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BTNIceSword

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That's my first creation. I made the background watching the Anachron's tutorial (special thanks to him) :
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/members/138751-albums2481.html
Please use credits to Olimpium if you use it in a map, and do not edit without my permission. Thank you.
This is an ability icon, but you can as well use it for an item.

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Upgrades :

V.1 :
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V.2 :
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V.3:
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V.4 :
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V.5 :
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V.6 :
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V.7 :
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Keywords:
Saber, Sword, Ice, Ghost, Blade, Glow, Blue, Teal, Frozen, Frost, Attack, Ability, Item,
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BTNIceSword (Icon)

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11:22, 1st Jul 2011 enjoy: I have commented below. enjoy: It is rather blurry. You need to define it more. Also, if I was you, I would give the blade a curve on each side. (: 2 Aug 2011 Pyramidhe@d: No changes made i would also like to add...

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11:22, 1st Jul 2011
enjoy: I have commented below.

enjoy: It is rather blurry. You need to define it more.
Also, if I was you, I would give the blade a curve on each side. :)

2 Aug 2011
Pyramidhe@d: No changes made
i would also like to add that this sword is really generic and boring which gives very little incentive for a mod to accept it.
 
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First out of all : Icon does not look like warcraftish nor is shaded properly,does not look like an ice sword. Secondly : Post your screenshot or w/e all in the description,don't just post again,use hidden tags for your big pictures
 
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First out of all : Icon does not look like warcraftish nor is shaded properly,does not look like an ice sword. Secondly : Post your screenshot or w/e all in the description,don't just post again,use hidden tags for your big pictures
Ok, I'm gonna correct that. Thank you for your comment :)

Secondly : Post your screenshot or w/e all in the description,don't just post again,use hidden tags for your big pictures
That's done ! Now, I'm going to do a better blade. Do you think I can use the same background ?
 
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Is it supposed to be a sword or? The problem is, that the lack
of texture, makes it really hard to figure what it should be.
I can only guees by the color, that it is either supposed to be metal
or stone.

But. I can see from your keywords, that this is supposed to be a frozen
sword, correct? So I suggest that you try go on google, and look at
some swords, for reference. If you take a picture like
this sword

you will be able to see, that the blade is not flat. The thickest point
of the blade, is the middle. From there, it gets thinner out towards the
outline of the blade. That is how the sharp edge is created. Also, many swords
have what appear to be a gutter in the center, where it is normally thickest.
like this one:
this sword

if we just take a normal sword with no gutter,
it will look as if the sword, has a line on the middle of the blade. And then,
you will have to shade it, so that one side is darker, and one side is
lighter.

You should also make the blade thinner.
If you want a tutorial on how to make ice, I have one here.
It has also fire and other elements, but really only the fire and ice one is
any good.
How to make ice
 
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Is it supposed to be a sword or? The problem is, that the lack
of texture, makes it really hard to figure what it should be.
I can only guees by the color, that it is either supposed to be metal
or stone.

But. I can see from your keywords, that this is supposed to be a frozen
sword, correct? So I suggest that you try go on google, and look at
some swords, for reference. If you take a picture like
this sword

you will be able to see, that the blade is not flat. The thickest point
of the blade, is the middle. From there, it gets thinner out towards the
outline of the blade. That is how the sharp edge is created. Also, many swords
have what appear to be a gutter in the center, where it is normally thickest.
like this one:
this sword

if we just take a normal sword with no gutter,
it will look as if the sword, has a line on the middle of the blade. And then,
you will have to shade it, so that one side is darker, and one side is
lighter.

You should also make the blade thinner.
If you want a tutorial on how to make ice, I have one here.
It has also fire and other elements, but really only the fire and ice one is
any good.
How to make ice
Thank you, it helps me a lot ! :D
I upgraded my icon :p
 
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Well..heres my opinion of the updated icon : Make the sword brighter and extents fully till the it reaches the borders of the icon,anyway,unless you want it to be a spell icon,don't add extra sfx to it,the bg is fine
 
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Well..heres my opinion of the updated icon : Make the sword brighter and extents fully till the it reaches the borders of the icon,anyway,unless you want it to be a spell icon,don't add extra sfx to it,the bg is fine
I'm going to do that, but why do you want the blade brighter ? I thought you wanted a blade with ice effects...

Edit : I wanted also to extend the sword for it exceeds the edge of the image. :)
 
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You should just make the whole thing with ice...and a blue handle and make the stx more obvious if it's a spell,since we don't have a model for this,unless someone is going to make you one or already made one,I suggest you make this a spell icon
 
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Last and final comment : The excluding the swirly thing,just make the bg back,would look awesome
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I upload this ?

I don't know what everyone is complaining about. I liked version 2 the most. That looked pretty good. The rest are kinda "meh".
If you want I can upload the version 2 with the name "Blue Dagger" or something like that.
 
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