For the Sin'Dorei

[THE_END]

I am reskinning the Blood Mage into...ahem
Another Blood Mage
However this one is based on this concept art and
Will be more Burning Crusade-esque
I need suggestions for the cape, hands , legs, and chest.
...Savvy?

 

[The_wand_mirror]

It looks good,

Only some parts are a bit boring,make variations of colors (what you did with the cape) at the legs and such..

 

[Kimbo]

its okay...but hes cape is kinda looking plastic like..you better fix that me thinks.

 

[THE_END]

That's why I need suggestions for the cape....

 

[Kimbo]

Try to get rid of the pink and add a creamish orange/yellow instead(on the cape), then add little textures of a cloth by lightly drawing afew lines.

 

[Rising_Dusk]

I say alpha the bottom of the cape into the shape of flames.
Then, shade upwards from that and add folds into the cape.

Really, from your inspiration picture, I think it would be silly to over-embellish the cape.
Just give it a unique shape and I think that would work nicely.

 

[THE_END]

Hmm flames..that would looks crazy
Yea I just wanted a plain cape
But with..a cool design
So the alphas will work then!

 

[camel's_hump]

Change the cheek structure to be more like that of the picture so it doesn't look like the wc one so much. Also the eye glow should end a lot less abruptly.

 

[THE_END]

True, looking at the concept, I do need to make the cheek bones a bit higher and more pronounced

Updated face

Update 2: Updated shoulders!

 

[THE_END]

Niiiceeee
Double post
I am sooo bad

 

[camel's_hump]

You didn't take any of the advice I gave -_-

 

[THE_END]

Actually eye glow WAS expanded
And I tried to work on da cheekies
But..back to the face then!

 

[camel's_hump]

I said make it faid less abruptly, not expand it

 

[THE_END]

Ah I see
Well I've been doing more work on him
Here is what the finalized portrait will look like
Shoulders will be changing constantly obviously
But the main face is def done
Check it out!

 

[camel's_hump]

Okay, what you really need to learn to do is change the layout of a skin from the original blizzard one. I'm not saying you just edit the existing one for every skin, but for the skin and the skinning contest I have seen you just use the blizzard layout. Don't be afraid to stick with the existing skin, go out and change it thoroughly so in this case, it doesn't look like the wc3 bloodmage. I painted over the screenshot of the face to show what I mean. Go out and change the cheek structure, how his mouth is, where the light falls on his face. Also I think your glow is too strong. The concept's glow barely falls onto his cheeks.

I like what you did for the bottom pauldron, but for the top one I think you should either see how you can alpha it to be more like the part by his neck on the concept, or play around with it so you can make it look a little less like a little kid's drawing of wings, no offense of course. You might also want to change the color of the pauldrons so they don't look so plasticy, more gold/bronze like the concept.

The mantle looks really cool, leave that.

For the armor I'm not liking the bright red. Try a real dark maroon like what I painted over, and outline that with some gold to make it look like plates. I copied the bracer's design, and I think it would look cool if you did that. I know the chest unwrap is horrible, but it can be worked with.

Try to work on your colors. When you shade with a white like that it makes stuff look plasticy. Look at the colors on the concept's pauldron, how the brighter it gets it doesn't get whiter, but a different shade. Also look how the concept shaded the cape. Beeing able to manipulate colors like that is extremely important.

You don't have to follow my advice, much of it was opinionated, but if you do follow it, don't follow it exactly. Experiment around, no one will do something exactly the same, or have the same technique.

 

[THE_END]

See camel
This is one of the best posts I have ever seen
You comment on everything I did
Made suggestions, and let me see your ideas on the model itself
I will definetely do some of the things you have mentioned
Great feedback sir, damn great feedback

 

[THE_END]

Eh double post with the updated chest of the Blood Mage

 

[camel's_hump]

Fix the face before I get cranky. I like the chest design a lot better now.

 

[moyackx]

This skin is becoming better and better. Keep the good work

BTW, you owe me one skin

 

[THE_END]

Yes sir..I do owe you a skin
It is coming in due time
..meaning I've been busy with alotta other stuff

 

[moyackx]

Don't worry, I'm in the same situation

Sorry if it's off topic this question: What happened to Illidan skin??

GOGO THE_END +REP

 

[THE_END]

Don't worry, I'm in the same situation

Sorry if it's off topic this question: What happened to Illidan skin??

GOGO THE_END +REP

The Illidan skin is still there
I'm still playing with it, reskinning the weapons, face wrap, wings, etc
It will be done soon I believe
Why?
Looking to have Illidan make an appearance in ya mapski?

 

[moyackx]

Actually not, it's just that I liked a lot how that skin is looking and suddenly, you changed to the Bloodmage.

In my opinion, if you modify the weapons in that model, it will look perfect.

I'll be looking your skins, they are looking very nice.

 

[THE_END]

Updatez

Heres an update of the chest yo

 

[camel's_hump]

Fix the face before I get cranky. I like the chest design a lot better now.

Could be sharper though, maybe that's the unwraps fault. Show the uv.

 

[THE_END]

Will doo sir
This is the older version, with no runes on the chest..etc
Some other minor things

 

[Deleted member 126647]

Most of the details are very blurry and don't have enough definition.

 

[THE_END]

Legs have been started n stufff
Also the new cape!

 

[brad.dude03]

Looking good so far +rep for sure... everybody's passing me in rep count because i'm so generous xD

 

[THE_END]

Dum dum duuuum!

Tiz done!

Now how you peoples like it!

Anyone wanna comment on it, or no???

 

[camel's_hump]

Ffs you didn't change the face! How many times must I tell you to change the face? The face looks exactly like the old bloodmage's except with some eye glow that isn't even done right.

I am liking the legs and boots though. Also the chest looks nice, you worked around the unwrap very well.

The cape's folds are way too simple and unrealistic, I strongly suggest changing this also.

 

[Kimbo]

I like the armour stuff you gave him, i agree with camel though, but the face is kinda hard to change.

 

[THE_END]

The face wrap looks the same no matter what really
I will try to work on it a lil more
And yes the cape's folds are doody, more work will be done there

 

[THE_END]

Yarrr

Arr I'm kickin arse and hoistin this here thread

As long as posting an in-game shot and double posting

 

[brad.dude03]

Very nice looking GJ dude!

 

[THE_END]

Thank ya sir
I will post another update with his cape fixed and the face worked on some more

 

[HappyTauren]

W00T!! finished, eh? i need this in my map111 nice 5/5!!!
[/N00b]
very niiiiiiiice indeed. what i really like is chest, which has horrifying wrap. Then rest of armor... and face can actualy be changed, look at wow models. There is one geoset for face. And what they change is skin. Skin decides if ur player will look nice or ugly etc. (i mean not ugly skin, but in real life)

 

[THE_END]

Huh?
Change the face
I mean minor modifications
Along with the cape
From what you see now
Will stay the same, except for minor adjustments

 

[Ratherion]

HUZZAH! It's brilliant! GJ man, GJ, hes staring as the Magi of Malice in Project Ascendency http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31771&page=3 (with your permission, of course)

 

[THE_END]

I HEREBY SOMEWHAT RESSURECT THIS THREAD FOR QUEL'THALAS!

..and for a face update

 

[demonsofdante]

That looks amazing man! Great, great, awesome job. I wish blizz had made that the model for the BM.

 

[Deleted member 126647]

Okay, maybe it's just me, but I'm not seeing a difference in that latest face update and the face he had from post #9 in this thread.

The pupils are gone, but they've been gone since before the second page. I just really don't see significant enough of a change in this update.

Comparison
?

 

[camel's_hump]

It only looks like you slightly brightened up the forhead, and that's it. Seriously it's not that hard to make your own face instead of just reshade blizzard's. I don't know how many times I have to tell you this.

 

[THE_END]

..Chriz the update is 2 posts above you...
I'm not sure what picture you guys are looking at...
And yes sure, I have not changed the face greatly
But if the unit is still supposed to be a Blood Mage then why does the face need that many changes?
I can keep the facial structure almost the same

 

[Deleted member 126647]

Then what's the point of skinning him in the first place?

And I used that picture two posts above me in the comparison shot, the one on the right.

 

[Wolverabid]

The update looks good (even if minimal). Some questions:

How's the progress on the cape...do you plan to edit that portion of the texture more?

Can you show us another in-game from the back?

Do you plan to post the .blp so that we can download and test it?

 

[THE_END]

I will be posting the skin on Wc3Campaigns
Because I actually had a custom model made to compliment this skin

 

[THE_END]

Skin is done
Check Wc3campaigns.net for it

 

[Pip L]

As for the cape, to make it look less plastic-like and boring without making it stand out too much, add ripples and waves to the texture. Cloth tends to bunch up. Rips and tears are also nice.

 

[PurgeandFire]

Nice job, it looks real nice!

To people who can't find the skin, here is the link:
THE_END's Awesome Blood Mage Skin!

:emote_grin: +rep!