need help weighting and skinning a model

[Flourcityskin]

I have created a model for jedi academy(finally!). It is a model for my own star wars character that I made up, but anyone could use it as a Plo Koon ripoff model or a generic Kel Dor jedi model.

 

Actually its just a combination of a whole bunch of models, the main body of the cloak and the hood are from the Eerin Bant model, the sleeves are from the most recent plo koon model, the head and hands are from the in game kel dor model, and the belt and undertunics are from the Saesee Tinn and Shaak Ti models. I'm sorry if I didn't get permission to use these...

 

The problem is though, I can't really figure out how to weight, assemble, and all that other boring junk. I have looked at Psyk0sith's tutorials, but they loose me quite easily(no offense psyk0). So if anyone can help me weight it and skin it, fix anything on the model I may have done worng, and basicly get it in the game I would be most grateful.

 

 

heres some pics

 

http://july.imagedump.net/hsjj.jpg

 

http://july.imagedump.net/wdno.jpg

 

http://july.imagedump.net/lijf.jpg

 

http://july.imagedump.net/yvdw.jpg

[Lil Killa]

Originally posted by FinMeen

I have created a model for jedi academy(finally!). It is a model for my own star wars character that I made up, but anyone could use it as a Plo Koon ripoff model or a generic Kel Dor jedi model.

 

Actually its just a combination of a whole bunch of models, the main body of the cloak and the hood are from the Eerin Bant model, the sleeves are from the most recent plo koon model, the head and hands are from the in game kel dor model, and the belt and undertunics are from the Saesee Tinn and Shaak Ti models. I'm sorry if I didn't get permission to use these...

 

The problem is though, I can't really figure out how to weight, assemble, and all that other boring junk. I have looked at Psyk0sith's tutorials, but they loose me quite easily(no offense psyk0). So if anyone can help me weight it and skin it, fix anything on the model I may have done worng, and basicly get it in the game I would be most grateful.

 

 

heres some pics

 

-snip-

 

 

If I were you I would get permision from the authors of the orginial models authors since you're using parts of their models. Once you did that then I would worry about how to weight it...

[Flourcityskin]

Ok I e-mailed all of the people asking for permission but got no responses. Am I just S.O.L.?

[90SK]

I suggest you be more agressive. Send them e-mail until they BEG you to stop. You should feel lucky you can even HAVE thier e-mail (I've been needing to contact Sithlord-II, but he excommunicated himself from the community:mad: )

[Flourcityskin]

Got permission from Aaron Smith so far, waiting on Kman, but Moooa seems to not be around anymore. Anyone know how to contact him?

[Flourcityskin]

Well I've gotten permission from everybody now. But I'm still having trouble figuring out how to weight everything(and I've looked at a bunch of tuts for it). If someone would be willing to finish the model, I would greatly appreciate it!

[Psyk0Sith]

Have you read the tutorials on my webpage, especially the one about the skin modifier?

 

Also you should read max's help/tutorial files on the subject, that's how i learned.

 

http://www3.sympatico.ca/psykopat/

[Flourcityskin]

Yep I've read it a couple of times. Its at the assigning the tags from the root.xsi file part that i'm stuck on right now. On the root.xsi model I've imported the tags don't say bolt_l_leg_calf

for example, instead all I see are tags that say Davinci_Male01_TrueBones.l_d1_j2

So thats where I'm getting confused, I don't see anything on the .xsi file that says bolt anywhere.

[Psyk0Sith]

Then use my JA skeleton instead:

 

http://www3.sympatico.ca/psykopat/tools/JK3Skeleton.zip

 

I think i saved this using max 4, but you can MERGE it in newer versions of max.

 

This skeleton has been modified to be compatible with the JA .gla and the tags are also weighted.

[Flourcityskin]

Thanks Psychosith its starting to make sense now. I'm sure I'll need more help at some point though.

[90SK]

Well, good luck with it! I hope your project comes out ok!

[LightNinja]

that will be the 3rd or 4th plo koon model o.0

[CheeseY]

Uh... I think this topic should be stickied really... Because i was having the exact same 'Davinci..blahblah... thing' error..

 

 

And this has solved it!

Hurrah!

 

Cheers