Skeleton Orc Models

CGCyan · Feb 22, 2023

ReClassic Skeleton Orc. Astonishing work man.

StonemaulMidget · Feb 22, 2023

CGCyan said:
ReClassic Skeleton Orc. Astonishing work man.

Thank you, but thank the other modders too! They deserve it.
It is essentially a hybrid of ReClassic and Scars of Conflict, meshed around Blizzard's own model.
I felt that it needs an overdue overhaul.

istvan921 · Feb 22, 2023

this is fucking awesome

Ruler Red Draenei · Feb 23, 2023

So goooooood!
Any possibility of getting the other two variants? (a regular non-grunt skeletal orc and a skeletal orc champion?)

StonemaulMidget · Feb 23, 2023

Ian The Red said:
So goooooood!
Any possibility of getting the other two variants? (a regular non-grunt skeletal orc and a skeletal orc champion?)

As stated above, updates are expected.
I should talk to the other modders first, but that's a possibility.
By "Non-Grunt," would you like a Skeletal Peon? Also, I could use a Raider-esque build for the Champion.

Wolffus1996 · Feb 23, 2023

Very nice! Classic models being upgraded/overhauled, yet retaining that original "spirit", is always great! Similarly to how Tinker, Goblin Alchemist and Firelord heroes were added in further patches of Frozen Throne, these models (of what could be considered a part of "Re-Classic" series) are like something that could be introduced in the official classic Warcraft III patches.

Ruler Red Draenei · Feb 23, 2023

StonemaulMidget said:
By "Non-Grunt," would you like a Skeletal Peon? Also, I could use a Raider-esque build for the Champion.

Thinking more along the lines of what Reforged did with having a variant for each orc creep

StonemaulMidget · Feb 23, 2023

Ian The Red said:
Thinking more along the lines of what Reforged did with having a variant for each orc creep

Okay, I could do that.
Let me ask the guys, and I will replicate the 1st and 3rd versions.

Deolrin · Feb 23, 2023

Cool little mashup! :thumbs_up:

Ruler Red Draenei · Mar 14, 2023

Awesome addition of the hammer skeleton! Though the hammer could perhaps be a tiny bit smaller.

StonemaulMidget · Mar 14, 2023

Ian The Red said:
Awesome addition of the hammer skeleton! Though the hammer could perhaps be a tiny bit smaller.

Yeah, plus the texture looks a little messed up too. Don't worry, though, I will fix everything tomorrow and post it again.

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin · Apr 7, 2023

Thank you for your model. I like all of your works

StonemaulMidget · Apr 7, 2023

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin said:
Thank you for your model. I like all of your works

Thank you! Give credit to the other contributors to.

General Frank · Apr 12, 2023

There are a lot of smaller issues and unused tracks with most of the models: Sanity Test

Please fix these.

StonemaulMidget · Apr 12, 2023

General Frank said:
There are a lot of smaller issues and unused tracks with most of the models: Sanity Test

Please fix these.

Yeah, what exactly does the Sanity Test mean by "Parsing failed?"

General Frank · Apr 12, 2023

StonemaulMidget said:
Yeah, what exactly does the Sanity Test mean by "Parsing failed?"

Links seem to be broken. Click these on the models and see for yourself.

StonemaulMidget · Apr 12, 2023

General Frank said:
Links seem to be broken. Click these on the models and see for yourself.
View attachment 430214

Yeah, I should add new models onto this forum too anyway, so I will take care of everything. It'll take me a few days.

General Frank · Apr 12, 2023

StonemaulMidget said:
Yeah, I should add new models onto this forum too anyway, so I will take care of everything. It'll take me a few days.

You should fix the issues first before adding more new stuff, please.

StonemaulMidget · Apr 12, 2023

General Frank said:
You should fix the issues first before adding more new faulty stuff, please.

"More new faulty stuff?" That was a little hurtful.

Slowly but surely, I have been improving on my modding skills. I thought I should point that out.

General Frank · Apr 12, 2023

StonemaulMidget said:
"More new faulty stuff?" That was a little hurtful.
Slowly but surely, I have been improving on my modding skills. I thought I should point that out.

Oh, I did not mean to hurt your feelings. Sorry if I sounded like it. (I removed the word from my previous message)
If you base off your new models on the ones that still have issues then those will have issues too. It's like copying/cloning and you will eventually repeat the issues.
You are improving, but you should always try to improve your base skills as well.
If you know the basics well then the more complex stuff is easier.

Pandaprewmaster325 · Aug 7, 2023

well done model like it a lot! i wanted to ask you can i use your models in my upcoming mod? it will be great to include some of your models in my mod :cute:

StonemaulMidget · Aug 8, 2023

Pandaprewmaster325 said:
well done model like it a lot! i wanted to ask you can i use your models in my upcoming mod? it will be great to include some of your models in my mod

Of course, but keep your eyes out for updates.
Whatever pops up, you may freely take!

Pandaprewmaster325 · Aug 8, 2023

StonemaulMidget said:
Of course, but keep your eyes out for updates.
Whatever pops up, you may freely take!

oh thanks a lot!

General Frank · Oct 8, 2023

There are still one issues with some models and unnecessary textures that could be swapped for in-game ones.
Please fix these.

StonemaulMidget · Oct 8, 2023

General Frank said:
There are still one issues with some models and unnecessary textures that could be swapped for in-game ones.
Please fix these.

I am still at work on the last WCII Hammer version. Don't worry, it'll get done.

General Frank · Oct 8, 2023

StonemaulMidget said:
I am still at work on the last WCII Hammer version. Don't worry, it'll get done.

I am not worried. I am looking forward for the improvements.
Take your time.

Ruler Red Draenei · Oct 13, 2023

The update looks great! Thank you for taking my suggestion!

StonemaulMidget · Oct 13, 2023

Ian The Red said:
The update looks great! Thank you for taking my suggestion!

The Grunt and Champion come next! Don't you worry!!
And I'm sorry for the long wait. I didn't know what efficient course of action I should take until yesterday.

Ruler Red Draenei · Oct 13, 2023

StonemaulMidget said:
The Grunt and Champion come next! Don't you worry!!
And I'm sorry for the long wait. I didn't know what efficient course of action I should take until yesterday.

No problem at all! One thing I did notice as a current issue though is that the new models have integrated portraits but they don't seem to work for some reason. The models display portraits just fine in the editor but in game behave as if they have no portrait assigned at all.

StonemaulMidget · Oct 15, 2023

Ian The Red said:
No problem at all! One thing I did notice as a current issue though is that the new models have integrated portraits but they don't seem to work for some reason. The models display portraits just fine in the editor but in game behave as if they have no portrait assigned at all.

Everything's all fixed! Sorry about that.
The portrait animations were there, but not the cameras

General Frank · Oct 23, 2023

10000+ polygons is way too much for a model edit of this capacity. Please reduce the amount of polygons to something about maybe around 2000.
There are also issues with the eyes not being animated and still present in the decay animation.

StonemaulMidget · Oct 23, 2023

General Frank said:
10000+ polygons is way too much for a model edit of this capacity. Please reduce the amount of polygons to something about maybe around 2000.
There are also issues with the eyes not being animated and still present in the decay animation.

Hey Frank, part of the reason some models have a more polygons than needed because of how detailed the weapons are.
I will try and cut down the geosets, but will it be alright if I make other model variants so they have simpler weapons?

DREADMAN · Dec 12, 2024

A great idea for an orc skeleton model

All models have two problems.
1-There is no animation of the left hand during the "stands" animations.
2-the bones on the "chest" are not properly connected, and because of this, a hole appears there during animations.
You could remove the death animation from "dummy", and add the death animation to the main bone.
How did @Commedia do it with his skeletons:

Dark Minions

Interview Dark Minions are skeletons summoned from the corpses of creatures killed by Banshee Rangers' skill, Dark Arrow. This bundle is an edit of skeletons equipped with Forsaken-style armor and weapons to reflect this background. Preview Features Hand drawn custom texture and...

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This way you will reduce the number of vertices by 40%, as well as the weight of the model by 30%.
I also advise you to add a background for the portrait and change the camera position so that it looks like the original model.
Edit:
I also advise you to set up the material with the team color correctly

StonemaulMidget · Nov 16, 2025

I have updated the Skeletal Orc Pack, so the new ones read as "_FINAL."
Please read the description RE the UPDATE for November 16, 2025.

Wind Rose · Nov 16, 2025

I love them, there are many human-type skeleton models but very few orc-type ones.

Stormode · Nov 16, 2025

Incredible and amazing models, the new animations are very well executed; without a doubt, a great job well done.

deepstrasz · Nov 16, 2025

Noicey. Look at them authors. A whole incognito team!

MasterHaosis · Nov 16, 2025

Nice improvements!

Em! · Apr 4, 2026

I am going to approve this as useful/simple since the bundle generally passes the sanity checks. The polygons on some of these models are unacceptably high. Yes, the weapons are very detailed, but that is not an acceptable SD bundle, and I was tempted to reject this bundle. However, after reading the user comments, I decided to approve it, since modders may find it useful, but I cannot recommend this.

StonemaulMidget · Apr 4, 2026

Em! said:
I am going to approve this as useful/simple since the bundle generally passes the sanity checks. The polygons on some of these models are unacceptably high. Yes, the weapons are very detailed, but that is not an acceptable SD bundle, and I was tempted to reject this bundle. However, after reading the user comments, I decided to approve it, since modders may find it useful, but I cannot recommend this.

These are Re-Classic versions, so of course there are bound to be more polygons.
But, if this bothers you inasmuch as the next user, then do please list for me the polys on the models that I should fix, and I will take a look at them.

Skeleton Orc Models

SkeletalOrcChampion_FINAL (Model)

SkeletalOrcGrunt_FINAL (Model)

SkeletalOrcGrunt_Re-Classic_New (Model)

SkeletalOrcHammerer_FINAL (Model)

SkeletalOrc_WC2__FINAL (Model)

SkeletonOrc_Hammer_NormalTextures (Model)

SkeletonOrc_NormalTextures (Model)

WC2_SkeletonOrc (Model)

WC2_SkeletonOrc_Hammer (Model)

WCII_SkeletalOrcGrunt_Re-Classic_New (Model)

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