Isendra - Diablo II Sorceress

[General Frank]

A very interesting model edit, but it has some visual and mechanical flaws and bugs with it.
Please fix the following issues:

• There is some major clipping with the legs and the skirt, especially in walk animation.
• Some major twisting/shrinking with the arms in attack and spell animation.
• Some minor flaws with unused textures

You can use Sanity checker for the last issue.

 

[Rubellu Sidus]

A very interesting model edit, but it has some visual and mechanical flaws and bugs with it.
Please fix the following issues:

• There is some major clipping with the legs and the skirt, especially in walk animation.
• Some major twisting/shrinking with the arms in attack and spell animation.
• Some minor flaws with unused textures

You can use Sanity checker for the last issue.

Hey, man. Can you indicate a good and free model editor for WarCraft models that can help me fix these errors? I have MdLVis, but I don't know if there are better editors.

 

[General Frank]

Hey, man. Can you indicate a good and free model editor for WarCraft models that can help me fix these errors? I have MdLVis, but I don't know if there are better editors.

You can try Magos or RMS.

 

[General Frank]

Still a lot of clipping. Update it when you are really updating it.

 

[Rubellu Sidus]

Still a lot of clipping. Update it when you are really updating it.

I didn't fixed it yet, because as I said in the description, I have no animating skills but I'll try.

 

[General Frank]

The skirt issue has been resolved, but the 'custom' texture is not necessary. I wrote you a PM about it.

 

[General Frank]

Very cool model edit and great resemblance to the Diablo 2 character.
Good job wrapping and particle effects.

 

[Deolrin]

I really like the model, but I would recommend a different solution to the eyes. Those pupils look a little underwhelming for a heroic character - try stealing the eye texture from a different model, the Human characters and some Creeps (Razormane for instance) have good iris textures. I would also create a simple bone for the Team Glow background in the portrait and attach it to it, with no movement. It's a little strange that the background "moves with her" when she turns her head on Portrait 2.

I especially love to see those variations on the Spell animations. Although the same animation is reused three times, the different SFX give them each a distinct feel and will doubtlessly help mapmakers who wish for their mage character to cast from several schools of magic.

 

[Rubellu Sidus]

I really like the model, but I would recommend a different solution to the eyes. Those pupils look a little underwhelming for a heroic character - try stealing the eye texture from a different model, the Human characters and some Creeps (Razormane for instance) have good iris textures.

I didn't like the Razormane eyes, they looks like empty, with no emotion. I could try with Evil Arthas' but even so it would look weird The best I could do is to decrease the size of the iris, but I guess that would only spoil its size, since the portrait is very small.

I've made a model once, I've also decreased the size of the iris, it was almost invisible in game portrait.

I would also create a simple bone for the Team Glow background in the portrait and attach it to it, with no movement. It's a little strange that the background "moves with her" when she turns her head on Portrait 2.

As with the Team Glow BG movement, its inherent to the original model's portrait, which is Jaina's. I don't know why Blizzard Modelling Team decided to make a moving background, but I decided to leave it be, since the major issue (to me) was the immobile skirt, hair and fabric stripe.

I especially love to see those variations on the Spell animations. Although the same animation is reused three times, the different SFX give them each a distinct feel and will doubtlessly help mapmakers who wish for their mage character to cast from several schools of magic.

Thank you! That was the idea behind the multiple Spell Animations. If someone use my model to make a Diablo Map or whatever Map, it would be helpful, since Isendra uses 3 elements. (I could've added Poison, but I don't think poison is an element).

 

[Deolrin]

If you need more advice on places to look for, try the Human Paladins, they have various colours. There's plenty of iris textures around that aren't just weird beads. Also remember that you can use Geoset Animations to tint textures a certain way - you could turn the paladin's blue eyes into purple eyes with a geoset animation fairly easily.

In terms of how best to execute them, take a look at Jaina's portrait, or other portraits that use them. You could also look for inspiration on the Hive, plenty of modelers who nailed the in-game iris textures. General Frank would be a prime example.

I can also give a bit of personal advice, though it is not absolute, and is largely based on trial and error. I usually cut off the wrap a little bit at the top of the eye, because the perfectly round iris just doesn't work with WC3 style models, it makes them look perpetually shocked because they have no eyelids. I make the irises fairly large, but again, that's experimentation. Too small and we go into "shocked" territory again. Rotation and such matter a lot too. Here are some examples so you can see how I use them: