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GryphonRider.blp

This is my first skin than i upload to THW, for that reason I have decided to do it with the topic of THW.
In honor to the best War craft 3 Modding Site, this skin goes to Hive.

When i start this skin, this was one of the first i did it, but this has like 200 better version with a lot of impros and a totally remake.


History of the Skin

The old gryphon riders, were the elite for the dwarf, in the begin, only the humans of the alliance can give training to these powerfull heroes.
But, one time, The Hivers has started to train this great warriors. Then, the Hiver Gryphon Riders was enchanted with the force of the nature, and this mighty hero its the result of that fusion.



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V 3

-Fixed the skin color
-Fixed both faces
-Added more leaves on body
-Modified the face of the dwarf to make it look more like a dwarf
-Other minor impros.

V 2.2.1

some little fixes and impros.
changed hue of the green parts.

V 2.2

various impros!

V 2.0

Totally Remake.
All from Scratch.
Some great error fixed.
Now with hope for aproval xD

V 1.6

added more leaves to the gryphon. (on the wings and the legs)
reskinned the face of the dwarf.
improvements some lil things.

V 1.5

fixed some shading, highlight and blurry.

V 1.4

some minor improvements: shading & wings.

V 1.3

Now the Gryphon are leafed :D



Remember to give me credits if you use this skin in your map/campaign/etc.
I will glad if i can see one map with this skin :)


My Resources.


Keywords:
THW, The, Hive, Workshop, Gryphon, Rider, Dwarf.
Contents

THW Gryphon Rider. v 3 (Texture)

Reviews
11:44, 18th Apr 2009 Hawkwing: Aside from the intensely pale skin, this skin looks exceptional in game. Great work, Xezko!

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11:44, 18th Apr 2009
Hawkwing: Aside from the intensely pale skin, this skin looks exceptional in game. Great work, Xezko!
 
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blurry,
not enough freehand,
not quite right colorscheme..
undefined,
lacks shading,
lacks highlights.

rating 2.56/5 Lacking. More work to do ?:3

~Misha~
wow...
well, the blurry and the lacks shading & highlights i will fix it. but i dont understand why you say: 'Undefined' and 'Not quite colorscheme'
tell me, what colorscheme should I use?
about undefined... its about the lines or the theme?
... its my first skin, and to be onest, you're too hard with me.
 
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wow...
well, the blurry and the lacks shading & highlights i will fix it. but i dont understand why you say: 'Undefined' and 'Not quite colorscheme'
tell me, what colorscheme should I use?
about undefined... its about the lines or the theme?
... its my first skin, and to be onest, you're too hard with me.

Well, it's Misha :p he's hard to anyone... there isn't a single first skin that survived his critique :p
 
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This skin is awful and it made me puke... no, just joking. You should fix the blurriness by using Sharpen Filter, but in future you should make skins on 512 x 512 size and after you're done re-size it to 256 x 256 again. Other then blurriness, you must work on shading and highlights. Oh, and... Hive Workshop Gryphon Rider? A bit crazy idea if you ask me! xD

2/5 - needs more work (don't expect higher rates because it's your first skin ). If you improve it, I'll improve the rating. :p
 
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Well, its a lot blurry. Fix that, some more shading and highlighting nd it will be good.

I loke the green gryphon idea.
 
wow...
well, the blurry and the lacks shading & highlights i will fix it. but i dont understand why you say: 'Undefined' and 'Not quite colorscheme'
tell me, what colorscheme should I use?
about undefined... its about the lines or the theme?
... its my first skin, and to be onest, you're too hard with me.

Although the concept itself is good, the skin is extremely blurry and looks like a blob.
blurry
the dwarf on the back doesn't really look good
lack of sharpness. did you used smudge?
fix the beak
well those two pretty much point what's wrong. 8)

Well, it's Misha :p he's hard to anyone... there isn't a single first skin that survived his critique :p

Whoa :D there are a LOT more feared critiquers than me. :grin:
 
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The hammer and shield are big concerns for me, especially the hammer.
The shield needs to be sharpened and the hammer needs alot more depth, it looks pretty plain at the moment.

Not bad for a first skin, most first submissions are unnacceptable recolours, so nice job.
You should be thankful, my first mountain giant skin got torn to shreds, though it was freehanded. =P
 
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We are being to hard to him. It's good for a first attempt. Very good. Although, it does lack in some things... I take it that it's just a different gryphon rider? Or does it have some other point... Like a nature gryphon? Or..... I don't know. 3/5 normally, but 4/5 since your an ameteur, and 5/5 becuase you have 2 2/5 ratings.

No problem.
 
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*Updated*

fixed some little things.
i tested it ingame and looks really fine. i think it doesnt need a lot of details if it looks really little ingame xD
thanks to everybody for leave a comment. i like your advices and i will try to improve this.
Thanks a lot, again.
 
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FrIkY said:
Looks better! Here, 3/5! ^^
hey, Thanks :D

Misha said:
previous rating 2.56/5
current rating 2.84/5

You're improving slowly. I agree with FrIkY
yes, you're right. but, im slow because this isnt the only thing i'm doing now. im working in other projects...

by the way, i'm working on it, i added leaves to the wings and another stuff. i think i can update this soon.
 
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I like it, espesialy the bird, the bird looks great and I coud never have guesed this is your first skin. But the dwarfs face is well.....it looks kinda weird....It coud help if you added a portrait picture tho :D.

I think the dwarf face coud use a little more shadings and highlights, but who knows? I might be wrong.
 
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No you don't have to.
Moderaters check the skins and write a comment, sometimes it takes time until they do it, maybe because they see that you're still improving the skin very often, maybe they got no time and I bet sometimes they're just to lazy :p
Just wait some time, they'll comment on it.
Btw, I like they wings much more then before, but yeah, the dwarven face looks ugly xD
 
wow, i cant believe misha said that O.O

Thanks :D

By the way,
Why Anybody aprovve this?
have i to do a thread in the request section?
help me plz... :)

No you don't have to.
Moderaters check the skins and write a comment, sometimes it takes time until they do it, maybe because they see that you're still improving the skin very often, maybe they got no time and I bet sometimes they're just to lazy :p
Just wait some time, they'll comment on it.
Btw, I like they wings much more then before, but yeah, the dwarven face looks ugly xD

I think the color of the feathers in the wings and in the body must be match. It doesn't look good. Kinda retart I think. and if it is the THW Gryphon Rider, then it must match the color of the leaves in the site's layout.

Asking for aproval can lead to this NOT being aproved buddy x3
yes, the green wing feathers are too dark i think.... did you used the "forbidden xD" burn tool?
hmm that face could realy use some more work x3 and also the whole skin needs toning (green needs to match other green stuff)
 
Brilliant, this has improved much since the last time I saw it.

Although the overall appearance has improved, I can't say I like what you have done with the gryphon's legs, adding leaves onto them and all... They looked better before, when they were bare. Now they look too messy.

Yes, i agree. The bare legs looked better. i hope that you still have that as a backup.
 

frostwhisper

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Wow. You're certainly going in the right direction!
Now listen. If you wanna make this REALLY awesome, desaturate it a bit. And add some different colored leaves.

Maybe even make a transition from green through yellow to orange on the wings.
Also, body needs to be a bit more brown.

Do that, and it'll rock.
 
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