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[Nazgûl]

Hehe yeah, I hope so. I really want him to fill the role of King in this faction.

 

Work is pretty rough this week though with 10-12 hours a day, so I'm not sure how much energy I will have to model at night, but hopefully I can finish the helmet during the week, so I can go for the weapons soon and finally topologize and UV map it all. Looking forward to seeing this rigged by Val.

[njm1983]

Well work at your discretion. I've been busting my balls lately getting my life in order, so my time hasn't been spent mapping nor collecting audio. I'm barely putting in an hour or two a week toward either of those.

[ThrandyBanned]

I think you missed few things on the dain's helmet
https://lh4.googleus...o/DainHelm1.jpg
But i dont mind them

[Lauri]

He's not finished yet, Thranduil. At any rate, that concept of the helmet isn't a 100% true to the one in the film, so one should be careful if using that as a base. The crest is all wrong, for instance.

[ThrandyBanned]

yeah i must agree with you Lauri.But if he makes this helmet (i linked it) he wpuld do the Topology for hours.And Dain has a pig insignia on his crest

[Nazgûl]

The concept you linked is not the final product on film. This one is.

 

Everything I do, in modeling, is "for hours", and like Lauri said, I'm not done yet. The helmet is the regular soldier helmet. I just put some golden paint on as a test.

Crest is done. Helmet is not.

 

I'll be back with more screens when the helmet is done.

[ThrandyBanned]

Oh,that concept.Well you made a good helmet,everything you need to do to make it sharp is to Topologize it (hope i helped)
Edit:
I found the real helmet
https://s-media-cach...da3cfbe2b64.jpg

Edited by KingThranduil, 02 June 2015 - 01:30 PM.

[Lauri]

Neither of those are 100% like the one in the film. No scale-mail on the neck.

[Maximan]

I don't know if this helps, but i felt like leaving it here

 

Spoiler

[Nazgûl]

Thanks, that's the one I used as reference (for the crest). For the helmet I use in movie shots =)

[njm1983]

One of the better shots in the film to see the helmet and crest

[Nazgûl]

Quite fuzzy though. But no worries, I got a bunch of screen caps from Lauri in HD =)

[ThrandyBanned]

Oooooh i can't wait to play with him xD!I have a question about Dain.Which skeleton will he use,and is it possible to add Lurtz's animation for Headbutt

[Nazgûl]

He will use vanilla Dain anims for axe and Gloin anims for hammer.

 

The headbut is Lurtz SKL so I doubt we can use it, unless someone can import and export that anim connected to Dain (and/or Gloin) skeleton

[Maximan]

He will use vanilla Dain anims for axe and Gloin anims for hammer.

 

The headbut is Lurtz SKL so I doubt we can use it, unless someone can import and export that anim connected to Dain (and/or Gloin) skeleton

i can do some headbut magic for dain if you want. But i am going to do animations for other mods again after mine is released, since the release is really soon

Edited by Maximan, 03 June 2015 - 04:15 PM.

[Nazgûl]

That sounds great Max  The headbud would be cool, and could be used as a special power for him

[Lauri]

That reminds me, how will you handle his helmet? Headbutting with a helmet is silly, but Dáin looks cooler with his helmet on. Not sure I'd recommend headbutting as a power though, because of how it might look. I mean, what would it do, precisely?

 

Oh, and I trust you Maxim to make the headbutt look cool, which it doesn't do in the film. Hell, Dáins animations generally looked bad in the film. A prime example of CGI done bad.

[ThrandyBanned]

Headbutt ability would perhaps kill a battallion or knockback a hero very far

[Rider of Rohan]

I can see a headbutt stunning a hero, like lurtz's cripple. 

[Maximan]

What ror said, a quick 2 - 3 stun, as a headbutt would be like in real life if executed decently, and perhaps make it do a bit more damage than a regular swing.

Edited by Maximan, 03 June 2015 - 08:02 PM.