Turalyon

Rommel · Sep 4, 2022

Ah, good ol' Duke Nukem/Homelander Turalyon, short blond hair and glowing eyes. I recall his manual book artwork was pretty badass, buzzcut and two hammers.

Tauer · Sep 4, 2022

Rommel said:
Ah, good ol' Duke Nukem/Homelander Turalyon, short blond hair and glowing eyes. I recall his manual book artwork was pretty badass, buzzcut and two hammers.

Hell yeah – to me, Turalyon will always have short blonde hair and glowing eyes

DragonMax_HCM_ · Sep 5, 2022

Carefree World · Sep 5, 2022

Sword is broken handle unexpectedly, a little fly in the ointment...

Njord · Sep 5, 2022

Amazing!

BaiyuGalan · Sep 5, 2022

A tulayan model that can be used in maps. I've been waiting a long time.

Villagerino · Sep 5, 2022

And again, I really like the laconic picture of the character in the preview, how well you keep it in the same artistic style. As for the model, the animations are simply amazing, and the way that broken sword looks gives me a separate feeling of admiration.

Tauer · Sep 5, 2022

Carefree World said:
Sword is broken handle unexpectedly, a little fly in the ointment...

The sword being broken is due to lore-reasons. Doomhammer destroys Lothar's blade during their duel in the Second War, and Turalyon picks up the broken blade.

Njord said:
Amazing!

Thanks!

BaiyuGalan said:
A tulayan model that can be used in maps. I've been waiting a long time.

Glad you like it!

Villagerino said:
And again, I really like the laconic picture of the character in the preview, how well you keep it in the same artistic style. As for the model, the animations are simply amazing, and the way that broken sword looks gives me a separate feeling of admiration.

Thank you for the kind words, it's appreciated

Stefan.K · Sep 5, 2022

Model: has 1365 unused tracks
G. Frank: https://i.gifer.com/2Y1d.mp4

Tauer · Sep 5, 2022

Stefan.K said:
Model: has 1365 unused tracks
G. Frank: https://i.gifer.com/2Y1d.mp4

Huh, interesting. Didn't know that was a thing - I guess you learn something new every day. Seems like this is an issue for all my models. Will look into optimizing. Already did a bit:

UPDATE: Thanks to @Stefan.K I noticed a large number of scaling keyframes that are unnecessary. Optimized the model by removing these keyframes.

UPDATE 2: Managed to optimize even further by removing position/translation keys as well... I should probably do this for all my models

Stefan.K · Sep 5, 2022

Tauer said:
Huh, interesting. Didn't know that was a thing - I guess you learn something new every day. Seems like this is an issue for all my models. Will look into optimizing. Already did a bit:

UPDATE: Thanks to @Stefan.K I noticed a large number of scaling keyframes that are unnecessary. Optimized the model by removing these keyframes.

UPDATE 2: Managed to optimize even further by removing position/translation keys as well... I should probably do this for all my models

Yeah, I figured all your recent models had unused tracks and if you check the models that were approved for the last year(maybe less) they all "pass" the sanity test.
You can use this optimizer to get rid of unused tracks: MDLX Optimizer (just drag the model on the link)

Or if they are still present you can use this tool: Model Optimizer and Converter v1.2.1

HollowShade · Sep 6, 2022

great animations!!! my only nit pick is when the handle of the hammer glows, it looks bad...but still a very great model ty!!

Tauer · Sep 6, 2022

Remember to test it in-game. The hammer glow is rendered incorrectly on the website viewer

Loki18 · Sep 6, 2022

Dual-wielding Pally!

Spliffurt · Sep 13, 2022

These models are so good dude, I've been playing around with them in the editor for a good amount of time now. I almost just wish that they had their own game and I've thought many a time of legit spriting over them to make them look like Wc2.

Deolrin · Nov 1, 2022

Like your other Sons of Lothar, your depiction of Turalyon does great service to his depictions in older canonical sources while meshing in with Warcraft's artistic style almost seamlessly. I don't have much to add on this particular character - I love the glowing Paladin eyes he gets when he picks up Lothar's broken blade, and the animation work is amazing as usual (I especially love the prayer channel). Turalyon himself isn't one of my favourite characters from the series, I do find his design a little bit simplistic and boring, but that doesn't detract from your masterful artistry (and his usability as a common Paladin or Knight, should one require one in their map).

ILH · Nov 11, 2022

It's not much serious, but could you try optimizing the last few track issues detected by HIVE's Sanity Checker?

Tauer · Feb 5, 2023

UPDATE: Made model pass sanity check

ILH · Feb 11, 2023

Excellent custom animation and textures on the hero.
Changes made. Works in-game. Approved!

halfthefiber · Jun 18, 2023

I had to register just to say how amazing your Sons of Lothar models are! Would you know if anyone is doing a custom map that uses them?

CGCyan · Jun 19, 2023

Is there an Icon of this model?

Tryndamere · Sep 6, 2023

At least 5 stars can be expressed about this model :spell_breaker:

dafirus · Jan 16, 2024

Another Awesome Work, Tauer! Thank you so much!

Bleeq · Jun 1, 2024

Next level.

The texture has a very warhammer minis feel, that style of shading you'd see in white dwarf etc.

Great face, which is rarer for models imo

deepstrasz · Jun 5, 2024

All Warcraft II fans need more is a mounted version like was done with Gul'dan.

Mortimm · Apr 13, 2025

Really solid and fluid model!

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