• 🏆 Texturing Contest #33 is OPEN! Contestants must re-texture a SD unit model found in-game (Warcraft 3 Classic), recreating the unit into a peaceful NPC version. 🔗Click here to enter!
  • It's time for the first HD Modeling Contest of 2024. Join the theme discussion for Hive's HD Modeling Contest #6! Click here to post your idea!

Fel Orc - Siege Weaponary

Fel Orc - Siege Weaponary
"Burn it to ash!"

After the Second War, when Draenor was torn to pieces by the insane wizardry of Nerzhul, the orcs on Draenor and the rest of the Horde on Azeroth
were separated for 18 years.
In an ongoing struggle for raw materials and survival itself, which was commonplace on the ruins of Draenor, profound innovations should actually be in short supply.
Like the invention of the "Demolisher", which was put into service by Thrall's Horde on Azeroth AFTER the Third War. And yet, if you storm the black temple with Illidan,
you can take possession of four of them. Doesn't really make sense if you look at it that way, does it?

So I made it my business to design my own siege weapons for the Fel Horde:
The classic orc catapult, slightly pimped up and provided with Fel ornaments, which can hurl burning rocks at the enemy.

And another weapon that came to me when the question arose to me:
What if this "Iron Star"-ammunition of the Demolisher was invented by the Horde during the Second War, but simply went under through the chaos that came after their defeat until it was simply rediscovered?
That would make their existence in Outland plausible.
Then I designed the "Fel Orc-Ballista".
This was heavily inspired by the weapon used by the "Iron Horde" in the opening cinematic against Mannoroth.


The (for me) best optical settings in the object editor are:
The catapult:
[...]
Art - Projectile Launch - Z = 175,000
[...]
Art - Scale Projectiles = Wrong
Art - Scaling Value = 1,100
[...]

The ballista:
[...]
Art - Scale Projectiles = Wrong
Art - Scaling Value = 1,400
[...]
Combat - Attack 1 - Projectile Arc = 0.100

[...]

I think the two weapons work really well for the devil orcs and since there was no suitable projectile for the catapult, I'll include it here too.


Update, December 18th: I added the missing sound file to the Ballista (I knew I forgot something ^^) and fixed another small bug in the process.
Previews
Contents

Fel Orc - Ballista (Model)

Fel Orc - Ballista_Icon (Icon)

Fel Orc - Ballista_Portrait (Model)

Fel Orc - Catapult (Model)

Fel Orc - Catapult_Ammunition (Model)

Fel Orc - Catapult_Icon (Icon)

Fel Orc - Catapult_Portrait (Model)

Reviews
Barorque
Approved! Great looking Fel Orc weaponry. Works as intended including death sounds etc.
Level 9
Joined
Oct 10, 2020
Messages
281
I fel version of the Demolisher projectile will perfect this already astonishing addition to the Fel Horde. Superb job!
 
Level 8
Joined
Apr 30, 2021
Messages
134
This is a great awesome job! Is there like more things for the Fel Horde in terms of almost everything? So far I mean pretty much got almost everything Fel Horde related unless you do Kargath Bladefist and the alternate Fel Horde but pretty much looks like it's that.
 
Level 21
Joined
Jul 2, 2009
Messages
2,934
Really handy for the Fel Horde, since Horde can have their own Demolisher nowand Catapult could be used for old Horde or even Warcraft III in which they changed it too the Demolisher...
 
Level 34
Joined
Jul 26, 2015
Messages
226
Thanks to you all! I didn't thought the response would be that positive! Thank you! 😅

Ohh yes! Extremely useful! Would love to see the ballista launch some sort of bolt as well, in addition to a version with the Demolisher-esque missile. :)

And another pair of variants you could make would be normal Horde versions of those, since we seem to be lacking the actual RoC catapult.
Thank you! I want to make a real spearthrower from the ballista, but that one will be in a different upload.
I'm also making a version that can be used universally for the Horde, because during my search for inspiration I found out that the Thunderlord-Clan in WoD also had ballista, probably for the hunt for Gronn.
There is already a RoC Orc-Catapult, that is almost true to the original.
From Tamplier, here: RoC mechanical units Reforged

I fel version of the Demolisher projectile will perfect this already astonishing addition to the Fel Horde. Superb job!

Thank you HankHel! Well, I had the idea too. And immediately discarded it. 😂
I wanted to leave it with the original projectile, which can also be used with the "Burning Oil" upgrade.
Making the projectile glow green is no problem. I would just have to make the explosion green as well, make the new projectile green after the upgrade, and somehow manage to make the flames green after the upgrade too.
So I thought to myself: keep it simple.
Just because the Fel Orcs are part of the Legions Felsworn doesn't mean everything has to be run on Fel. ^^

This is a great awesome job! Is there like more things for the Fel Horde in terms of almost everything? So far I mean pretty much got almost everything Fel Horde related unless you do Kargath Bladefist and the alternate Fel Horde but pretty much looks like it's that.

Hawkknight ... theoretically, assuming a normal raster of units for the Fel Orcs, only the ranged unit is missing.
But that's my turn already, just have huge problems with the animations for the spearthrower ... maybe I'll try an archer first. xD
Maybe it fits better there. But it is only a matter of time before the Fel Horde also has a ranged combat unit and thus (as I said: theoretically) a complete unit raster. I'm so close to my goal! xD
 
Level 16
Joined
Feb 15, 2021
Messages
487
Looks awesome! I wish there the catapult was in two versions (fel and non-fel)
Non-fel orc catapult right here:
 
Top