Ent Crossbowman

[Moderator]

12:42, 9th Apr 2013
Misha: okay.. parts of the wood on his back aren't rigged right, thus making some funky stretching on death animation, and some minor ones in other anims. you should also tweak that crossbow arm, soit doesn't deform that much in attack anim. and lastly, you should really try using normal arrows, wooden one just lack impact (lol)

alright here is the verdict.. you should try adding TC and rewrapping your arrows. a good wooden part you could wrap the bolt body to is the ent's back with TC. maaybe it will get a little over-detailed but it will stand out. another good part, this time for the bolt head, would be the smaller face of the ent. i think that would make a totally unique arrow/bolt and perhaps even as a separate missile

after consulting with other moderators, i am suggesting you to put the missile as a 'portrait', and rename animation back to normal ones. that way it won't be complicated for other users to implement your model

okay, hopefully the last one, calculate the extents in model editor and save. and add a birth and death sound to the 'portrait' arrow

Yay

 

[Kyrbi0]

This is a neat idea, but it seems like things could be made more interesting in the mesh; currently it's just a Treant with a crossbow (made of wood, lol. Nice touch). Different face (use Ancients for inspiration)? Different tree-rack, taller/thinner 'trunk' (lol), different bark-armor? Etc.

Again, nice idea.

 

[Remixer]

LOVE IT! So unique idea!

 

[Pvt.Toma]

@kyrbi0
Updated!

Edit:
For some reason I can't update the screenie, any ideas?

Edit2:
Scratch that it seems you can't use the same name.

 

[huy60vn]

Ent! I might I will test it now!
A good man!

 

[InfernalTater]

It's cool, but maybe you could make it look different? You know, like move the branches around so that it looks like a different tree, variety's always nice.

 

[Pvt.Toma]

Yeah, that's what I did. Perhaps try a side by side comparison with the normal ent?

 

[InfernalTater]

Yeah, that's what I did. Perhaps try a side by side comparison with the normal ent?

I can't right now, but I'll check later. If you actually did, then good job on that.

 

[Pvt.Toma]

Okay, did the updates. I just happened to forgot to rerig them after doing some edits lol
And about the bolts, an ent firing something other than wooden bolts won't feel right, so I won't make any changes about that.

 

[Misha]

Okay, did the updates. I just happened to forgot to rerig them after doing some edits lol
And about the bolts, an ent firing something other than wooden bolts won't feel right, so I won't make any changes about that.

then make 'em stand out better

 

[Pvt.Toma]

How about this? I changed the bolts with a giant missile so that it would stand out more.

 

[Misha]

I gotta admit, That is pretty funny

 

[Pvt.Toma]

Aye Misha, I'll do everything you said after school.

 

[Pvt.Toma]

Here, updated it.

 

[Pvt.Toma]

I don't know what's wrong with troubling the peeps who's using this at the cost of filesize, but oh well. Here, although it kinda deviated from what I originally planned. Just wanted a simple ent with a simple crossbow and bolt with low filesize.

 

[Faith]

Does the crossbow have a face? Or am I seeing things...

 

[Pvt.Toma]

Does the crossbow have a face? Or am I seeing things...

Nah, the crossbow doesn't have a face. It's the bolt lol

 

[Faith]

Oh the bolt has a face. It all makes sense now.

 

[Skullbent]

An offer

I am very interested by your work with these kinds of models and was wondering if you would be interested in designing a bunch of models that i have sketched up that would be used in an rts/warcraft3 styled game that i am currently working on.

You can send the message directly to my email which is: [email protected]

Cheers Skullbent

 

[AwzomeWulfzz]

This is so useful, but I am not going to use it in my map. But still 4/5. And, hooray for being approved!

 

[Jas.per]

5/5

 

[Wazzz]

well, there sort of is an 'ent' ranged unit, but it's not too 'ent' like

this here

that being said, this is a pretty cool model
keep it up

 

[StonemaulMidget]

A suggestion, if I may?
Grow a thorny branch out of the treant's back, so when it reaches back, it can snap off a twig and use it as a bolt (missile).
Or . . .
Turn the branch that holds the crossbow into vines and branches to serve the weapon's place. Retain the back branch.
That way, your enemies can have a bad day with a deadly kind of a front-lawn weed.

 

[FUJI]

Nice Idea!

 

[Bloody Wolf]

A suggestion, if I may?
Grow a thorny branch out of the treant's back, so when it reaches back, it can snap off a twig and use it as a bolt (missile).
Or . . .
Turn the branch that holds the crossbow into vines and branches to serve the weapon's place. Retain the back branch.
That way, your enemies can have a bad day with a deadly kind of a front-lawn weed.

well thats just genius

 

[FUJI]

When I tried it in game, I replaced the model of archer to this and when it is in his attacking animation it looks like a double arrow xD, maybe try to remove the attacking animation of arrow object/projectile when attacking.

 

[BrothForMyPeople]

omg I love this model
it's so random

 

[SunLord]

it look very funny, I love it