Zombie Teamcolored

[Bawbz]

Was happy to see this, but I must say I'm disappointed with the execution. I know it's just a simple edit - but it's not enough team color to really matter. What this guy really needs is something on his back, since in game most of the time all you see is his brown shirt. The bracers are just too small to make a difference.

 

[General Frank]

There are still issues with the model: Sanity Test
You also need an in-game screenshot.
The edit is also extremely small.

 

[PurrsandMlems]

had given teamcolor to his loincloth too, guess i can provide extra versions with even more teamcoloring. one with loincloth, and another with every cloth part getting teamcolor.

edit: i have added so many variations, pick and match to your liking.

 

[Tassilon]

This will be useful

 

[raypack]

Honestly... this is hella useful!

 

[TheDarkGiganotosaur]

I'm loving your enthusiasm to fix units (and hopefully buildings as well) that have no team colors... which is something that "Blizzie" should've done in the first place. Keep it up!

Oh, and since this is about zombies, could you please do the same for the Dalaran mutant? If it isn't too much to ask, that is.

EDIT: Well, well... you did it! Now we have both team-colored zombies and Dalaran mutants. Excellent!

 

[Bawbz]

had given teamcolor to his loincloth too, guess i can provide extra versions with even more teamcoloring. one with loincloth, and another with every cloth part getting teamcolor.

edit: i have added so many variations, pick and match to your liking.

Now this I like!
5/5!

 

[Shiza]

great idea but i think the TC part is too bright with not enough contrast making it look glowy which i dont think was the intention

 

[DREADMAN]

a very necessary model, thank you very much!

 

[Bawbz]

great idea but i think the TC part is too bright with not enough contrast making it look glowy which i dont think was the intention

I do actually kind of agree with this, a little more contrast would make this even better.

 

[PurrsandMlems]

what i did was simply selecting the parts corresponding to the wrap texture, colorify it white, then apply eraser once with size 200-300, opacity set to 45 to obtain transparency on these parts.
Perhaps it had to be a higher value, like 50-55, i dont really know.

 

[Shiza]

what i did was simply selecting the parts corresponding to the wrap texture, colorify it white, then apply eraser once with size 200-300, opacity set to 45 to obtain transparency on these parts.
Perhaps it had to be a higher value, like 50-55, i dont really know.

you did good grayscaling but i think what you should do next is removing the alpha for color white instead, this will only leave dark detail over transparency
also, try playing around with contrast and color curves before removing the alpha for better effect
and beyond that, if you want more brightness and texture you can do the opposite on a second layer this time removing black, you can then set the layer opacity to 30-40%

 

[Bawbz]

what i did was simply selecting the parts corresponding to the wrap texture, colorify it white, then apply eraser once with size 200-300, opacity set to 45 to obtain transparency on these parts.
Perhaps it had to be a higher value, like 50-55, i dont really know.

I believe that is correct, a higher value would probably do it

 

[Shiza]

I believe that is correct, a higher value would probably do it

the problem is lack of contrast, this will only further emphasize the problem

 

[stein123]

the problem is lack of contrast, this will only further emphasize the problem

yup, a higher contrast on the alpha channel

 

[Bawbz]

I stand corrected

 

[PurrsandMlems]

is this how you wanted the teamcolor to look like ? on the left

 

[deepstrasz]

is this how you wanted the teamcolor to look like ? on the left

IMHO, the softer one (right as you view) looks nicer that the new (left) version.

 

[PurrsandMlems]

right is the one already included.

 

[Shiza]

is this how you wanted the teamcolor to look like ? on the left

the blackest part of the TC area needs to be solid or only barely solid, here's a quick mockup i did by:
a) grayscaling
b) color white to alpha, 90% layer opacity
c) color black to alpha, 20% layer opacity

if you're using GIMP i can point you in the direction of these tools

 

[Bawbz]

the blackest part of the TC area needs to be solid or only barely solid, here's a quick mockup i did by:
a) grayscaling
b) color white to alpha, 90% layer opacity
c) color black to alpha, 20% layer opacity

if you're using GIMP i can point you in the direction of these tools

That looks great!

 

[PurrsandMlems]

the blackest part of the TC area needs to be solid or only barely solid, here's a quick mockup i did by:
a) grayscaling
b) color white to alpha, 90% layer opacity
c) color black to alpha, 20% layer opacity

if you're using GIMP i can point you in the direction of these tools

i do use GIMP, so yes please.

 

[Shiza]

i do use GIMP, so yes please.

i believe the order below should be true for other languages and newer versions, personally i recommend using GIMP 2.8
also, if you have spare time i would recommend using and learning the other tools in the color tab as they are all extremely useful in texturing
also if you make a selection using the free selection tool or other and use these filters they will only alter the selected area
beyond that you can and should use paintbrush and layer modes, its the topmost option in their respective windows
if you grayscale a texture and make a transparent layer above it and set it to grain merge you will be able to make recolors with ease
these are some of the things i learned in my years texturing and doing digital art, i hope you find at least some of it helpful

 

[TheDarkGiganotosaur]

Improvements are always a good thing, so yes, I agree with you three (Shiza, Bawbz, and stein123).

i believe the order below should be true for other languages and newer versions, personally i recommend using GIMP 2.8

Also a GIMP user here. Umm... forgive my curiosity, but why you'd personally recommend the 2.8 version? I mean, what makes it better than the latest versions? By the way, I'm using the 2.10.18 version (and used the 2.8 version a lot during my Windows-XP-using days) on Linux Mint.

 

[Shiza]

Improvements are always a good thing, so yes, I agree with you three (Shiza, Bawbz, and stein123).


Also a GIMP user here. Umm... forgive my curiosity, but why you'd personally recommend the 2.8 version? I mean, what makes it better than the latest versions? By the way, I'm using the 2.10.18 version (and used the 2.8 version a lot during my Windows-XP-using days) on Linux Mint.

primarily there's a difference in how some of the brush modes function and imo its detrimental because stuff like hard light seem to work with less precision and malfunctions more easily, beyond that i think there's a bit of feature bloat and the interface is less intuitive, of course its all up to preference at the end of the day

 

[TheDarkGiganotosaur]

I see. Well, I still remember when there was a lot of ruckus after they released the 2.10 version... a lot of complaints about it being too slow, causing crashes, et cetera. Oh, and not to mention they dropped Windows XP support! Thanks for answering.

 

[PurrsandMlems]

hmm, i see filesize of bundle increased due to wants me to include the custom texture with each variation.
is there some way can upload this so as to include the custom texture only once ? as its the same for each, there is one for Zombie and another for Mutant.

 

[General Frank]

Simple and useful derivative models. Probably of use for some mappers.