Centaur Flamecaller

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23:32, 9th Oct 2012
Kwaliti:

Expect the challenge review in a couple of days.

EDIT: Review incoming tomorrow. Make sure you spam my PM inbox to review it.

EDIT 2: http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/2240418-post60.html
-Grendel:

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okay, the good points:
~the idea is great, a mage-type unit for the centaur.
~the textures used are brilliant. the centaur body and the orc warlord horse just goes well together. the dragonspawn textures compliment well with the rest of the model.
~face is just awesome. neat use of the skeleton's skull texture for the mouth. i like the chains used as blindfold too.
~the chosen animations fit very well.
~i like how you used the textures for the skulls at his back. i mean, its not the usual skeleton skull mesh.

bad points:
~there are parts that doesn't need too much polygons. an example are the claws and the thing on his back. you could've done it with just a cube.
~the effects could've been done better. wish it had more variation, not just a simple fire.
~the horse body deform in some animations. but its no big deal.


overall its a brilliant model. a great addition to the centaur race. good filesize too.
still, it deserves a 5/5 for the good points mentioned above.

 

[Gojira2000]

Wow this amazing, great job 5/5

 

[WindowsVistaSucks]

5/5 indeed, very nice!

edit: Off-topic. My green gems D=

 

[Kam]

The twirling flames look great.

 

[Khil]

Here is my review:
- You waste 156 vertices and two geoset on those flame thing when you can just use some simple ribbon instead and the visual effect of ribbon is even better. Of course, using Grove Kepper attack effect is the main reason for your flaw. Flame and roots are not the same stuff
- you waste too much poly on the back ring and the tiny claw, (you use hexa face instead of square face). Both of them make the same visual effect.
Without those flaws, the model'll be perfect.

 

[Marcos DAB]

Deserves more reputation than I could give.

I love centaurs, both in mythological stories like the game and this is epic.
And also the secondary models used in animation are excellent.

+Rep

 

[Madison]

Awesome! 5/5

 

[Tank-Commander]

Very nice, though the portrait looks a bit weird behind the right ear, but prehaps that's just me

 

[Diamur]

I like it! 5/5

 

[rcshaggy]

Its not bad for a hero for the Centaur race.
I like on how it uses the Keeper of the Grove animations as well.

 

[blacklabel]

Awesome,make an icon plz .

5/5

 

[Matarael]

Holy shit, these look great (from the preview)

 

[Sin'dorei300]

Awesome!

 

[~DARK~]

Nice Job I Like Chanis on Face

 

[Nolko]

Wonderful !

 

[DESTROYER123]

Awsomeness has become a model!







5/5

 

[RiotZ]

Idk what's up with the thing on his back, nice one other than that.

 

[Deolrin]

A rack made out of spines to hang all of his slain orc and tauren skulls on.

 

[RiotZ]

A rack made out of spines to hang all of his slain orc and tauren skulls on.

Cool stuff.

Looks a bit out of place, maybe put more emphasis on the skulls.

 

[DaHomieG]

Please make more centaur. This is fucking amazing.

10000/5 +rep

 

[Misha]

ts ts ts.. i gotta try to make somefink.. all peeps i know are gettin' ahead of me
neat one, deo

Here is my review:
- You waste 156 vertices and two geoset on those flame thing when you can just use some simple ribbon instead and the visual effect of ribbon is even better. Of course, using Grove Kepper attack effect is the main reason for your flaw. Flame and roots are not the same stuff
- you waste too much poly on the back ring and the tiny claw, (you use hexa face instead of square face). Both of them make the same visual effect.
Without those flaws, the model'll be perfect.

and as for you, you're maybe wasting time here, so concerned about polycount and not about good look/feel of the model

 

[Deolrin]

Nah, Khil is perfectly right. I overdid the polycount on that claw. I think the trophy rack needed any amount of detail it could get, though. It's supposed to be a very central part of the model, kind of like Arthas' cape or the Lich's dress.

And the flame stuff, well, I just thought the Keeper's stuff looked pretty good, so I decided to keep it. No real harm done, though. :S

 

[JesusHipster]

You forgot the portrait, i think)

 

[JokeMaster]

Hmm acceptable but you have done better
I must admit that the particles are very nice.

 

[PROXY]

Awesome mate!

 

[Deolrin]

You forgot the portrait, i think)

Whoops! Looks like it was removed when I updated the model. Should be fixed now!

Awesome mate!

Thanks! Good luck in the challenge!

 

[J-Dogg]

How a beatiful thing!

 

[kellym0]

cool creep spell caster

7/10

 

[Kala]

It looks like a pimp

 

[HappyCockroach]

Here is my review:
- You waste 156 vertices and two geoset on those flame thing when you can just use some simple ribbon instead and the visual effect of ribbon is even better. Of course, using Grove Kepper attack effect is the main reason for your flaw. Flame and roots are not the same stuff
- you waste too much poly on the back ring and the tiny claw, (you use hexa face instead of square face). Both of them make the same visual effect

- Also, he wastes 1094 characters in that description.

lol. sorry for being picky about it.

well.. the model is nice, but that chains look better when you don't know what they are... and correcting Khil, you don't "waste polies" with the flame thing, and you don't actually need to add a ribbon there, because ribbons are made of: ... (drumroll) Polygons!
so, it's like creating a custom ribbon. but I agree that ribbons tend to look nicer, specially when it's for a flame effect.

overall, good job deolrin.

 

[Vengeancekael]

I love it.

 

[Nolko]

This is great and really creative model, however IMO the scales on the back or something like an armor made with scales looks a bit weird, maybe an other part or a part of the centaur skin would be better. Forgetting this, it's awesome !

 

[Situ]

realy great

 

[KaplanHorus]

Waant Stormcaller

 

[Adaethus]

I love it.

 

[Cakedog345]

Why it's pending ???

 

[Arrr]

good job on this!

 

[doomhammer99]

Beautiful 5/5

 

[00110000]

Honestly, it looks a bit gay to me (no offense) since male centaur don't wear anything over their chests and above in WoW, and only females do. I'm used to seeing centaur like this so thats just how I see it. Its not unrealistic to wear armor to protect yourself, but it could look a bit manlier (perhaps some mail/plate on the chest instead of that red ish cloth or thin piece of team coloured armor). Nice model besides that though.

 

[Deolrin]

Yeah, but that one's a shaman\mage\seer. He's not really supposed to be manly. If he were a warrior or a warlord, then showing off some muscles would've worked for him.

 

[Faction]

Great Model, very useful for creating a custom centaur race.

 

[Hursan]

It is perfect!

 

[Derpimus Maximus]

Wow...ITS PERFECT! 5/5 Too bad there are not much centaur based models :/
Like others say its perfect for a centaur race but i do have something pokeing me about it tho...

Im trying to make a campaign where the centaur aren't portrayed as the baddies...so i might need to edit this model slightly if i use it in my map...Nothing too big just removeing the chains and the rack thingy (cos they look rather evil tbh)...Can i have the permission to do such?

EDIT: Credits will be given ofc...

 

[Deolrin]

Feel free to.

 

[Zzonehardy]

Very nice! very useful and... dat Waluigi nose doe. Love it, Keep em coming!

 

[HandsOfficial]

THE! only centaur model on this site that is good! this is sweet! wish more people would invest into centaurs, a hecarim from LoL skin would be DOPE LOL

 

[Warseeker]

Now that's brilliant! funny I was about to make a request for a model like this one, and I find it here, really awesome model design, good job, I appreciate that! 5/5

 

[Limitteditemeater]

Some reason the model doesn't decay for me even with it check of that it decays.

 

[Deolrin]

Some reason the model doesn't decay for me even with it check of that it decays.

Well, it's a hero - it has no dedicated Decay animation. If you want to use it as a hero, ask around on the Requests section for someone to edit the Hero Glow and Dissipate out and add Decay Flesh and Decay Bone animations.