Ujimasa Hojo's Resources Discussion

[Ujimasa Hojo]

Emerald Nightmare

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Units:

• Archer
• Avatar of Vengeance
• Defiler of the Grove
• Demon Hunter (Satyr)
• Druid of the Claw
• Druid of the Talon
• Dryad
• Hippogryph Rider
• Huntress
• Nightmare Wyrm
• Priestess of the Nightmare
• Treant
• Warden
• Watcher

Buildings:

• Ancient of Lore
• Ancient Protector (Optimized)
• Hall of Nightmares
• Roost
• Tree of Life (Optimized)

Author's Notes:

 

[Edge45]

Wow, youre getting far now, Very impressive models. The demon buildings might be useful to replace the demon race's undead ones in Sfa's

 

[Ujimasa Hojo]

The icons for the Demon buildings are up.

 

[Hjorleif]

What do you plan on doing with the Karazhan buildings? I am very interested in that. Are you going to make all the building with that texture?

 

[The_Legion]

This is just Insane you're modifying everything now. This is Awesome XD Plus rep, maybe you could do actual night elven buildings next? Edit: You could use the Hunter's hall texture for the night elf buildings.

 

[Heinvers]

The skins are great. Although some are too saturated imo. Anyway good job man

 

[Ujimasa Hojo]

What do you plan on doing with the Karazhan buildings? I am very interested in that. Are you going to make all the building with that texture?

Yeah, those. It was just an experiment where textures from WoW are used. My main goal is to make Draenei buildings using the textures from WoD.

This is just Insane you're modifying everything now. This is Awesome XD Plus rep, maybe you could do actual night elven buildings next? Edit: You could use the Hunter's hall texture for the night elf buildings.

Buildings with Night Elf textures? The Gilnean series pretty much covered that.

Wow, youre getting far now, Very impressive models. The demon buildings might be useful to replace the demon race's undead ones in Sfa's

Just did. I managed to sneak in the Demon buildings in my maps where Demons are involved.

Anyways, I'm gonna work on the icons for the Forsaken and Bamboo buildings. After that, I'm kinda free again I guess.

 

[Isgeir]

I would love Nerubian buildings a little bit upgraded - because you certainly grown in skill and craft from time when you made those first time . Can I also suggest some Darkiron Dwarven and Drakkari Icetroll sets? Because I need those in my campaign.

 

[Heinvers]

My main goal is to make Draenei buildings using the textures from WoD.

That sounds quite ingenious. I expect that the texture wrap would be fantastic and perfect. I'll check this later.

 

[Kyrbi0]

Anyways, I'm gonna work on the icons for the Forsaken and Bamboo buildings. After that, I'm kinda free again I guess.

Mwahahahaha!! *steeples fingers ominously*

 

[Ujimasa Hojo]

The icons for the Bamboo Buildings are up.

 

[Isgeir]

As I've said on the previous page, because you may overlooked it (I'm always worried about this when new posts after mine make new page ) - I propose Darkiron Dwarven and upgraded Nerubian buildings . Could you consider changing birth animation of second ones to less... undeady sort of thing?

 

[Ujimasa Hojo]

As I've said on the previous page, because you may overlooked it (I'm always worried about this when new posts after mine make new page ) - I propose Darkiron Dwarven and upgraded Nerubian buildings . Could you consider changing birth animation of second ones to less... undeady sort of thing?

I'm not sure about the Dark Irons.

Anyways, the icons for Forsaken buildings are up.

EDIT: Since I've got nothing better to do, I've begun experimenting on stuff. I combined SinisterX's custom textures for High Elf buildings with my Gilnean buildings. Here's the result:

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[Isgeir]

Gilneans got own buildings, Forsaken also, and so on - no love for Dark Iron Clan ?

 

[The_Legion]

I'm not sure about the Dark Irons.

Anyways, the icons for Forsaken buildings are up.

EDIT: Since I've got nothing better to do, I've begun experimenting on stuff. I combined SinisterX's custom textures for High Elf buildings with my Gilnean buildings. Here's the result:

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My god that looks futuristic, but in a good wayXD

 

[Heinvers]

I got to admit it looks a bit odd, especially those beams between the towers and the roof. But it's ok for an experiment.

 

[Ujimasa Hojo]

Updated the Ancient Shrine:

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[Chen]

(Eats Hand) Cool!

 

[Heinvers]

That looks great!

 

[Chen]

@Heinvers, Lol Fanboy and ChumChum? Am I wrong?
@Ujimasa, try making Dark Iron Buildings, oh oh Gnome buildings? Those will be nice. Troll Buildings? That will be a perfect collection.

 

[Isgeir]

This altar is great ^^ ! You are truly an artist Ujimasa.

I can also suggest Sporeling set, that would be really amazing to see .

 

[Ujimasa Hojo]

Updated the Ancient Temple as well:

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and made another Altar:

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Anyways, I see a lot of you are eager in suggesting other races but you're gonna have to give something more concrete like what texture to use and what buildings to wrap it with.

EDIT: So while there's nothing really going on, I think I'm going to Highbornify the Human Shipyard and Bamboofy the Alpha version of the Orc Barracks.

 

[Isgeir]

For me you should go with more ziggurate feeling, if you are ever going to update Nerubianopolis/Nerubian townhall. You could also consider making shipyard for them, basing perhaps more on Horde one than Undead.

As for Dark Iron, 'cause I'm suggesting you to take a closer look on that - textures from Undead and Human buildings should do fine, with a little bit of creative work, just like you did in Gilnean set. I see them more arcane than standard Dwarven ones, and more sophisticated also. Using some altered Boneyard as sort of caster making/summoning elementals building should be nice.

As for Sporelings - I see this as using Night Elven birth animation (a little bit edited of course, shrooms instead of trees and so on) set, perhaps using Lost Ones things you already made up?

Have you though about contacting SinisterX, who made awesome Draenei building pack?

By the way - a little to many spider things on this updated Nerubian models, but that's just me. I always pictured Nerubian buildings as Egyptian/Byzantine ones, not exactly drow architecture, that you seem to go for here. Just by the way - perhaps Qiraji/Silithid set based on Nerubian one, but more reddish and insect-like?

 

[Midasowski]

I love Temple of the Doomed Best Nerubian building

 

[Heinvers]

What can I say, The nerubian pack seems to look greater as of late. Keep on remaking it

 

[Chen]

Lol, I made a sporeling model 4 months ago, but failed haha! It's made of Eredar head and murloc body. But remaking those buildings look nice but...

 

[Ujimasa Hojo]

Highborne Shipyard is up.

 

[Chen]

Lovely. But maybe you could get the boat texture from the original.

 

[Ujimasa Hojo]

The Bamboo version of the Barracks Alpha version is up.

 

[Chen]

Wow! Are you modifying everything into new things? All looks great.

 

[Ujimasa Hojo]

Gilnean Blacksmith is up.

 

[Heinvers]

It seems ok. I hope to see more.

 

[Edge45]

Wow. so many models

 

[Hjorleif]

Someone in here mentioned real Night Elf buildings. I think a full tech tree of buildings using the Hunter's Hall texture would be quite nice. I'd imagine using the Human (or close to) build construction animation would fit best. Either way, you make things that I always imagine in my head and that I would make if I knew the first thing about modelling. Keep it up man.

Oh, but definitely retexture the Orc buildings with the Troll hut texture. That is something that has been long needed. We 'need' Troll buildings, mon.

 

[Ujimasa Hojo]

Fel Horde

Units:

• Axethrower
• Catapult
• Car (Optimized)
• Chaos Warlord (Optimized)
• Chieftain (Feltotem)
• Fel Walker
• FireBat
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• Grunt (Optimized, Morph)
• Nether Drake Rider (Morph)
• War Drummer (Morph)
• Warlock
• Warrior (Feltotem)

Buildings:

• Altar of Storms
• Barracks
• Beastiary
• Burrow
• Farm (Pig)
• Great Hall
• Lumber Mill
• Mound
• Shipyard
• Spirit Lodge
• Totem
• Voodoo Lounge
• Watch Tower

Author's Notes:

• You can watch the video previews here.
• Wrapping of Birth animation inspired by Frankster's Altar of Terror.

 

[Forsaken]

Wow, good work Ujimasa Hojo!

Will you make building for all the factions?

 

[Ujimasa Hojo]

Wow, good work Ujimasa Hojo!

Will you make building for all the factions?

I do what I feel can be done.

 

[Hjorleif]

Oh, Fel Orc.. Brilliant idea.

 

[Ujimasa Hojo]

The Fel Orc Barracks is up.

 

[Heinvers]

The Fel orc great Hall wrap is great. Did you used space orc texture there?

 

[Kyrbi0]

Oh, but definitely retexture the Orc buildings with the Troll hut texture. That is something that has been long needed. We 'need' Troll buildings, mon.

Definitely. In fact, I've got several ideas for buildings that could be considered... For you, Ujimasa, I've thrown together a list of possible Textures (in the MPQs) that might be of use, as well as my thoughts.

~war3.mpq~
LordSNatural.blp
Wards1.blp
Watchtower.blp
hut.blp

~war3x.mpq~
Textures:
wards1.blp
TrollSymbol1.blp
Ruins_Staircase.blp
Ruins_Rubble.blp
Ruins_Rock.blp (base for Troll blds?)
RuinsWalls.blp
RuinsDoodads1.blp
RuinsDoodads0.blp
HeroShadowHunter.blp
Bunker.blp
Buildings/Orc/VoodooLounge/VoodooLounge.blp (no duh)

Basically, (Jungle) Troll buildings fall into one of 2 main camps: "Degenerate" and "Ancient".
- "Degenerate" would be characterized by the classic logs, wood, and bone construction, with minimal amounts of masonry. Ramshackle, un-sturdy creations with skewed angles and haunting interiors (Voodoo Lounge, the neutral Huts, etc). Buildings such as the Troll's "Farm", their "Barracks", their "Shop" (a nasty 'Ritual Circle' with bones & big evil carved Runestones with a boiling pot), and their "Tower" (haunting super-Sentry Wards) would be like this.
- "Ancient" would be harking back to their history as an prolific and powerful continent-spanning empire; the Gurubashi kingdom was massive and great. This would be typified by stone as well as wood & bone, but not the stone found on Human/Dwarven/Orcish buildings; more like the (Sunken) Ruins textures (Naga-esque, IMO). Buildings such as the Troll's "Town Hall" (as aforementioned) and perhaps some of the late-tier buildings would be constructed from this.

What might be really useful is to see the (hidden/Beta) Nerubian Ziggurat model, rewrapped with that sort of "Ruins" texture, then made wider and more rectangular (so as to be the base to a building). In fact, the "Troll Town Hall" could be placed upon successive layers of a "Ziggurat-like" building such as this.

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Just some thoughts. I've got more, as well as some crude artwork to scan in if you are looking for more.

 

[Ujimasa Hojo]

The Fel orc great Hall wrap is great. Did you used space orc texture there?

Not that one.

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Not really sure about the Sunken Ruins tileset. I already used it for my Highborne series. I can see the those Sunken Ruins textures working well with the Orc buildings though.

 

[Kyrbi0]

Not really sure about the Sunken Ruins tileset. I already used it for my Highborne series. I can see the those Sunken Ruins textures working well with the Orc buildings though.

Hm. Well, granted I don't necessarily have the same artistic 'eye' that you do... However, consider that not everyone is going to use all your models in the same map(s). My maps, for example, are not troubled by the textures used in your Highborne models (since I'm just doing Jungle Trolls ).

Also, what was the issue you were saying earlier about the Voodoo Lounge's "TC log" wrapped on the Gargoyle Spire? I really have/had high hopes for that one...

 

[The Leader]

WOW !!! Gj with fel orc buildings. Good luck !

 

[Ujimasa Hojo]

Hm. Well, granted I don't necessarily have the same artistic 'eye' that you do... However, consider that not everyone is going to use all your models in the same map(s). My maps, for example, are not troubled by the textures used in your Highborne models (since I'm just doing Jungle Trolls ).

So your'e fine with rewrapped Orc buildings then?

Also, what was the issue you were saying earlier about the Voodoo Lounge's "TC log" wrapped on the Gargoyle Spire? I really have/had high hopes for that one...

The mesh of the Gargoyle Spire isn't a complete cylinder.

 

[Olivertkf]

Good work so far, do u already knows what will you do next this buildings?

 

[Kyrbi0]

So your'e fine with rewrapped Orc buildings then?

Personally, or in general? In general (like, for your purposes & others), sure, why not. For me... Yes and no. 'Yes' because they might provide a good base (though they would need some minor/major editing, because...), and 'No' because for myself in particular, I'm working on Jungle Trolls as a "5th race addition", i.e. a faction meant to played alongside the existing 4. Having simply re-wrapped Orc buildings probably wouldn't be enough; a variety of edits would probably be 'necessary'. That being said, that'll probably be the case anyway, since Trollish architecture =! Orcish architecture in general.

Currently, I'm standing on these models:

Troll Building Images

ALTAR: Thanks to Deolrin


BARRACKS: Thanks to Deolrin


BARRACKS2: Yours... I kinda like the spikes & TC wings, though.


FARM: Tree-hut, thanks to Deolrin


FARM2: Yours... But I like the base (& again, TC flap)


MILL: Classic Beta; fits well I thought


TOWN HALL: Thanks to RightField, Modded by Yours Truly & Deolrin


CASTER BARRACKS: Thanks to Retera (and Kam), though I'm not sure I can use it... Maybe without the stone sides (see above).

With that in mind, the real problem is merely the utter dearth of Troll models. Aside from the ones' I've listed, there's almost nothing in terms of Barrack's' (Basic, Advanced, Caster, Siege, Ranged, Melee, Creature, etc), no Shop, no Towers (well, not like I envisioned them ). So something is better than nothing. I could see some things working out; a 'Flyer Barracks' made from a modified Gargoyle Spire, or a 'Creature Barracks' made from something like this or even this, modified & retextured... A Shop called the "Ritual Circle", made after the pattern of

this

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Stuff like that. I have more & more, but I don't want to inundate your thread. Thoughts?

The mesh of the Gargoyle Spire isn't a complete cylinder.

Hm, it isn't? I know there's that big "hole" in the front (and side?), but I figured that could just be a carved hunk, with the log-wrap wrapping around it... I guess I'd have to see it. I was trying to get VertexModifier to work so I could try it myself, but I didn't get a PM response back from you. Would you happen to have the "COMDGO32.X" (or whatever) file?

//EDIT// Just opened it up and yes, it is indeed a bit weird; might be hard to wrap a log around. In that case, I think I'd have to edit it a bit so that the log *would* fit.

 

[Ujimasa Hojo]

I see you already have a list of "Degenerate"-type of Troll buildings so I'll just probably try to expand on that. But know that the concepts I currently have on my head aren't the same with the ones you're suggesting such as that with the Gargoyle Spire.

 

[Go'el]

Will you make some Wretched buildings too? or just the units?

 

[Ujimasa Hojo]

Will you make some Wretched buildings too? or just the units?

No. Wretched can just use Blood Elf buildings. Anyways, the Fel Orc Burrow is up.

EDIT: Fel Orc Spirit Lodge is up as well.