Dark Soldier

[Freddyk]

Hi,
Here is the new concept i'm working on:

(Artwork from Diablo 3 Reaper of Souls)

And here is my progress so far:

 

[Chen]

And here will come your third great model!

 

[Statharas]

And here will come your third great model!

this

 

[paladinjst]

good enough for the current WIPs and plz keep doing . i like good human heroes ~

 

[Freddyk]

Here is another WIP.
Don't mind the legs, they are just a template.

The armor doesn't look like the original image... any idea for a more fitting texture?

 

[Freddyk]

Complete model is done!
Please give some feedback if you find anything odd.

 

[PROXY]

Dude you are awesome. Really. I have never seen a modeller working so fast and bringing concepts to life so good. I take my hat off for you.

 

[paladinjst]

Complete model is done!
Please give some feedback if you find anything odd.

when i wanna say that u should fix the leg pants , but at the moment u had already fixed them ! wonderful ~ so u manage to give him debut animations ?

 

[Freddyk]

Dude you are awesome. Really. I have never seen a modeller working so fast and bringing concepts to life so good. I take my hat off for you.

Well actually it took me the same amount of time to do the hood, than everything else (because the hood is quite "unique" while for arms and legs i just slightly modified an existing model).
Thank you for the kind comment anyway!

when i wanna say that u should fix the leg pants , but at the moment u had already fixed them ! wonderful ~ so u manage to give him debut animations ?

Currently he just have the Paladin animations, i have now to modify them to fit his weapon.

 

[paladinjst]

Currently he just have the Paladin animations, i have now to modify them to fit his weapon.

i think u can handle it like ur gun officer . modify the origin animations with new version . keep doing , great work !

 

[TheWhiteWolf]

Complete model is done!
Please give some feedback if you find anything odd.

In my opinion, there are two things you got wrong:

First is the shoulderplate. Make it thinner (Y axis, right-left) and try to rotate it clockwise (frontal camera). And maybe just reduce its size by 5-10% overall.

Second, make the body thinner, so it resembles the one in the original picture. Maybe you want to separate the torso into two geosets, with the upper one overlapping in the middle (see your first picture). Give that one the heavy armor (metal) texture you are using for the full torso, and give the lower part the texture you are using on the upper legs. If I am not mistaken, it's the Campaign Arthas texture.


Everything else looks great
Hope this model gets decent animations, it would be a shame for such an awesome model to be ruined by low quality animations.

 

[paladinjst]

In my opinion, there are two things you got wrong:

First is the shoulderplate. Make it thinner (Y axis, right-left) and try to rotate it clockwise (frontal camera). And maybe just reduce its size by 5-10% overall.

Second, make the body thinner, so it resembles the one in the original picture. Maybe you want to separate the torso into two geosets, with the upper one overlapping in the middle (see your first picture). Give that one the heavy armor (metal) texture you are using for the full torso, and give the lower part the texture you are using on the upper legs. If I am not mistaken, it's the Campaign Arthas texture.


Everything else looks great
Hope this model gets decent animations, it would be a shame for such an awesome model to be ruined by low quality animations.

i don't think he will follow ur "thinner" advice . yes , ur suggestion is right , make body thinner will be closer to the concept . but remember that it was made for the warcraft 3 game , so the consolidated style is much important . if he has thinner shoulder and body , it will not be suitable for the game .

 

[Freddyk]

Thank you for your feedback Matija,
After in-game test i agree with you that the shoulderplate is a bit too huge.
Regarding your remark about the torso in two parts, it is already like this actually, though it's not really visible on the screenshot.

I will slightly size-down the shoulderplate and make the torso armor a bit lighter to get closer to the "feeling" of the concept.
However, as Paladinjst said it's important to fit in the W3 style and proportions, which means the model will never be as slim as the concept picture.

 

[TheWhiteWolf]

You are both right, you are welcome for the feedback, and thanks for taking my suggestions

 

[Freddyk]

Started animating, here is the combat pose:

 

[BlackEnvyX]

This is a fantastic model, especially for Warcraft III quality. I can't wait to see the animations.

 

[NourmeusXL]

Awasome moodeel

 

[Tal'Rarity]

Looking good, can't wait to see it completed. =)

 

[TheWhiteWolf]

Please, don't just use Paladin's animations. You can base on them, but edit them as much as possible. In my opinion, all the work on mesh and UV mapping is a waste of time if animations don't have equal quality.

This is simply too good for Paladin animations

 

[Freddyk]

Of course i will edit anims...
Did you see the last pic? the pose here is clearly different from the paladin one...
Attack anims require the most work because he obviously doesn't wield a hammer.
Maybe i will also modify the walk because i find it too much exagerated.

 

[Anknaton]

I love the model! Have a quite unique style! Awesome, you could also create a unit version... That would be cool... Just a suggestion...

 

[paladinjst]

now how is the progress ? and i think u can modify the walk animation with holding the scythe .

 

[Kyrbi0]

This is amazing! The ease and speed with which you have emulated the source-material is really quite impressive. The wrap, the mesh, the style... ahhh. This kinda stuff should really be announced somewhere, IMO.

(gosh even the TC is non-normal; you've shaded it slightly so it still shows through, but has a tint that matches the source-material!)

Moreover, being able to make/modify animations isn't something everyone can do, and I agree; good animations really push a great model over the top.

Man I wish I had a use for this.

 

[Edge45]

Wow, the model looks great
and i can't wait to see the custom anims

 

[NhazUl]

Really awesome. As or the armor, perhaps you could use the interface textures or InfernalCannon.blp?

 

[Freddyk]

I'm proud to say that the model is finally done !