Export champions from League of Legends into Blender

A quick overview of using lol2gltf and exporting a champion from league of legends ready to be imported into blender for any use.
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[@lxvejetty]

This is 4/11/2023 and this tutorial still works! when you export LOL2GLTF it will only export one file (GLB) this will still work when exported into Blender. Massive thanks man and thank you to the people that made these tools!

[@nothingwhatsoevertwotone]

Been looking for this vid for ages i wanna make some custom skins but hard to see in 2d the champs

[@aytensenabicer]

​@@nothingwhatsoevertwotonei want to make some custom skins too, what tutorials or videos are you following except this video?

[@nothingwhatsoevertwotone]

@@aytensenabicer there was a few, apparently you can import the files into photoshop of the character models then export into blender or maya for 3D presentation

[@nothingwhatsoevertwotone]

@@aytensenabicer sorry i didnt answer your question i replied as you were asking what tools. i cant remember what videos. just character tutorials. im quite in tune with the arts so for me its just the software i need to learn or the basic process

[@aytensenabicer]

@@nothingwhatsoevertwotone Thank you so much i really appreciate your quick answer. Your both answers gave me some ideas. I am quite intune with arts but i am foreign to digital ones like thr softwares we are using in modeling but i found some tutorial videos like this one. Thank you so much again, i hope your works are going well so far. I wish you a great day. Good luck

[@MrWeezer7]

If anyone has problems with rendering images / viewport in blender make sure: Render engine is set to Cycles and increase Clip End on camera object. I also deleted existing camera object and added a new one (it fixed weird model glitching when camera was moved)

[@vladislavkaras491]

Really, really useful guide! So simple, and so clear, thus so informative! Thank you very much!

[@PrixTheFein]

2 years later and its still helpful and works perfectly fine

[@adanlopez304]

Good to hear that!

[@friloweye]

Do you have any ideas on how to import particles as well ?

[@yeo7163]

for some reason the lol2gtlf.exe file just wont open on my desktop, any idea why?

[@zoftell519]

pleased help obsidian doesnt have a file/open option idk what to do :(

[@dantles]

you sir, you are now one of my heroes, thank you so much for this tutorial, I search and search for LoL characters with animations but now I can get them myself and what ever I want, thank you again

[@FloraSora]

Awesooome! Dude I'm starting to get addicted to ripping 3D models from games and this is a potential goldmine. Can't wait to extract my favorite characters and mess with'em.

[@mucahit9596]

hey, how's your progres?

[@FloraSora]

@@mucahit9596 It's good! I ripped the zoe model and posed it around and such. I had to fix some of the weird texturing it had, such as the hair being some sort of strange, inside-out texture. I think it's because when I flipped the normals, the hair normals were already fine, so I had to go in and revert them all. Strand by strand, lol. Or more like tuft by tuft. I didn't make anything too noteworthy, but it's definitely fun messing with a model that's industry standard, even if it is meant for a smaller scale. Still very fun!

[@AssassinKaiser]

I like how you explained it so easy in 14 minute, not gonna lie when i started the video i was like wtf this guy cant explain something like this in 14 minute, but you did it, and you did more then that, ill Subscribe cuz you actually deserve it, keep it up Budd. and thanks for the guide.

[@Artorikus]

More people should know about this tool! Thanks for the tutorial! :)

[@MrBoingus]

what an excellent and thorough video. i didnt hit a single bump along the way. allowed me to import league models smoothly and quickly into Godot! thank you so much

[@cerberustamer]

How do i hide unwanted objects? Such as if zyras plants showed up in blender untop of the zyra model, how do i hide/move the plant to just see zyra?

[@_Rhatsody]

if only this existed for the file format i need

[@GigaVoid]

Great video, but I'm struggling with Kayn model. All of his forms are in one mesh and I don't know how to separate them. If someone knows the answer pls help 🙏

[@Polypuff]

thank you~

[@depth6002]

interesting place to find you

[@Chadboys]

Men, I'm a Big Fan! Fancy meeting you here!

[@boscocq8188]

This is awesome! I stoped using obsidian and lol2dae for about a year ago and just found this video which is really helpfull with the new models and blender 2.9. However I don't like the default material used. And the mesh has some weird properties that won't show the texture unless I plug the images into emision, do you know hot to fix this?

[@antonionunes1909]

hey i'd love a video on how to repair meshes in meshlab, cause i'm also interested in 3D printing the models. thank you!

[@Khelvin_Gleyk]

I was about to make the same comment hahahaha

[@MacMadnessx]

any of you guys found a good video/guide for this? having the same problem, new to blender and would really like to 3d-print some poses i got from certain animations

[@PinkeySuavo]

wtf i was peeing and literally thought about blender and league of legends, i came back and this vid was in recommended xD

[@TheHutpixelmon]

amazing, thank you so much. this is the only video on yt to help me

[@emila9229]

I try to convert the files in lol2gltf to my desktop but when I convert it none of the files are in the folder, it works with different skins and champions but not the veigar base, is there a fix for this?

[@DemoEntertainment]

I wonder if there is a way to import the summoners rift map

[@cat_slave4574]

I convert like video but there is no .glTF file, it only has .bin and .png file what did i do wrong?

[@kilomikesierra7840]

Works fine for me. The only problem I had was that TFT models' faces overlap in the blender since it has many faces.

[@gowdrenz]

excellent video, but please could you make a tutorial or just tell me if it is possible to make a custom skin, using only 3D paint, after extracting the 3D models with obsidian and gltf.

[@TreborYl]

I just realized the convert button in lol2gltf is on the bottom! for some reason my screen doesnt show it, probably larger than my 1366x768 resolution.

[@uwnbaw]

by the way, when i attempt to do this, the model's shape is always the champion's weapon (Lux's staff, Aphelios's gun, etc.) what should I do?

[@MisterMobius]

Thank you so much for this video! I am one step closer to a little Nautilus figure :D

[@Froggo_kek]

time to do a little animation

[@diegohiroshiysusvideos2909]

Thanks we need to more people like you. Thanks for the tutorial.

[@freelifemusic01]

Hey guys. did someone try this tools to extract particle systems for Unity ?

[@Ohle]

The Particles in League of Legendes are mainly Images. Probably not easy to implement them into Unity.

[@Sekii18]

Love the explanation, dude! Very usefull and awsome guide, thx.

[@kogareuw]

if you get a lot of random files instead of the folders in obsidian, close your league client

[@fraankk717]

Do you happen to know where to find the TFT Little Legend models?

[@takeshimn2434]

Thank you very much. I had a problem with .dae Yasuo Spirit Blossom. Now it's working!

[@EmeraldParrot]

When you try to extract the champion files it says it's successful but it does nothing.

[@mainix2170]

Yo dude I have a question maybe you can try it out and see what i mean... if I convert Dawnbringer Riven (Skin 16) the texture is pretty messed up. I know it is the right texture because of the colours but it is just pure chaos... can you help me? Would be really nice.

[@alvarolibreros410]

it is possible to extract and use the effects of skills, such as Nasus's "E"

[@pankeczap]

Great software! But just to ask, did you drop the project? It does not appear for it to have any activity on github for quite a while.

[@Papersculpting]

Hey there ! thank you so much for the tutorial. Do you by any chance know where the tft little legends models can be found ? thanks alot :)

[@Ohle]

"...\Riot Games\League of Legends\Game\DATA\FINAL\Maps\Shipping\Map22.wad.client" then go on "assets\characters" Little Legends/Tactician start with pet. The Akana Featherknight, for example, is just a skin of the Pengu Featherknight. The Skins are just Numbered and don't have Names to them. I recomend extracting all Skin variations of the Little Legend/Tactician that you want and locking at the Texture of each Skin to determine wich is the right one.

[@Papersculpting]

@@Ohle thank you for the reply! I was wondering, I did end up finding the file however for example dangos newest skins have multiple skins inside the same skn. Any ideas how to get that cleaned up?

[@Ohle]

@@Papersculpting Under wich Name did you find Dango?

[@Papersculpting]

@@Ohle it was under assets/characters/petSGcat/themes/lunarnewyear , sorry for the late reply!

[@magehunter9930]

Any advice for how to extract a form of Kayn? All 3 models for the forms are put on top of each other under the .skn files

[@KingPlutoIX]

I'm trying to export fiddlesticks, but I can't find his Lantern, Tongue, or Demon_Arm (L or R) files in his .wad. Would they be... in other champions .wad somewhere ;-;

[@Pwasercan]

awesome! Now can this be used from this point onwards to create custom skin? Can someone point me to a guide for Blender?

[@samjansen3250]

Hey Lachlan, I have some problems adding a skin to the base. Is there any chance you could help me?

[@mahmoudioussama2074]

are skin weights exported as well with the character ????

[@balazszsigmond826]

GlTF doesn't work for widescreen. :D Or at least the menu is deeper than 768... no way to resize the window. Nice.

[@animein3d972]

Do you showcase your 3D Sculpts anywhere that we can see?

[@rickyrockstar1233]

Sooooo... How do I put it back? Lets say ive made my animations, model changes, and skeleton changes. How do I put it back into the game?

[@FtoisMp]

When i finish everything, what do i do next lol im stuck. I export the file as what or where

[@hugo_kh5297]

is there any way to get an edited blender file back to png and model so i can use a 3d edited model in lol?

[@hse.julius]

I only get .bin files and dont have the same order of the folders. And There are some other folders too. How can I get the Files from the Video in Obsidian? @Lachlan van der Velden

[@Scrub_6361]

I don’t know why the model files in your league library go all the way to Z, because mine only goes to Thresh

[@jasond.valentine5931]

When i export the model as an STL for 3d printing the model shows it's "true polygons" (i am new into this 3d modeling world so excuse my wording). I have applied surface subdivision modifiers and trying to rebuild the character based on the looks, is there a better way to do this ? Am i not aware of something? Any help would be welcome!

[@LachlanvanderVelden]

I would recommend exporting from blender as an OBJ (no subdivisions / only posed models), then importing it into MeshLab, merging close vertices (to 'repair' the mesh), then applying butterfly subdivision (to 'smooth' the mesh). I'll be happy to make another video on this process in the future - will be at least 2 weeks before i can do this though due to some personal stuff at the moment.

[@Aryatoja]

@@LachlanvanderVelden hey, can you make a video about it? or explain to me in a private message how to do it? I will be very grateful :)

[@charmquark7514]

@@LachlanvanderVelden Followed your vid and then this comment step by step and actually got a really really nice model that I'm going to feed to my resin printer soon!

[@mephistogames819]

i have a question, i tried to use veigar for that but the lol2gltf says in material riotRig:Mat_veigar but dosent iniciate the convert

[@ahihi9381]

what about with champion's weapon, I cant add its to LoLgif, and animation until too

[@PinkLemonShooter]

i extracted it from obsidian, but there are still no files when i look inside the lol2gltf, or when i just go into the folder?

[@lawrenciaclovis8607]

this was a great help to start my cosplay will u do one on how to make life size models of weapons plz

[@LachlanvanderVelden]

Yep certainly looking at doing this, just need to finish my large format 3d printer firstly :) Might be worth looking into some tools that can convert a 3d model into papercraft to get started, especially if you don't have a 3d printer :)

[@DrN0VA.]

IS there a way to also use the particle effects we get when we extract?

[@mustashen]

thank u my man, is there any way i can contact u to ask u about a little problem ?

[@TheDashLoL]

How can you custom pose/model the champion in Blender?

[@Bmarquez1997]

I know this is an older video, but does anyone happen to know how to export vaulted skins like the DRX skins? Or can you only do the ones that are active in the shop?

[@Maxfirexd]

Is there any way to make your own animations?

[@marcelobravo3074]

how do you do the same but with models with multiples things like atrox or gragas

[@rebecaqueiroz4701]

ypu are legit the best bro

[@bornakreca2625]

doesnt want to open lol2gltf...

[@ChikoBootuoi]

dude how to use Convert Map geometry , i cant choose exactly the data folder

[@andrewcarpenter2574]

​ @Lachlan van der Velden ​ any chance you have a discord channel or something?

[@prince666blabla]

Very cool cognitive. Thanks you.

[@ossi334]

I exported Yuumi, which worked, BUT her hair spikes on the back are always visible and I can't get rid of them

[@ossi334]

I managed to do it very easily with blender Select your model, go to edit mode, and press P (-> splitting meshes) Select material and you're good to go Link to doku: wiki.nexusmods.com/index.php/Splitting_meshes_in_Blender

[@angel_of_rust]

how do you export the champions' audio files though

[@awogaman]

Why aren't lights effecting the module

[@hiennguyenminh7737]

do you know where the end of game animation? Victory/defeated

[@BatuhanOzbey]

Where can I get the map of the game?

[@jpuc5568]

Is there anyway to do this with maps and structures?

[@theryudama]

for some odd reason no color is showing up when I convert it

[@fjkjhnjaf5132]

my obsidian just spin and doen't work how can i do now ?

[@Alberto-1994]

Does any turorial of lol2gltf for export model to C4D?

[@gr1bo4ekk]

how to separate the forms of kayn from each other?

[@TheLuki2001]

is there way to put it back to skl and skn after lil edit?

[@Jay-dk6hf]

Great video!

[@yosuo8472]

erg bedankt broeder

[@nanachi2509]

can u do a tutorial for exporting maps too?

[@rogu9336]

infinite loading syncing hashtables.... any ideas?

[@kxxxk_]

same

[@이창현-l8z]

Character model or skill model is well extracted Do you know how to extract skill particles??

[@LachlanvanderVelden]

Sorry, not sure about the particles. Obsidian does export everything there, might have a bit of manual intervention to get them right though :(

[@이창현-l8z]

@@LachlanvanderVelden Thank you for the good video and answer :>

[@이창현-l8z]

@@LachlanvanderVelden How can I get a map file??

[@ivanermakov5522]

Can you do the same with TFT models?

[@afardab5643]

if i want a model from a skin , what i need to do?

[@renrojas7347]

Very well explained! But... i Tried with Seraphine (On the PBE) and i got reaaaally confused. xD

[@LachlanvanderVelden]

The hash tables on Obsidian won't have seraphine yet, that can take a little bit to be updated :'(

[@renrojas7347]

@@LachlanvanderVelden Oh! That explains it! Thanks for the response. :D

[@Minecraftboys08]

What are the licences on the models?

[@cyberyisuslolsito5686]

This works for a lot of champions but doesn't work for kayn idk why

[@anon123214]

Obsidian's current version doesn't even parse the data anymore, I'm stuck piecing the character up piece by piece, looking at every goddamn picture to find the base materials.

[@anon123214]

Nope, this ain't easy at all. They now want you to use this damn hashtable system to, as far as I can tell, parse through the data. But why the fuck did we need to do this to begin with when everything seemed to be working fine several versions ago? I'm even using the same version this guy is using and I have to go through a whole fucking library, and to top it all off when I do try to convert, it doesn't do a DAMN thing!

[@anon123214]

Update: Forget what I said about 'it now being disorganized' because I now see that Zyra's files are so very organized while riot LAZILY threw Diana's files in with no organization whatsoever! Forgive the pun but unironically it's like night and day.

[@BaronSamedii]

Does vanguars not fuck you for this?

[@santal2815]

OMG tysm

[@trongnamtran1451]

thank you very much!

[@manu01am]

dude how u can edit that animations?

[@rrg.r2456]

How to export it from Blender back to LoL? (.skn)

[@thegrandooff]

how use particles?

[@zizrar]

wow thank you so much!!

[@mineralrecord]

where to find map of game in Obsidian

[@ARiX707x]

Thank you!

[@marcelobravo3074]

gracias

[@kiwicrusader1001]

this is great, but do u know how to turn blender files into .skl files?

[@Ohle]

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[@kiwicrusader1001]

@@Ohle i already finished doing everything and i have a working skin now

[@kiwicrusader1001]

@@Ohle already forgot how i did it, but i got my skin so im good

[@andreslossantos3972]

@@kiwicrusader1001 hello can you help me to export it? how did you do it

[@kiwicrusader1001]

@@andreslossantos3972 u cannot export skl files from blender. I forgot which format i made, but u had to make it a different save and then import it onto maya 2018 and from there u can do ur editing and export it as a skl file. In my case i had to restart the body, but the bones i was able to keep

[@albiceleste101]

btw gltf is not good for modelling I think, fbx or obj are better, faster

[@andreas3904]

1:39 wtf i dont have these, the only folders in here are "locales" and "Plugins"

[@Ginsenguy]

you need to launch the game and click "play" then it will download the in-game models

[@marcosgonzalez3288]

so usefull