Modeling Contest #28 - Wizards

[Stefan.K]

Here's the update:

Pic

The mesh is going quite easy but I am not sure about the animations, though. The Cape is only edited from Blood Mage's one, the rest is all made from scratch. I will probably 'steal' the face from one of the in game model cause I can't make one. And, yeah, is more than 2000 vertices too much? >.>

 

[Hantoo]

Here's the update:

Pic

The mesh is going quite easy but I am not sure about the animations, though. The Cape is only edited from Blood Mage's one, the rest is all made from scratch. I will probably 'steal' the face from one of the in game model cause I can't make one. And, yeah, is more than 2000 vertices too much? >.>

Woah, cool.... Noce mesh you got there, ingame texture?

 

[Stefan.K]

Woah, cool.... Noce mesh you got there, ingame texture?

Yeah. It is easier for me to use the in game textures. And I cant skin anyway...

 

[Direfury]

WIP

Fixed up the texture. TC areas are in black and white, but will show as normal outside of Milkshape.

My intention was to create a Reaper-themed mage, drawing off of historical accounts of Reapers, wielding a sword reserved only for the killing of Kings or other royalty, and a scythe, to reap the souls of the commonfolk.

 

[PROXY]

Progress with the rigging.

Animations from standard eredar (I know, creative, right?) but with some addional ones.

 

[Blood Raven]

Progress with the rigging.

Animations from standard eredar (I know, creative, right?) but with some addional ones.

With those thin arms those animations might look a bit funny, thinken them a bit?
I really like how that model turned out, but don't female eredar have some distinct features? She looks a bit like an ordinary draenei, save for the armor.

 

[Direfury]

Finally got the model rigged, and started animating. I have some fantastic things in mind for this character. Not all of which are apparent through the mesh as is.

WIPs

Stand 1

Stand 2

 

[-Grendel]

le dark troll wizard, qui qui très bien, très bien.

 

[Direfury]

Dunno why, but I'm expecting one hell of a hunched back, and some crazy spiky gear on that Troll.

 

[-Grendel]

Dunno why, but I'm expecting one hell of a hunched back, and some crazy spiky gear on that Troll.

true about the hunchback. spikes, maaaaybeee...

 

[Direfury]

Just off the back of the head, it almost looks like you'll be giving him some half-bald Lynch hair. (From Kane & Lynch)

Can't wait to finish animating, and get onto the part that'll make Testament shine.

 

[Chen]

So I guess I'm going for an Aegwynn model instead, I need practice for the effects and animations. Good luck evrybody!

 

[-Grendel]

trying a somehow different approach towards the mohawk

 

[Direfury]

My god that neck is muscular. Are you making him all scrawny, but with a Dire Troll form? Are you buddy? Are you giving him a Dire form?

 

[Pvt.Toma]

For some reason this is another undead. I seem to have quite a number of undeads.
Actually it's more of a shade I suppose, anyway here's some screenies.
I call him the dunk master. Inspired by Charles Barkley.

A former novice but talented human wizard, he constructed a devilish magic through ignorance. A magic that sacrifices the flesh of human. Not realizing that and thinking it was a self-buff magic, he gave up his own flesh and constructed the perfect magical artifact called the 'Enigma B-ball'. Now with his own soul tied to the demonic artifact that he constructed, he holds the magic of emptiness and darkness through the artifact and roams the lands of Lorderon as a wandering spirit, searching to the one thing that can fill his void -

Spoiler

a good b-ball game.

..... Or something like that.

 

[Stefan.K]

I think I'm done with the mesh. Time to get animating or using the in game animations. Time will tell.

WIP

 

[NightStalker]

I want to participate in this too but i need some help! Not a teamwork but some explanation on how to create my own skins and how to export my models tmas mdx files. I have blender and maya

 

[Kyrbi0]

Progress with the rigging.

Animations from standard eredar (I know, creative, right?) but with some addional ones.

Ooh, coming along nicely. I rather like her ornate back-piece.

Finally got the model rigged, and started animating. I have some fantastic things in mind for this character. Not all of which are apparent through the mesh as is.

WIPs

Stand 1

Stand 2

This is Direfury, folks; great Wc3 modeling & a history/mythology lesson. ;P

(seriously, though; I had no idea about the scythe vs. sword thing, but it makes perfect sense & really adds character)

trying a somehow different approach towards the mohawk

Oh you. You and your ridiculously ridiculous ridicule.

Man, can't wait to see this thing unfold. Also can't wait to reskin it blue. xD Reminds me a bit of the Dota2 Witch Doctor (a good thing).

For some reason this is another undead. I seem to have quite a number of undeads.
Actually it's more of a shade I suppose, anyway here's some screenies.
I call him the dunk master. Inspired by Charles Barkley.

A former novice but talented human wizard, he constructed a devilish magic through ignorance. A magic that sacrifices the flesh of human. Not realizing that and thinking it was a self-buff magic, he gave up his own flesh and constructed the perfect magical artifact called the 'Enigma B-ball'. Now with his own soul tied to the demonic artifact that he constructed, he holds the magic of emptiness and darkness through the artifact and roams the lands of Lorderon as a wandering spirit, searching to the one thing that can fill his void -

Spoiler

a good b-ball game.

..... Or something like that.

Um ok. Quite a backstory for an evil basketball demon. I rather like the ghostly arms above his; a good harkening-back to DonDustin's excellent "Puppeteer" model.

 

[icewolf055]

Im in too, been inactive for awhile Great theme for the contest too (though i voted for leader ;_ anyways, i might go for this concept:

*Pardon my nub hand drawing*

Concept

 

[NightStalker]

Sumbody pls halp :'( i have crazy things in my mind too :'((((

 

[Pvt.Toma]

Um ok. Quite a backstory for an evil basketball demon. I rather like the ghostly arms above his; a good harkening-back to DonDustin's excellent "Puppeteer" model.

Yeah my excitement got the better of me . Didn't really need the whole paragraph of backstory. The model can tell the backstory for me (hopefully lol). Just felt like sharing what my mind for how the model came about and what not. Well it's mainly still Chaos Dunk and Charles Barkley.

 

[Freddyk]

I don't really like the theme, but i will try something.

 

[Direfury]

Getting a Naga Archmage vibe just off the way he's built. I like.

 

[Edge45]

WiP 4

Textured it

 

[Chen]

WiP 4

Textured it

Looks great! Lovin that style, good thing I changed mine.

BTW, my concepts XD

 

[NightStalker]

Why doesnt anyone answer to me? I can see this is a contest thread but one sentence is all you need to tell me but you are too busy discussing.

Ive already drawn my role model(still not finished tho)

 

[Stefan.K]

Nice reference, Chen. Hope to see some WIP from you soon.
How much are you familiar with the modeling, Nightstalker? We can't help you if you don't tell us what is your problem.

 

[HappyCockroach]

This theme is nice
about time we had it...

I might participate

@Freddyk: that 4-armed guy is pretty cool.

 

[APproject]

Looks great! Lovin that style, good thing I changed mine.

BTW, my concepts XD

I think this guy got pretty much close to those concepts you attached.

 

[NightStalker]

Nice reference, Chen. Hope to see some WIP from you soon.
How much are you familiar with the modeling, Nightstalker? We can't help you if you don't tell us what is your problem.

Thanks for at least answering to me. I have blender and Maya but they both don't have the option to export to mdx file format and i dont know how to create my own custom animations.

 

[Direfury]

You won't be able to learn in time for this contest. These contests are here for people with enough experience to participate immediately. That is why you weren't getting answers.

It might sound harsh, but that's the truth. Focus on learning what you need to, and catch the next one.

 

[NightStalker]

No it doesn't sound harsh actually. I know that too, but there is 1 month for this contest to end. I can learn so much in that time span. I will try to catch this one, hoping to finish it by the due date, and if I can't finish it, I'll have gained some experience. Okay then, I won't bother the thread anymore, sorry if i disturbed...

 

[Deolrin]

I really suggest you read tutorials. That will help a great deal. No-one can just instantly teach you everything.
Milkshape has an addon for it which can export and import .MDX. You'll have to find it somewhere on the Hive, most likely in a Sticky in Modelling & Animation or in one of the tutorials.

 

[Direfury]

Here's the thing. My first released animated model was from 2010. The quality of animation was just below that of most the other animators here, save for Tauer.

I've been improving ever since. There's no reasonable way you'd be able to get to an acceptable level of skill and put up an entry before the contest ended.

 

[Hantoo]

Here's the thing. My first released animated model was from 2010. The quality of animation was just below that of most the other animators here, save for Tauer.

I've been improving ever since. There's no reasonable way you'd be able to get to an acceptable level of skill and put up an entry before the contest ended.

It's one Month, One month is long If you are hardcore enough, this is definitely possible XD
And also, these are just lowpoly models, Not gonna take too long to learn
For animation might need some extra time to perfect but.... It's not too hard.

Good Luck

 

[Chen]

I think this guy got pretty much close to those concepts you attached.

Yep, because that's her XD I'll be making Aegwynn.

I suck at making bewbs, so bad I haven't made them yet.

EDIT: Should I make bilboarded circles for them or what?

 

[Direfury]

3-5 faces for width each'd be best, unless you wanna just go super low poly and make them super pointy like the Sorceress'.

 

[Chen]

3-5 faces for width each'd be best, unless you wanna just go super low poly and make them super pointy like the Sorceress'.

Little more polys wouldn't hurt, so yeah, thank you!

 

[Blood Raven]

I suck at making bewbs, so bad I haven't made them yet.

EDIT: Should I make bilboarded circles for them or what?

No, just look at some examples... if you know what I mean xD
Seriously these are not so hard to do, just need some extra polies there.

EDIT: Here's my first WiP... Yes, that's supposed to be a skull :S
But...

EDIT2: Uhh, is there a poly count limit? Cuz I've done the skull only and it's around 250-300 polies :S

 

[Direfury]

If there is, I'm fucked.

 

[Tauer]

Woah, awesome WIPs people. Really great jobs so far.

I'm back after a weeks vacation, and ready to get back to modeling. Registration day at uni in a few days so might not get much work done there, but afterwards I should have time.

I think if there was a polycount limit, it should have been stated in the rules from the start. A little bit late for that now. As long as it's not tens of thousands of polies, I can't really see a problem with high polycount anymore.

 

[Hantoo]

If there is No poly limit, Im going hardcore

 

[Deolrin]

There's no poly limit. Most likely unnecessarily high (or low) polycounts will be punished by the judges, but that's up to them to decide.

 

[Hantoo]

There's no poly limit. Most likely unnecessarily high (or low) polycounts will be punished by the judges, but that's up to them to decide.

Aww... fine... I will stay what it is now

 

[NightStalker]

I really suggest you read tutorials. That will help a great deal. No-one can just instantly teach you everything.
Milkshape has an addon for it which can export and import .MDX. You'll have to find it somewhere on the Hive, most likely in a Sticky in Modelling & Animation or in one of the tutorials.

Here's the thing. My first released animated model was from 2010. The quality of animation was just below that of most the other animators here, save for Tauer.

I've been improving ever since. There's no reasonable way you'd be able to get to an acceptable level of skill and put up an entry before the contest ended.

It's one Month, One month is long If you are hardcore enough, this is definitely possible XD
And also, these are just lowpoly models, Not gonna take too long to learn
For animation might need some extra time to perfect but.... It's not too hard.

Good Luck

Thanks for the answers, I want to at least come up with a mediocre model for the contest, let's see what I can do tho...

Good luck to you all too, I really like the models you guys did!

 

[Arad MNK]

Wow! Greato Models we have here!

Direfury, you Currently rule ATM IMO!

 

[Direfury]

Got a couple new WIP pics.

WIPs

Wip1

Wip2

 

[Kyrbi0]

I don't really like the theme, but i will try something.

Not liking something is the first step towards owning it!

At least, if your WIP is anything to go off of. Noice, man.

WiP 4

Textured it

Ooh, nice and Warcraft-y.

You won't be able to learn in time for this contest. These contests are here for people with enough experience to participate immediately. That is why you weren't getting answers.

It might sound harsh, but that's the truth. Focus on learning what you need to, and catch the next one.

Oh come now. That's nonsense; these Contests are here for a variety of reasons & a variety of modelers, but I don't think "all entrants being of a certain proficiency" is one of them. Plenty of Contests have had modelers of all skill levels; that's half the fun. A "clash of titans" between the 2-3 best modelers would be a tad boring, IMO.

More importantly, one of the goals of these Contests is to give valuable experience to participants; experience working under a deadline & with creative constraints. Even if one is not likely to win, entering can be an enriching experience.

Finally, if the issue is merely animations... Well there's nothing stopping him from using in-game animations. Plenty of good modelers do, and while custom animations can certainly give you an edge, in-game animations can't result in a penalty if used well (according to the Criteria).

I can learn so much in that time span. I will try to catch this one, hoping to finish it by the due date, and if I can't finish it, I'll have gained some experience. Okay then, I won't bother the thread anymore, sorry if i disturbed...

Pre-xactly. : ) Good luck, man!

 

[NightStalker]

Not liking something is the first step towards owning it!

At least, if your WIP is anything to go off of. Noice, man.


Ooh, nice and Warcraft-y.


Oh come now. That's nonsense; these Contests are here for a variety of reasons & a variety of modelers, but I don't think "all entrants being of a certain proficiency" is one of them. Plenty of Contests have had modelers of all skill levels; that's half the fun. A "clash of titans" between the 2-3 best modelers would be a tad boring, IMO.

More importantly, one of the goals of these Contests is to give valuable experience to participants; experience working under a deadline & with creative constraints. Even if one is not likely to win, entering can be an enriching experience.

Finally, if the issue is merely animations... Well there's nothing stopping him from using in-game animations. Plenty of good modelers do, and while custom animations can certainly give you an edge, in-game animations can't result in a penalty if used well (according to the Criteria).


Pre-xactly. : ) Good luck, man!

very well explained! I couldnt have said better, and thanks for positive energy btw i have done modelling in blender and may. They were not amazing models but i know the basics just warcraft modelling is stranger to me right now

 

[HappyCockroach]

very well explained! I couldnt have said better, and thanks for positive energy btw i have done modelling in blender and may. They were not amazing models but i know the basics just warcraft modelling is stranger to me right now

go for it, our contests aren't such serious business. setting the goal to participate in the contest is a nice way to push yourself to learn it

and direfury tends to be a douchebag with everyone, don't take it too personally