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[Chaosy]

Pretty sure that's LOTR, yeah?
If so they are mainly rangers and not fighters.

 

[Mike]

Great usage of standart textures.

 

[Misha]

.. is this just war3, or does his face looks vaguely Schwarzenegger-ish?

 

[Stefan.K]

Pretty sure that's LOTR, yeah?
If so they are mainly rangers and not fighters.

My thoughts exactly. When I first saw picture in Herr's album I thought he would give him both ranged and melee animations.

 

[HerrDave]

I'll consider uploading a ranged variant named "Ranger of Ithilien"

The main reason this one is bound to melee is because in the game he is based on he detects invisible units and can become invisible (but must be stationary).
He weilds a 2h sword but doesn't do a lot of damage for whatever reason.

The reason I didn't him with archer animations is simply because I cannot animate a bow-string nor arrow. For example, my orc bowman started off as the NE Archer.

Here is a woefully low res picture of the unit I based this model off of.
The Sierra game - War of the Ring - Ranger unit

And here is a picture of Arnold Schwarzenegger

 

[Kyrbi0]

Hey, pretty cool. Gotta say that sword is yuuuuuuge, even for Warcraft proportions. But I rather like this; a faithful recreation.

 

[SNIper of DARKness]

He really remind me of Braveheart.

I can't say that the Blademaster attack animations aren't fitting on this model but I can say it would be great to have a Zweihander model with more realistic attack animations.

I mean where could you use this wonderful great sword model http://www.hiveworkshop.com/threads/great-sword.278790/#resource-37884

 

[JesusHipster]

It could look much better if pupils were animated. At least barely.

 

[Eagle XI]

Human Paladin's attack anims could look brutal, if you can get both hands to hold the hilt during it.

 

[HerrDave]

The animations might indeed look a little better, but in order to apply them I'd have to re-animate the entire model after tying it to the Paladin skeleton.

Which-- I'm a little too burnt out to do.

Sorry ;-;

Also I can't animate eyes, the methods employed by Blizzard for units like the Peasant & Peon baffle me.

 

[RanchBurner]

May I guess you'd soon make Aragorn?

 

[HerrDave]

You may

Indeed, I have already begun working on the texture.

 

[Edge45]

Ooh cool, those textures looks good on him...
Wait a minute, so this guy is Arnold?

 

[SNIper of DARKness]

What's up with all these people he is clearly Uilliam Uallas: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/71/7e/6d/717e6d2b0c36e8d1ad851dcaf96fe218.jpg

 

[HappyCockroach]

Moderation Comment:

A really great model. As suggestions, I'd add a spell animation at some point (shouldn't be hard, a raising sword war cry like anim), and add a glow behind him at portrait animation, so it fits other in-game portraits. But since it works fine in-game and has no major errors, those issues remain as suggestions, and your model is approved.

 

[Archian]

Nice addition to your LOTR themed models! I too would love to see a ranged version <3

 

[Sinandur]

An impressive model, HerrDave.

I find myself agreeing with Kyrbi0 on both points - both about the sword being a wee bit oversized and the model itself being wonderfully faithful.

A bastard sword that's a bit closer in size to the one Hueter uses for his Aragorn would probably make this model perfect, but it's a minor thing.

I think the Blademaster animation set gives the model the right feral, agile combat style.

5/5 from me.

Edit: He gives me a bit of a Conan the Barbarian vibe with that sword, especially with that resemblance to the Governator.

 

[Dinodin]

Wow this is so amazing man! Love it! Keep it up