[Archive] [Reskin] Armoured Twilight Azure and Nefarian Drakes (Albino and Bronze)
[Archive] [Reskin] Armoured Twilight Azure and Nefarian Drakes (Albino and Bronze)
11-04-2025, 10:40 AM
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Quote: After a bajillion zillion hamster years of playing WotLK (about 9 months) I finally acquired a Drake mount then soon after, a second.
Unfortunately they happen to be, in my opinion, the two ugliest I could have: The Albino and the Bronze. (OK I actually like the bronze a bit more than the Blue Drake, but let's pretend a bit) so I'd been hoping to harvest the forums, here for some nice replacement skins. Now while I did find some very very nice reskins in the form of Alexial's Armoured Albino Drake and kimitsu_kouseki's Blue Hakkar Drakes for reasons I can't explain, I wasn't satisfied with them, even though I do think they are both brilliant.
So in the end, I decided to spend part of my evening bodging together a pair of custom skins (Using the Azure Drake's Armour). They're not the best, but I do quite like them so decided to give a little back to the community from which I've been taking.
So yeah, here they are. :3
Albino Drake to Armoured (Red) Twilight Drake
Download: patch-T for Twilight
Bronze Drake to Armoured Nefarion Drake with bonus Azure Drake styled runes
Download: patch-N For Nefarion
And because I let my OCD get the best of me, I put together a Bronze Drake to Azure Drake patch, as well:
Download: patch-A for Azure
I do hope you all like them. ^.^ (God I also hope I didn't mix up the download links. >.<)
(Now I'm wondering if I should make the wing membranes Hakkar style feathers for added uniqueitude.. well.. except for the other two reskins using hakkar styled winks. :3 )
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rektbyfaith
11-04-2025, 10:40 AM #1Archived author: Angelsilhouette • Posted: 2025-11-04T11:40:31.739111
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Quote: After a bajillion zillion hamster years of playing WotLK (about 9 months) I finally acquired a Drake mount then soon after, a second.
Unfortunately they happen to be, in my opinion, the two ugliest I could have: The Albino and the Bronze. (OK I actually like the bronze a bit more than the Blue Drake, but let's pretend a bit) so I'd been hoping to harvest the forums, here for some nice replacement skins. Now while I did find some very very nice reskins in the form of Alexial's Armoured Albino Drake and kimitsu_kouseki's Blue Hakkar Drakes for reasons I can't explain, I wasn't satisfied with them, even though I do think they are both brilliant.
So in the end, I decided to spend part of my evening bodging together a pair of custom skins (Using the Azure Drake's Armour). They're not the best, but I do quite like them so decided to give a little back to the community from which I've been taking.
So yeah, here they are. :3
Albino Drake to Armoured (Red) Twilight Drake
Download: patch-T for Twilight
Bronze Drake to Armoured Nefarion Drake with bonus Azure Drake styled runes
Download: patch-N For Nefarion
And because I let my OCD get the best of me, I put together a Bronze Drake to Azure Drake patch, as well:
Download: patch-A for Azure
I do hope you all like them. ^.^ (God I also hope I didn't mix up the download links. >.<)
(Now I'm wondering if I should make the wing membranes Hakkar style feathers for added uniqueitude.. well.. except for the other two reskins using hakkar styled winks. :3 )
11-04-2025, 10:40 AM
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Quote: love that black drake skin, +Rep
rektbyfaith
11-04-2025, 10:40 AM #2Archived author: seekfin • Posted: 2025-11-04T11:40:31.739111
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Quote: love that black drake skin, +Rep
11-04-2025, 10:40 AM
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Quote: Love the Azure one, GJ.
rektbyfaith
11-04-2025, 10:40 AM #3Archived author: nicklol1 • Posted: 2025-11-04T11:40:31.739111
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Quote: Love the Azure one, GJ.
11-04-2025, 10:40 AM
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Quote: I love these reskins! And I'm flattered you mentioned me+rep for that creative albino drake reskin! The bronze one is not too bad, but I'm just not a big fan of the color yellow :3 Well done none the less! That Azure one is quite the looker!
rektbyfaith
11-04-2025, 10:40 AM #4Archived author: Alexial • Posted: 2025-11-04T11:40:31.739111
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Quote: I love these reskins! And I'm flattered you mentioned me
11-04-2025, 10:40 AM
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Quote:Sweet reskin, well made.
rektbyfaith
11-04-2025, 10:40 AM #5Archived author: Phoen!x • Posted: 2025-11-04T11:40:31.739111
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Quote:Sweet reskin, well made.
11-04-2025, 10:40 AM
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Quote: What's the program called that lets you make those skins? i'd like to learn it aswell , (if someone could make a step by step thread about it)
rektbyfaith
11-04-2025, 10:40 AM #6Archived author: Vyil • Posted: 2025-11-04T11:40:31.739111
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Quote: What's the program called that lets you make those skins? i'd like to learn it aswell , (if someone could make a step by step thread about it)
11-04-2025, 10:40 AM
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Quote: Originally Posted by nicklol1
Love the Azure one, GJ.
I'm afraid I can't take credit for it, it is the default skin for the Azure Drake mount that drops from Malygos in the Nexus. I used its armour to modifry the other skins into new armoured drakes.
Originally Posted by mppala
What's the program called that lets you make those skins? i'd like to learn it aswell , (if someone could make a step by step thread about it)
I think there are tutorials in some of the other forums, here, if I'm not mistaken. >.>
Originally Posted by Alexial
I love these reskins! And I'm flattered you mentioned me
Thank you and it was my pleasure, especially as you were the one who inspired me to do so. ^.^
I used the colour yellow because it seemed to flow with the black and red scales. Also because it was really late at night, I was being very lazy and trying to match the jewels on the armour and the spikes on its tail. I do admit, though, that I could have done it a little brighter with more of an orange hue around the border to make them look as if they are glowing from the inside and have either been burned into or burned their way out of its hide.
What do you think about replacing their wing membrane with the Hakkar feathers that kimitsu_kouseki used in their mod? (which I think came from another mod before that. I'd have to read Kimitsu's thread again because cred is given there for the original.)
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rektbyfaith
11-04-2025, 10:40 AM #7Archived author: Angelsilhouette • Posted: 2025-11-04T11:40:31.739111
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Quote: Originally Posted by nicklol1
Love the Azure one, GJ.
I'm afraid I can't take credit for it, it is the default skin for the Azure Drake mount that drops from Malygos in the Nexus. I used its armour to modifry the other skins into new armoured drakes.
Originally Posted by mppala
What's the program called that lets you make those skins? i'd like to learn it aswell , (if someone could make a step by step thread about it)
I think there are tutorials in some of the other forums, here, if I'm not mistaken. >.>
Originally Posted by Alexial
I love these reskins! And I'm flattered you mentioned me
Thank you and it was my pleasure, especially as you were the one who inspired me to do so. ^.^
I used the colour yellow because it seemed to flow with the black and red scales. Also because it was really late at night, I was being very lazy and trying to match the jewels on the armour and the spikes on its tail. I do admit, though, that I could have done it a little brighter with more of an orange hue around the border to make them look as if they are glowing from the inside and have either been burned into or burned their way out of its hide.
What do you think about replacing their wing membrane with the Hakkar feathers that kimitsu_kouseki used in their mod? (which I think came from another mod before that. I'd have to read Kimitsu's thread again because cred is given there for the original.)
11-04-2025, 10:40 AM
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Quote: Originally Posted by Angelsilhouette
What do you think about replacing their wing membrane with the Hakkar feathers that kimitsu_kouseki used in their mod? (which I think came from another mod before that. I'd have to read Kimitsu's thread again because cred is given there for the original.)
I think that would look fantastic with the blue one! (Maybe change the yellow a little to orange like you said and give the black one black to red to orange feathers?) You'll have to edit the alpha channel a little to get the game to recognize the shape of the texture, but that's pretty easy to do if you have a decent enough program
rektbyfaith
11-04-2025, 10:40 AM #8Archived author: Alexial • Posted: 2025-11-04T11:40:31.739111
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Quote: Originally Posted by Angelsilhouette
What do you think about replacing their wing membrane with the Hakkar feathers that kimitsu_kouseki used in their mod? (which I think came from another mod before that. I'd have to read Kimitsu's thread again because cred is given there for the original.)
I think that would look fantastic with the blue one! (Maybe change the yellow a little to orange like you said and give the black one black to red to orange feathers?) You'll have to edit the alpha channel a little to get the game to recognize the shape of the texture, but that's pretty easy to do if you have a decent enough program
11-04-2025, 10:40 AM
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Quote: I made the original Hakkar drake reskin, and I think the feathers look best on brightly-coloured skins but with a bit of reshading you could probably get a nice effect on these ones too. In particular, on the Nefarian drake you could make them match his armour for armour-plated wings! :3
rektbyfaith
11-04-2025, 10:40 AM #9Archived author: lysaara • Posted: 2025-11-04T11:40:31.739111
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Quote: I made the original Hakkar drake reskin, and I think the feathers look best on brightly-coloured skins but with a bit of reshading you could probably get a nice effect on these ones too. In particular, on the Nefarian drake you could make them match his armour for armour-plated wings! :3
11-04-2025, 10:40 AM
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Quote: Looks really great. I prefer the black one..
rektbyfaith
11-04-2025, 10:40 AM #10Archived author: dep.ARTed • Posted: 2025-11-04T11:40:31.739111
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Quote: Looks really great. I prefer the black one..
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