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Kyrbi0
Kyrbi0
Oh my, you have the actual UI (or one made by someone from it)??

I've been holding onto that image for *years* (in fact I'm the one that released the "Compendium" of files with help from Terran you), hoping I could convince someone to turn it into a UI (it's not *perfect* for Jungle Trolls, but it's a far sight better than the Orc UI).

Would you be at all willing to share that with me? I'd be very grateful. : )
Kyrbi0
Kyrbi0
Aw yeah! My only regret is having to wait until I get home to check it out (just started work all day). Spasiba!
stein123
stein123
Beautiful UI, can i get permission to edit it? @w@
Kyrbi0
Kyrbi0
I GIVE HIM PERMISSION! (as official custodian of the Great Troll War mod)

*Deviously plots to collaborate with Stein*
Kyrbi0
Kyrbi0
Ooh... Unfortunately I just moved & my computer still isn't up. If you get a chance/aren't busy, throw me a screenshot?
Kyrbi0
Kyrbi0
Oh man, that's fantastic! I love the modifications. Quite colorful. (Can't currently compare to the other 4 yet; will get back to you).

If you were gonna try to add some stone, where would you? Technically I'm working not so much on Island Trolls as I am on Jungle/Gurubashi Trolls (few/subtle differences), and trying to somehow manifest their later-Tier advancement to Ancient stone-work monuments.
stein123
stein123
Hmmm, i can try something similar (i'm pretty sure i saw a naga/sunken ruins UI once :'c)
Kyrbi0
Kyrbi0
Did some more research; looking at the other for UIs, they all definitely have one thing in common and that's unobtrusiveness. Most of the colors and designs are muted; nothing stands out too much.

Now, while I would definitely agree that jungle trolls are more colorful than most, I still feel like the tiki masks and potion bottles should be... 'desaturated' somewhat (is that the technical artsy term?). Especially the big red one in the middle of the icon panel.
Kyrbi0
Kyrbi0
I think it was pretty creative mash up bits of the Jungle Troll crest for adornments in the UI. I did a little searching , though, for some alternatives for the item block: you might consider this tabard design from WoW (https://goo.gl/images/cQPPY4), or this card design from Hearthstone (https://goo.gl/images/8n8yb8). (Desaturated, of course) Alternatively, for ultimate "easy mode", you could mash up the Rune stones of the Night Elf UI with some mini tusked version of the skull from the Orc UI.


For the stone, yeah, the sunken ruins/Naga theme tend to be a favorite, due to WoW. I kinda prefer the cooler tones of the Amani (as seen in the current clock up top; lore be darned!), but whatever is best.
stein123
stein123
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