Snail's Ebony Armory - A Makeover for Ebony Weapons and Shields

I wanted to like the vanilla ebony weapons, I really did. But unfortunately, when viewed up close their design simply didn't hold up all that well. The crossguards were much too bulky, the pommels looked silly, and don't even get me started on those ugly white splotches...

While the likes of Kobiyashi's Anti-Hideous Ebony Weapons certainly did help with their appearance, I wasn't quite satisfied with it (also because Kobi somehow screwed up the mesh for the warhammer, leaving a gaping hole and funky geometry near the pommel).

So, decided to try my own hand at it. I've stuck to the general "theme" of the vanilla weapons, but refined most aspects of their design, so don't expect anything like Insanity's Ebony Sword Replacer. While his models look nice on their own, they felt just a bit too detailed and out of place compared to the rest of game.

Below is an exhaustive list of changes I made to the weapon's meshes and textures.

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Updated shield models.

Fixed minor errors with the UV mapping of the shields.

Minor adjustment to the saturation of the rim of Escutchoeon of Chorrol's texture.

Fixed a bug that prevented texture files from loading properly when viewed in external programs (e.g. nifskope, irfanview).

Added missing menu icon for the ebony shortsword in "menus50."

Included alternative meshes for the "flat-topped" shield models from v2. 0. (Optional)

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New shield models. Ebony shields are now shaped like kite shields (Escutcheon of Chorrol and Brusef Amelion's Shield are also changed).

Cleaned the rust off of the ebony shield's and Escutcheon of Chorrol's Textures.

Added new menu icons for all weapons and shields.

Added a "black blade" texture variant gives the blades and axe heads the darker hue of their vanilla textures. (Optional)

Added a mesh that gives the waraxe it's vanilla sparth style head with updated menu icons, as requested by KillerHell. (Optional)

Added a mesh that makes the arrows approx. 20% longer, as requested by ElderScrollsFan001. (Optional)

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Trimmed down the length of the pommels for all ebony weapons.

All handles are less lumpy.

All handles are now bound with leather.

The handles of the ebony swords and dagger have an oblong shape instead of being perfect