New Khadgar model wip.

[Stefan.K]

So I made Khadgar model today and it would be great to hear some opinions and suggestions. First, I need suggestion for the animations, what animations should I use? In game ones, that is.
My plan was to rig it to orc shaman model and use its animations, where he attacks with hands, just like Kael does. I will transfer some other fitting animations aswell.

 

[rcshaggy]

OMG...
Really looks good Stefan.

 

[Direfury]

The proportions need a little work. Those legs are a bit thin, and the feet are puny. It looks like his forearms are surprisingly short. His head is also a bit too round.

Other than that, I like it. Great work.

 

[Stefan.K]

The proportions need a little work. Those legs are a bit thin, and the feet are puny. It looks like his forearms are surprisingly short. His head is also a bit too round.

Other than that, I like it. Great work.

Yeah, I fixed the legs laterv I don't know what's wrong with the head, maybe I should move it up a little. The face doesn't seem so unique, you make every head of your model unique, but mine still looks like Proudmoore, because I used that texture. Don't know how to make it more look like Khadgar.

 

[Kyrbi0]

I am very impressed. Direfury has some good points, but just keep on keepin' on. : )

 

[Zwiebelchen]

I'd suggest the Furion animations with some medivh anims. They should work well for every caster with a staff.

But there's always the option to create new animations from scratch, you know?
It's fun! Give it a try!

 

[Stefan.K]

I'd suggest the Furion animations with some medivh anims. They should work well for every caster with a staff.

But there's always the option to create new animations from scratch, you know?
It's fun! Give it a try!

Ih, I tried, believe me. It's just Mdlvis is so buggy when it comes ti rigging and animating, it crashes my models very often. Last night I couldn't finish the rigging because f crashed...

 

[Warseeker]

Ih, I tried, believe me. It's just Mdlvis is so buggy when it comes ti rigging and animating, it crashes my models very often. Last night I couldn't finish the rigging because f crashed...

Why not using the AnimTransfer to tansfer between animations

 

[Stefan.K]

I will transfer animations later. Did I mentioned that I don't want him to attack with his staff? I want him to attack with his hands, just like in the cinematics, the staff will be on his back all time.

 

[rcshaggy]

Aren't Medivh, Malfurion, Druid of the Talon, have pretty much the same animations?

Other than that it's good to have a Khadgar model.
Someone could make a map for WoW, or even a Campaign as well.

 

[JesusHipster]

Well hello there!

First off, this is awesome. As for the animations - i suggest sticking to the usage of 1.39 mdlvis, i have managed to finish a couple of custom animations in it. It ain't buggy if you make the animations linear. I think that the best option is malfurion, but who knows.

But i see a small problem with the model - i think wc3 has a very specific way of presenting cartoon proportions and your model certanly doesn't fit in with them too well. But, afterall, Direfury made so mane models with proportions done this way that it might be considered a new trend. But i'd still suggest trying the bigger head and feet\smaller head route, just in case it does work out. Scaling is one thing that is certanly not broken in mdlvis.

 

[Kyrbi0]

...First off, this is awesome. As for the animations - i suggest sticking to the usage of 1.39 mdlvis, ...

How does one get that particular version? Is it the latest, or just the most stable?

 

[JesusHipster]

How does one get that particular version? Is it the latest, or just the most stable?

The latest version is 1.40 i belive. The .39 version is more stable when it comes to work with animations. .40 is better in terms of working with mesh but unbeareable when it comes to animations.

 

[Kyrbi0]

The latest version is 1.40 i belive. The .39 version is more stable when it comes to work with animations. .40 is better in terms of working with mesh but unbeareable when it comes to animations.

Hm, two versions.

Just checked, it appears I have v1.4, which I guess is good (since I only ever work in mesh; too scared of trying to mess with animations). But you're saying if I ever were to work with anims, I should pick up v1.39? Where can I get the less-than-latest (that) version?

(I'd make this a VM but you disabled those, so OFFTOPIC woohoo)

 

[PROXY]

Just google it, you should find links on XGM.ru I believe.

 

[loktar]

Wow, looks great! Though I agree with Direfury and JesusHipster's comments.
Look forward to the final version!

 

[SMBComix]

I'd highly suggest tweaking the proportions so that it fits in more with the WC3 art style, and also just giving him Medivh's animations -- complete with transforming into a bird.

He WAS Medivh's apprentice, after all, so it's only fitting.

 

[loktar]

Personally, I don't want the Medivh animations, but only because I'd like to see this model used in The Last Guardian campaign at some point (where he appears alongside Medivh)

 

[Stefan.K]

I will see when I download that version of Mdlvis JH mentioned. Perhaps I could make custom anims if the version is not bugged. Thanks for the comments, guys.

 

[SMBComix]

I'm really looking forward to seeing this bad boy get released! Good luck, man.

 

[Stefan.K]

I will release it when I find suitable animations for him, don't you worry.