[SD/Modeling] Queen Azshara SD

[Barade]

Hi,
there have been some requests already ([SD/Modeling] - Queen Azshara) and I only found a reskin for SD which does not really look like the queen: Queen Azshara and [Model] Queen Azshara and Question about Classic Queen Azshara?

This Russian version is the only SD version so far: Королева Азшара - WarCraft 3 / Моддинг - XGM
It looks okay ... but not really great or good.

There are different HD versions:

• Queen Azshara Naga
• Naga Queen Azshara Reforged
• Queen Azshara Naga

They look great but the file size is like 20-30 MB. This is like half of my map's file size. Besides, my map is restricted to SD for performance reasons since many players lag out during the loading time with HD. I would love to see some SD version of the queen which still looks more like the queen than the skin version.

Maybe some talented modeller gets some time to create a better SD version of the queen maybe even matching one of the HD versions, so you can use both versions in your map if you want to support HD and SD?

 

[stein123]

There are 2 great Queen Azhara naga models already made, but they haven't been released yet; first one was made by @Sellenisko: Naga Queen Here , but he's not active anymore so probably this model won't see the light of day ever; the other one is this beauty: https://bbs.islga.org/data/attachment/album/202012/24/033602gknoj2sojj3x2x22.jpg , made by the great @GAQ , who is active, but who knows if he'll release it one day :'/

 

[Barade]

Okay, nice. I will write at his profile page and pray.

 

[Retera]

Saw this and thought I might try my hand at a brainstorm in the meantime while you wait to hear back from GAQ. I was thinking when you already had an SD skin for this character, and an HD model of the character, you could just use the SD skin plus the animationset of the HD model together. I ended up throwing like an hour at the wall to see if the idea sticks. This is pretty barebones and probably has some model clipping or features missing from the original character. Maybe someone could add them back to this model.

This attachment contains re-purposed works of VictorZ for the animations (from the model you linked), and the skin from PrinceYaser that you linked. The model is just a brainstorm and I wasn't able to confirm whether we have permission to combine those, although I think the skin is probably a freebie as far as usage in a model so it's probably just a matter of making sure VictorZ is OK with using his model's animations like this. Or maybe checking if he is one of those guys with a policy that it's OK to reuse from any file. Not sure, hopefully you can figure it out if this idea interests you. I might get busy for forget to post back here with any further work related to this.


Edit: might be nice if someone took 1m and added SD lady vashj shoulder pads to this model too

 

[Barade]

thx that's very kind. It is good for a start with less file size. The hands could be closed and some arms are a bit in each other. I think with some additional work it would be sufficient.

 

[PrinceYaser]

Hm.. the Azshara skin I made back in 2018 is definitely rusty.

The model made by Sellenisko is great but yet to be released. I made the texture for that model. I might be able to share it but since we worked on that together I'm not sure if we're gonna need Sellenisko's permission. On the other hand, as said by stein, that model may never see the light of the day.