darth malak MOD:"CineMalak" - HD Malak Retexture

[PoopaPapaPalpatine 26]

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"CineMalak" - HD Malak Retexture

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As a staunch "vanilla" purist, I've been dismayed at the selection of HD retextures for Malak made available, so I decided to finally make one myself. For years, I've been using an older 1k upscale of the stock in-game texture for Malak and it just wasn't fitting with the other HD mods I have installed over the years. I still wanted to keep the 1k upscale, as it just "pops" in-game really well. I wanted to approach this as if a film costumer had to interpret the original designs. I wanted to stay as close to the original design as possible but use real-world fabrics and materials present today to reinterpret the original artwork into something more in line with the simple and robust OT aesthetics. I publish this with the express permission by @Dark Hope whose HD Malak texture served as the base for the alterations I made.

I kept her neck collar untouched and recolored and added a few more textures on top of the chest piece to make it feel like a real costume material, like a rubber or foam piece. I then combined the upscaled vanilla texture for the accessories and hands and further painted and textured on top of them. The more exhaustive texturing work are the soft parts, adding my own custom textures to reinterpret what was there. I made the arm wraps by scanning double-pleated cotton gauze, backlaid with heavy textured watercolor paper for some depth and thickness, and used a crushed cotton, pleated crepe fabric for the rest of his compression coveralls, taking inspiration from vintage high-altitude jumpsuits. I added piping for where seams would be to join the different fabrics, and have pleated nylon stretch fabric for the pits and back of the knees for mobility; the cape and tabards are simple black wool drapery, ala Darth Vader, but given slightly different hues to read better on screen, much like components of Darth Maul's costume. I gave him ribbed, padded kneepads, as seen on some Jon Mollo costume sketches, and some back detailing to fill some empty space but keeping true to existing design elements. I added little quirks like hidden stitching, and folds and pleats that would visually "explain" why his cape never folds over his shoulders or how the wrappings on his arms don't bunch up at the shoulders. Little touches that just make it seem more like a real-world costume.

Paired with the 'red eyes' option for Malak's head, also by Dark Hope, now there is a Malak texture option I think most can be proud of.

 

INSTALLATION: Just drop the file into your game's "Override" folder.

REMOVAL: Remove file from the "Override" folder.

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• Submitter
  PoopaPapaPalpatine
• Submitted
  07/19/2025
• Category
  Mods
• K1R Compatible
  Yes