Bleeq's WIPs and Concepts

[Bleeq]

Some people have asked me what I'm doing next, so I'll list the models I plan on making, along with other ideas in the 'Maybe' pile.
It should also help me keep track of my To-Do list because I keep losing the pieces of paper I write this stuff on.

I don't want this to turn into a blow-by-blow breakdown of me working through something in particular, which I did for a couple of other models, but if people want to give feedback or suggestions that will be more than welcome.

Spoiler: Kobold Witch Hero

Female Kobold disease caster Hero. Would like to base it somewhat on Squeamlish but with a black witch hat (needs candle?). The face would also conform more to the Kobolds I've already made. For the below purple version, the skin tone would be much lighter. Same hue, but higher brightness

Spoiler: Kobold Geoqueen

A female Kobold geomancer hero. She surfs on a slab of rock that hovers above the ground, and attacks with animated rocks. For my race she will be melee, with a large fist made of smaller stones. But I'll try to include a ranged one. Will hopefully bare some resemblance to МЭЙБИ БЭЙБИ - Maybe Baby (NSFW?).

Spoiler: (Kobold) Giant Golem

A rock golem about the size of an Ancient or Mountain Giant, which 'unpacks' into a Trebuchet-like ranged form. The rock segments are large and flatter with visible layers/strata. I'd like to add grass and a little tree on one shoulder, and perhaps a Squirrel or other animal lives in the tree as a gimmick.
I Did some drawings but they are rubbish. The difficulty is in designing how it looks in mobile-mode versus Treb-mode.

Spoiler: Kobold Gym Rat

Kobold mountain king style hero - don't have a clear idea, but necessary hero archetype. The gimmick is that he starts small and weak but scales very strong each level. Concept comes a bit from DOTA Tiny. I made something based on Diegoit's Kobold Pack, But I'd really rather come up with something unique because he's supposed to be the main character of the Kobold campaign.

Spoiler: Male Bard

3 versions, lightly armoured or unarmoured wielding a Rapier with about 5 instrument options to choose from. Probably Violin, Guitar, Flute, Erhu, Drum + one or two dances. First version would be pretty standard western style with but with dark features (dark/black hair, brown eyes) so he could pass for Spanish or mid eastern or Zorro. Second version would be Eastern style, specifically Chinese. Third version Would be Wyll from BG3, but I'm not going to attempt drawing a black guy facial texture lol. Could add an Eldritch Blast animation for pew pew.

Spoiler: Female Bard

Uses a Rapier and multiple instruments. 3 Varieties based on Kyary Pamyu, Shania Twain and my Tiefling/demon Warlock. Standard portrait animations would emulate Shania. Might have a separate portrait for the demon, with spooky effects. This would be a pretty massive undertaking, though.

Spoiler: Shadowheart - Good

A version for shadowheart rejecting Shar (which is lame imo ). probably use the current portraits, then make new portraits for Evil SH. Most animations will be similar (attacks need to change for a mace style).
Thinking of an outfit like this, except white hair (she gets white hair if she's a goody-goody, doesn't she? I've never gone good with her.)

Spoiler: Dwarf 'Iron Fist' - CazaNova request

@CaZaNoVa asked for a new Dwarf hero a while ago; we didn't totally agree on what it would look like, but I still plan on doing something like this.
He sent me the following source picture, which I'd like to mix with a WH40k Terminator sort of look, or at least a power fist on the free hand.

Spoiler: Other

lots more Kobold buildings
Grubby farseer - started
Happy deathknight
ToD Archmage
Odin caster - Dwarf
Druid of the Hedgehog

~~Probably more I can't remember right now

-Forsaken-
female assassin - might include skins for other character types
Zombie Crossbowman
Pimped-out Bandit lord on horse
Forsaken Ogre Tyrant
Flying battle barge/blimp with broadside cannons.

Spoiler: Maybe Pile

Kobold Rock-lobber siege unit - not part of my custom race
Naga centaur - hesitant because it already exists
Kizilbash (Iranian) infantry - (spear and bow)
Savar AOE2 style cavalry - YOGA WP request
Goblin spec-ops
Calabash Brothers
Tian Long (Chinese dragon).

Spoiler: Yoga WP requests

Yoga WP requests a LOT of stuff, so this is some/(all?) the stuff I'm considering working on.

Forsaken Female type units
Female Pandaren
Female Orc Raiders/Shamans
POTM variations with capes, based on @Ujimasa Hojo variations

Maps and Campaigns

Spoiler: Kobold Custom Race

I'm making Kobold models for my Kobold custom race. The design and concept is mostly finished, and perhaps half the spells, triggering etc. are done.
There's a handful of hero spells I haven't finalised.

Spoiler: Kobold Campaign

Originally just an idea to showcase/introduce the custom race; I've grown more attached to this idea. Enemy factions will be Dwarves and Nerubians by @Maxwell. Set in a cave system, It will be a sort of RTS/RPG hybrid, with branching story. There will be maybe 3 levels, with the later 2 varying depending on choices in the first. It will be possible to ally with either Nerubians or Dwarves against the other, for example.

Spoiler: Battle for Kalimdor

Working title only ;P. A Night Elf civil war, where Naisha escapes the Tomb of Sargeras some time after it collapses and seeks revenge for Cenarius and Maiev, particularly against Tyrande. You arrive back in Kalimdor and attempt to unite as many native denizens (such as Centaur, Furbolgs, Quillboar, Tauren etc.) of Kalimdor against the Night Elf loyalists, Jaina's humans and Thrall's Horde. A secondary theme is uniting against the use of forbidden magic and demons (ruling out Jaina and the demon-tainted orcs). This would be set after TFT but before Vanilla WOW. Plays similar to Rexxar campaign. More RPG style, except choices/failures mostly affect the team compositions in the final showdown.

-Still adding stuff-

 

[Bleeq]

Reserved

 

[Bleeq]

I've started on the Kobold witch. I'm becoming happy with the T-pose shape, but can't decide what to do with the shoulderpad / pauldron.

Spoiler: Booba

I've been stuck with the shoulders coz I want to build them up (Villagerino's volumetricy) similar to the the source image. But wider shoulders than hips reduces the femininity. The waist could get a bit wider though. Too big and they'll start clipping, also.
The mushroom shoulder is cute thematically, but I don't think it would mesh well when finished.
The patterned shawl looks nice but will probably blur out in-game (mipmap/distance). but the black leather is kinda boring.

I might reduce the jugs and try to create more of a hunched back.

Spoiler: Johansen

I'm pretty happy with this face. I think it (accidentally) looks a bit like Scarlet Johanson. Big benefit is I don't need to alter the texture too much .
I still haven't decided on the shoulder, but otherwise I think I can start working on some poses/animations.

 

[Bleeq]

I started doing some brain storming on the Iron Fist Dwarf dude ages ago, but I wasn't clicking.
The original little bits I came up with are here:

Spoiler: Old King Dorf

But I'm doing some work on it when I procrastinate other things. I find that's a good way to get a few done at once; if you procrastinate on 1 model, then trick yourself into doing something else instead until you start avoiding that and maybe move back to the first one lol.

Spoiler: New Dwarf Idea

He will definitely get a big furry cloak (with TC) once I figure out how to do it. Once that's on him the chest texture wont matter much.
I've tried a couple Axe designs but they looked rubbish.
I might need to make the fist even larger to accentuate it from the in-game view, however I'm already worrying that it will be hard for him to hold an axe with two hands. Maybe just make the handle longer? Could change fingers texture to make them more obvious, too.
The shoulder isn't like the source image anymore but I think it works. With blue glows on the eyes and the glove rune, it should imply an enchanted connection, like a magical battery or w/e.

Because he's a king, do I need to add a crown?

Spoiler: As of 23/6

Perhaps the blade could be smaller.

 

[SerenityInFire]

Wow, that looks fantastic. Are you using in-game textures?

 

[Bleeq]

I try to use only existing textures to keep stuff compatible and a small size, or offer standard texture options for the kobolds.

edit aside: I'm thinking with the Kobold witch maybe she should have a larger caboos, that would flare her out a bit, add some more weight to the model..
Either that or she still needs something on the back. It just looks too front-loaded and unbalanced, in a non-literal sense. Not enough symmetry or something.
If the arse was larger it would give more for the back ornament to sit on, too. Hmm. I like the rest of her so don't want to mess with it.

 

[MasterHaosis]

Nice ideas man! Keep up good work!

 

[Bleeq]

I have a newer idea for some siege engines:

Kobold Rock-lobber - similar to catapult but uses a large slightshot with forked Y frame. The frame lowers back to reload then returns to 'armed' position.

Atlas Golem - T3 golem unit for Kobolds. Has a 1050 range siege mode. Originally I wanted it to become a trebuchet, but I think it would be too hard to make it transform into that shape, and not look lame. Especially as Trebs are symmetrical, and if the free arm moves between the 'legs' like a standard trebuchet, it will look phallic lol :/.
The new plan is something like this: Horde Blade Thrower or skeet shooting machine, like an Olympic discus thrower.

For a treb, maybe I can do an Ogre version. Scuffed looking like Kobolds, with a big fat base like an ogre's gut, that swings back and forth to sling the rocks.
Caveman Trebuchet

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It needs some more set dressing put on it, but I think the idea is solid:

Blizz had a much better idea what they were doing than I:

 

[Kyrbi0]

Dang, how did I miss this thread? Saving this for later...

 

[Bleeq]

I'm 95% happy with the rock-lobber, just testing in game and fixing the tedious BS like normals, attachments, geosets, minimizing vertices etc.

Spoiler

I discovered something; if the origin or overhead attachment points have a parent bone, they don't seem to work anymore (e.g. roar buff wasn't being attached above the rock-lobber).