Modeling Competition #10 - Elementals

[SuPa-]

And he doesn't with my model? D: lol

 

[jigrael]

k, I finished attack 2 and spell animations, now I got to sleep :/ Ill continue tomorrow.

 

[SuPa-]

Looks good, I especially like the way it moves, gives it a lot of power
By the way, how are you doing the animated textures? I need to learn how xD
Oh, I think the spell needs a bit more exaggeration. More force upward and such, maybe more of a swoop (if you get what I mean)

 

[jigrael]

painfully drawing each one, since war3 didnt had the ones I needed.
I made 2 animated textures:
One for the energy ball at the bottom of the model and at the joints and eyes, wich is 5 64*64 textures.
And the other for the Lightning thats in a lot of parts, like between the hands of the model and at the top when it attacks. That is composed of 8 128*32 textures.

edit: the spell, yeah its just that I hurried, need to slep

 

[SuPa-]

Yeah, but how do you make them animated on the model. That's the part I don't know >.>

 

[jigrael]

ah,at 3dsmax5 thats easy, you name all the textures like: nameoftexture_00, nameoftexture_01,nameoftexture_02,... then when you select the bitmap source theres a check that says animated, when you accept it will pop up a little config, wich you should comonly just click ok. And thats all. Max will create an ilf file wich has the paths of the textures inside, so you can add more later or edit them.

 

[SuPa-]

curse you D:
I have to deal with Magos >.>
But thanks anyway

 

[TDR]

hmm...I think I have an idea for some cool effects for my pain shit. Some kind of bloody solar flares flowing around him from time to time, from his lower part to all around him...you'll see.

 

[Lestat(br)]

EDIT: edited so Hawkwing and FamousPker49 won't make any sense! Also to avoid further discussion on this.

 

[HappyTauren]

TDR, I got an idea, though it might take too long to implement. How about some floating chains, that penetrate the body, cause BLOOD SFX, and exit on another side of body?

 

[Just_Spectating]

cause he wants to stay with his concept

 

[Hawkwing]

What the hell!? Stop it!
These are the most helpless replies you could give...no one knows who's actually winning, and it is a competition, not a simple arena challenge between two people...
This even makes me feel bad about my humble Fear Elemental not deserving being posted here...and a lot of people as well are being understimated with these childish comparisons...

Did I ever say it was? I was simply complementing his good work. You don't have to take it personally or anything.

 

[Lestat(br)]

Sorry for dumping lack of confidence on you...
But I will keep on doing my little model, you can all be sure the last place won't be yours...

 

[FamousPker49]

What the hell!? Stop it!
These are the most helpless replies you could give...no one knows who's actually winning, and it is a competition, not a simple arena challenge between two people...
This even makes me feel bad about my humble Fear Elemental not deserving being posted here...and a lot of people as well are being understimated with these childish comparisons...

Quit whining. Your post is helpless, you are just whining about how people obviously know what good models are and are most likely to win. Do you recall that I am also making a model? It sucks, but oh well. It's good practice, especially being my first model. Just suck it up and accept it for what it's worth. Some real creativity and quality work is coming out of a few contestants in particular. The rest should just take it as good practice. Bitching and whining won't get you anywhere.

 

[Lestat(br)]

I'd like to answer you properly, but then we would be about to go too off-topic.
I agree with you. We all suck!

 

[TDR]

TDR, I got an idea, though it might take too long to implement. How about some floating chains, that penetrate the body, cause BLOOD SFX, and exit on another side of body?

well maybe not chains, but knifes...that'll be kinda cool, constant stabbing! Since he needs pain in order to live.

 

[Just_Spectating]

then his "Spell" animation should be like

Chains Rip out of his body and cast something, then go right back inside

 

[FamousPker49]

well maybe not chains, but knifes...that'll be kinda cool, constant stabbing! Since he needs pain in order to live.

I just wana see some more progress on your model! PLS?!?

But I like the knives idea, it sounds very painful.

 

[Just_Spectating]

maybe hooks.


and just for laughs,
some painful things to modern day man like

(Tatoos, Piercings, etc.)

 

[Lestat(br)]

Here I am posting some shitty WIP of my model...
It didn't get much better because I had a lot of work to do...
But now I've got more free time, I hope I can finish it.

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The texture looks good in the unwrap, but wrapped, looks really bad.
I've managed to almost halve the polycount...from 1700 and somthing to 924.

Ah, and it is a 'Fear Elemental'. It should look quite scary, but this is almost impossible.

 

[Just_Spectating]

does look pretty creepy.

 

[Lestat(br)]

thank you...
i think that what can make it creepy is the fact that it's mouth does never close. (rofl)
also, I'm doing an animated texture so 'holes' will be continuously opening on its skin, showing its dry and rotten bones and closing again getting its skin together.
on a spell animation, its tentacles will spread this black thing they usually do...
im posting the wip here again, so i can still get some critique and suggestions...

(sorry if this was spammy, I always get the last post in a page and never get feedback)

 

[Mr.Goblin]

you should add .. big predator teeth it should help.. and .. horns.. or even better...

a squeletal face.. with predator teeth.. and with like 2 Satan Horns .. coming out of the skull.. ;D

 

[Xatoga]

So, I tested that Voidwalker I made in-game finally. It gave me some fatal error and crashed Warcraft.... So I dunno whether I'll continue now.

 

[donut3.5]

Check your geoset anims. I'd hate for that thing to drop out on a fluke.
The fear elemental looks pretty cool, but I can't really judge without seeing animations.
And Jiggy.. woah man, that's impressive stuff. I can't really say much more than that.
--donut3.5--

 

[Kyrbi0]

Hey, now "Jiggy" would've been a cool username... Short and sweet, nick-name-y, and even has an old-school reference to Banjo-Kazooie/Tooie!

... Curse me and my OCD continuity.

 

[jigrael]

Walk anim done

 

[Mr.Goblin]

you should do a birth animation .. like the infernal .. like a BIG THUNDER (like the peonix when he becomes an ege kind of) and like earthquake and a big aoe of dirt...

--| | --> thunder
--| |
--| |
\\\(o)/// --> a big KABOUM! (and than a aoe of dirt.. like wind blowing..
\\\\|////

 

[Kyrbi0]

@Jigrael: Ni-i-ice. Hey, I just set up the "Thunder Lord skill set" topic on Wc3C, so we can move the discussion there and stop jamming up this thread with off-topicry.

(NOTE: sorry mods and admins.)

Anyway, carry on.

 

[Pyramidhe@d]

jigrael's whatever that is looks cool as. i love the electricity effects.
i rep you!!

 

[FrIkY]

Jigrael, that is so mega ultra super AWESOME!!! I also have to +rep that, that's just amazing how great that model is!! Bravo!!

 

[AirHead]

got an idea, what if i made a car insurance elemental. heres a concept art.

what do you think?

just joking great model 'jiggy' so anyway I'm gunna update on my model soon, i figure i will take the same approach i took with my abomination, if you know what i mean. looks much better so far and got the polys a lot lower, figured out i had un-attatched verts with un-seen polys on em all over the mesh and stuff like that. about to start rigging.

EDIT: alright, so i finished fixing the mesh and it's great. as i said i took the same approach i did with the abomination and by that i meant i shredded it, i threw it in a tornado and it's great now. the golden shredded orbs will be maces inside of his fists and the the other gold things are shoulder pads.

 

[jigrael]

Ty.
Portrait done

 

[Gausslander]

It kind of looks like a nazi lightning elemental to me...

 

[jigrael]

why nazi?

 

[FrIkY]

Portrait looks awesome, jigrael! You got my vote

 

[Kyrbi0]

We should most definitely let people have 2 votes in the public poll; that way the winner won't be so clear-cut. No landslide victories.

 

[frostwhisper]

Interesting idea...

 

[Kyrbi0]

((NOTE: I'm not trying to offend any other competitors here, but)

Because really, with 3 "definite victors", and everyone with 1 vote, it will be a landslide; all 3 may get a vote(s), but in the end it will be a landslide; whether due to popularity, the bandwagon, or just "shock factor" (like how Jigrael popped up with an awexome, already done + animating model).

But with 2 votes, then you get at least 2 of the 3 (Supa, TDR, Jigrael) getting votes, and so you'll have a much lower chance of "landslide"ing.

((Again, sorry everyone else. Not saying that you guys are bad at modelling or anything like that. Just calling it as I see it :/...)

 

[HappyTauren]

Last time I checked it was "The best should win.".

 

[FamousPker49]

Yes, but he does have somewhat of a point, and it will make it closer of a poll, or more even. Then judging will essentially count for more.

 

[Kyrbi0]

*whew*

Exactly, it will be much closer and thus more interesting. There's pretty much no way it could be exactly even, because while many people (EXAMPLE) would vote "TDR - Jigrael", several others would vote "Supa - Jigrael", and some might even go "Supa - TDR". So you don't get a tie, and you have a closer poll.

--EDIT--

That's right, now I remember where I got that idea from; Wc3C did it for their Hero Contest #2, since there were so many good entries, and so it wouldn't be so obvious right from the start.

 

[AirHead]

): i posted a WIP right before Jigs so i don't get any feedback.

 

[skrab]

): i posted a WIP right before Jigs so i don't get any feedback.

they are focused on jigrael's and tdr's model now
so they don't give a shit about others

 

[SuPa-]

What about mine? D:
I feel so unappreciated!

*cries*

Speaking of my model... I need to get working on it again

 

[Gausslander]

Your model is so 5 pages ago.

@Jigreal: The combination of white, black, and red in that evil faction reminds me of the Ulimate soldier that the Nazis strived for.

 

[FamousPker49]

Oh yeah, I will blow all this competition out of the water! Beware my junk!

 

[Pyramidhe@d]

Your model is so 5 pages ago.

@Jigreal: The combination of white, black, and red in that evil faction reminds me of the Ulimate soldier that the Nazis strived for.

super nazi soldier? like this?
maybe i should make one.
oops. off topic there.

@Jigrael: your element's head looks kind of big compared to the body. then again, thats just my thought.

@Supa-: dont get so depressed. i am sure yours will look awesome once you animate it and add particles and so on.

@Airhead: your tornado/wind element looks quite tame and ordered for a tornado. right now your model looks quite triangular and calm. make it all curvy and twisting and stuff. you should make it really irragular and "angry" looking.
curvy...
twisted...
and angry looking
and instead of a golden mace, it could be a flying cow or a truck. as a seperate missile model.

 

[jigrael]

your element's head looks kind of big compared to the body. then again, thats just my thought.

I did that on purpose, I wanted he to look more like a beast than like a human with armor, so I found that the big head helped to do that.

 

[donut3.5]

1 week remains. I would like take the time at this moment to remind all participants of this rule:

10.) Please PM your FINAL model to me once you are done. This makes it a lot easier for me to pick out the finished models from the WIPs.

Please do this so I do not discount your model from the polls and judging on accident.
--donut3.5--