Xal'atath (Sponsored by Missing Shadowsong)

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This Model of Xal'atath is generously sponsored by Hive user @Missing Shadowsong , as he/she agrees to share the model with Hive and other communities all around the world.
Please credit him/her if you'd like to lend the power of the viod.
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Ardenaso
The model works with some few issues on her cape freezing on her death and twitching once on her dissipate but it should be minor and shouldn't affect cinematics or cutscenes. The design is very unique and it is clear that the model is well done and...

She had a good amount of appearances, but she will be back again in the next WoW Expansion...The War Within...
 
Her cape is stiff during Dissipate so update would be appreciated, but great model in general.
 
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The model works with some few issues on her cape freezing on her death and twitching once on her dissipate but it should be minor and shouldn't affect cinematics or cutscenes. The design is very unique and it is clear that the model is well done and highly desirable. However, it's only RECOMMENDED for me.

For HIGH QUALITY: address the cape issues, give her Spell Slam and non-attack Spell animations, Spell Throw isn't necessary but it's a welcome change. Also, add some more autonomous movement on her two orbs like put them on one parented animation bone each and add some movement on all animations (shouldn't be hard, like they would only need around 3-4 keyframes each animation).
 
Such a great model, however the only issue I have which is with every single model based off the Sorceress, is that all the attack animations are the same as the spell animations which is the standard unite. Maybe change the Stand 2 to a Spell Animation so it leaves Stand 3 as the only other stand animation for these kinds of models. It adds more to the hero unite type model instead of just changing death and adding dissipate to a Sorceress. Just a nitpick I have with every Sorceress model base for Female Hero Unites that float.
 
DDS is disgusting garbage. I have a similar model with a BLP texture, and it looks much better and is of higher quality, but it's only a few MB. This model is incredibly large, which will slow down upload and download speeds. It also uses 27 textures, which is problematic even with compression. Furthermore, when opening xalatath_cape_orm.dds in Photoshop, the background is simply scratched. I would recommend combining everything into a single texture to improve quality or compression, and only opening it once. I recommend fixing this by using a single texture instead of 27.
 
DDS is disgusting garbage. I have a similar model with a BLP texture, and it looks much better and is of higher quality, but it's only a few MB. This model is incredibly large, which will slow down upload and download speeds. It also uses 27 textures, which is problematic even with compression. Furthermore, when opening xalatath_cape_orm.dds in Photoshop, the background is simply scratched. I would recommend combining everything into a single texture to improve quality or compression, and only opening it once. I recommend fixing this by using a single texture instead of 27.
Since you have a better model, use that one then.
 
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