Krasus

[Moderator]

12:41, 26th Mar 2014
Misha: a quite cool model, very different than blizzard's default, and it fits well. good job.

 

[SpasMaster]

The upper half of his arms look very static during the Attack animations. Otherwise, I find this as a very nice and creative model. Great job!

 

[Tauer]

The upper half of his arms look very static during the Attack animations. Otherwise, I find this as a very nice and creative model. Great job!

Thanks! Hm, I see what you mean. I was deliberately trying to make the attack animations not too exaggerated, to sorta imply that he's really powerful and skilled with magic. Sort of chillin' about it.
But yeah, I see your point. I might make some changes to the anims next time I update.

 

[Ujimasa Hojo]

Never knew this was Krasus' real look. His WoW model's just a regular Elf.

 

[Misha]

hmm.. the comments so far and the screenshot say that he could use lill bit more fluidity in his anims, despite the 'relaxed attitude', and some more shadows, highlights and contrast to really fit well within minecr.. err, i mean, warcraft

 

[Splub]

There aren't too many elf models like this. I like it.

 

[Edge45]

I never thought Krasus Humanoid form is this. His hand look strange, but can be covered by a fire. Nice model anyway

 

[Tauer]

hmm.. the comments so far and the screenshot say that he could use lill bit more fluidity in his anims, despite the 'relaxed attitude', and some more shadows, highlights and contrast to really fit well within minecr.. err, i mean, warcraft

Well, have you actually tried downloading and testing the model? Not trying to sound over defensive, but you can't really judge animations by comments and a screenshot.

Skin is a fair point though. As I said, I'm probably gonna go over it again at some point.

There aren't too many elf models like this. I like it.

Not really an elf, but thanks anyway

Never knew this was Krasus' real look. His WoW model's just a regular Elf.

I never thought Krasus Humanoid form is this. His hand look strange, but can be covered by a fire. Nice model anyway

Well, as far as I know there are only these three official concepts of Krasus:

I was sort of trying to go for a mix between these three images. I was deliberately NOT going for the WoW look, since I find it amazingly lazy of Blizzard to go against their original concepts and just make Krasus a regular gay looking elf.

There is fire in his hands in some of the animations.

 

[Misha]

I have just opened the model and yes he does need some darker shading and stronger highlights.

about anims, they're pretty cool, but some of them like death and dissipate could use being slightly more fluid, stand-1 has a slight jitter at the end, that could be looked at..

but anything else is pretty cool keep it up in tweaking this guy

EDIT: oh and.. don't put the texture in a custom path/folder, it complicates the importing of the model

 

[Chen]

Yay! I must replace him in being my Queen's consort! But I love this one.

 

[Tauer]

I have just opened the model and yes he does need some darker shading and stronger highlights.

about anims, they're pretty cool, but some of them like death and dissipate could use being slightly more fluid, stand-1 has a slight jitter at the end, that could be looked at..

but anything else is pretty cool keep it up in tweaking this guy

EDIT: oh and.. don't put the texture in a custom path/folder, it complicates the importing of the model

Thanks for comments and feedback

Yeah, as I said I'll go over the skin at some point, probably not right away though.

You're right, I just noticed the jitter in Stand 1 as well, I'll have to fix that.

Huh? What do you mean? I've always set the texture path to be Textures\ ___ .blp for my models, it seems to be the norm for creating custom models in WC3. Not really sure how it complicates anything.

Anyway, I'll fix that jitter and go over the skin at some point, but it should be good enough for approval as it is now

 

[Tauer]

Alright guys, I made some highlight/shadow changes to the skin. It looks better now I think.
I also made his hands less triangular and fixed the animation jitter pointed out by Misha.

Hope you like the changes.

 

[Misha]

i guess texture paths have been needed in the earlier days, nothing bad about them, but i've always put model and its texture just 'there', one next to the other

i guess it's to you to decide what's easier

 

[Kyrbi0]

Tauer! Glad to see you back. : ) Yeah, this place is surprisingly alive; we're still having contests and stuff. Wc3C, though has unfortunately... slowed down a lot. :< (But you can't kill the Undead!)

Very interesting. I too like the idea of a "I'm so powerful I'm just chillin'" attitude, though I fear the arms/legs could move a bit more... much? I dunno, maybe it's just Spell Slam. That's a cool idea that I haven't seen elsewhere (the "foot-back ground-pound-with-one-hand"), but he doesn't seem to move much (just looking at it in War3Viewer).

Let me know if you're looking for any ideas to get back into modelling.

 

[Tauer]

i guess texture paths have been needed in the earlier days, nothing bad about them, but i've always put model and its texture just 'there', one next to the other

i guess it's to you to decide what's easier

Oh, I guess it's a matter of preference

Tauer! Glad to see you back. : ) Yeah, this place is surprisingly alive; we're still having contests and stuff. Wc3C, though has unfortunately... slowed down a lot. :< (But you can't kill the Undead!)

Very interesting. I too like the idea of a "I'm so powerful I'm just chillin'" attitude, though I fear the arms/legs could move a bit more... much? I dunno, maybe it's just Spell Slam. That's a cool idea that I haven't seen elsewhere (the "foot-back ground-pound-with-one-hand"), but he doesn't seem to move much (just looking at it in War3Viewer).

Let me know if you're looking for any ideas to get back into modelling.

Hey, thanks!
Maybe. I guess I could take a look at the animations again. Maybe for Spell Slam, he could jump into the air first and then come down hard on the ground. Something like that, dunno. I might look into that

Custom Race Creation? Sounds interesting. Is it still being worked on?

 

[Kyrbi0]

I wouldn't link to it if it wasn't. ; )

However, I won't lie; things are very slow (3 jobs, full-time school, church&family responsibilities can do that). I'm pretty much buckling down on Jungle Trolls with whatever (miniscule) free-time I have left, so if that/those are your zen, I'd love to get a buzz (we could work it out over PMs). That being said, don't let me derail you from your awexome Clan Grunt series. But yeah, Jungle Trolls.

 

[Heinvers]

Nice model. The animations are gorgeous

 

[Tauer]

Nice model. The animations are gorgeous

Thank you

Another update, higher resolution eyes, and also animated eyes for the portrait.

Still waiting for approval...

 

[Misha]

hmm.. i found the lill issue ingame, the model is not showing the special effects that are created by spells, like thunderstomp, slam, it's not showing auras, and so on.. perhaps it is missing 'origin' attachment point?
I also feel that the camera on his portrait could be having a bit different angle, so that he appears more 'epic' in it

I'll approve it when that's done

 

[A Void]

Very Nice unit model, reminds me of Blood Elf's.

Edit: As Misha said, I think it needs attachment points.

 

[Tauer]

hmm.. i found the lill issue ingame, the model is not showing the special effects that are created by spells, like thunderstomp, slam, it's not showing auras, and so on.. perhaps it is missing 'origin' attachment point?
I also feel that the camera on his portrait could be having a bit different angle, so that he appears more 'epic' in it

I'll approve it when that's done

Very Nice unit model, reminds me of Blood Elf's.

Edit: As Misha said, I think it needs attachment points.

Sorry, accidentally set the origin attachment point to be sprite. Fixed now. It was only origin though, other attachment points works.

Changed the camera angle to be a bit closer to his face.

 

[Misha]

aww jee, weapon attachment missing <w<

 

[Tauer]

aww jee, weapon attachment missing <w<

Alright, added weapon attachment.

 

[loktar]

Nice model, comes in handy too

 

[Zaljinzoo]

Another great model, my friend! I -DO- have a couple of criticisms on this one, though. I must say that while the armor in the texture is simply fantastic, the actual skin parts could be a lot better. Also, the head and face (both model and texture) appear almost cartoonish in style compared to the rest of the model and your other work, and the angular features are just a -little- too exaggerated and pointy for my tastes.

Also, as others have pointed out, the animations could use some more work as well. I also would suggest (more like beg) you to do a good Spell - Channel animation for this guy. It's honestly a strict code of mine that any good spellcaster hero model deserves a Channeling Animation XD

Other than that, though, it's still a great model.

I give this one a solid 3.9/5, and hope you can improve it a bit!

 

[Hantoo]

lol... is this guy based on warcraft 3 story?
or design by you?

it would be cool if it is a swordman

 

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[Hardtime]

This looks amazing. i dont wanna sound like a critic but the face doesnt look that WC3-ish. Im guessing you're not very fond of making human-like facial features but your orcish models are absolutely lovely though.