Long time no see, a little texturing fun I had

[PurgeandFire]

@Traggey that Arthas is honestly 10x better than the WoW one. You really nailed it. Awesome job!

 

[Chaosium]

This is ridiculously good stuff =0

 

[Traggey]

So I've finally gotten around to getting my first fully custom unit released!

Baby Gryphon Courier



Now it's missing effects and all that jazz because well, it's taking me a good time to figure this out, crashes and corrupt files all over! But it's slowly getting there.

 

[Kam]

@Traggey

Outstanding work!

 

[Heinvers]

Well done Traggey. As an idea for the texturing contest, you could try making a gothic inspired chimera skin.

 

[Stefan.K]

Any news about Thrall and Arthas models?

 

[Archian]

So I've finally gotten around to getting my first fully custom unit released!

It's beautiful!

Any news about Thrall and Arthas models?

I second this ❤

 

[Traggey]

Hey guys! So I'm currently in the process of upgrading my PC, almost completely rebuilding it so I'm a little blocked as of now!

However once that's done I now have a proper work license for 3Ds Max 2016 which supposedly works better with NeoDex according to good old Tauer, so hopefully things might start going my way again soon!

 

[Sheephunter]

Hey guys! So I'm currently in the process of upgrading my PC, almost completely rebuilding it so I'm a little blocked as of now!

However once that's done I now have a proper work license for 3Ds Max 2016 which supposedly works better with NeoDex according to good old Tauer, so hopefully things might start going my way again soon!

Really looking forward to the release of all textures/models in this thread.

Amiright

 

[Traggey]

So yeah my computer is up and running again, some of my work has been lost but nothing important! I gotta retexture Frostmourne but I intended to remake that one anyway so nothing too bothering!

Work continues on my Arthas models, third form still unfinished but starting to take shape!

 

[Kam]

Back up your work on an external, or gmail, or anything. Please.

 

[Traggey]

Haha I do usually back my stuff up Frostmourne getting lost was a complete blunder on my part. But as said nothing important was lost that can't be recreated really quickly.

 

[Kam]

I'm just saying my hard drive has room.

 

[Traggey]

I'm just saying my hard drive has room.

Hahaha I'm sure it does

 

[Stefan.K]

I really like your models so far. From the pictures you've shown everything looks nice. But, considering texturing I don't think the models will blend with in game ones. It's not something bad, but I think your texturing is way HQ for warcraft. Don't get me wrong, if you look at Tauer's textures you'll see what I was talking about.
I already noticed this with your uploaded gryphon model, everthing looks perfect, mesh, animations, just texture worries me a little.

 

[Traggey]

Cheers Stefan, yeah that's sort of my goal. I want to take the graphical specs from WC3, same low polycounts, same small textures. And really push it to the max. I want to prove that the game can look much better than it does :3

 

[Eat_Bacon_Daily]

Man I can't wait to use that magnificent Arthas model in my map!

 

[Stefan.K]

Cheers Stefan, yeah that's sort of my goal. I want to take the graphical specs from WC3, same low polycounts, same small textures. And really push it to the max. I want to prove that the game can look much better than it does :3

Indeed it can look better. We modelers are here to prove that, with, or without custom textures. I can't wait to see animations now. From the gryphon model you uploaded and it's animations it seems this is gonna be one hell of a model(in a good way, ofc).

 

[Traggey]

Sneaky Peaky

 

[Eat_Bacon_Daily]

So crisp, so polished! 10/10!

I especially love the armor!
You planning on adding an insignia to the shield?

 

[Traggey]

Yup! This is highly unfinished so far Not started painting the shield yet at all and many other tweaks that need doing.

 

[Stefan.K]

Sneaky Peaky
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Mannn, you did it. Great job, very warcraft-y look. I hope the shield isn't finished yet.
I think when you start uploading your models you will have them all moderated with DC. Well, you would get DC, not we dont have that kind of moderation.
Edit: just saw your comment. I'm looking forward to see it released.

 

[Traggey]

Lil' update, almost done now!

 

[Eat_Bacon_Daily]

Wow, you work fast!
Nice to see the insignia, it looks really good.
That face also looks really really great. Like 100x better than any Blizzard made wc3 face. Can the wc3 engine support such awesomeness???
Hope to see it released soon

 

[Arowanna]

@Traggey, I'd kill to see a step-by-step on your approach to texturing. Do you polypaint these models and finish up in PS, or is this some NDO magic I've never seen before? Or is it, simply put, talent with a tablet?

 

[Traggey]

@Eat_Bacon_Daily Thanks man! Yeah the engine can absolutely support it, it's all in the texture. The face I'm using for this guy is way lower in polycount than the original WC3 model.

@Arowanna I'll try to do a breakdown sometime, been meaning to do it for a while anyway. No real magic happening here, 3D texture painting in 3Dcoat, so I model first, UV map and then throw the mesh into 3Dcoat.

From there on I work just like in photoshop, paint with my tablet, paint paint paint.

 

[Traggey]

Here's a lil' snap of the face mesh it looks a little odd without the helmet on since there's so much shadow being cast form it onto his face, but its should give you a general idea of how it works :3

 

[Kyrbi0]

My goodness...

Did it hurt?

 

[Traggey]

Hahaha did what hurt? X3

 

[Kyrbi0]

When you fell from heaven?









xD

 

[Traggey]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw Kyrbi0 you flirt~ :*

 

[Stefan.K]

Here's a lil' snap of the face mesh it looks a little odd without the helmet on since there's so much shadow being cast form it onto his face, but its should give you a general idea of how it works :3
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Just make sure to look how warcraft portrait models work. You'll need to make the inside of the mouth. Just look at some portrait models in game.

 

[Traggey]

The mouth has an inside.

 

[Stefan.K]

The mouth has an inside.

Oooh, my bad then. We just wait to see this pieces in action.

 

[Sheephunter]

Is this the beginning of an entire remake of the human faction in wc3?

It's always a pleasure to follow this thread, keep it up!

 

[SerenityInFire]

About how many polygons total is that footman?

 

[Traggey]

Exactly 471 triangles

 

[Tauer]

Seeing these screens be like:

Seriously, how the fuck did I miss this? These are beautiful man. I have no words. That evil Arthas might just turn out to be my favorite model ever.

Holy fuck.

 

[Traggey]

Wow, thanks Tauer! That's some high praise <3 Means a lot to hear you dig'em!

 

[KILLCIDE]

You need to add the ones youve finished to the main post! I dont want to keep flipping through the pages

 

[Traggey]

Ain't nothing really finished untill Neodex starts working as it should or someone can give me a crash course on how to work other tools to create the same results.

Tauer's back now though and NeoDex seems to be running better with Max 2016, so I'm back to working on finishing up Thrall.

 

[Tauer]

Any news on these gorgeous models of yours?

 

[SpasMaster]

Traggey was last seen:

Sep 19, 2017

 

[Tauer]

 

[Arowanna]

*poke poke*

 

[Mr.Goblin]

these are incredible man!

 

[Traggey]

Hey guys, sorry for being completely dead for quite a while now, in a bit of a rough spot in life atm!

Neodex is still completely non-functional when it comes to exporting the models and I've no access to older versions of max that it might be supporting.

It got to a point where it was driving me mad, I've thus decided that I don't mind sharing my texture and mesh work with anyone who may want them, however until a proper way to do this with modern tools surfaces I will not be able to finalize the assets myself.

 

[Kyrbi0]

I love how your topic title is always relevant. : D

 

[Archian]

Glad to see you posting again

I’m sure some friendly soul can help you out with that

@Tauer @HappyCockroach @General Frank

 

[Anaxie]

@Traggey

Any update on Thrall, Footman, Rifleman, and Arthas model availability?

The entirety of WC3 can be overhauled once we get those Arthas models combined with Hive's assets.