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[Elen Naro]

Sorry for the lateness, there was a sudden change of plan right before I was about to post

Rivendell Cavalry Attack Animations by Lauri

Also, the contest is now over. As announced on the front page of our site, the winners as voted by the public are:

1st Place: Hatacatan's second entry (117 Votes)
2nd Place: Eldarion's entry (60 Votes)
3rd Place: Bebbe's entry (34 Votes)
4th Place: Tobifou's first entry (31 Votes)

The staff pick will be announced shortly.

Must... find... right words... describe... awesome... No, seriously, those guys seem to rock... will they always be wielding two swords? I kinda got the impression that there was a toggle...

[Dain Ironfoot]

They either wield 2 swords or a sword and shield. I really gave them 2 swords on a whim Quite fun though... oh yes.... spot the mistake in Lauri's render (betcha can't!)

Edited by Dain Ironfoot, 03 December 2007 - 04:44 PM.

[Bebbe]

Oh , happy days. Third place !
Very nice animations, looks alot better than most of EA's , because now , they fight with FORCE !

[mike_]

Looks pretty good. But I want Dwarves
-mike

[Kwen]

the second sword cuts the horsesneck?

[kennethain]

I've always wondered if there would ever be a dual sword wielding unit...

[Dain Ironfoot]

But.. but.. the Render has been on the site for ages

[JEV3]

I hope the staff pick is the Thorin III's fire-starter emblem, that was such a neat idea.

Great stuff, but the votes did all seem to be concentrated on a few (good ones at that). Maybe next time the voter could nominate more than one entry... Good job to everyone that won, those were some pretty neat designs!

And no... I don't see a mistake, the horse doesn't even get his head chopped off. -_- Great vids though.

EDIT: Is the arm detached from the body, cause I might see a space between them...

Edited by JEV3, 03 December 2007 - 11:39 PM.

[Gothmog14]

That may be the sickest thing I've ever seen in BFME.

[Olorin]

Very, very nice Lauri. Now I'm just hoping that the enemies will literally get decapitated with that second anim. Oh, that reminds me: will there be any blood anims in this mod? I think Elvenstar had them, and they looked pretty cool.

Edit: well done to the four finalists. I can't wait to see your designs in the mod.

Edited by Olorin, 04 December 2007 - 11:07 PM.

[cahik_]

no blood for RA. there are two main reason for that, first is that we dont think that RTS needs blood at all and the second is lag.

[Dain Ironfoot]

And I think that all attempts at doing blood in BFME looks ridiculous. Totally OTT, non realistic stuff..

[Lauri]

I know what it is...
it's... it's... it's the sword texture!
Dain was correct... you'd never figure it out

[Thorin III Stonehelm]

Congratulations to the winners, very good designs indeed! Very good animations, Lauri!
By the way, when are you going to reveal the staff choice?

[Elen Naro]

What's wrong with the sword texture? Can't spot anything wrong with that...

[Dain Ironfoot]

Unless you're me, you wouldn't.

Suffice to say, Mirkwood swords have a different colour scheme to rivendell swords. And those are mirkwood swords. Check out the renders.

[kennethain]

But.. but.. the Render has been on the site for ages

Yes, but I have not been able to check the site in quite some time either. In fact, I pretty much have time to check in Sundays to see the updates. So I guess I'm missing out. Plus I've forgotten about some things.

[Elen Naro]

I noticed now... Lothlorien has somewhat brownish swords, while those of Mirkwood are greyish and those of Rivendell are silver-goldish, right? And the poor woodsmen have no swords at all, they'll have to cope with axes and staves for the Beornings.. Poor guys...

Wow, ... I hope this doesn't mean I have suddenly become you, Nertea.. That would mean all laws in physics, chemistry and biology would have to be rewritten now... Although on the other hand, it WOULD put me on the staff, wouldn't it?

Seriously, though, I really like the idea of sword colour schemes... I had already thought I didn't really like the brown sword hilts, but of course I had no idea it was a mistake.

[Dain Ironfoot]

Whats Nertea got to do with any of it? The elves are mine

Anyway, sort of right. Lorien use the brown/gold they use in the films, Mirkwood use black and silver while Rivendell use black and gold.

Edited by Dain Ironfoot, 09 December 2007 - 10:49 PM.

[Elen Naro]

Sorry, had a bit of a confusion... It has happened before that I mix up peoples' faces, but this is the first time I mixed up avatars