Imperial Knights Armor Recolor

[CthulhuTheGreat]

Would any of talented modders here be up for the task of recoloring this vibrant red armor either into a simple dark grey armor or into a less vibrant red and more orange-red closer to the Imperial Knights from the comics. 

 

The original mod: 

https://www.gamefront.com/games/knights-of-the-old-republic-ii/file/imperial-knight 

 

Pictures from the Legacy comic:  

 

 

 

[Thor110]

This sort of thing can pretty much be done at the click of a single button in GIMP.

Perhaps try it for yourself to get the result you are looking for.

Personally I think the red matches the latter two images you have shown as reference and that the first image only looks to be orange due to being poor quality.

Thor110

Edit :

You can also use "Rotate Colors" after selecting an area of the image you are modifying.

There is also a way to quickly select a range of colours but currently I can't remember how.

Edited October 13, 2023 by Thor110
Rotate Colors

[CthulhuTheGreat]

Thanks! I'll give it a try! 

Just one question, if I were to make a grey one similar to the picture below, would I need to change the color or would just dropping down the saturation do the job?: 

 

 

I see that you've actually made it dark grey and black, but for the life of me I can't figure out how exactly you've achieved that. 

Or if you were willing to publish it as a file, I'd certainly be immensely grateful to you. : ) 

 

Edit: 

 

I've actually managed to do something here (a bit darker grey, color name #363636). 

I'll convert it back from XCF to TGA and see if it works. Thanks a lot for your help! 

 

 

[Thor110]

3 hours ago, CthulhuTheGreat said:

Thanks! I'll give it a try! 

Just one question, if I were to make a grey one similar to the picture below, would I need to change the color or would just dropping down the saturation do the job?: 

 

 

I see that you've actually made it dark grey and black, but for the life of me I can't figure out how exactly you've achieved that. 

Or if you were willing to publish it as a file, I'd certainly be immensely grateful to you. : ) 

 

Edit: 

 

I've actually managed to do something here (a bit darker grey, color name #363636). 

I'll convert it back from XCF to TGA and see if it works. Thanks a lot for your help! 

The red boxes in the images I posted outline the exact instructions to follow to achieve the same result.

I also don't have permission to post a modified version of their texture.

It's also easier to simply help everyone learn to follow basic instructions.

 

Colors -> Colorize -> Colorizer -> Color

or

Colors -> Map -> Rotate Colors

 

Simply open the .tga file, follow the instructions, then click File - > Overwrite original file.

p.s. if you are colour blind, perhaps you could take a test and find out which version so that I can colour the boxes green, blue or yellow accordingly.

Otherwise text instructions are there now too. In the format of

Button to press -> Button to press -> Button to press.

[CthulhuTheGreat]

Got it now! 

I've only done the first approach with colorize options and for the purpose of making a grey armor it worked just fine, as it only slightly darkened the blacks which I planned to keep black anyway. I'll also play with the map and rotate color section to see what I can get that way.  

I don't think I'm colorblind, although it may be questionable after thinking that the comics' red was of a different shade, lol. 

Once again, thanks a lot for your help. It is much appreciated! 

 

Edit: Yup, I get it now. I made the orange one for fun. (I am yet to figure out how to make a grey this way, but I'm getting the grasp of this). Thank you very much! 

[Thor110]

8 minutes ago, CthulhuTheGreat said:

Got it now! 

I've only done the first approach with colorize options and for the purpose of making a grey armor it worked just fine, as it only slightly darkened the blacks which I planned to keep black anyway. I'll also play with the map and rotate color section to see what I can get that way.  

I don't think I'm colorblind, although it may be questionable after thinking that the comics' red was of a different shade, lol. 

Once again, thanks a lot for your help. It is much appreciated! 

 

Edit: Yup, I get it now. I made the orange one for fun. (I am yet to figure out how to make a grey this way, but I'm getting the grasp of this). Thank you very much! 

Just thought I would check incase the redboxes were grey though given that you are interpreting the initial reds, I should have taken note of that myself lol

 

Awesome! Yeah, it's quick and simple, kind of dirty to do it either way, which is why I showed a follow up method where you could highlight or cut out the exact areas you wanted to alter using the selection tools

[CthulhuTheGreat]

3 minutes ago, Thor110 said:

Just thought I would check incase the redboxes were grey though given that you are interpreting the initial reds, I should have taken note of that myself lol

 

Awesome! Yeah, it's quick and simple, kind of dirty to do it either way, which is why I showed a follow up method where you could highlight or cut out the exact areas you wanted to alter using the selection tools 

It is quick and simple when you have a good teacher. : ) 

[Thor110]

17 minutes ago, CthulhuTheGreat said:

It is quick and simple when you have a good teacher. : ) 

Thanks, the internet was my teacher!

Seeing as this has helped without much trouble, I will make sure to copy and repost the instructions in my thread : [TUTORIAL] - KotOR Modding Tutorial Series - Tutorials - Deadly Stream

Hopefully it will help someone else one day.