[SD/Modeling] Alpha Tauren Totem

[Retera]

So everybody knows that the icon above is the "Tauren Totem" icon from inside of the game.

And here is the model from in the game:

What probably even less people know is that the following icon was included in Reign of Chaos beta (BTNTotem):

Look at that! It's a picture of the model that is actually in the game! This would have been a good icon for the Tauren Totem building, but it was removed accidentally.

Then, for 23 years it was forgotten about most of the time, since nobody cares and the icon at the top of this post is "close enough" to the Tauren Totem model that it's OK ish, and nobody notices. (Same idea as why the Necropolis uses the wrong icon with the pool of green stuff even on Brad Chan's Reforged 2.0, since changing it is beyond any of us at this point)

So, now that we did some recap of history, here is my request:

For fun, can someone find or recreate the "Tauren Totem" model as it appears in the icon which is obviously a different model than the one that we have in the game?

Thanks

 

[StonemaulMidget]

Go ask Footman16 or Ilya Alaric; they love skinning things.

 

[Retera]

I did a first draft at my own request. It could probably be better than it is, and I was creative in a couple of places and did a few things that don't actually exactly match the icon. If somebody has the exact icon model, would be cool.

 

[Footman16]

Did someone not obtain the Warcraft alpha files somewhere? Is the model for the icon in that bunch of files?

 

[Retera]

Did someone not obtain the Warcraft alpha files somewhere?

The icon is from the game itself. It's very silly in this way. For 23 years, the official client has been using the wrong icon for this model. So, the "alpha" icon was obtained from the "release" game client.

 

[StonemaulMidget]

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I did a first draft at my own request. It could probably be better than it is, and I was creative in a couple of places and did a few things that don't actually exactly match the icon. If somebody has the exact icon model, would be cool.

That doesn't look half-bad, though it is missing the scarlet and violet where the lower-left corner of the icon displays.

 

[Footman16]

The icon is from the game itself. It's very silly in this way. For 23 years, the official client has been using the wrong icon for this model. So, the "alpha" icon was obtained from the "release" game client.

Oh yeah I get that part, I just mean maybe the original model is still recoverable if it was in the alpha build and someone recovered those files, I've seen other alpha models on hive so maybe it's out there somewhere.

 

[StonemaulMidget]

Oh yeah I get that part, I just mean maybe the original model is still recoverable if it was in the alpha build and someone recovered those files, I've seen other alpha models on hive so maybe it's out there somewhere.

It could be on other websites too, like the following...
~ rewar.me
~ XGM.guru
~ Карты и Моды - Главная страница
~ Всё для WarCraft 3 - WarCraft III - Главная страница
I haven't found it there, but that doesn't mean nobody would upload it one day.