Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros

Moderator · Apr 8, 2016

23:27, 24th Apr 2016
HappyCockroach: This is a nice looking attachment. And Solu9 and JesusHipster already gave you a lot of pertinent feedback on how to improve it further. The main issue is that while some parts are very sharp and detailed, some leave a bit to desire, specially the spikes and the bland part of the handle. Eventhough, from the in-game view it already looks decent, so approved, but you're encouraged to keep improving it.

Solu9 · Apr 8, 2016

Not bad at all and it is good as it is right now.
A few pointers though.
- The head of the hammer could use an upscale. Reference: sulfuras
- The wrapping is so so at the moment. A lot of almost plain colors with gradients. The spikes fx. Where they are attached to the base try to make them a bit darker.
- The wrapping is also not very consistent. Probably not that noticeable in game, but you should still get rid of the blurryness which especially haunts the handle.

Overall a fine job.

Edit:
On the texture of the handle.
If possible can you find a more fitting texture? The one you use is fine, but see if you can find one the resembles the original model better. I'm thinking perhaps some blood elf texture.

Systemfre1 · Apr 8, 2016

Solu9 said:
Not bad at all and it is good as it is right now.
A few pointers though.
- The head of the hammer could use an upscale. Reference: sulfuras
- The wrapping is so so at the moment. A lot of almost plain colors with gradients. The spikes fx. Where they are attached to the base try to make them a bit darker.
- The wrapping is also not very consistent. Probably not that noticeable in game, but you should still get rid of the blurryness which especially haunts the handle.

Overall a fine job.

Edit:
On the texture of the handle.
If possible can you find a more fitting texture? The one you use is fine, but see if you can find one the resembles the original model better. I'm thinking perhaps some blood elf texture.

Thanks for the feedback

I had a play about with some of the Blood elf textures, but they all have gold trim on the outside, so I couldn't quite get it right. I'll experiment some more with it.

The plain textures, well I couldn't quite the colours right so I've used white/silver textures with colouring on them to try and fit, but it looks a bit meh. Better than anything I could find.

JesusHipster · Apr 8, 2016

I think that texturing could be much sharper. Wc3 graphics are mostly about sharp textures and low-poly meshes, models done vice-versa tend to look bad ingame.

SteakMediumRare · Apr 9, 2016

Noice.

I've been looking for a Sulfuras model for such a long time. Thanks frand.

5/5

Solu9 · Apr 9, 2016

This is a lot better. I still feel you should scale the base of the head of the hammer on the Z axis (up/down).
But it really works now. That new texture for the handle fit really nicely.

What is left is nitpicking and not necessary to point out.
A fine model.

Oh!
You need a death animation so it disappears when destroyed. I'm pretty sure it is required.

Systemfre1 · Apr 9, 2016

Solu9 said:
This is a lot better. I still feel you should scale the base of the head of the hammer on the Z axis (up/down).
But it really works now. That new texture for the handle fit really nicely.

What is left is nitpicking and not necessary to point out.
A fine model.

Oh!
You need a death animation so it disappears when destroyed. I'm pretty sure it is required.

I ended up just surfing through the textures folder when it opened the blood mage and I noticed the chest piece which is all mystical golden trim and red and I was like "I HAVE FOUND PERFECTION!" lol.

Added death animation

Deleted member 238226 · Apr 9, 2016

would be cool if you can add alternate animation with fiery particle. since the weapon looks fiery themed.

Solu9 · Apr 9, 2016

Systemfre1 said:
I ended up just surfing through the textures folder when it opened the blood mage and I noticed the chest piece which is all mystical golden trim and red and I was like "I HAVE FOUND PERFECTION!" lol.

Added death animation

I linked a fitting texture in your thread regarding this model. But the one you found fits as well.

Whitewolf8 · Apr 9, 2016

Oh my, neat!

Dargaroth · Apr 9, 2016

Nice!

SteakMediumRare · Apr 9, 2016

Noice.

The updates to the weapon makes it much better than the original.

5/5

JesusHipster · Apr 17, 2016

Now this looks much more like it should. Good job on re-texturing it. Now, maybe it's time to add effects?

Systemfre1 · Apr 19, 2016

JesusHipster said:
Now this looks much more like it should. Good job on re-texturing it. Now, maybe it's time to add effects?

I might.

I quite like it without effects, but I suppose I can also create a version with effects, as the original does have some particles and stuff.

Aleister · Nov 17, 2016

With in-game textures? damn... amazing work man!

Hyunrai · Jan 26, 2018

Very nice!! Thanks for sharing!

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