MCprep Skin Swapping

by Patrick W. Crawford

Using the MCprep addon, it is easy to apply a custom skin to rigs. Install from file, or even download directly from a given username.

Video Demo

 

Skin Swapping

  • Purpose: To provide quick and easy skin changing on rigs and characters already in your blender scene.
  • Step 1: Select your rig (or rigs) that you want to change the skin for. It works best if you select all of the objects of your rig (e.g. head, torso, legs etc) but it will work even if you only selected the armature (in that case, results are only visible in rendered view)
  • Step 2: Select a skin from the skin file list under the tool menu: 3D view > MCprep tab > Skin Swapper Panel > UI List of skins, left click to select/highlight a skin
    • Don’t see the skin you want? Install your own by pressing “Skin from file” below the list. This will apply the skin and keep it listed for future use.
  • Step 3: Press the button that says “Apply [skin name]”
  • Step 4: You’re done! If the user interface appears to not update, be sure to check rendered view. Also note the default behavior is to make a new material in the event you have other copies or uses of the existing material. You can turn this off in the redo last menu.

You can also apply skins if you have a username in mind, and have a working internet connection. Press “Skin from username”, type the username into the popup, and wait a moment while the addon tries to pull the skin file from online and directly apply it.

Note: Skin layouts using Minecraft layout 1.8 or later work best.

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