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High Elf & Blood Elf Swordsman (Re-Classic)

So I had an itch to make another texture and this time I was inspired by the awesome work of Johnwar and his Re-Classic series to put my own spin on it. This time to turn an HD unit into an SD unit using only textures. I decided to pick the High Elf Swordsman since he looks so different between versions of the game and AFAIK no one else has made a High Elf Swordsman skin that makes him look more High Elven. Should also say that the skin is 100% freehand.

After making the skin it was easy enough to re-colour the texture to make him useable for a Blood Elf Swordsman as well.

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This was the reference image I used to re-create the High Elven Swordsman.

Below are also two links to separate models if you want to use both of these along with the regular Swordsman/Captain in your map. import the models and the texture and just set the paths to "HESwordsman.blp" and "BESwordsman.blp" respectfully.

Blood Elf Swordsman Model
High Elf Swordsman Model

As always feel free to use and edit, however, if you're going to edit it and upload please ask permission first.

UPDATE 06/03/2024: Re-draw the armour (except helmet) portions to be a lot smoother and less grainy looking.
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Blood Elf Swordsman (Texture)

High Elf & Blood Elf Swordsman (Re-Classic) (Texture)

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Archian
Approved. Thanks for providing an ingame screenshot.
Your work is great. Can you add the worker version as well?
What do you mean? There's already a High Elf Worker unit in the game :)

nice skins of blood and high elf swordman, definiteli this looks more better then original, only what we needs is now high elf archmage instead of human archmage who protect Silvermoon,
Turning the Archmage into a High Elf Archmage could be an interesting idea.
 
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It's a great skin, and i can give it many uses, but i think there are a pair of areas that could use the classic aproach for the best. For example the shield, a big and simpler shield area with the eagle/phoenix simbol is better for the size of the unit. Another area is the helmet and the "wings", they just don't look right as a solid slab of metal, unless you go the Spellbreaker route, the golden wings could do wonders for the skin.

I think the design of the body could mesh better in a bigger skin with more space to work, and the proper humanoid shape up to the neck, like Felguards or Hellscream.
 
It's a great skin, and i can give it many uses, but i think there are a pair of areas that could use the classic aproach for the best. For example the shield, a big and simpler shield area with the eagle/phoenix simbol is better for the size of the unit. Another area is the helmet and the "wings", they just don't look right as a solid slab of metal, unless you go the Spellbreaker route, the golden wings could do wonders for the skin.

I think the design of the body could mesh better in a bigger skin with more space to work, and the proper humanoid shape up to the neck, like Felguards or Hellscream.
Thanks for the feedback, I was tempted to keep the shield close to the original before thinking I should do something nicer with it; as for the wings of the helmet the wrap for the wings is taken from like the front part of the helmet so there's not really much I could do about that without changing the wrap or changing how the main bit of the helmet looks but I kind of like how it looks just now :p

Maybe in the future I'll fill out more of the texture and re-wrap the model to make it look better.
 
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Hello, Footman16. Can I request recolors ? Here's the list of recolors based from the Elven Ranger Corps of Silvermoon during his partnerships with their Dragonflights (Thalorien's Blue Dragonflight Ranger Corps, Jennalla's Bronze Dragonflight Ranger Corps, Alleria's Green Dragonflight Ranger Corps, Kael'thas' Red Dragonflight Ranger Corps) :

1. Blue version of Blood Elf Lieutenant skin (red armor parts being recolored in blue, while the black armor parts was replaced with the silver armor parts from the Captain/High Elf Swordsman skin) to create Blue Dragonflight Elf Lieutenant skin
2. Green version of Blood Elf Lieutenant skin (red armor parts being recolored in green, while the black armor parts was replaced with the silver armor parts from the Captain/High Elf Swordsman skin) to create Green Dragonflight Elf Lieutenant skin
3. Bronze version of Blood Elf Lieutenant skin (red armor parts being recolored in bronze, while the black armor parts was kept unchanged) to create Bronze Dragonflight Elf Lieutenant skin

4. Blue version of High Elf Peasant skin (white parts of upper body and lower body being recolored in light blue color, with their eyes was kept blue) to create Blue Dragonflight Elf Peasant skin
5. Green version of High Elf Peasant skin (white parts of upper body and lower body being recolored in light green color, with their eyes was green from the Blood Elf Peasant skin) to create Green Dragonflight Elf Peasant skin
6. Fire glowing eye version of Blood Elf Peasant skin (red parts of upper body and lower body being kept, with their eye glow color was recolored in orange) to create Red Dragonflight Elf Peasant skin
7. Bronze version of Blood Elf Peasant skin (red parts of upper body and lower body being recolored in bronze color, with their eye glow color was recolored in yellow) to create Bronze Dragonflight Elf Peasant skin

8. Blue version of High Elf Female Villager skin (white parts of upper body being recolored in light blue color, while the blue parts of skirt and hairpin being kept) to create Blue Dragonflight Elf Female Villager skin
9. Green version of High Elf Female Villager skin (white parts of upper body and the blue parts of skirt and hairpin being recolored in light green color) to create Green Dragonflight Elf Female Villager skin
10. Red version of High Elf Female Villager skin (white parts of upper body and the blue parts of skirt and hairpin being recolored in red color) to create Red Dragonflight Elf Female Villager skin
11. Bronze version of High Elf Female Villager skin (white parts of upper body and the blue parts of skirt and hairpin being recolored in bronze color) to create Bronze Dragonflight Elf Female Villager skin

12. Blue version of High Elf Archer skin (bronze parts of upper body and arms being recolored in light blue color, while the brown parts of boots and lower grey parts being recolored in blue color) to create Blue Dragonflight Elf Archer skin
13. Green version of High Elf Archer skin (bronze parts of upper body and arms being recolored in light green color, while the brown parts of boots and lower grey parts being recolored in green color) to create Green Dragonflight Elf Archer skin
14. Red version of High Elf Archer skin (bronze parts of upper body and arms, the brown parts of boots and lower grey parts being recolored in red color) to create Red Dragonflight Elf Archer skin
15. Bronze version of High Elf Archer skin (bronze parts of upper body and arms and the brown parts of boots being kept, while the lower grey parts being recolored in brown color) to Bronze Dragonflight Elf Archer skin.

16. Blue version of High Elf Priest skin (white parts of cape, upper body, arms and lower parts being recolored in light blue color, while the grey parts of wands and the brown parts of the arms and boots being recolored in blue color, with their eyes kept being blue) to create Blue Dragonflight Elf Priest skin
17. Green version of High Elf Priest skin (white parts of cape, upper body, arms and lower parts being recolored in light green color, while the grey parts of wands and the brown parts of the arms and boots being recolored in green color, with their eyes was green from the Blood Elf Priest skin) to create Green Dragonflight Elf Priest skin
18. Red version of Blood Elf Priest skin (grey parts of cape, upper body, arms and lower parts being recolored in red color, while the red parts of wands, arms and boots being kept, with their eyeglows was recolored orange) to create Red Dragonflight Elf Priest skin
19. Bronze version of Blood Elf Priest skin (grey parts of cape, upper body, arms, wands and lower parts being recolored in bronze color, while the red parts of arms and boots was replaced with the brown parts of the arms and boots from the High Elf Priest skin, with their eyeglows was recolored yellow) to create Bronze Dragonflight Elf Priest skin

20. Blue version of High Elf Sorceress skin (white parts of upper body, sleeves, boots being recolored in light blue color) to create Blue Dragonflight Elf Sorceress skin
21. Green version of High Elf Sorceress skin (white parts of upper body, sleeves, boots being recolored in light green color) to create Green Dragonflight Elf Sorceress skin
22. Bronze version of High Elf Sorceress skin (white parts of upper body, sleeves, boots being recolored in bronze color) to create Bronze Dragonflight Elf Sorceress skin

23. Blue version of Blood Elf Spell Breaker skin (black parts of upper body, arms, belts, sleeves, red gems and lower skirts being recolored in blue color) to create Blue Dragonflight Elf Spell Breaker skin
24. Green version of Blood Elf Spell Breaker skin (black parts of upper body, arms, belts, sleeves, red gems and lower skirts being recolored in green color) to create Green Dragonflight Elf Spell Breaker skin
25. Brown version of Blood Elf Spell Breaker skin (black parts of upper body, arms, belts, sleeves, and lower skirts being recolored in brown color with the red gems turned bronze) to create Bronze Dragonflight Elf Spell Breaker skin
26. Red version of Blood Elf Spell Breaker skin (black parts of upper body, arms, belts, sleeves, and lower skirts being recolored in red color with the red gems being kept) to create Red Dragonflight Elf Spell Breaker skin

27. Green version of High Elf Dragonhawk Rider skin (light blue armor parts being recolored in light green color) to create Green Dragonflight Elf Dragonhawk Rider skin
28. Bronze version of Blood Elf Dragonhawk Rider skin (red armor parts being recolored in bronze color) to create Bronze Dragonflight Elf Dragonhawk Rider skin

29. Blue version of Blood Mage skin (red armor parts and capes being recolored in blue color) to create Blue Dragonflight Elf Mage skin
30. Green version of Blood Mage skin (red armor parts and capes being recolored in green color) to create Green Dragonflight Elf Mage skin
31. Brown version of Blood Mage skin (red armor parts and capes being recolored in brown color) to create Bronze Dragonflight Elf Mage skin

32. Blue version of Ranger Sylvanas Windrunner skin (bronze and green armor parts being recolored in blue) to create Blue Dragonflight Elf Ranger skin
33. Green version of Ranger Sylvanas Windrunner skin (bronze armor parts being recolored in green, with the green armor parts being kept) to create Green Dragonflight Elf Ranger skin
34. Red version of Ranger Sylvanas Windrunner skin (bronze and green armor parts being recolored in red) to create Red Dragonflight Elf Ranger skin
35. Bronze version of Ranger Sylvanas Windrunner skin (bronze armor parts being kept, with the green armor parts being recolored in bronze) to create Bronze Dragonflight Elf Ranger skin
 
View attachment 390666Hello, Footman16. Can I request recolors ? Here's the list of recolors based from the Elven Ranger Corps of Silvermoon during his partnerships with their Dragonflights (Thalorien's Blue Dragonflight Ranger Corps, Jennalla's Bronze Dragonflight Ranger Corps, Alleria's Green Dragonflight Ranger Corps, Kael'thas' Red Dragonflight Ranger Corps) :

1. Blue version of Blood Elf Lieutenant skin (red armor parts being recolored in blue, while the black armor parts was replaced with the silver armor parts from the Captain/High Elf Swordsman skin) to create Blue Dragonflight Elf Lieutenant skin
2. Green version of Blood Elf Lieutenant skin (red armor parts being recolored in green, while the black armor parts was replaced with the silver armor parts from the Captain/High Elf Swordsman skin) to create Green Dragonflight Elf Lieutenant skin
3. Bronze version of Blood Elf Lieutenant skin (red armor parts being recolored in bronze, while the black armor parts was kept unchanged) to create Bronze Dragonflight Elf Lieutenant skin

4. Blue version of High Elf Peasant skin (white parts of upper body and lower body being recolored in light blue color, with their eyes was kept blue) to create Blue Dragonflight Elf Peasant skin
5. Green version of High Elf Peasant skin (white parts of upper body and lower body being recolored in light green color, with their eyes was green from the Blood Elf Peasant skin) to create Green Dragonflight Elf Peasant skin
6. Fire glowing eye version of Blood Elf Peasant skin (red parts of upper body and lower body being kept, with their eye glow color was recolored in orange) to create Red Dragonflight Elf Peasant skin
7. Bronze version of Blood Elf Peasant skin (red parts of upper body and lower body being recolored in bronze color, with their eye glow color was recolored in yellow) to create Bronze Dragonflight Elf Peasant skin

8. Blue version of High Elf Female Villager skin (white parts of upper body being recolored in light blue color, while the blue parts of skirt and hairpin being kept) to create Blue Dragonflight Elf Female Villager skin
9. Green version of High Elf Female Villager skin (white parts of upper body and the blue parts of skirt and hairpin being recolored in light green color) to create Green Dragonflight Elf Female Villager skin
10. Red version of High Elf Female Villager skin (white parts of upper body and the blue parts of skirt and hairpin being recolored in red color) to create Red Dragonflight Elf Female Villager skin
11. Bronze version of High Elf Female Villager skin (white parts of upper body and the blue parts of skirt and hairpin being recolored in bronze color) to create Bronze Dragonflight Elf Female Villager skin

12. Blue version of High Elf Archer skin (bronze parts of upper body and arms being recolored in light blue color, while the brown parts of boots and lower grey parts being recolored in blue color) to create Blue Dragonflight Elf Archer skin
13. Green version of High Elf Archer skin (bronze parts of upper body and arms being recolored in light green color, while the brown parts of boots and lower grey parts being recolored in green color) to create Green Dragonflight Elf Archer skin
14. Red version of High Elf Archer skin (bronze parts of upper body and arms, the brown parts of boots and lower grey parts being recolored in red color) to create Red Dragonflight Elf Archer skin
15. Bronze version of High Elf Archer skin (bronze parts of upper body and arms and the brown parts of boots being kept, while the lower grey parts being recolored in brown color) to Bronze Dragonflight Elf Archer skin.

16. Blue version of High Elf Priest skin (white parts of cape, upper body, arms and lower parts being recolored in light blue color, while the grey parts of wands and the brown parts of the arms and boots being recolored in blue color, with their eyes kept being blue) to create Blue Dragonflight Elf Priest skin
17. Green version of High Elf Priest skin (white parts of cape, upper body, arms and lower parts being recolored in light green color, while the grey parts of wands and the brown parts of the arms and boots being recolored in green color, with their eyes was green from the Blood Elf Priest skin) to create Green Dragonflight Elf Priest skin
18. Red version of Blood Elf Priest skin (grey parts of cape, upper body, arms and lower parts being recolored in red color, while the red parts of wands, arms and boots being kept, with their eyeglows was recolored orange) to create Red Dragonflight Elf Priest skin
19. Bronze version of Blood Elf Priest skin (grey parts of cape, upper body, arms, wands and lower parts being recolored in bronze color, while the red parts of arms and boots was replaced with the brown parts of the arms and boots from the High Elf Priest skin, with their eyeglows was recolored yellow) to create Bronze Dragonflight Elf Priest skin

20. Blue version of High Elf Sorceress skin (white parts of upper body, sleeves, boots being recolored in light blue color) to create Blue Dragonflight Elf Sorceress skin
21. Green version of High Elf Sorceress skin (white parts of upper body, sleeves, boots being recolored in light green color) to create Green Dragonflight Elf Sorceress skin
22. Bronze version of High Elf Sorceress skin (white parts of upper body, sleeves, boots being recolored in bronze color) to create Bronze Dragonflight Elf Sorceress skin

23. Blue version of Blood Elf Spell Breaker skin (black parts of upper body, arms, belts, sleeves, red gems and lower skirts being recolored in blue color) to create Blue Dragonflight Elf Spell Breaker skin
24. Green version of Blood Elf Spell Breaker skin (black parts of upper body, arms, belts, sleeves, red gems and lower skirts being recolored in green color) to create Green Dragonflight Elf Spell Breaker skin
25. Brown version of Blood Elf Spell Breaker skin (black parts of upper body, arms, belts, sleeves, and lower skirts being recolored in brown color with the red gems turned bronze) to create Bronze Dragonflight Elf Spell Breaker skin
26. Red version of Blood Elf Spell Breaker skin (black parts of upper body, arms, belts, sleeves, and lower skirts being recolored in red color with the red gems being kept) to create Red Dragonflight Elf Spell Breaker skin

27. Green version of High Elf Dragonhawk Rider skin (light blue armor parts being recolored in light green color) to create Green Dragonflight Elf Dragonhawk Rider skin
28. Bronze version of Blood Elf Dragonhawk Rider skin (red armor parts being recolored in bronze color) to create Bronze Dragonflight Elf Dragonhawk Rider skin

29. Blue version of Blood Mage skin (red armor parts and capes being recolored in blue color) to create Blue Dragonflight Elf Mage skin
30. Green version of Blood Mage skin (red armor parts and capes being recolored in green color) to create Green Dragonflight Elf Mage skin
31. Brown version of Blood Mage skin (red armor parts and capes being recolored in brown color) to create Bronze Dragonflight Elf Mage skin

32. Blue version of Ranger Sylvanas Windrunner skin (bronze and green armor parts being recolored in blue) to create Blue Dragonflight Elf Ranger skin
33. Green version of Ranger Sylvanas Windrunner skin (bronze armor parts being recolored in green, with the green armor parts being kept) to create Green Dragonflight Elf Ranger skin
34. Red version of Ranger Sylvanas Windrunner skin (bronze and green armor parts being recolored in red) to create Red Dragonflight Elf Ranger skin
35. Bronze version of Ranger Sylvanas Windrunner skin (bronze armor parts being kept, with the green armor parts being recolored in bronze) to create Bronze Dragonflight Elf Ranger skin
Requests should generally be made in the requests subforum or via dm or pm.

However, I should say that you are asking for 35 skins which is A LOT to ask for. Also you mention recolours but I only do free hand textures so to make 35 free hand skins would take me at my current rate ~1.5 years since I have real life stuff.

If you desire these resources I'd highly recommend learning to texture yourself which is what I did since I realised I wouldn't always be able to find or request every model/texture that I needed or wanted. Just something to think about :)
 
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Requests should generally be made in the requests subforum or via dm or pm.

However, I should say that you are asking for 35 skins which is A LOT to ask for. Also you mention recolours but I only do free hand textures so to make 35 free hand skins would take me at my current rate ~1.5 years since I have real life stuff.

If you desire these resources I'd highly recommend learning to texture yourself which is what I did since I realised I wouldn't always be able to find or request every model/texture that I needed or wanted. Just something to think about :)
Thank you.
 
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