[Model edit]Necropolis stage upgrade 3

[Eagle XI]

Its the default necropolis.
As super-unit for Nerubians a 4th upgrade where it becomes a floating citadel is planned.
I need:
- only stage upgrade 3
- the green waterfalls removed and the canals at sides empty
- have a spell anim where the eyes and mouths of skulls glow purple, all at once. Those are the 4 with the crescents at top. This anim will be used for global affecting spells like nightfall and mass recall.
- the front skull has to face direction where the unit is actually looking and not the model's corner as face.
- have a attack anim where the front skull eyes and mouth glows green. Its going to be the lesser weapon.
These glows i mentioned can be made as smoke or fire instead, whatever you deem suit the anim better.
optional - its lower parts to look more crafted, as the hewn stone of upper parts.
optional - to have a flight bob idle stance.
optional - a better funtional portrait fit for such an unit.

I would be grateful and ofcourse credits.

 

[Kyrbi0]

Actually, it might be pretty cool to see a floating mini-Necropolis as a super-unit, ala Mothership.

 

[WerBackIII]

Well, SPOILER ALERT, but that’s totally haðpening in the last mission of my campaign.

 

[Eagle XI]

So, does this exist or has to be made ?

 

[Kyrbi0]

Pretty sure it doesn't exist.

On a side note, would this really be too difficult with regular-ol-Magos? I mean, editing Particles & such is relatively easy... making it rotate slowly might be... But removing the base mesh & build anims? That's not too crazy.

 

[Himperion]

Ok, i cleaned the model and remove the green water. The glowing skull i don't have any idea of what you would like if you could point some unit to steal the effect i could do it later.

 

[Kyrbi0]

Did you change the texture? Because while you can remove the 'waterfalls' pretty easily (I did), the 'green-goo-in-canals' is a part of the texture & can't be removed from the mesh (maybe covered?).

 

[Himperion]

No, i only cleaned the model for eagle, but the canals. in upper view is only move the texture in mdlvis.

About the skulls effects, at first i used infernal flames but they looked ugly ;_;. Maybe the voidwalker crazy eyes can work in the central skull, but i don't have any idea about the upper skulls xD

 

[Kyrbi0]

... but the canals. in upper view is only move the texture in mdlvis.

Hrm? How'd ya swing that?

 

[Eagle XI]

If the canals somehow cannot be drained then edit the model so that canals end closed, suggesting the water flows back into the lower structure through a closed drainage part.
It randomly plays the undead building summon in editor preview.
Both Revenant types have the fx i mentioned for the skulls to be taken.

 

[Himperion]

Ok the canals are gone, and the only remain a little green point in the main mesh is covered by flames xD.

The birth animation playing at random is a big headache for me, maybe erase all info in the bones and make a custom set from this sounds better than simply work with the base ones.

 

[Eagle XI]

Oh, hey yah keep doing cool stuff, mon.
I believe the birth anim plays for the first x seconds the unit comes in play, since we are converting this from a building model. With x being its original upgrade stage 3 buildtime. An crude solution like find timer for these anims and set to 1 sec non-looping each maybe simply functions.

 

[Himperion]

Ok, I changed the bones for the human battleship xD. The only thing that the boat lack is the attack and spell animations, maybe someone can do them from scratch the particles are in their respective places.

 

[Eagle XI]

As seems you have "accidentally forgot" to include the blink anim that you had added to the previous one in this version too.

 

[Himperion]

Nah, that animation was part of the building problem. Now try.

Ok, a little goof with the Portrait appearing in Stand Channel animation was repaired.

 

[Kyrbi0]

I'd suggest using version models (or at least numbers) next to the name to indicate changes.

 

[Eagle XI]

Ok, ur written at head of the credits list XD!
Albeit the effects could use a bit more finesse.
Feel free to upload to the models section when finalized.