Re'ila's Mod Discussions

[rain island]

04 (V1)

04 (V2)

05 (V1)

[limber marsh]

These are great! Always need more greens! And I think the old guide on reddit is gone but I do still have some pattern guide pictures that were linked to there so I'll link them here for you! Sorry in advance for some minor spam in here lol

https://imgur.com/a/ikran-pattern-1-DTqtPT3

https://imgur.com/a/ikran-pattern-2-StKN7NB

https://imgur.com/a/ikran-pattern-3-tAGQ8qC

Helps figure out what colour will go where for the most part

Also this website is pretty good for keeping track of colours and their codes if it's any help https://coolors.co/

[rain island]

No no this is great thank you!

If you yourself have any color recommendations that are under used plz lemme know!

[limber marsh]

Ooh, I have no idea about that! Don't think I've seen many purples, been meaning to try that myself

[rain island]

Also should I post the path for people (i forgot to do that in the current Zips) and I need someone to test these work for others.

I'd be down to try that one 01 or 02!

[limber marsh]

And the website can generate colours randomly if you want to try that out for inspiration

[rain island]

Will do.

[limber marsh]

Maybe? The path isn't too complicated but it's useful if you're writing out instructions

I've just started copying and pasting my paths in some staging folders and swapping out the text files when needed

[rain island]

Thats my goal then I'll update them soon

[limber marsh]

I just try to make mine ready to throw in the game, makes it easier for quick testing and installation

[rain island]

Would you be willing to test and make sure they work for others? (I don't wanna ask for too much but I'm essentially doing this by using notepad and editing colors that way lol)

Using the Hunter Tool and Notepad

[limber marsh]

I'd be happy to give it a go! Just about to start jumping in to test some of my own too

[rain island]

Thank you so much! Any skin you'd like to see purple on ima do that next

[limber marsh]

Feel free to pick literally any skin because I have all of them I think, don't think I've been hit with the missing bought ones bug

[rain island]

I'm just finishing up 04 (V3) and will post that with path for people and then update the uploads with paths once ik they work

[limber marsh]

Base ones are good to test on I find

[rain island]

I am starting out with The bases due to this being the first game I've ever decided to create mods for XD

[limber marsh]

And I have a soft spot for the dlc skin patterns but they can be a little tricky to do, some of the colours don't align with the head and body from memory and the heads can be weirdly messy depending on colour palette

Changing the main chin crest colour on them tends to put some colour on the top of the head too, bothers me on Lo'aks real bad

[rain island]

hah this wasnt my intention BUUUT

may change out the green for a blue amd the main color as a different purple shade XD

[limber marsh]

Ooh, nice, reminds me of one the shoulder puppets you could get from the park

[rain island]

yeah i was thinking some plush toys i have seen at theme parks before when loaded it XD

[limber marsh]

Never been there myself but I have picked up two of them online because they're kinda cute lol

[rain island]

Went ages ago but I don't remember anything other than those lol

ooo 😄

[limber marsh]

Pretty gradients on that one

[rain island]

Thought so too should I change the green to another purple shade?

[limber marsh]

I mean it's up to you but I think it suits it on the crest

Nice bit of contrast

[rain island]

Yeah thought so did save it as 04 (V3) will post if you'd like once ik they work xD

[limber marsh]

I can confirm that your first one works at least!

[rain island]

yay!!!

ive done them all the same if you can test 05 (V1) that would be helpful so ik the process works 😄

[limber marsh]

Give me a minute and I'll give it a test run!

[rain island]

No rush tysm for testing these 😄

[limber marsh]

Okay, real quick looking at it I don't think the files are in there, you've listed some shortcuts to the file which won't work on my end!

[rain island]

oof oki let me redo that one one sec!

[limber marsh]

04 V2 looks fine though so I can give that a shot

[rain island]

used the color picker gen you sent an got this XD

plz do 😄

[limber marsh]

Ooh, that's quite striking too

[rain island]

05 V1 fixed

i hope XD

[limber marsh]

Looks good to me, I'll try it on my next game boot up in a sec

[rain island]

alr also sending both purple ones for you 2 use as you said purple XD

Here is V4 ^^

V3

[limber marsh]

Looking good!

[rain island]

woohoo! Final One right now for 04 but this ig is my personal fav thus far (that color gen is amazing lol)

[limber marsh]

Oh, love the way the black, red and yellow mix on the crest there

[rain island]

still getting some images 😄

can post this one too 😄

ok so posting the 1st ig offical one here ^^ (with updated pathways)

Emerald Skies - Ikran 04

[limber marsh]

So far all working

[rain island]

wohoo that means i can focus on colors and naming them 😄 tysm for the help 😄

will leave this one open for tests but will make another thread for the actual posts 😄 tysm!

[limber marsh]

No problem! If you need anything else feel free to ping and summon me anytime, happy to help!

[rain island]

will do thank you so much again ^^

[rain island]

Re'ila's Ikran Skin Tests & Suggestions

Doing 01 now

[agile sinew]

Someone is gonna suggest it at some point, so I might as well mention it to you now
Tsu'tey's ikran

If i don't seperate, discord throws a tantrum

[rain island]

Lol alright I'll see what I can do tysn for saving my hide here XD (joking bout the saving but deff worth it)

Any idea what skin 01, 02, 04, or 05 would be good for that?

[agile sinew]

LOL yeah
I don't recall their names but whichever the blue skin is

[rain island]

02 good start as I haven't done anything with that one yet

[agile sinew]

lol fair
Id do it but im clueless on how to do ikran skins

[rain island]

Oof yeah I was but it only took me like 5 minutes to learn XD I'll make a few attempts here this will be the 1st non random ikran I'm doing XD

[agile sinew]

Id help ya if I had a clue

[rain island]

No worries I'm asking a buddy of mine who likes the movies for help with it c:

[rain island]

Altair you certainly gave me a challenge XD

[rain island]

02 does not work for tsu'tey's ikran gonna try clouded embers

[agile sinew]

[rain island]

the pattern is sadly too far off 😦

i could do a Tsu'tey inspired ikran for the 02 skin but it wont BE tsu'tey's ikran...

[agile sinew]

you can change the pattern ya know

[rain island]

i just started modding legit this morning XD im no where near pattern changes yet 😦

[agile sinew]

ooooooooooh i see
id imagine its the same premise? i dunno im in the dark here too

using rea's for example. it looks like its just a layer

[rain island]

Not from what i can see it requires completely editing the pattern model itself

[agile sinew]

are you joking

that stinks

[rain island]

Normally maybe? But I'm still new lol and examples I've seen of model edits are the person who made the streaked ikran skins

[agile sinew]

yeah thats what im looking at rn

thats so stinky

idk i might have to learn

[rain island]

Yeah that's from what i can tell a complete redraw of the skin not something I'm currently able to do X.x

Maybe

I'm gonna do the one on clouded embers since I'm close to it but ya

[agile sinew]

i mean i just mentioned it cus ive seen several people begging for it

[rain island]

Yeah gonna do clouded embers look at clouded embers - lo'aks ikran by Oriax kinda gives you some idea of what I'm working with skin wise

[agile sinew]

i wish you luck

[rain island]

Lol thx

[rain island]

only getting Minorly annoyed XD @limber marsh you able to help me out here (trying to do tsu'teys ikran)

[rain island]

yeah idk if i can do tsu'teys ikran doing one more attempt on Na'vi Champions skin then ima call it

is sadly impossible without a custom pattern

[limber marsh]

Sorry, I was sleeping! But that is a tough one, never looked at his closely before and that's a really unique pattern, can't think of any that are similar to it myself

[rain island]

That was my thought so I decided to scrap the project as personally I'm not at that skill level yet

[limber marsh]

Might try with champions or maybe the dlc skins myself since they kinda have a similar spacing or striping on the wings but the body is tough

[rain island]

I tried with Champions and Clouded Embers and 02 none turned out well

[limber marsh]

Yeah, I've barely started looking at fully custom patterns but I did start looking at how they work

[rain island]

Sry if I mistype by the way its 4 am, 6⁰F and feels like -2⁰ F and so I'm cold XD I wouldn't be up if not for cold

[limber marsh]

Not looking forward to getting the head and body seams to align on customs

[rain island]

Oof yeah let me know how it goes if you do do such a thing bc tbh I would love to do so but would deff need a guide

[limber marsh]

It's fine! It's 12 where I am now and also freezing lol

[rain island]

XD someone take this weather back

I'm from the south. Moving to the north was great but the cold not so much XD

[limber marsh]

I used to live in Scotland so I'm a little more used to cold weather but prefer it warmer these days

[rain island]

Do you know what kind of ikran colors the community seems to find most appealing. I'm essentially doing a mass release of ikran skins for all the skins I can and keeping a few select colors that I do for myself personally for the skins as well...so essentially massive ikran skin project :c

Technically 2 as I'm doing one for the community and one for myself lol

[limber marsh]

I've no idea on that honestly, you could maybe look on nexus and see which ones have the most downloads or endorsements? I think the toruk inspired ones were pretty popular

Have to check that myself out of curiosity

[rain island]

XD let me know XD

I am asking in the Avatar General too as idk the rules really bout creations links

[limber marsh]

Was looking at downloads and Rea's has a BUNCH you can look at for inspiration, there's some real pretty ones in that bundle

Then for some reason it's my leucistic and melanistic ones, didn't realise that 💀

Looking back at them I think they look so plain now lmao

[rain island]

It was her Bundle That Made me Jump on the mod bandwagon lol I posted a questionnaire in #1116668942249889862 sooo

Btw oriax should I keep the blaze red skin well Red?

[limber marsh]

I mean, your mods your choice! But personally I do find that one kinda plain. The red is nice but it's almost TOO red for me, it's kinda like a flying brick to me lol

[rain island]

Fair lol

[rain island]

@limber marsh I am Doing a Sunset / Twilight Design 4 Clouded Embers as my first Dlc1 skin Release

Got any color recommendations to improve it?

[limber marsh]

Honestly no, that looks really nice! Great gradient with the red and yellow and it contrasts nicely with the shade of purple you've chosen!

[rain island]

Alright I did do another color deal but will likely release both c:

[limber marsh]

Also might get your opinion on Neytiri's second banshee in a minute, been trying a few things with it but the head being such a different colour is making some nasty seams so far

[rain island]

Alright just @ me (my computer gets pings my phone doesn't)

May change this to a "Ikran Skins Mod Colab place" since we so many of us seem to bounce ideas off others XD

Also I won't be available fron 1:30 pst till at minimum 2:30 pst. So if you need me I'll get back to you after XD

[limber marsh]

Just as I'm getting ready to take screenshots the game decides it doesn't want to load textures 💀 And I might need to step away for a bit soonish because I've been spending time prepping some mods a bit too long I think lol

[rain island]

Yeah take a break just @ me when it works and if it's after 1:30 pst I'll get back to you after my MRI lol