Dwarf to Dark Iron Dwarf?

[Kroann]

Hey fellas, first time poster.

I am looking to reskin my dwarf into a dark iron dwarf.

Is this easily done? and if so how do I go about it? I want to keep my current beard/face and hairstyle and just change the actual skintone to the dark iron skin tone.

Any help on how to do this would really be appreciated.

Thanks
Kroann

Edit: Also would doing this on a legit copy of WoW be allowable?

[LeafOfMoo]

On retail model editing no longer works. As for re-skinning Thats one of the easiest things to do. There are atleast 2 tutorials on here on how to go about it. Hope this helped. -Leafofmoo

[Kroann]

so to go from dwarf to dark iron, is that just a re-skin? If its not to much trouble could someone point me to a guide?

Also if the results are not what I was hoping for how hard is it to revert to default?

[Kroann]

Can anyone give me any info on this? I am wondering if this is possible on a legit copy of WoW? I already found the Dark Iron skin in Warcraft Model Viewer, I just don't know how make the changes to my character. I tried looking through the forums here but can't find anything specific to this. If this is something that will get me banned or break my game/give me trouble with patches, then I may not bother, but if changing my skin color is something easy to do and will cause no conflict I would like to learn how to do it.

Thanks again guys
Kroann

[denre01]

1. get an mpq extractor.
2. find the dark iron dwarf skin .BLP files.
3. rename the files to match the names of the .BLP files that contains your dwarf's current skin.
4. make a new MPQ archive that you replace with a SoundCache-patch-xxxxx.MPQ file that is in your WoW>data>cache directory (name it SoundCache-patch-xxxxx.MPQ) (with x being a selection of numbers such as SoundCache-patch-13329.MPQ or others)
5. test the patch, and if it is not loading then the soundcache might have overwritten itself. try with other soundcache files in the same directory and remember to keep a copy of the dark iron skin MPQ if it gets overwritten so you dont have to start from step 4.

hope this helped.

[Kroann]

Ok so just before we get started, all this can be done with a legit copy of Cata right?

Now I got Landik's MPQ editor and go File > Open MPQ (with options?), then I navigate to my Warcraft Data folder. In here there are alot of MPQs and I am not sure which one I need to look for.

So once I know were to look for the BLP files, do I use Warcraft Model Viewer to match the numbers so that I know which skin I am looking for? On WC Model Viewer my current skin color is 8/25 and the dark iron is 9/25. However there is only 1 model for the dark iron face.

Next on step 4 you lost me again. Do I use Landik's to make a new MPQ archive? And if so could I get a little more step by step of what I actually do here?.

Finally you say to Test the patch? I know I must sound like a HUGE noob (I really am) but I really do appreciate you guys taking the time to break it down for me.

Thanks again
Kroann

[Xel]

Ok so just before you get started, all this should be done in the Questions & Requests section.

So please take it there
~Xel