I need help with modeling!!

[Tenebrae]

Okay, as you guys have probably already established, i'm a noob with the whole modeling/skinning thing. So here's the deal. I'm trying to make a model of Drizzt Do'Urden by putting an elven priest's head on a demon hunter's body and reskinning it. But I have no idea how to use the modeling program I've got. Could someone tell me which modeling program is best to use, and then a tutorial on how to use it? I also need help with animations. Thanks!

 

[Werewulf]

http://www.oinkerwinkle.com/tools/download.html
use geoset merger,to add the head.
get vertex mod tool and delete the elven priests head and then pos it then save it as a geoset, and then get the geoset merger and merge them but keep the same path and make texute type as none i think or alpha or trans.
but u need yobgul or wat ever converter, they need to be mdl.

 

[Splatt]

Hold on Werewulf...the poor guy probably didn't get a thing you said/post,so i'll just "translate" what you said =)

1.http://www.oinkerwinkle.com/tools/download.html

2.Download all the tools

3.Extract Elven Priest(use Wc3viewer for that =) )

4.Convert it to .mdl with Yobgul's file converter(or w/e)

5.Open it in Vertex Modifier

6.Find a geoset which holds elven head,and if there are some body parts and stuff there,delete them.

7.Save the elven head.

8.Extract Demon Hunter.

9.Convert him to .mdl

10.Open it in Vertex Modifier

11.Delete the head.

12.Use geoset merger to merge elven's head to demon hunter's body
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I think there is a tutorial on wc3sear.ch for geoset merger =)
It has pictures!!!!

 

[Tenebrae]

Yeah, that was kinda confusing, but I think I got it :/

 

[Werewulf]

yeah. thnx..lol..im so lazy..

 

[Splatt]

Yeah, that was kinda confusing, but I think I got it :/
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Well,duh :/
Everything i translate is 100% understandable :yay:

 

[Tenebrae]

wait a sec, what bone do I attach it to? Everytime I try to attach it, the elven head ends up sticking out of the DH's butt

 

[Werewulf]

find the bone that says, head or neck, or looks in the bone/node thing in magos model editor, u might find it there.

 

[Daelin]

Magos' tools, eh? Well, here is the link for it: http://www.wc3sear.ch/index.php?p=Tools&ID=100

 

[N00byStance]

http://magos.thejefffiles.com/War3ModelEditor/ , that's his homepage.

 

[Tenebrae]

Crap!! Nothing works! I deleted the head from the DH's body, deleted the body of the priest and saved his head as a geoset, opened the DH body in Warcraft 3 Model Editor, imported the head and attached it to the friggin Bone_head thing! The head isn't sticking out of his butt anymore, but its still not appearing! What must i do!!!.... I deleted all of the geosets on the DH except for his body and his forearms. Does that have anything to do with it?
:troll:

 

[Werewulf]

hmm.. maybe u didnt get the texture right or hes head in he's body. but test it in a anim to see if its there.
and just vertex delete the DH head, dont touch the other geosets or u will feck it up.

 

[MeTaL GuArD]

My suggestion is to read the tutorial on oinkerwinkle's site first, there is most of the thing about geomerging.

here's the link: http://www.oinkerwinkle.com/tools/tutorialheadswitch2.html

 

[Tenebrae]

lol, that probably would've saved me a lot of headaches if I just read the tutorials in the first place

 

[Tenebrae]

k, y'know what, i'm gonna save Drizzt for later and just work on simpler models 'til I get used to it. Drizzt's too complicated.