EarthLord, Alternative FireLord, Earth, Hero, Eart

[Moderator]

Misha 16th Aug 2013

Moderator's Review:

experiment on this one a little bit more to make it look more rocky and with some better suited armor texture.. and on next update, do make a proper screenshot.

 

[DeuceGorgon]

Good idea,, but you have bug with shoulders.

 

[Dristitia]

oh yeah :| i see it.
fixed.

 

[uroda1]

It doesnt work for me when I put it in some model it sends me critical error, from the model probably? however this model looks rlly cool

 

[Dristitia]

Btw why the image update not working?

 

[DeuceGorgon]

Because only first image works and when will model approved so you can change your image how many you want

 

[General Frank]

This is just a skin change. Nothing more.

 

[Misha]

it kinda looks like pooo.. >u>

i'd suggest serious re-tweaking to have more earth and rocky style, this atm is rejectable

 

[Kyrbi0]

This is just a skin change. Nothing more.

Well, to be fair, he did modify the mesh a bit (different crown/face-mask, etc), and it appears he slowed down the spinning fire (now rocks) around the base (which makes sense)...

But yeah. While it's neat to have a retextured Firelord as a stand-in "Earthlord" ("earthmother"?), it's ultimately just a bit too easy. Some of the major points to improve:

• Animations. There's a reason the Firelord has those anims; fire is fast, hot, deadly, and volatile. So the Firelord whips around, waves his arms, looks haughty, and burgeons/blossoms with power. Think of some defining characteristics of Earth: solid, slow, powerful, massive/dense, burly, thick, ponderous, etc. Think Mountain Giant. Now while you may not be able to custom animate, you can steal more fitting animations.
• Mesh. Basically just the Firelord with a different head/crown. More spikes? Meh. Keep him separate & unique, where he is. Think about it a little. Would an Earth-Elemental-King (think super-Mountain Giant, descriptions above) wander around on a spindly tail like the Firelord? What's with the long claws, spiky armor, and spinning rocks? Try to make him different. Look towards this as a great example (though he still uses Firelord anims, it's not so un-fitting as in here).
• Textures. Alright, Rock Golem makes sense... But it's a little boring. More importantly, it blends into mush from the in-game level with the black Firelord armor. Armor isn't a problem, it's the color. The Firelord is made of solid (orange/yellow) FIRE, so having (black) DARK armor helps give him contrast. Perhaps an Earth-Lord would have plates of Crystal (glowy blue/green, or clear?) as armor? That would offset the dark Earth he's made of.
• yeah.

Keep it up!

 

[Kenntaur]

he still has those fire particles that the firelord have when he walks.
also, you need to change the armor's texture so he wont just look like a generic firelord with a skin swap.

 

[Sapi]

the screenshot makes me confused @@

 

[InfernalTater]

I've seen way too many retextured firelords, and you just haven't done enough changes to the actual mesh.

I'll have to give this a 2/5 until you do more.