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[King Dain II Ironfoot]

I see!Well either way you are doing and excellent work!

[Nazgûl]

Mother of G... This was a BEAST to topologize. I know it's a poly monster. The body alone is 2400 polys now, but I found it really hard to demolish all them details. It's one single unit though, so it will be ok in game. For the soldiers, I have to seriously cut back on the poly count in comparison to this one. But he is the king of the dwarven faction and I spent a lot of time on details, so I really want them in

 

UV mapping next...

 

[Nazgûl]

Horray... all meshes are now topologized to low res and UV mapped. 5700 polys in total. 

This model is definitely the new pinnacle of all my models, even tougher than Bolg to make 

 

Weapons are next...

 

[King Dain II Ironfoot]

U outdone yourself!I simply can't think of any words to describe how awesome and cool is this!I even think the EPIC is not enough I am in love with this Model it is absolutely perfect on every Level possible!!! Congratulations and my repsects it seem your hard work is paying off big time! (Even with Shoulder Pads Visible )

P.S. Will we be able to play him withou the Helmet!?

Edited by King Dain II Ironfoot, 20 June 2015 - 02:01 PM.

[Nazgûl]

The pads are not visible. Only the lether bands. Yeah, the idea is that you'll recruit him without helmet and cape, using the hammer. Then you'll be able to "buy" the "Coronation of King Dáin" power that upgrades him with Leadership to all dwarves and he'll wear the helmet and the cape, while switching to the red axe from the lore, or the other way around with the weapons since the hammer (with Gloin anims) has a really cool Earth Shaker power.... We'll see.

 

Now I need to work on thse weapons, even though I'm sick of this model now. Will probably do the Ogres after this one to get a break from dwarven details 

[King Dain II Ironfoot]

Awesome news!!I really can't wait to play it!! I love both Hammer and the Red Axe so I am looking forward to seeing them  

And too bad I was really waiting to see your Iron Hills and Erebor Soldiers,but hey all in a good time  

[Nazgûl]

This was faster that I expected 

Royal Axe modeled, topologized, projection painted, UV mapped and textured 

 

"Only" the giant ass hammer left...

 

[njm1983]

Looks good. But I have a suggestion. Can you make the smooth blade portion of the axe a steel color instead of red? I thought it looked better in the design book.

[Nazgûl]

Yeah I now, you're refering to this image...

 

I used this one, which is more common. But I sort of agree. It's an easy fox on the texture though.

[Mathijs]

I prefer the wholly red version, myself. It fits with the background story they wrote for it, being made of a certain kind of stone instead of metal.

[Nazgûl]

Well, there you go Red it is.

 

I just hope Valheru will be able to rig this crown jewel of mine, without any major problems. I did make sure though that the model fits vanilla Dain proportions, so we'll see how well it rigs to Gloin SKL (for the hammer).

Edited by Nazgûl, 20 June 2015 - 11:59 PM.

[njm1983]

Lol OK you win. It looks shit to me and totally unbelievable, but I lack imagination. Tis the last I will speak of it.

[Nazgûl]

Well...

 

...It fits with the background story they wrote for it, being made of a certain kind of stone instead of metal.

 

Stone, not metal. So, if the story says it was made of stone, and the red color is most likely the color of the stone, then the blade should be stone as well I presume, and not metal.

 

Progress on the hammer is good and again, much faster than I though which is a huge releif after struggling with all them friggin details of Dain's armor.

Edited by Nazgûl, 21 June 2015 - 01:17 AM.

[MattTheLegoman]

My ancient ancestors, the Aztecs used stone blades (the Macuahuitl). Wikipedia

 

The stone Dwarven weaponry, designed by WETA, seems inspired by New Zealand native Maori weaponry like the Mere. Wikipedia

 

While I do not know much about the usefulness of a stone weapon, I believe that the worst problem of this material is that stone shatters on impact, however this can be overcome with careful design and crafting.

 

I enjoy both designs, metal or stone blade. Metal is more traditionally deadly, however stone is seen as exotic.

 

In the legendarium, Dain II Ironfoot had a red axe during the Battle of Azanulbizar when it was he that killed Azog. You can find more information in the Thain's Book. That is all it says, just the colour of the axe and as WETA points out, they took it literally in their design.

 

 

 

The model is amazing! I love how the stone texture looks. =D

[Nazgûl]

That was interesting, thanks =)

 

If we decide to alter the coloring, it's an easy fix in the texture. I agree with NJM that it looks more "natural" with metal blades, but it seems that most interpretations are that the axe was all red. We could vote on the matter

[King Dain II Ironfoot]

Personally I am fine with both versions!

[Nazgûl]

Progress on the warhammer. Basic shape done. Shaft next...

 

[King Dain II Ironfoot]

Looking nice as always!can't wait to see it complete !

[Nazgûl]

Warhammer model done! Painting next

 

[njm1983]

Hammer is looking good boss. My comments about the axe weren't meant to start a controversy. I'm aware of its history and so forth. It just doesn't look natural... but maybe that is the point