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[|MeMw|Elessar]

who??? celegin?? if so its sweet!!!

[Celeglin]

lol, I was going to save this for my next update, but what the hey. Here's a sneak preview of Cirdan for T3A:



I've been debating on whether or not to put him in the mod for the longest time now, and finally found a way to do so without hurting balance (how many Elven heroes are there anyway ). Still have to make sure it's totally possible coding wise, but it should work. So until the official update, I'll leave how he'll be implemented secret.

As for the model itself... It really does pain me to give him a beard. In Lord of the Rings, Tolkien describes him as "grey and old" and that "his beard was long"; however, in a later essay on the Princes of Dol Amroth, he states that Elves had no facial hair. I spent 10 minutes just staring at the model trying to decide which way to go. I went with the beard because Lord of the Rings is the more known/read source over the smaller portion of an essay found in the Unfinished Tales. The costume itself is a design I had created a few months ago, and one that I've been dying to put on screen for the longest time.

Edited by Celeglin, 10 January 2006 - 03:08 AM.

[ched]

if that's the piece of code you asked me about, it should be possible Cel

anyway, I love the costume, it's awesomely detailed

[zimoo]

I think I read somewhere that Cirdan was the only elf to have a beard, which makes sense seeing as he was the oldest elf in Middle-Earth. Skin and model looks great BTW

[Rockon12]

So are you giving him ring powers?

[GothmogtheOrc]

lol, I was wondering who that was in your avatar

Great skin job Celeglin, he really looks like what I pictured Cirdan looking like. I can't wait to see what Elven thing you'll pull out of your hat next

Great job,
-GothmogtheOrc

[Celeglin]

no offense but it doesnt realy look like am elf  :( then again, probly because i dont see ears

 

Well reading Tolkien's description of Cirdan doesn't really make you think of an Elf: "[v]ery tall he was, and his beard was long, and he was grey and old, save that his eyes were keen as stars . . ." (Grey Havens, RotK). Not exactly how you'd picture an Elf, is it? I did try to put emphasis on his eyes, but that's rather difficult with a low-poly model. Oh, and by the way: if you think my Cirdan looks un-Elf'y, don't look at the film's Cirdan .

So are you giving him ring powers?

 

Nope. He had given his ring to Gandalf by the time of this mod.

Edited by Celeglin, 11 January 2006 - 10:45 AM.

[Mathijs]

That sob Gherick was right..

Nice skin Celeglin, I gotta keep practising. Btw, liked my Neo render?

[|MeMw|Elessar]

i really like that character looks great! u should add him to the next release of the beta

[|MeMw|KingDuku]

wow great work Celeglin

Edited by |MeMw|KingDuku, 11 January 2006 - 11:01 PM.

[Celeglin]

Btw, liked my Neo render?

 

I did . Looks great!

[Kwen]

i loooooooooooooooooooooove your stuff... mine will never in 300000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 trillion years be that good i must grovel *grovel* *grovel*

[Celeglin]

i loooooooooooooooooooooove your stuff... mine will never in 300000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 trillion years be that good  i must grovel *grovel* *grovel*

 

*gives a lolly and then edges away quickly*

[captain hama]

looks very good

[Mathijs]

i loooooooooooooooooooooove your stuff... mine will never in 300000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 trillion years be that good  i must grovel *grovel* *grovel*

Are you sure? I know my stuff will. Eventually.

[Kwen]

well......... i like to think of myself a novice in the precense of a god

[|MeMw|Elessar]

i am one those privleged peoplt o have the beta and must say that u will al be impressed when u play it my expectations didnt come close to how the mod is! now if onjly celegin made it so we could zoom in further and look at the skins hint hint

[Kwen]

lol yeah, or maybe a power the reveals the skins close range for 999999999999999999999999999999999999999 seconds