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Download - Mia Corvere Mask 1.1-beta

Hello there Habsburgs,

need your help!

Feel free to test these two new versions of Mia's Mask. I need to know if they're any good? Especially the silver one. Is the cubemap allright or maybe should be brighter? I know some textures may be too compressed here. But maybe you have some more thoughts/ideas?

Please comment :)

Edit: Added two more variants and tweaked the silver more :)

Poll - Black Elf Dress Retex

Hello dear Habsburgs,

so be it - the people's choice for the next retex seems to be the Black Elf Dress (16 voted overall) thanks for casting your votes :)

Now I'll present you some retex inspirations for this outfit. Please choose what you fancy. You can also add your own option in comments, it will be counted as one vote.

1. The Concubine - Royal Black Couture

2022-01-29 10:05:20 +0000 UTC View Post

Poll - Retex Poll Time

Hello there dear Habsburgs :)

Hope you're having a great weekend! We had a new outfit beta this month, so now it's about time to plan a new retex project.

That's why I'd like to ask you:

Which outfit shall I retexture, for a Patreon-exclusive retex?

1. Steampunk Outfit

2022-01-23 13:48:59 +0000 UTC View Post

Announcement - SerketHetyt's "Wolven Widow" Elisif

My dear friend SerketHetyt has started her page very recently. To give her a warm welcome I'd like to spread the word about her newest creation, that is in early access now - Wolven Widow Elisif Replacer.

More about the mod here: https://www.patreon.com/serkethetyt

Including some screenies I did for her featuring the Rembrandt Gown :)

Stay well guys! And speak soon.<...

Sketches - Margot

This one is an oldie ;) back from 2005 actually. I was a fan of mouse painting in Corel Photo-Paint. This one is also a pretty quick one but also one of the first images I did using this technique. I'd really love to do a Queen Margot outfit straight from Patrice Chereau's movie :)

Have a great week guys!

K.

Download - Vampire Armor + Replacer 1.0-beta

The packages consist of:

• vampire boots (Black Stays outfit boots actually ;) - only for testing, the real ones are in the making)
• vampire armors (Black, Grey and Red versions)
• armor esp
• replacer esp (enabling it should replace the vanilla vampire armors with this one)

Important:

• the replacer requires Dawnguard
• it's a two piece armor for 1.0-beta version (body and boots) I will separate it...
  2022-01-14 19:51:27 +0000 UTC View Post

Work In Progress - Vampire Armor Trio

Just as I'm preparing the first beta for the Vampire Armor project, I'm also testing the replacer. Here are my proposals for all three material versions of this armor: black, grey and red :)

The replacer seems to work quite ok :)

Inspirational Insights - Charles James

Hello there dear Patrons,

in this inspirational post I'd like to show you some works of my favourite 20th century fashion designer.

Charles James was an English-American designer born in the early years of the previous century.

He started his professional career by producing hats, since he lacked money at that time. He was well educated though, and tried practicing many arts and crafts. After he made some pr...

Work In Progress - Vampire Armor Screen Tests

Hello there!

Here are some first in game tests of my latest Vampire Armor mod. I think it looks pretty good ;)

Coming really soon.

Have a nice week guys!

K.

Download - Black Elf Dress 1.1-beta

Here is a quick update for the Black Elf Dress with DXT5 diffuse textures instead bc1,bc3 diffuse textures. What does it mean? The quality of the dark textures improves quite a bit with only a slight size increase.

I will gradually update also my other black outfits.

Enjoy!

K.

Work In Progress - Vampire Armor Materials Finished

Hello my dear Patrons!

I had a day off today and this way could do the materials for final element of the Vampire Armor - the belt. I'm really happy how it turned out. I'm exporting the textures this evening and hope to do the first rig next week. I think we're getting really close to the first beta for this one.

Here are some previews of the whole outfit made with iray render and looking forward ...

Announcement - A New Creator Around

A friend of mine - SerketHetyt has just started her Patreon page. She's a storyteller and follower mods creator. If you're interested in such stuff, here is her page:

https://www.patreon.com/serkethetyt

She does mainly Skyrim lore-friendly stuff :)

Have a nice week guys!

K.

Work In Progress - Vampire Armor Bodice Details

Happy New Year dear Patrons!

Moving on with the details on the Vampire Armor bodice. I really like this moment of creating materials. More and more surfaces are getting some extra detail and the whole thing is beginning to look real.

I hope I'll be finishing the materials next week.

Stay tuned for more updates on that :)

K.

Work In Progress - Vampire Armor Collar

A quick update on the current Vampire Armor project. I managed to do the firs version of the material for the whole collar and for the bracers. Did a stripped leather design there.

I will fix the back lacing later on in 3ds max since it has to fit the grommets. Moving on to the skirt and the bodice next.

Stay tuned!

K.

Sketches - In A Gallery

I mostly post monochrome sketches, but today it's time for a color one. This one is an oldie for sure. It was a time I learned to draw characters better and also I learned how to use tempera colors.

Have a wonderful New Year celebration guys!

K.

Work In Progress - Vampire Armor Basic Materials

Finally I managed to do some last geometry fixes to the Vampire Armor model. Added the vertical brass wires to the cups and lacing to the bracers. I also mapped them and added to the appropriate texture sets.

In Substance Painter I managed to set up the project once again and create the very first version of leather, brass and fabric. Now we're off to d...

Download - Victorian Christmas Gown

Greetings dear Patrons!

Please accept this small gift as Christmas time is around.

Don't know if you're celebrating the Winter Festival now or in some other time. It doesn't really matter what is the exact occasion. I wish you quality Holiday time spent with your dearest, and what is perhaps even more important these days, stay in good health.

As a token of gratitude for sup...

Work In Progress - Vampire Armor Materials part 1

I already managed to import my Vampire Armor model to Substance Painter and mask the whole thing, but it seems that I've forgot about few details. I have to add and UVW map the cup decorations as well as look up the belts if the smoothing groups are correct there.

Then I'll be all good to go with creating the materials.

I'd like to release a beta of this one this year. :)

Keep your fingers crossed guys!

K.

Sketches - Evolution

Hello Friends! 

Sketch time :) 

I did this one when I was at my uni. It was during a break between projects. I remeber I was tired of drawing plans and sections and I wanted to do something different and there it was ;)

The weekend is coming!

K.

Inspirational Insights - Frieda Lepold

I would like to share with you guys, one of my latest couture discoveries, that I find most fascinating and inspiring.

Meet Frieda Lepold. A German couturier, who transforms historical forms into modern clothes and using modern materials.

Many designers tried that, but Frieda chooses such original materials and colors and produces such simple forms, that my mind is blown with almost every detail s...

Sketches - Dior Variation

This time I dug out a sketch where I tried to mix Dior with some more historical stuff. I think that it would be really hard to merge with Skyrim, but who knows, maybe I'll be back to this concept some day ;)

K.

Announcement - 1st Video Showreel Challenge

Hello guys,

in case there are some screenarchers among us (and I sure bet there are), I'm hosting a screenshot challenge this month at Nexus.

The idea is to collect multiple versions of Olfina Grey-Mane in the same pose and photographed from the same angle. Each participant submits one version and I combine them into a video montage in the end. The deadline for publishing your contributions is 2021-12-07 13:47:12 +0000 UTC View Post

Kozakowy's Outfit Creation Guide - 5. Substance Painter 2 Basics

Hello there Habsburgs,

here you can grab the newest Outfit Creation Guide tutorial. This time I'm talking my basic Substance Painter 2 setups, this is:

• FBX Import
• The Interface Overview
• Initial project setups
• Using folders masks and fill layers
• Texture export settings

Have a pleasant read!

K.

Announcement - Discord Bot Lag

Patreon Discord bot apparently had a huge lag, so the roles weren't updated for quite some time. I noticed it today and started to update the roles manually but now seems that the bot is back online. Please report to me here or at Discord if you've got problems with our Discord Server Access.

K.

Sketches - Decorative Panier Concept

Hello there dear Habsburgs.

Wednesday is almost through. Today I'd like to present you a quick concept I did some time ago. I'd like to update the Black Stays Outfit soon with a decorative panier model like this one, separately equippable of course. I'd like to do it in January along maybe with few other accessories.

But first the next chapter of our Tutorial and the Vampire armor is in progress.<...

Inspirational Insights - Henk Van Rijssen Photography

Hello guys,

time for this month's inspirational post, and I'd like to present you an extremely talented Dutch fantasy photographer - Henk Van Rijssen.

You can check out his portfolio here:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/henkvanrijssen

He clearly knows the Dutch costuming society very well and does a lot of photosessions with these guys. These colorfull ...

Work In Progress - Outfit Creation Guide In The Making

This weekend I've been working on the new Outfit Creation Guide tutorial. This time I'll be sharing with you my basic Substance Painter 2 workflow.

Well, the screengrabs for this one are ready as you can see above. Now for the writing.

Among all the important elements of my SP workflow, I think using a proper folder structure and fill layers with masks, revolutionized my work the ...

Sketches - Edwardian Walking Ensemble

Here is one of my newest drawings. I'm thinking of doing some Edwardian fashions next year. I think some of the designs from this era might fit Skyrim quite well, especially the fall/winter items.

Here is a fitted bodice and a trumpet skirt walking ensemble. Hope you'll like it ;)

K.

Announcement - November and December

Greetings all, :)

The Black Elf Dress first beta is already available for the Habsburgs tier.

Next week I'm starting to prepare a Substance Painter 2.0 basics tutorial also for Habsburgs.

There is an inspirational post (or maybe even two) coming for Bourbons and Habsburgs.

I'm also slowly coming back to the Vampire Armor project. I hope that I'll finish it next month.

I have som...

Download - Black Elf Dress 1.0-beta

Here comes the first beta of the Black Elf Dress. The package contains:

• long black dress
• off shoulder acket
• leather boots

What is still coming up in the next versions:

• black elf neck piece
• short version of the dress
• better boots
• more weight fixes

There may be some clipping in the lower portion of the skirt and in the arms area. Feel free to report if ...