Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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It's the 10th anniversary of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, so I thought it'd be fun to update my 7yo tutorial on ripping game assets and repairing them for 3D Printing!

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Nifskope - niftools.sourceforge.net/wiki/NifSkope
Blender - blender.org
Bethesda Archive Extractor - nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/78

TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Intro
1:07 Software
4:49 Ripping game meshes using Nifskope
7:48 Repairing meshes in 3D Builder
9:48 Repairing meshes in Blender
12:14 Adding smoothness using subdivision
16:25 ADVANCED - Adding texture with displaced UV maps and more
17:13 Extracting textures with Bethesda Archive Extractor
19:26 Displacing using UV map
21:35 My 3D Printed Results!

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