Darkstrand’s Malekith, Witch King of Naggaroth, Reskin

I have returned! The first of many planned releases that I have been working on and off and on again throughout the years:

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"And lo, he shall rule with a dark hand and his shadow shall touch upon every land. Steel will be his skin and fire will be his blood, in hatred will he conquer all before him. No blade forged of Man, Dwarf or Elf shall endure him fear. Though will it come to pass that the firstborn son of noble blood shall rise to power. The child will be learned in the darkest arts and he will raise an army of terrible beasts. Thus will the Dark King fall, slain by neither blade nor arrow but by a sorcerous power of darkest magic and so shall his body be consumed in the flames and for all eternity burn."

– Caledor Dragontamer – "The Prophecy of Demise" [The Premonition and Foretelling of Malekith]

"We will never forget that which has been taken from us. Ulthuan belongs to me. If it takes a thousand years, ten thousand years, I will claim my rightful place as king. I am the son of Aenarion. It is my destiny."

"If they shall not bow to me, the rightful ruler of Ulthuan, then I shall see each tower crumble and every soul scourged in pain until they beg for my rule."

"We shall strike down our foe with sharp steel and cold hearts. The weak die so that the strong shall be spared. Then and only then will our enemies know the true meaning of fear."

"You know me as your king. Know me now also as the incarnate vessel of your lord and god, Khaine the Ruthless, the Bloody-Handed Messenger, Jaguar of the Night, the Manticore. In me has He invested His power in the mortal realm, so that He might lead you on the crusade of death."

"I am Malekith! Son of Aenarion, the daemons’ bane. Hear my name and know me, the rightful king of the elves!"

– Malekith, Witch King of Naggaroth

My Custom and Lore Adaptation Reskin of Malekith

Detailed List of Changes:
*Reworked eyes – they are still green in colour and tint, but I redid them completely

*Reworked helmet / encased face mask – Added sort of a "molten" effect to the encased golden faceplate – in the lore the amour was smelted over his skin because there wasn’t much left after he was nearly burned to a crisp from the fires of Asuryan. Was going for that "molten" or "smelted" type of look with the encased golden faceplate of his helmet.

*Changed body armour completely – darkened default armour and changed the tone of the gold inlays/accents to more of a golden, less yellow hue as in vanilla texture. Wanted to keep the trend with the colour scheme the same as the rest of the armour.

*Changed cloth bits to a deep, rich purple / almost like a roman praetorian kind of vibe but rooted in druchii warhammer lore, modeling after some of his tabletop model iterations / lore artwork prior to 8th edition when they replaced it with the red. To me, it just looks better with the purple based on the racial aesthetic of the druchii.

*Added a "glowing" effect to the serpents’ jeweled eyes on his armour.

*Custom Destroyer sword re-texture – reskinned Malekith’s iconic sword to be more of a representation of how it is in the lore / artwork.

*Custom shield re-work/re-texture – colour matching and re-textured the shield to match the gold tone of his armour and made some distinct parts of the shield black to match his armour. Also matched the purple and red hues on the face of the shield to match the other tones / tints of the armour.

*Added a "glowing" effect via re-texture to the rune of Khaine etched within the armoured face of the shield. I hope to actually make this glow in the future but I did my best with the texture file using a series of overlays. See below on "future possible changes" section for future plans to improve / update the reskin.

Future Possible Changes:
*Once I can learn how to make things glow, IE .wsmodel editing, I plan on exchanging the custom Khaine "glowing" texture on the shield to an actual glow. If anyone wants to help me out or take this on for me – I welcome the help. I’ve watched several tutorials and read some of the existing tutorials on this subject but I cannot grasp how to do this yet. In the meantime, I did my best to give it the illusion that it is glowing from the texture file using several overlays. I think it looks decent but I’d much rather have it actually glow. The same with the ruby, jeweled eyelets of the serpents on his armour; I did my best but would be great if I could make them glow as well.

Designed this to go along with my custom Black Guard of Naggarond for uniformity of appearance between Malekith and his Black Guard and complete visual and this is a smaller part of a larger project to complete an aesthetic rework of the Dark Elves that is and has been a WIP for me at this point. You can see some screenshots of my progress on the Black Guard, specifically, in some of the shots above with Malekith.

*Compatibility: Compatible with anything that does not reskin Malekith or edit his texture files; this is purely a cosmetic/graphical change – nothing more. It should never need updating but I will do my best to keep it up to date at least to give the illusion that it is updated.

Huge thanks to all of the wonderfully talented and skilled modders, especially "Emperor Trump/Inquisitor14," one of my friends and modding colleagues that helped to get me started down this path years and years ago and also a special thanks to "Steph" for sharing all of his knowledge and who is truly a master at his craft. Also, thanks to all of the members of the modding discord over the years that have helped me continuously improve and increase the quality of my work. The Warhammer II modding community is fantastic and I am constantly amazed by how many limits have been are consistently being pushed and barriers broken/shattered to get the most mileage out of this wonderful game and series.

Speaking of the modding community come say hello or hang out on the discord if you wish. I’m a member of the modding discord: Da Modding Den: https://discord.gg/hhJpgbH [discord.gg]

Cheers and Enjoy!

-Dark

Malekith, Reskin, Dark Elves, Darkstrand, Druchii, Witch King, Witch King of Naggaroth