An alternative view on Morrowind....

This was posted by R-Zero on the Morrowind Discord. Brought a little tear to my eye when I heard it.

All good fun!

My Submission

G'day. As I wont be near a computer during the merry month of May it means I will miss the annual May Modathon Month.

As I couldn't possibly bring myself to do that I spent the weekend making a downloadable tutorial that I will be uploading to Nexus tomorrow.

It will eventually be put up on here in the modelling section along with the download and some more video shorts to accompany it.

Mad May Madathon!

Three days to go before the great Mad May Modathon! Also three days to go before Morrowinds 16th birthday (and my youngest's 20th!). Yes folks. Morrowind has been going for 16 years on Tuesday 1st May and we are still modding it, playing it, improving it and talking about it. Downloading mods for it, buying it on Steam, auctioning box sets on e-Bay and some strange people (8.5 million of them) are playing the online version.

I've been involved in several great and long lasting communities before, such as Age of Empires and the Sims but, Morrowind is the most dedicated of all. If you look back at the mods of old you will find authors that are still releasing new things. Fame has been dished out over the years to many for mods that hit the downloads like number one records in the charts.

Unlike the music scene, the Morrowind hall of famers are a modest bunch and will spend more time thanking others for their inspiration, support and assistance than they will bloating their heads.

 I must also take this opportunity to remember two greats that are no longer with us. Grumpy, noted mostly for his companion scripts sadly left us 13 years ago and of course Qarl (Steve 2013), famed for his myriad of textures, bouncing boobs and of his best work to date. The Underground. 

Both of you will be sadly missed.

Well that went downhill like a dung beetles breakfast so I'll pick up the mood.

Morrowind May Modathon!

As it draws near all the moders are getting ready on Discord, happily chatting together about their projects and being equally secretive while tantalising at the same time.

If you don't know what MMM is then I suggest you go Here and find out.

If you do know and are planning on joining in then join the Discord Here

This year there will be achievements to win as well as prizes!! Check these out (courtesy of Melchior Dahrk)

Imagine one of those proudly stamped at the top of your next release?

I wasn't going to enter this MMM due to the fact I wont actually have a computer for the entire month of May! But.... I will be making a modelling tutorial for my entry that if nothing else will stoke the fires burning in those out there that want to mod but have no idea where to start.

That's it. Signing off for today. 

Happy modding all!

Tutorial Update

Added several more sections to my modelling tutorials;

Point to Point modelling

Shake and Bake

Getting the size right

If you would like to see a particular thing covered then feel free to PM me with it on my Discord (RubberMan) or leave a comment down below.

Prynhawn da! (good afternoon in Welsh). Today isn't a day for the Welsh but today does involve a dragon. The dragon of St. George.

I've just run the St. George's cross up the flag pole for England and whilst I sit here typing, good ol' Kate Middleton is heaving away on her back attempting to pop out another Princess/ Princelet on England's national day.

 For my American friends I suppose I should let you know that when you're not dying rivers green, dancing around New York and Boston while swilling down copious amounts of shitty Guinness that the other three countries on the isle all have their own days to.

Sadly that lump of rock off the coast (Ireland) picked the same damn month as Wales for their national day and it is completely over shadowed because half the American population think they're Irish... You're not for fucks sake. My ancestors are Vikings but I don't profess to be one.

To make up for it all though, Wales got the worlds coolest flag and England got the coolest story. Shame that the only St Andrew anyone knows is a fucking golf course.

Of course Wales has something else. We have the only language where you can pick out seven letters from a scrabble bag, throw them in the air and when they land it's a word!

Morrowind Mad May Moddathon

I have it on good authority that this years moddathon will continue as always and will start on Morrowinds 16th birthday (1st May).

No video for the event has been posted by DarkElfGuy as yet but you can keep up with his reviews/ previews and everything Morrowind here on his youtube channel.You can also find him in the links to the right.

Unfortunately nothing will be released for it at my end due to a family wedding in Portugal. This also upsets my plans to release the Caldera Experiment that very month unless I fly back to finish it (not sure the wife will let me do that somehow).

I will soldier on this week of course and perhaps even finish all the exterior models which still need a fair bit of work. Shading is out on some of them and others I just don't like the shape of. Not to mention after placing them in the Construction Set I find myself needing things like steps and railings etc.

There is also the matter of an external forge for the Blacksmith. Maybe, maybe not.

New section added for modelling

I've been asked by numerous people about how I make my models, all of which expect me to jump up and shout Blender at the top of my voice and all seem equally surprised when I say I don't use it.

There are several reasons I don't use it but the main one is my terrible eye sight and the mess it calls a user interface. I just can't wrap my head around all the tiny little icons it throws at you for all the things you are never going to need apart from extreme circumstance.

Saying that, I am a big fan of Maya which has a much greater habit of supplying you with things that are rarely used but I'm used to it. Old dog, new trick, not happening. 

The reason for this post isn't for me to spout off about modelling it is to let you know that I've added a tutorial page or two to this blog aimed at people that have always wanted to learn but have been scared shitless by words like vertices and polygons. 

As I say. I like Maya, but.... If you are just interested in getting started then coughing up the £3,000 to acquire the software package isn't a great idea.

In this case I'm going to use the simplest and most straight forward software I know. Wings 3D.

Don't be fooled by the fact everyone is screaming Blender at you from the roof tops. That Wings isn't a powerful modelling tool. It very much is.

I'm not only going to teach you how to model in Wings but I'm going to teach you how to get that model from Wings to the construction set. This will involve Blender to some degree but only because it has the best nif exporter there is. 

Hopefully I can cover everything you will need to know but if I miss anything out then be sure to let me know. Be sure to click that Follow button up there to so you know when I've added another part!

"Modelling in Wings and other things"