Modeling Competition #3 - Citadel

[Deleted member 126647]

Also, is it alright to cobble together ingame textures onto one file for the skin?

If you want to, but why not just make it use in-game textures?

 

[Callahan]

Wip

Here my WIP a nerubian citadel.I didn't finished it yet.

 

[Deleted member 126647]

I like the webs and color scheme.

 

[Cavman]

Ok, a little update.

I added some stuff from, what Kuin, but I didn't do every thing. Thereis now a thing infront with a sheil, sword, and helmet on it. I'll probably change whats on it. This is just showing it in second stage. I also changed the Roof for second stage as well.

 

[Rao Dao Zao]

Any way to slow down animation in the mdl after exporting? Cuz I keep getting an 'error: overflow' message in Oinkerwinkle's heading generator when anything goes past like 2000 frames :/

Also, is it alright to cobble together ingame textures onto one file for the skin?

Come on, man, write your own headers! Or get Guesst's exporter to do them for you via some handy comments.

Or, if you're hell-bent on using older kit, crack open my Finaliser from the WC3C MDL editing area.

 

[TheSecretArts]

I would enter but i only like making elementals (making an elemental lieutenant set) and making blood elves, nothing else really strikes me as all to fun. I'll see about making a building, probably wont meet deadline though and my modeling skills arent the most amazing...

Nvm: im making a: Chamber of the Essences (A elemental version of Altar of Storms) that also doubles as the central hall of Elemental energy 0.0
It upgrades from the Chamber of the Essences to the Halls of Fusion to the Elemental Gateway

 

[Chaos Overlord]

W00t go Cavman! Yours is simple yet really cool. Werewulf, yours has a good idea but I just think it looks to.... busy. But maybe someone has a good use for it? Callahan..... sweet...=).

 

[TheSecretArts]

ive gotta work dbl time to finish this.. -_- how does this sound for a death anim. The big orb(s) that my model will crack and shatter then the building starts to dissapate

 

[Katu]

Modeling almost done...

 

[Kimbo]

Wow, thats lovly.. i love the stair design.

 

[Katu]

Yeah and it's "only" 1700 polies.

I've thinked way before my hand moves. I planned the textures in my head so it will be faster

 

[Jaakko]

Cool. Katu what is it going to be? Looks like some princess citadel or circus pavilions to me.

 

[Mechanical Man]

I like it, especially the stars the the stairs (although they are poly-consuming i think). But two questions:
1. Will you use ingame or custom textures?
2. What animations will you make?

 

[Jaakko]

I don't see any stars.

 

[Mechanical Man]

Oh, I was confused, I meant i like the stairs, sorry

 

[Callahan]

Indeed you have a skill to make building.

 

[Jaakko]

It does not say Architect under your name for nothing.

 

[SuPa-]

Looks like disney land! Good job on it so far

 

[Cavman]

WOW. Thats good Katu. Really good.

 

[Katu]

Thanks folks

It looks like disneyland, yes, but disneyland looks like Fishermen's Bastion

I plan the birth animation to look like the building just lifts itself from the ground.

Death animation: I think the towers will just fall into decay.

It will use custom textures to be more likely to the building in the link

Edit: WHOA I have 21 rep!! thx)

 

[Pyritie]

It's a bit late now, so I don't think I'll enter. That and I also have exams right about the deadline time, but afterwards I'm free for the summer.

Oh well. I'm definately watching this one!

@ Katu - Do the stairs have to be individual polies? Can't you just make a ramp instead, but then skin it to make it look like stairs? The undead ziggurat does that.

But all of these are looking awesome!

 

[demonsofdante]

Man, death animation would be awesome if you could make the towers collapse and then it falls...oh well im pretty sure that cant be done

 

[DwarfZealot]

ya its not that hard to make it collapse just make all different bones attached to different pieces and you can make it fall down in the animation.

 

[burned]

Here my WIP a nerubian citadel.I didn't finished it yet.

And we have a winner!

 

[PrinceofIce]

Has anybody considered maybe putting little people(or whatever) walking around the building i mean erpsonally it would be kinda hard but totally awesome.Btw guys those are some great designs i just love em don't know who to vote for.

 

[Mechanical Man]

That would be pain for animating.

 

[Deleted member 126647]

And that was exactly what I was planning to do with my airship. And I had a perfect idea already for saving time on animation.

Now to just get myself motivated to actually bother and model.

 

[Kiun]

*motivates chriz.....a lot*
howz that?

 

[Callahan]

Maybe i'll add some spider that swarm on the web of my building on the work anim.

 

[PrinceofIce]

Yeah even the work animation would be cool.But most building just kinda sit there so thats why i was suggesting it.

 

[Chaos Overlord]

Aha like the Barracks in C&C 3! It has a dude that patrols a catwalk thing, although it looks messed up everytime that the building is being attacked, because the guys will still patrol even as his barracks is being pwned. n00b guards.....

 

[PrinceofIce]

Ya little guards or people(or whatever race) walking around would be totally awesome pwnage.Anybody who does that is getting my vote.

 

[Gausslander]

Modeling almost done...

Katu, make that a DE base and make the STAND 1-3 animations have different amounts of towers. That'd be perfect for that model.

 

[Mechanical Man]

You mean upgrade animations?

 

[Gausslander]

sorry STAND UPGRADE 1-3, and Cavman those towns would look a little better if they had alternate forms with archers popping out of the top to shoot enimies, more unique=higher chance to win ( ;

 

[Massive_attack]

They would be cool lif they also had palisades going around them (stage 1 - wooden fence/ no wall stage 2 -large wooden wall surrounding entire camp, has entrance stage 3 -stone wall- maybe with archers. would be awesome w/ banners and sheilds.

(I am refering to Cavmans model.)

 

[Katu]

Katu, make that a DE base and make the STAND 1-3 animations have different amounts of towers. That'd be perfect for that model.

Huh, I didn't even know how I will do the texturing.

Animating? What's that?

Update: Modeling done!

Note: I plan adding attachment point on top of the towers for flags.
Note2: I do not plan any upgrades, because I don't have time for that, I work 7 days a week, 10 hours a day until the next weekend... and I don't have any ideas.

Note3: For the textures, expect something baroque and romantical.

 

[Jaakko]

How does that suit to Warcrat? What units will use a citadel like that?

 

[Katu]

Dunno. Maybe I'll make a fully baroque environment

I just wanted to join and that was the firs thing that came into my mind (I saw itin a dream )

 

[Massive_attack]

humans or elves ?

 

[Pyritie]

Who says it has to be either?

 

[Katu]

humans or elves ?

Humans of course.

 

[Chaos Overlord]

I was thinking Undead.... darn I was wrong. Hey, Sylvanas needs to express her little girl fantasies of being a princess too. Just becuase she is super old and dead doesn't mean she can't have an outburst of childish behavior. I'm sure we all do.

 

[Katu]

Hmmmm.. that's interesting idea. Maybe I'll make an alternative Undead skin (or let somebody elsae do it if he/she wants)

 

[Kiun]

guys,
i think its time for all the modlers to post a picture of their citadel in all its stages so we can see where everyone is at. lately the only persons model i see is Katu's. so all of u participants post ur pictures so we can see them and help u with suggestions.

 

[Katu]

lately the only persons model i see is Katu's.

Anyway, did you like it?

 

[Chaos Overlord]

Hmmmm.. that's interesting idea. Maybe I'll make an alternative Undead skin (or let somebody elsae do it if he/she wants)

I was being uber sarcastic lol. I like the idea. Could everyone post pics of what their models look like right now? Even if it hasn't changed, it would be nice so we don't have to look through the pages.

 

[Xatoga]

Dunno If I'm gonna finish this one on time, animating has never been my forte and I find building anims even more annoying. Plus Callahan stole my idea

 

[PurgeandFire]

How does that suit to Warcrat? What units will use a citadel like that?

It would look nice in cinematics.

It would suit a king or paladin or someone such as that.

 

[TheSecretArts]

I prolly wont finish on time but its a 3d version of the war2 human town hall. I have the model scrnshot and a war2 scrnshot