Death Knight skin doesn't affect portrait

For some reason, my Death Knight skin isn't affecting his in-game portrait. I'm changing the alpha channel of his head (to remove it), and it is still there when I check it in-game. I popped open the DeathKnight_portrait.mdx and I only see one skin reference; the same one I edited. I also checked War3x.mpq for a new skin/model, but no luck. Am I missing something here?

A Life.

Hmmmm, it works with mine, I'm afraid I don't know whats wrong.

Whitepaw for shame... If you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all.

...What's your problem? Don't be an ass, especially when it's a valid question.

It works fine for the normal unit; the portrait is unaffected for some reason. Hmm...

I'm assuming the changes affect the face/head of the DK.
Are you using a new model? I've had portrait problems with new models imported before. Especially if the model has the pathname for the skin changed.

Yup. I've removed his head.
No; I'm simply replacing the Death Knight skin using the Import Manager. No new models anywhere.

Someone correct me if i'm wrong but, I think it has something to do with using the right .mpq archive for your WC3 Viewer. I can't get Evil Illidan to show up "in game". I am posting a question about it in the proper forum and will edit this post if I get a good answer.

Try doing a quick test on evil illidan and see if you get the same results as me.
I will test the death night.

And what are those results? What are you trying to do? It doesn't sound like you're using a skin.

Why would you use the WC3 viewer or an mpq editor for in game? Just import it. It's that easy.

ive noticed that in the orc warlock skin, there is a separate skin area for the portrait face ( as well as a separate model, he has teeth in that one) maybe th DK has something like that that is hidden under something( like in the wardens cape thing)

I havn't seen anything that looks like a face in the Death Knight skin other then the one I erased. I checked the portrait model, and it seems to use the same skin...

Perhaps you need one also if your spending your days trolling a modding forum. :bgrun:

Someone correct me if i'm wrong but, I think it has something to do with using the right .mpq archive for your WC3 Viewer.

Yeah that sounds kind of dumb now that I think about it.

I have been busy lately but I will run the test I mentioned above and post the results soon. Plus I know a guy that could probably give us the answer. I'll PM him about it.

Bump. Still no answer?