SSE | How To Make: CUSTOM ARMOR from Scratch | Modding Tutorial

Lets mod Skyrim Anniversary/Special Edition! If you like the video, don't forget to Like and Subscribe!

𝐓𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspeci...
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Required Tools:

- Blender (or other 3D modeling software) https://www.blender.org/download/
- Substance Painter (or texturing alternative)
- Photoshop (or gimp)
- PyNifly Blender Addon https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mo...
- Nifskope https://github.com/niftools/nifskope/...
- FO3 Archive Extractor https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout3/mo...
- SSE Creation Kit https://store.steampowered.com/app/19...
- Texture Works DDS Plugin (Photoshop) https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout76/m...
- Bodyslide & Outfit Studio https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspeci...
- Vanilla Slider Sets https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspeci...

- ArmorPaint: https://armorpaint.org/
- Quixel Mixer: https://quixel.com/mixer?utm_source=g...

- Gimp: https://www.gimp.org/downloads/
- Paint.NET: https://getpaint.net/
- Gimp DDS Plugin: https://gimp-portable.com/gimp-dds-pl...

Basics Tutorials:    • Learn Blender 3 for Complete Beginners  
Substance Painter Basics:   • Substance Painter for Beginners Tutorial  
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00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:30 - New Content
00:01:36 - Upcoming Tutorials
00:04:09 - Required Tools
00:09:29 - Getting Reference Nifs
00:14:04 - Importing Reference Nifs
00:16:24 - Modeling Mesh
00:20:51 - Weight Painting
00:25:16 - Nif Export
00:26:51 - Substance Mesh Export
00:33:24 - Substance Baking
00:36:04 - Without High Poly
00:38:01 - With High Poly
00:41:58 - Using ID Map
00:43:50 - Output Template
00:47:05 - Texture Export
00:48:56 - Convert to DDS
00:53:53 - Folder Structure
00:55:11 - Nif Setup
01:02:16 - Install Outfit Studio/BodySlide
01:03:45 - Forming Outfit
01:13:55 - Building Mesh in BodySlide
01:19:16 - Creation Kit
01:20:20 - Armor Addon
01:25:26 - Armor Object
01:28:46 - Crafting and Temper Recipe
01:32:53 - Testing in Game
01:35:28 - Editing Partitions
01:36:42 - Fixing Weights
01:43:32 - Final Test
01:44:35 - Flag as ESL
01:47:19 - Package Mod
01:51:29 - Outro
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Credits / Special Thanks

- Arcane University:Rigging with Blender 2.79 | Help figuring out the weight painting in Blender. (The Blender weight painting section of this tutorial is an edited version of their tutorial)
- Dragoon23 | Importing and creating the Slider Sets for the vanilla body
- T.A.P Gaming | His video to figure out the basics of Outfit Studio and other tips/tricks

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Artist: Kia
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