Custom Content Challenge: December 2015: Historically Inspired Arms & Armors

[Legacy_The Amethyst Dragon]

               

The theme for this month's challenge: "Historically Inspired Arms & Armors":

  

Historically Inspired Arms & Armors: Armor and weapons inspired by (and looking more like) actual medieval war equipment. More accurate looking armor and weapon models, prefabbed items with accurate descriptions and possibly adjusted stats, whatever. Basically stuff that will provide a fighter/paladin/whoever with gear that is more realistic medieval-themed than fantasy medieval-themed.

 

This theme was suggested by Wallack & MannyJabrielle.

 

Guidelines:

It must be fully working in game.

Use of vanilla NWN or publicly available texture is fine.  Just remember that NWN textures must have dimensions in powers of 2 (2, 4, 8, 16, 32, etc.).

Teamwork is welcome.

Beginners most welcome. Don't be afraid, just try, you'll be surprised!

"Custom Content" includes many sorts of things: models, scripts, prefabs (areas, items, creatures, conversations, quests, etc.), sounds, portraits, or anything else new for the game.

All submissions must be finished, working, and emailed to NWNCCCMakers@gmail.com (or a non-Vault link provided) by January 1st, 2016. Sooner than that is perfectly fine too. ;-)

 

 

Somethings you could include in the download/email that would make packaging everything up easier and faster:

2da lines needed.

Screenshot from in game for use on the vault page (this also gives me hints on how to display the new goodie). Formats: .bmp, .jpg, .png, or .tga

Portraits (if needed) of your new goodie. Placeables and monsters should include a portrait.

Inventory icons (if needed) of your new goodie.

Any credits you would like listed.

If this is your first entry, please tell me what name you would like your work listed under and provide a link to your other NWN content if you want that displayed as well (the link bit is totally optional).

Also if you would like an invite to the CC Makers group, send Rolo Kipp a friend invite. The group is nothing spectacular, mostly just documentation on 2da lines.

 

Remember, the Challenge is all about fun, sharing, creativity, and surprise!

 

This thread is for all sorts of discussion about this month's theme: ideas for things to make, questions/concerns, announcement of what you intend to make, screenshots of work in progress and/or finished projects.  

 

If you want to discuss the Monthly Custom Content Challenge idea as a whole or wish to submit ideas/themes for future monthly Challenges, please post in its thread here. 

 

When submitting a new theme, please provide a title and short summary of the theme.

 

If you have a technical question about some custom content creation, please create a separate thread so that the answers can be found later by anyone, not just people interested in this Challenge. 

 

We'll try to help!

 

Have no fear and join the fun!

 

And finally, you can: 

 

Submit theme suggestions. 

Vote for January's theme.

Email content to: NWNCCCMakers@gmail.com

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_The Amethyst Dragon]

               

Emailed/Downloaded Projects:

Altered Tabards (armor models) by Grymlorde

Armoured Surcotes of the 7th Crusade (prefabs) by Grymlorde

Medieval Armors (prefabs) by Grymlorde

16th Century Spanish Breastplate (armor models) by Shemsu-Heru

Wheel-Lock Pistol (weapon models) by Shemsu-Heru

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Tarot Redhand]

               

I have a request. Could someone please create a wheel-lock pistol model (Wikipedia link) please. Essential for Spelljammer modules and campaigns.

 

 

TR

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Hekatoncheires]

               

Yes, make the giffs happy!

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_tenor_general]

               

If I have time this month I may throw together at least one historically correct war-scythe model.  Farmers' scythes aren't for fighting dammit.

 

If I have more time, I might try to snag and convert some of the mount and blade warband armors/helms.  More probably just helms.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Grymlorde]

               

A theme that's been near and dear to my heart for more than thirty years. . . were that I was a modeler. . . . Well I can certainly whip up a bunch of pre-fabs of what I think comes closest to historical armour in Core, CEP, and Q. I've invested quite a bit of time in getting the colours just so and using the right parts.

 

I can also pull together a hak with historical armour weights and armour class. Ever since I discovered Chivalry & Sorcery back in 1980 I've been of the opinion that a full plate harness (c.f. Henry VIII's pollaxe armour) should be AC 0 (old school) or AC +10 (NWN/d20/3.x) and that all other armour classes reflect the percentage of plate covering, maille covering, cuir bouilli, leather, and bare skin.

 

I can also add to the hak, heavier and lighter armour. For example, did you know that historically there have been a quite a variance in the ring size and thickness used in maille? For game purposes, it can be simplified into light, medium, and heavy versions. Plate armour did not have the same degree of variability of thickness until gunpowder come on the scene. From the early 1400s well into the 1600s there was quite a bit of experimentation in heat treating the metal as well as varying the degree of carbon to the point where one could argue that the distinctions between iron, steel, and high-carbon steel became so blurred that their definitions became worthless.

 

Not to mention sword-proof, pistol-proof, and musket-proof heaumes and cuirasses. But to go there requires using a damage reduction system. . ..

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Proleric]

               

I have a request. Could someone please create a wheel-lock pistol model (Wikipedia link) please. Essential for Spelljammer modules and campaigns.

 

TR

... preferably implemented as heavy crossbows for compatibility:

http://neverwinterva...ack-powder-guns

http://neverwinterva...-and-matchlocks
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_PLUSH HYENA of DOOM]

               

Was thinking of doing some ancient weapons of India for the Maldrapur Chronicles along with all the temples and ludicrously huge monsters and so on... (Kali needs a proper trishula if nothing else)...

But now I've got heavily involved in two major non-NWN projects and my time has dwindled to a sort of infinitesimal blob at present, so I'll very likely not actually get around to sacred Hindu weapons any time soon...

So I now ask myself why I even mentioned it?

Moths! Moths must have got my brain!

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Zwerkules]

               

Moths! Moths must have got my brain!

No spleens?

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_MerricksDad]

               

Has anybody thought about arms and armor other than wearables, such as siege equipment?

 

Examples:

Team of 6 dudes carrying a battering ram, either as a single creature model, or as a complex VFX

Siege tower which drives

Ballista operator

 

Underground dwarven counterparts:

Goblin crusher, a vehicle that perfectly fits a cave corridor and pushes forward while rolling over the goblin horde

Boulder launcher, a nook at the top of an inclined corridor which fits a round boulder able to take out even larger enemies with its weight

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Grymlorde]

               

Guess the crusader!

 

A WiP screenshot of the ERF for bog standard NWN showing five historical or pseudo-historical crusaders using nothing but plain vanilla content.

 

Looking at the armoury, can you guess the crusading order? Some of these have multiple answers partly due to the limited art at my disposal, i.e. all crosses are "Latin."

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Zwerkules]

               

A WiP screenshot of the ERF for bog standard NWN showing five historical or pseudo-historical crusaders using nothing but plain vanilla content.

Why do they wear sneakers? '>
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_rjshae]

               

Was thinking of doing some ancient weapons of India for the Maldrapur Chronicles along with all the temples and ludicrously huge monsters and so on... (Kali needs a proper trishula if nothing else)...

But now I've got heavily involved in two major non-NWN projects and my time has dwindled to a sort of infinitesimal blob at present, so I'll very likely not actually get around to sacred Hindu weapons any time soon...

So I now ask myself why I even mentioned it?

Moths! Moths must have got my brain!

 

Not even a Chakram...? They'd be useful for priests of Shar.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_YeoldeFog]

               

Why do they wear sneakers? '>

 

Well, maaaaybbe, just maybe they are modern arab live roleplayers wearing christian crusaders armor and forgot about the shoes! Just saying maybe...! '>

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Shemsu-Heru]

               

 

A 16th century Spanish breastplate. It's available for all sexes races and phenotypes. It doesn't works well with many of the NWN belt pieces, but I prefer to keep the original design....

 

 

http://www.toledoswo...reastplate.html