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Someone to help me mod SM?!
Hi,
I've been wanting to do this for an amazingly LOOOONG time. I've even started reading up on some tutorials on how to do the things I want but... I just don't have the time to really delve into it. So I'm hoping there is someone already skillful enough to help me out.
I'd like to be able to mod my Space Marines differently than now possible:
- Armor color
- Chest Eagle
- Shoulder pads (inside)
- Shoulder pad trim (and only that)
- Arrow left shoulder pad
Preferably I'd like to expand this to incluce:
- Bolter (lower half standard bright metallic, upper half customizable)
- Chest armor (would take the place of Armor color in the first list)
- Upper legs
- Lower legs and feet
- Arms and hands
- Kneepads
If I'd be able to control all that, that would be insanely awesome. I never understood why they didn't make it like this in the first place... Maybe because they needed a general Army painter to work with all races.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: this cutomizable army should be playable in all online Steam Soulstorm games!
Is this feasible?
Is there somebody with the knowledge that would be willing to work with me on this?
Please? PLEASE PLEASE, PRETTY PLEASE??? 
Thank you,
A38|Valiant
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Valiant
I've been on all the mod boards, trying to get into touch with people but those places seem extinct of life... All succumbed to the warp??
Valiant
As a matter of showing you where I want to take this:
How the (lower half of the) bolter could look:
Gorb
Hi @Valiant
If I'm reading you right, this is a request for Soulstorm, and not DoW III? Paint colours are defined by by a team-colourable texture file (in vDoW and its expansions) that would require you to edit all of the textures for the SM infantry in order to do this. It's not impossible, but it's a lot of work and by default is a modification - which means it will only work online for other players with the same modification.
You could try setting it up as something that overwrites your default DoW content only, this might make it work online, but it would only be visible to you, and everyone else would see the default Space Marine models.
PS - that last image link of yours seems broken, but it might be because I'm at work.
Valiant
Hey GORB,
Awesome for you to get back to me.
Yeah, thought it would be even more difficult. I wouldn't mind being the only one seeing it.
But I'd need guarantee it would work online and it may be too much trouble for what it would be worth.
But how about the small 5 color change? Would you know anybody who could and would be willing to help me with that? It's just too much for me now to go through all the documentation and guides. I'd really like to get at least this working for me in online games. I could do so much with these changes already.
Pls, get back to me if you know anybody to help me with this request or maybe... you could find it in your heart to help me yourself??
Valiant
Valiant
Oh that link! Try this:
https://imgur.com/a/DW84ml4
Valiant
Just to grab your attention: @Gorb
Gorb
There aren't any active DoW modders here @Valiant, I can provide guides and tools if you need them, but if you don't have the time either then they might not be much help. It's a lot of texture work.
Your original five-colour suggestion doesn't match what the paintable areas on the texture allow in the first Dawn of War game(s), so again, it would be texture work to change that.
Valiant
@Gorb Ok, I understand now.
If it wouldn't be too much trouble and if the guides and tools are easy to understand if effort is put in, I'd love for you to send me them.
Thank you,
Valiant
Valiant
Oh wait, still have a question:
Armor color
Chest Eagle
Shoulder pads (inside)
Shoulder pad trim (and only that)
Arrow left shoulder pad
These areas are paintable areas in the in the Army Painter, no??