Mini-Texturing Contest - Skeleton Units

[Heinvers]

You are to create a skin for the vanilla/in-game skeleton models. The skin must bring an uplift to the overall aspect of that unit's skin given various personal preferences of each contestant. You can create e.g. a Gentleman Skeleton skin, a moss covered Skeleton Orc or one that's really broken in appearance. Generally, your skin must bring higher quality and creativity over the existing one used by the skeleton unit you chose to texture.

All skins must abide the Site Rules and the Skin Submission Rules.
No previous works are allowed. All textures shown here should be made specifically for the theme of the mini-contest.
Your submission must be posted before the deadline.
The post containing your final submission must also contain an in-game screenshot showing your submission in action and the file in appropriate format.

Will be handled by me. If anyone feels like they want to lend help, then that will be appreciated given that you're from these fields of expertise.

20 rep for the winner and 5 for participants that managed to finish their texture.

This mini-contest begins on 22nd of August, 2016 GMT and end on 4th of September, 2016 GMT

 

[Just_Spectating]

This theme fills me with determination.

 

[Misha]

lill' bad that war3 does not have harmless unarmed skeletons xD

 

[Heinvers]

Since it is Skeletons, the Lich is a go as well. Yeah, harmless, they're skeletons after all : p

So far we have...

~Nightmare > Lich

aeman > Wyrm

Traggey > SkeleTron

A.R. > Skeleton Blood Mage

 

[Misha]

then you miss the essence of Papyrus

 

[Traggey]

A little confused on the uplifting part! So for example say I'd like to make a robot skeleton, would that be a go?

 

[Heinvers]

Yes, as long as you keep a slight resemblance to a skeleton. The creativity factor is encouraged as mentioned before.

 

[Traggey]

Alright cool beans, then I'm joining in!

 

[Remixer]

Might try.

 

[Heinvers]

Here are a few links for those that haven't been texturing constantly and/or are new to this:

Texturing & Surfacing - Read Before Posting! < Check Wolverabid's Tutorials part!
WC3 Unit Wrap Compilation Project < Useful for those that need to know where each part is wraped around the model.
Creating Seamless Textures < this is for those that want to try being next gen and manage to texture directly on the model.

Good luck!

 

[Edge45]

Cool, after I finish my concept entry, I'm in.
Btw, I'm going for something unnoticed by most, so is the Vulture included?
I checked its original skin and it had bones and skeletal body, sort of like a undead carrion.

 

[Remixer]

The entire theme is a bit vague... what exactly is considered a skeleton? Vulture? Lich? Ghoul?

 

[Heinvers]

Ghoul and Vulture are not considered skeleton units. Having flesh on them should explain much.

Read carefully once again and you'll notice that it is pretty much self-explanatory. Even the title ; )

 

[Remixer]

Then again Lich is a skeleton? Even though it's more like a ghostly unit? What about Frost Wyrms? They in same category as Ghoul?

 

[Heinvers]

As you may have noticed, the Frost Wyrms are mostly skeletal bodies. So they're within the theme's selection.

 

[Sclammerz]

I'm in, perhaps. Gonna start to do something.

 

[aeman]

skeletons... might changing something that not skeleton to skeleton

im in

 

[Heinvers]

Seems that you either haven't read the description or do not understand. You have to make a better texture for the skeleton models in-game.

 

[aeman]

now im understand

are ghoul also count as skeleton

 

[Kyrbi0]

Heinvers, it might be wise to be a bit more specific; it might seem obvious to you, but the fact that there's a fair amount of discussion leads me to believe it isn't for others (stuff like the Lich; yeah he's bones but mostly robes & head-dress & ghostly chains, right?)

Speaking of specificity...

an uplift to the overall aspect of

What is this supposed to mean, exactly? It's written very vaguely/strangely.

 

[Heinvers]

Uplift = to bring something to a higher quality, to elevate, etc.

I've added a link for explanation of mentioned part.

 

[Remixer]

I think that is every unit that is included in the theme.

 

[Heinvers]

I was about to list them but you got them before I managed to do so. Yes, those are the units permitted to be textured for this theme.

Think about 67chrome's skeleton skins when pondering on uplift.

 

[Edge45]

So limited only to six. I wish the vulture was included, but I guess its just fleshy. I'll perhaps take a pick on either the Frost Wyrm or Lich.

 

[Moy]

I might try texturing the Lich or the Skeletal Mage. I'm gonna try.

 

[aeman]

i might pick skeleton warrior or skeletal orc for something that based on another game

 

[Heinvers]

Excellent, now get ready and texture something good : )

 

[Moy]

Work in Progress?

 

[Heinvers]

Sweet texture work so far. Be sure to keep us up to date constantly whenever you have time. How about the rest of you guys? Anything you've got going?

 

[Remixer]

How about the rest of you guys? Anything you've got going?

Nah. I gave up - couldn't get my head around how the units' wrap work - I'll consider once the skill level of these contests come down a little, so far the amount of experience is way too high for me.

 

[Heinvers]

Seems that you kind of missed the post I have here. That's exactly what you would need to understand how the wrap works and how you can texture around problems. I can understand if you're afraid to try but think again.

 

[Gogetakao]

It will be interesting to see how people are going to crack this, and to me it does looks tuff. Good luck all!

 

[Remixer]

Seems that you kind of missed the post I have here. That's exactly what you would need to understand how the wrap works and how you can texture around problems. I can understand if you're afraid to try but think again.

I checked that post and even downloaded those but I still don't understand how the shapes form (for example Skeletal Mage, the skin behind his head has extremely odd functioning - draw a straight line - gonna be weird not so straight line).

Also, the white lines in those wrap textures are quite blurry.

 

[aeman]

work in progress

 

[Heinvers]

Are you going for a drowned sea type of wyrm?

A word worth putting out: since this type is a min-contest instead of a full blown contest, it will be hosted more often and will take less time. What that means is that we'll not have theme polls and regular polls in order to speed up the process. That also inquires that the texturing will have to be faster for the span of the mini-contest(14 days).

I'll try concentrating more on mini-contests than regular contests since these take less effort and there seems to be an interval within which people have bursts of activity before going down.

Have fun~

 

[aeman]

Are you going for a drowned sea type of wyrm?

i'm thinking of this wyrm when i'm exploring stranglethorn vale in wow

 

[Heinvers]

Hey @Traggey how are things shaping up for you?

 

[Traggey]

Oh it's coming along Will be posting soon!

 

[Swan]

Work in Progress?

That lower half looks really nice.

 

[Traggey]

Alright so here's my first WIP! Man I gotta say the UV mapping on the skeleton is a pure nightmare to work with, SHAME on you Blizzard! SHAME!

I call him SkeleTron.

 

[Heinvers]

haha, that's the reference it reminds me of :]

That torso must've been a wonder to work with : p

 

[Traggey]

Yeahman! Full on endo-skeleton with this! And actually, the torso is perfectly fine! It's not even double sided, it's amazing!

The back however... Oh my lord his back.. I want to..

*insert gurgling noises followed by a loud slam*

 

[Heinvers]

Yeah, that brings some memories I've had with the satyr, pure back love I say </3
Seems that you managed to get those damn teeth just about right. 'like it.

 

[Traggey]

I'm also recording the entire process, there's currently 40 minutes of footage on super speed up. So if anyone is interested let me know and I'll make sure to upload that.

And thanks Heinvers! Pretty satisfied with the face area at this point.
What baffles me the most about the UV, is that Blizz has optimized the flying F**K out of it, and then left a good 30 % of the UV space, empty.

WHY BLIZZARD! WHYYYYYYYYYYY!

 

[Kyrbi0]

Byootiful. I can almost smell the grinding gears and spilled grease.

 

[Traggey]

Byootiful. I can almost smell the grinding gears and spilled grease.

Thanks man! 'preciated!

 

[Deleted member 238226]

I'm also recording the entire process, there's currently 40 minutes of footage on super speed up. So if anyone is interested let me know and I'll make sure to upload that.

i'd like to see it if i may

 

[Moy]

That's so amazing. I want to see it too. :>

 

[Traggey]

Cool, I'll make sure to upload that then! Should I wait untill I have the entire process recorded or should I upload in parts?

 

[Heinvers]

@Wisdom @Sclammerz @Just_Spectating @A.R. anything worth showing? :]
@The_Silent @The_Legion up for something if you have time?

@Traggey I think that you can upload in parts as well so we can get the idea of your basic workflow. Either that or the full process since it's your call.