_marine_bolter_hellfire_chapter_master",
ClauseKey = "Weapon_Range_Upgrade_Main",
ClauseValueOn = "space_marines_plasma_pistol",
ClauseValueDefault = "space_marines_bolter",
Name = "$6141840",
Icon = 6,
Description = "$6141841",
Specification = "$6141842"
},
{
Research = "marine_wargear_upgrade_10_jump_pack_research",
WeaponName = "space_marine_force_commander_jump_pack",
WeaponNameDefault = nil,
ClauseKey = "Wargear_Upgrade_01",
ClauseValueOn = "Wargear_02",
ClauseValueDefault = "<NONE>",
Name = "$6141831",
Icon = 7,
Description = "$6141832",
Specification = "$6141833"
},
{
Research = "marine_wargear_upgrade_02_relic_blade_research",
WeaponName = "space_marine_relic_blade_chapter_master",
WeaponNameDefault = "space_marine_power_sword_chapter_master",
ClauseKey = "Weapon_Melee_Upgrade_Main",
ClauseValueOn = "Space_Marines_Relic_Blade",
ClauseValueDefault = "space_marines_power_sword",
Name = "$6141843",
Icon = 8,
Description = "$6141844",
Specification = "$6141845"
},
{
Research = "marine_wargear_upgrade_07_storm_shield_research",
WeaponName = "space_marine_storm_shield_chapter_master",
WeaponNameDefault = "space_marine_bolter_hellfire_chapter_master",
ClauseKey = "Weapon_Range_Upgrade_Main",
ClauseValueOn = "Space_Marines_Storm_Shield",
ClauseValueDefault = "space_marines_bolter",
Name = "$6141837",
Icon = 9,
Description = "$6141838",
Specification = "$6141839"
},
{
Research = "marine_wargear_upgrade_03_thunder_hammer_research",
WeaponName = "space_marine_thunder_hammer_chapter_master",
WeaponNameDefault = "space_marine_power_sword_chapter_master",
ClauseKey = "Weapon_Melee_Upgrade_Main",
ClauseValueOn = "Space_Marines_Thunder_Hammer",
ClauseValueDefault = "space_marines_power_sword",
Name = "$6141834",
Icon = 10,
Description = "$6141835",
Specification = "$6141836"
},
{
Research = "marine_wargear_upgrade_01_power_fist_research",
WeaponName = "space_marine_power_fist_chapter_master",
WeaponNameDefault = "space_marine_power_sword_chapter_master",
ClauseKey = "Weapon_Melee_Upgrade_Main",
ClauseValueOn = "Space_Marines_Power_Fist",
ClauseValueDefault = "space_marines_power_sword",
Name = "$6141822",
Icon = 11,
Description = "$6141823",
Specification = "$6141824"
}
}

Note: Read the full .RACE file to understand how to modify the rest.

[EDIT] Before I forget, yes you do need to create new RGDs for the new research and weapons or it would be weird having a thunder hammer doing chainsword damage.

[Whiteshield]

wow. couldn't find my thread in the mods in progress section.

[EDIT] until I posted this, that is.

[jONES1979]

NOTE: Mouth and Teeth area are no longer TC. Tyranids have pinkish gums and mouths and have yellowish white teeth

Yeah! Looks awesome!

[Chaos Godstone]

Just wondering if this could be of any help:- Tyranids with Specularity and Glows.sga <-- Link removed due to Megaupload being pulled.

And by gods, the oldest file is dated 2006, newest, 2009! Despite the time taken I would describe them as good but crude.

[Whiteshield]

ummmmm... thanks but, I can easily make them get specularity by copying the desired parts from the WTP. Thanks anyway, will check this out if its the same as my idea or not

[EDIT] Checked it out, but didn't like it. For one, it would definitely lag the game, two, tyranids are more organic. Did you do these? They're still pretty good.

[Chaos Godstone]

The only things not done by me are the original textures.

My idea was based off of the relatively dull shine of everyday insects, the attempt being that the chitin plates and blades had the shine. In some cases where permitting the glows were applied to the eyes of the Tyranids although the buildings had glows in other parts. My best, if I do say so myself, is the glow on the zoanthrope which appears, to the most part, to be the same in DoW2, my humble opinion though.

I didn't think about the .wtp though, I just made them from the full colour image in the .rsh, probably what took so long to do. If they were to have been of use my thought was somewhat 'he can make better ones than me'.

[Whiteshield]

Oh I posted your link above in the first post and credited you, if you want me to remove it, just tell me

[Chaos Godstone]

Thanks, I could upload a .zip file for easier usage by others though, if you wish?

[Whiteshield]

nahh... RAR is common these days. up to you though

[Chaos Godstone]

It has occurred to me that the .wtp's are the 2006 - 2008 files and are not edited by me but by the Tyranid mod guys, whoops.

So that means, now my mind is working a little clearer on this, that it didn't take me as long as I made it seem, the first file was started on 20 February 2009 and was biovore.rsh, the last was completed on 04 October 2009 and was zoanthrope.rsh. With this in mind I have dropped the .wtp's from the mix for a smaller download.

The download - Tyranids with Specularity and Glows.rar

[corncobman]

Whiteshield, can I suggest adding specular maps not just for the eyes, but for the claws and the glands as well?

I find that the specular eyes are barely noticeable and you can only see them if you're looking closely at them so it's not worth having specular skins for such small areas.

[Whiteshield]

Will do, as soon as I finish the Renegade Militia Skins for Melooo's Purgation of Kaurava mod.

[thewildgo]

Nice work whiteshield!! can u add some love to the sisters of battle?

[Whiteshield]

Ummm... There are already plenty of Sisters of Battle Specularity packs out there. I do only what don't exist (to my knowledge anyway )

[thewildgo]

Well if u find the please please please post them!!

[corncobman]

SoB specularity skins:

http://skins.hiveworldterra.co.uk/Do...attle_pg2.html

[Whiteshield]

hey thanks corncob
thewildgo, you should check that site, it has plenty of awesome skins you can choose from

[thewildgo]

Thanks guys! I already search in the page relly nice... but since i know what specularity is i love it! sadly its petty rare i couldnt find for space marines, eldars and dark eldar the relity is that i wish to put some specularity in all my dawn of war armies =) even i find evidence of necrom specularity but i couldnt find it, so if any of u find something usefull or even curious just let me know im alll eyes! thank you!

[Whiteshield]

FoK has specular eldar and the Specular Dark Eldar can be found at the site Corncobman gave you, some of the anyway. Search google for Dawn of War Files Filefront. They have oodles of specular eldar skins.

[Melooo]

Thanks for the renegade militia textures pal, although i'll be tweaking them a bit for my mod :P

"Some Russian guy"? xD i thought i told ya he goes by "Blowball" here on relicnews

[paradamed]

How can I install the inquisition textures? I use the inquisition mod for ss but I dont have the folders like in other mods, I only have a big IDdata.sga.

[Whiteshield]

extract the SGA file. these skins were primarily made for mod developers.

[edit] you might wanna download the Alternate Grey Knight Terminator pack while you're at it

[Hollow]

Hello, about some time ago I PM´d you about the making of the Team Colorable Grey Knights and all related to the Ordo Malleus from FoK, I know you have been very busy with some things but it would be cool to see them.

Also, PM for something else, please, I want something else to do, but "secretly".

Hollow.

[Whiteshield]

classes just started, so no, haven't started on it yet, sorry

[G3N3RAL_GR3IVUS]

Hi! Im wondering if you could reskin the ordinary ig and sm skins to the the fok ig and space marine skins please? Thank u!