New and interested in doing a Mod

[Lazarus]

Hi everyone owned SEIV:gold for awhile but haven't posted here before

Ive recently started working on a Master of Orion mod, using the ship models from MOO2 and race pics from MOO3 so far to construct the races

To my knowledge i don't think anyone has tried to make a mod in the MOO universe but if anyone has done n could give me a link that would be appreciated.

Also any advice to a newbie at modding this game would be appreciated. Ive noticed all the relavant files are external which is very helpful and ive got myself hold of the Mod tutorial in PDF format which has been helpful in explaining all the various txt files used to flesh out the mechanics of the game.

Oh and one Last thing im abit stuck on how to make portraits of 2 dimensional ships any recomended programs i could use to flesh out some simple portraits ?