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Kirin Tor Guardian (Reforged)

Captain type unit for Dalaran faction.

Based on the Kirin Tor Guardians from WoW, this art specifically used as reference:
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/dOr263



The unit and many more awesome assets will be a part of the upcoming WarCraft II Reforged campaign:
[Campaign] - Warcraft 2 campaign (reforged)


Technical:
- Assets used: Captain, Antonidas, Caine, Archmage, Swordsman, Brigand, Mountain King and Lesser Voidwalker
- Model assembly and textures by me
- Shield visibility and emission effects by Tamplier777


Icon coming soon...
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Kirin Tor Guardian (Reforged) (Model)

Portrait (Model)

Reviews
Level 2
Joined
Oct 11, 2010
Messages
11
Ok this is one of those more than perfect models.
Congrats mate, it's awesome in every way, I mean, that shield is so thematic, damn!
 
Level 6
Joined
Mar 17, 2020
Messages
30
Hey thank you for this amazing model :) I made an icon for it if anyone needs it, here you go


Edit: I reworked the face, especially the eyes to make him look less evil. I also fixed some lightning and shadows. Here is the updated icon

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Can't you make a similar one for the classic warcraft?
Wouldn't be useful for the project, nor am I much interested in that at this moment. But maybe someone like @Asssssvi can. In fact his Kul Tiran models were what inspired me to make the first HD footman and captain edits.
 
Level 1
Joined
Jul 23, 2022
Messages
1
Some of these reforged models half dont work. No matter what pathing I do, most of the models textures don't load, they're just a solid color. Not every model I've downloaded does this, but some do. Anyone know what to do, I've spent 2 hours trying to do literally 1 thing lol. Googled like 20 different versions of the issue I'm having. Everyone just says "oh put BLP or some generic thing. But non of that works.
 

Ardenaso

HD Model Reviewer
Level 32
Joined
Jun 22, 2013
Messages
1,804
Some of these reforged models half dont work. No matter what pathing I do, most of the models textures don't load, they're just a solid color. Not every model I've downloaded does this, but some do. Anyone know what to do, I've spent 2 hours trying to do literally 1 thing lol. Googled like 20 different versions of the issue I'm having. Everyone just says "oh put BLP or some generic thing. But non of that works.
for easy importing save your map as a folder then just drag and drop the assets here to the hdwc3 folder in your map-folder
 
Level 6
Joined
Apr 18, 2023
Messages
201
A very perfect model, but there seems to be a problem with its shield, which appears white in WE~~
 
Level 2
Joined
Dec 30, 2012
Messages
11
First of all let me say the model is great! One of the recent patches has broken the shield texture / emitter, making it appear nearly all white. Any chance for an update to fix this?
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