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Town Mayor

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This is my entry for Texturing Contest #33, Peaceful NPCs.

He could also pass as some other type of aristocrat or official I guess. In hindsight, I think I was a bit influenced by the Napoleon moving coming out.
The Archmage voice goes well with him (just ignore the horse naying lol).

I could imagine the piece on his back not being to everyone's liking. It isn't too difficult to remove if you edit the actual model directly, and doesn't affect any other part of the model.

There are some minor issues:
-There is a hole in the back of his mace/sceptre which is more or less unavoidable.
-Also, when he attacks he loses his mace, so only really works as a ranged unit (or just a passive npc that doesn't attack).
-There are some parts that are quite stretched, like the front of the scroll, but that's just how the model/wrap is. His eye geometry is also very stretched but I just had to persevere until I got something convincing.
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His backpack needs to be replaced, it's too ordinary. To exchange for a luxurious and luxurious backpack. This is the way to match his aristocratic attire.Although this modification won't win an award, at least I think this skin won't have any more flaws.View attachment 457131
Does it make sense for a mayor (or even an aristo etc.) to have a backpack though?

I mentioned it here.

If I really had to change it I'd probably be most likely to change it to a rolled up French Tri-Colour. But now that I think about it, why would an aristo have the flag of the revolution?

Note you can't remove the backpack because it's TC, and you can't remove the stick coming out of it because it's also used in the 'weapon'.
 
Does it make sense for a mayor (or even an aristo etc.) to have a backpack though?

I mentioned it here.

If I really had to change it I'd probably be most likely to change it to a rolled up French Tri-Colour. But now that I think about it, why would an aristo have the flag of the revolution?

Note you can't remove the backpack because it's TC, and you can't remove the stick coming out of it because it's also used in the 'weapon'.
I just don't think this backpack matches the clothes properly. Perhaps it would be better to replace this wooden backpack with an iron one. After all, a nobleman still uses wooden weapons, doesn't it seem a bit out of place?
 
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I just don't think this backpack matches the clothes properly. Perhaps it would be better to replace this wooden backpack with an iron one. After all, a nobleman still uses wooden weapons, doesn't it seem a bit out of place?
He's for a contest in which the model is supposed to be Peaceful lol, so he isn't really supposed to have weapons at all.

As I mentioned in the link, the thing on his back is supposed to be this.
 
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I think someone forget to put a contest entries tag. Poor Mayor.
Polite way of saying I lose?
Thanks bro.

Btw I was thinking about it, and I somewhat agree with you about the last contest you were in.
Even though I really liked the Geomancer/Primalist guy, I agree that people weren't following the contest rules very closely.
 
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[ @Footman16 ] I love the idea of using that type of neutral creep for the mayor model design. Everything from my point of view seems to be working properly and the pathing is correct. The colors and overall concept of how he/she looks is nice to the eye, and, the color pallet used is all mixed together well and clean. Good work.

[ Rating ] Recommended, Approved.
 
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My favorite entry of the last contest, and the one that best fits with the thematic and with in-game assets, it deserved a higher ranking in my opinion, a true peaceful NPC <\3

I'm not salty or anything, it's no masterpiece, and I think it would disinentivize people to draw well to rate this too highly. But I'm happy with it, and think it covers the goal well.
 
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