How do you make a skin

[Iceman5549]

My question, like the title, is what do you need to do to skin a Dawn of war model (such as programs and procedures). Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

[stfas]

you need to first extract the skins from (folder name, these are the folder names: dxp2, w40k, wxp)data-sharedtexture-full.sga then use a extractor (ibboards texture tool for example) and then you need to edit and make them wtp again, there you got it (as good as i can do anyways)

[IBBoard]

Firstly, wrong forum. We've got a forum for DoW skinning that I'll move this to.

Secondly, try the tutorials. If you're more technical, don't need all the little details and want to know what things do then there's my Modifying Patterns tutorial. If you want something a bit more 'beginner-y' then there's Skinning 4 Dummies that Sandwichwarrior wrote after he first learned to skin.

To extract files from the SGA archives I recommend my SGA Explorer. The only tool that is compatible with all of the DoW textures is my Dawn of War Texture Tool.

On top of that you need a graphics package (Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, The Gimp, or anything that can handle DDS) and you're set to go.