Info

Custom Skin Info and resources.

Possibilities?

Below is a page where you can find the kind's of skins you can make. Don't be shy to make something new.

Formats

List of to do/get to make a skin:

• .mdl file of choice edited and converted to .smd (or of choice) for editing application.

• Editing application; Image editing software, 3D workspace; Blender, Substance Painter.

• Creativity. Images or videos to draw inspiration or to implement.

Community Tools:

Strykus/Avalar's Skin Tool: https://github.com/Strykus/Titanfall2-SkinTool

zxcPandora's Skin Tool: https://github.com/zxcPandora/Titanfall2-SkinTool

Community Wiki's

Bigspice, E3VL, Strykus: https://github.com/BigSpice/TitanFall_2_Weapon_Skin_Modding

Websites:

Coolors - "the super fast color scheme generator"

Coolors is a color palette generator with many options to find what you need.

Color Picker online - "HEX Color Picker"

You can pick specific pixels and its the easiest when uploading my own images to rip colors from.

Pixlr.com - "online graphic designer" (free website)

Photopea - "Online Photo Editor" (free website)

Apps:

****Blender - "Blender's mission is to bring the best 3D technology as tools in the hands of artists, for all platforms, everywhere in the world, free and open source forever." (free, app)

"Blender is the free and open source 3D creation suite. It supports the entirety of the 3D pipeline—modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and motion tracking, video editing and 2D animation pipeline."

****Adobe Photoshop - "The world is your canvas, so grab inspiration from all around you and have fun experimenting." (paid, app)

"Adobe photoshop is a image editing and photo retouching application."

Substance Painter - "Substance becomes Adobe Substance" (paid, app)

"Substance painter is a specialized texturing tool which utilizes a procedural Physically Based Rendering (PBR) workflow."

GIMP - "GNU Image Manipulation Program" (free, app)

" GIMP is a cross-platform image editor available for GNU/Linux, OS X, Windows and more operating systems. It is free software, you can change its source code and distribute your changes."

Affinity - "Professional Image Editing Software" (paid, 50$ each)

Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer offers trials, and offers their software at $50 USD per app. I have seen extended trials(3 months) and deals for $25 USD per app. I enjoy this software for being capable and affordable, although I haven't found an add-on for real-time support in Blender.

****Pureref - "All your reference images in one place."

"PureRef is a stand-alone program for Windows, Mac and Linux that keeps track of your images.

Autohotkey - "The ultimate automation scripting language for Windows"

"AutoHotkey is a free, open-source scripting language for Windows that allows users to easily create small to complex scripts for all kinds of tasks such as: form fillers, auto-clicking, macros, etc."

AutoHotkey is used by many to create custom keybind macro. Usually using a numpad as the macro start key. Find their website and info at by clicking these words. As coding goes, there is many ways to code macros. Personally i use the code below to refresh Photoshop file to update the skin in Blender;

Numpad1::send {ctrl down}{s down}{ctrl up}{s up}
Numpad3::send {alt down}{r down}{alt up}{r up}
Numpad2::send {ctrl down}{z down}{ctrl up}{z up}
]::Suspend
\::ExitApp

• Numpad1: Saves (CTRL+S)

• Numpad2: Undo (CTRL+Z)

• Numpad3: Reloads images in Blender with NodeWrangler (ALT+R)

Useful Pages:

Getting 2D Wireframe:

Wireframes are a 2D cover to help with organization, detail, shape, size, and accuracy of your skin. Learn how with the page link below.

2D Wireframes

Acquiring 2D Textures:

Base textures from the game to help with color, shape, and organization for 2D skin creation. Learn how to export the base textures here:

Exporting using Legion

Acquiring models:

We already have a good wiki page for exporting models. Found below.

Exporting Models

Below page could also help with exporting with legion.

Exporting using Legion

Naming Tables:

Pilot Model	Pilot In-game
geist	Grapple
ged	Phase Shift
drex	Cloak
jester	Stim
roog	A-Wall
reaper	Pulse Blade
stalker	Holo Pilot

Titan Model	Titan In-game
deadbolt	Legion
locust	Ronin
raptor	Northstar
ajax	Ion
wraith	Tone
ogre	Scorch
vanguard	Monarch

Optic	Optic In-game
hcog2	Hcog
acgs_sight	Acog
aog_sigh	Aog
holo_reflex_sight_magnifier	Holo Relex
pro_screen	Pro Screen
dcom	Default Sniper Scope
talon_optic	Sniper Scope 4x
suppressors	Suppressor
charge_rifle_optic	Threat Scope
long_range_optic_wonyeon	Threat Scope Sniper

Videos:

40 minute video hosted on Youtube about Apex Legends Blender tutorial.

17 minute video hosted on Youtube about Titanfall2 custom skins.

10 minute video hosted on YouTube. headass's full process of making a custom skin using blender.