12:22, 6th Oct 2015
MiniMage: Thank you mr. skeletal. Could be fitting for a lot of dungeon maps.. or possibly a halloween themed map.

That's one piece of useful Doodad, Maybe a Death Anim?so that, like Undead can kill it and summon skeleton or something?

Wow nice, am I creepy if I say I love it ?

I think I'll need some help if I were to add a death animation, In all of my time animating, attack animations and death ones I just can't get right.

Animating gravity is my bane, it seems.

I'll look into it though, thanks for the appraisal, Ardenian.

HerrDave said:

I think I'll need some help if I were to add a death animation, In all of my time animating, attack animations and death ones I just can't get right.

Animating gravity is my bane, it seems.

I'll look into it though, thanks for the appraisal, Ardenian.

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Hmm.. thats quite optional, but :V It would be cool if there are, but really XD this is already Cool and useful

HerrDave said:

I'll look into it though, thanks for the appraisal, Ardenian.

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He looks suffering, exhausted, he gave up. You played with the position, its atmosphere is great.

That's one long sleeve you have from where you pulling those models I must say..
Though I must agree with Hayate, a death animation would be quite fine as it could be used as a crate of kind in campaigns or other.

Looks like one of Dol Guldur's cages from The Hobbit 5/5 love it!

I love this kind of torture device, But there should be another variation of this kind of torturing device with a man tightly compressed in the gibbet.. Here's a reference:
http://prntscr.com/8nxjuy/direct

I love how you done this, the outcome, the texture even the creepy detail of the skull, I hope you can make more creepy stuff man So as your drawings.

Roland said:

Here's a reference:
http://prntscr.com/8nxjuy/direct

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Agreed!

I love how you made the actual skeleton and it would be kinda cool if you make the skeleton a separate model with villager/skeleton animations.It would be a nice add-on next to the current skeleton warrior.

Fantastically useful. Why isn't this already made by someone?

It will add a lot more effect to make the hanging thingy a chain. Also adding 4 more bars so they become 8 would be better, since that dude looks like he can just pass through those sparsely placed bars.
I like the hanging animation, although it is simple, it shouldn't be anything fancier.
and a falling death animation would be useful too...
3/5, nice doodad

I will release the skeleton as its own model once I make a pelvis, right now 'tis but two thigh-bones hovering around the end of the spine.



If I could animate a proper death animation for the Gibbet, believe me I would have done. I cannot seem to get a grasp on gravity or velocity so I felt it would do to deliver a low-poly prop with reasonable animations, rather than a prop with a glaringly bad animation, such things can ruin a model if not done right, I know from experience.

The number of bars was a deliberate design choice as to make the skeleton more visible, I had also thought of adding an animation where he briefly comes to life and paws at the ground or pulls at the bars like in Torchlight II, but decided against it until I had more time to animate or people thought it was a good idea.

I was thinking of making a followup model that is based on this image.
If it is too grim, I'll hold off on it and start chiseling away at the Wrath of the Kaiser Models.





These are still WIPs and Wrath of the Kaiser will not be historically accurate nor realistic, so some crazy mechanical war-machines and comically evil minions will be inbound.

wow all this stuff looks cool hope to see what comes out.
Offtopic is that first picture a tile from heroscape??

More wrath of the kaiser models for the people!

Crystalknoct said:

wow all this stuff looks cool hope to see what comes out.
Offtopic is that first picture a tile from heroscape??

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It might be from heroscape, I do not know however. When I set out looking for concept pieces for my RPG map, I typed in "Gibbet" and scrolled waaaay down. The picture fit the bill and I saved it for modeling and referencing later.

I need an idea for one more WotK prop before I can upload the batch, as all of it will fit on to one skin to save space.

Here is a list of what I've got on the skin.
-Banner
-Flag
-Barbed Wire
-Eagle Statue
-Guard House
-[Missing idea]

This is quite difficult indeed, but before I think of something I just want to ask you if you're going to have Railways and perhaps even de-tracked Trains with crashed planes in craters and smoke, I just think that would be glorious and maybe even Crows flying trough the sky looking for the War's offering.
Though perhaps something that will fit for your request would be a reddish train wagon with the German Cross stamped on it and marks of rust if you don't already have those of course.

HerrDave said:

If it is too "grim".

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LOL who the actual f*ck play warcraft III and say that is too grim?? HAHAHA

SNIper of DARKness said:

This is quite difficult indeed, but before I think of something I just want to ask you if you're going to have Railways and perhaps even de-tracked Trains with crashed planes in craters and smoke, I just think that would be glorious and maybe even Crows flying trough the sky looking for the War's offering.
Though perhaps something that will fit for your request would be a reddish train wagon with the German Cross stamped on it and marks of rust if you don't already have those of course.

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Those are all great suggestions, I'll have to get started on the Fokker and Bi-plane to churn the other two out, I quite like the idea of the train cars, well said.

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LOL who the actual arse biting fuddle-dick play warcraft III and say that is too grim?? HAHAHA

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I've seen a few models taken down for being too graphic or dark in nature, which is kinda disappointing to see happen. Have you any models you'd like to see in the future?

HerrDave said:

I've seen a few models taken down for being too graphic or dark in nature, which is kinda disappointing to see happen. Have you any models you'd like to see in the future?

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Oh?? Guess some people can't take gore and stuff.

I get the distinct feeling Wrath of the Kaiser is going to involve german zombies.... Or maybe a Wolfenstein reference, perhaps both.

WotK quite might involve the undead, it most certainly will involve preposterous machines with clanking plates and whirling gears. Experiments gone wrong and dimly lit laboratories in Karmesinrot Keep will play a role in setting the tone near the final levels.
Unquestionably reaching into comedic absurdity in a possible bonus level.

"Out upon the balcony he walked, looking down as he sneered."
"Come down, get out, the game is up! The Heroes then jeered!"
"Think you I am beaten and done with? Allow me to be your tutor."
"Despair petty fools for you have traveled into the past, only to be destroyed by the future!"

-cheesy line from level 5 drawing board

Hhahahah, looking forward to it!

Reminds me of those corpses you see in WoW inside Blackrock Depths.

nice