Skyrim Skeletal Dragon

[StarFall]

Hey guys, so a goal of mine has been to make the Skeleton Dragons from Skyrim, however I am at a loss as to how to rip files from games. If anyone could give me a hand I'd really appreciate it!!!
Whether it's ripping the file, or a detailed tutorial on how to do it on a ps4 then transfer it to my computer

 

[PerniciousDuke]

zombiegrimm has unfolded almost everything Skyrim has to offer. If he hasn't already done the dragon then he should at least be able to give you some pointers.

 

[StarFall]

Ive looked through his entire thread, and sadly no skeletal dragon, I'd love to learn, but most of the tutorials ive found get a little confusing with the technicalities.

 

[Sean Anwalt]

There is a dragon skull in zombiegrimm's thread. The rest of the bones aren't actually all that difficult, I'm sure (not speaking from experience) but if you do a little bit if research about bones, you could scratch build your own pretty easily.

EDIT: Do it life size!

 

[PerniciousDuke]

Did you look through his deviant art page? It is more comprehensive than his thread here.

 

[StarFall]

Yeah, I've looked at all of his Deviant art too, and Lifesize is the plan lol, I've already made some big costumes so I figured this would be a great way to challenge myself

 

[Benton188]

Yeah, the only lead I got too is just the head from zombiegrimm. Have you tried searching for any other 3D models of skeleton dragons? Maybe you could find one close to it, run it through pep designer, use the file for the Skyrim head, and roll with that? I have no experience with ripping game files either, nor where to go about looking for that.

 

[zombiegrimm]

I have the files for the Skeleton Dragon. They aren't scaled with each other, and its several files. If you attempt a full size one, good luck! The skull itself is 6 feet long, too big for most people, so I scaled it down by half.

 

[StarFall]

That's amazing, would you maybe be willing to send me the file?? I know the scaling will likely be the hard part, but I hope with help from my math friends it could be done a bit easier

 

[GMer56]

If you were to build it full size, you'd probably want to carve the bones out of wood or that pink chunky foam insulation. Might be something fun for a 3d printer.

 

[StarFall]

The pink insulation foam would be nice, although I feel woof would be too heavy even at half particle board strength. Going over other design elements we had figured to make the skeleton of paper, resin the outside and fill with expanding foam. From there we could patch it together with the moving joints and stabilizers

 

[zombiegrimm]

Its in pieces and I'll have to convert the file, as it is sitting in the .nif instead of .obj. The original skull is six feet long, and with that calculation, the dragon itself will be massive. If you are able to do it, that will be amazing.