Fun Little Experiment...

[pokute]

I wasn't able to find CB++ TBBP piercings, so I tried to make a substitute. It's just a texture edit of CB++ TBBP undies, but it turned out fairly decent.

[Lagoon0654]

You may want to give her a back support.

[Monsto Brukes]

If you used photshop, here's what you can do... (of course, back your shit up first, just copy it somewhere else)

1. put the msn on another layer.
2. select the heart on it's layer, do not copy (no need)
3. make a new layer above the msn
4. on the new layer, fill the outline with 50% gray.
5. add an effect to the layer: emboss.
   This will give the edges a bit of an elevated look.
6. change the layer properties from Normal to . . . oh try Hard Light.
   The trick is to flip thru the properties till you find one that oversaturates (makes the color more vivid... and no Vivid Light doesn't help) the embossed edge. IIRC, blue is flat, green comes from from the left, red from the top... I think anyway what you want is the colors to be more colored.
7. You could also use the selection on the msn directly, and use the Ctrl-L window to modify the coloration. 
8. save this out as your new msn.

then throw it in the game. you should now have a nice beveled edge on your heart that changes with the light. a nice appearance of depth without fucking with parallax shaders or the model itself. 

 

I'm just plopping this down off the top of my head. Even if what I'm telling you doesn't work exactly as I say, I think you get the point.

[pokute]

If you used photshop, here's what you can do... (of course, back your shit up first, just copy it somewhere else)

1. put the msn on another layer.
2. select the heart on it's layer, do not copy (no need)
3. make a new layer above the msn
4. on the new layer, fill the outline with 50% gray.
5. add an effect to the layer: emboss.

   This will give the edges a bit of an elevated look.

6. change the layer properties from Normal to . . . oh try Hard Light.

   The trick is to flip thru the properties till you find one that oversaturates (makes the color more vivid... and no Vivid Light doesn't help) the embossed edge. IIRC, blue is flat, green comes from from the left, red from the top... I think anyway what you want is the colors to be more colored.

7. You could also use the selection on the msn directly, and use the Ctrl-L window to modify the coloration. 
8. save this out as your new msn.

then throw it in the game. you should now have a nice beveled edge on your heart that changes with the light. a nice appearance of depth without fucking with parallax shaders or the model itself. 

 

I'm just plopping this down off the top of my head. Even if what I'm telling you doesn't work exactly as I say, I think you get the point.

 

Sorry, I'm not good with the lingo. By msn, I assume you mean the normal maps? I usually just use a plugin in GIMP to make normal maps. Quite convenient when I don't need a ton of control. The normals in the screenshots look weird because it was a quick hack job with some silly experimentation left in.

 

The problem was the pubic triangle region of the undiesHR models had crazy clipping issues. The wavy pattern was an attempt to distract the eyes from the clipping, which works reasonably well. The clipping becomes quite intolerable when I give the heart shapes clean edge colors. I later realized most of the clipping was caused by the TummyTuck slider being at 100.

 

I'm still learning how to make stuff for Skyrim. Used the Creation Kit to make an add-on for the first time today.

[MeMe]

Hmm... I like it. Are you going to keep working on this? It would maybe be fun to have if you are happy with your work.

[pokute]

Hmm... I like it. Are you going to keep working on this? It would maybe be fun to have if you are happy with your work.

 

I'm sure someone else can do a better job than I can. Doesn't seem to be much demand for it anyways.