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[Nazgûl]

Lol, wtf... let's drop this silly depate on spikyness?

It's a matter of taste. I think the helmet is fine. I also think that image of the figure is perhaps even better. But I'm not gonna ask Lauri to remodel the model (and thus rebind it) just for the shape of the horns). He's got more important things to do The Easterling shields had a larger need of edit though. But this detail does not =)

Depending on wether we could do (animate) a good Grimbeorn or not, I'll add one or two more dwarven heroes as well. I got one really nice model from Ithron, but it will have to be edited since he's holding his sword wrong which makes it pierce his body and shield. That's a good example of what HAS to be edited. For things like this, we might do it aswell, but not until Polishing face (B4.9-B5.0)

[Lauri]

Well, it wouldn't be more than 2 minutes work to "redo" Thorin... Well, maybe 6, if your fast when I'd send the new to you
The problem is that we'd like him unique... Well, I would at least..

[*Ranger*]

Lauri: Well seeing as your the one doing it, i think you should do what you feel is best.
Nazgul: Love everything that SEE has done, i would love to see Balin ingame though, we dont know exactly when he died so technically, he might have died after the start of the war of the ring. Hey i dont know why people are complaining because all Gimli was going on about in the FOTR was Balin so he must have been special, at the end of the day its your decision and if people dont like it, hey its one hero, i think they will have other things to look and play with at what ive seen with 4.7. Thanks for a great mod.

Edited by *Ranger*, 22 September 2008 - 09:01 PM.

[Nazgûl]

Thanks man. I owe it all to my great team though

[Nazgûl]

Allright, more Easterlings edited and done

SWORDSMEN: Same new high res shield as Spearmen, and also the CaH scimitar sword


KATAPHRAKTS: Same shield, same CaH scimitar plus additional armor and details on horse ("horse shoe horns" + breast plate, skinned by me)
These are now exactly like I invisioned them =)






CREDIT:
- Model, by Lauri
- Model edits (shield, sword and horse details), by Ed3rd
- Textures, by Nazgûl

Thanks guys, you're awesome!

Edited by Nazgûl, 23 September 2008 - 12:03 AM.

[Dharko]

"horse shoe horns" ¡¡ jajaja !! ¡Excellent!

Waw, I see what You want, is what You obtain.

The best horseman for me in SEE.

Congrats and we waiting...

[Nazgûl]

Hehe jaja! Shoe horns! hehe... we all need them
Just kidding... maybe a horse doesn't. But it does look like a horse shoe though, and since they're "horns", I thought it was a little funny

Anyway, I agree. These are the best Kataphraks I've seen too, but that's cause they follow my vision

[njm1983]

Those are saweet! Now Im getting the itch to try out those evil men...

[Arthadan]

I hope you can get the Easterling Fortress in game soon, so we can see this faction in the next release.

Top work!

[Aragorn King Elessar]

Naz all I can say is looking good and keep up the good work I also hope that you soon solve the evil men's fortress problem

[Nazgûl]

Wow, I'm surprised the Easterlings didn't generate more comments?

Anyway... as you might know, we're adding Thorin (model by Lauri) and what was meant to be Balin. But since Balin is dead at the time and I'm trying to keep "dead guys" down in numbers (Smaug, Boromir...) to keep the lore folks happy, I decided to make it his brother Dwalin instead. Which is also a cousin of Gimli. Now, I could ask a modeler to do Dwalin, but since I found an excellent model in Wars of the East's ring hero for Dwarves, I asked my country neighbour Ithronaiwendil for permission. Ithron replied and gave me permission to use anything I need from WoE (as long as it's his to give naturally).

So I grabbed that model and started to reskin him into what I imagine Dwalin to look like
This is the WiP... I will ask a modeler to change the sword into a CaH axe and rebind to another SKL that fits to wield an axe. This model uses Theoden's skl...


With this guy, SEE'd have the following Dwarven heroes:

- Dain
- Thorin
- Gloin
- Gimli
- Dwalin

and with
- Brand
- Bilbo

we have 7 heroes for Erebor faction! Should be enough =)

[Lurtzy]

Looks cool Naz, as always

[Nazgûl]

Glad you like it =)

[Mordor Slayer]

Epic Dwalin model! He actually reminds me a bit of a concept art of Theoden by John Howe or Alan Lee . That art didn't look like the Theoden in the films though. Very nice!

[Gfire]

Nice. Great work, guys. Those are awesome Kataphrakts.

//Gfire

[zakske]

That Dwalin looks really awesome! Something I don't quite understand is why you're replacing the sword with an axe? I thought a sword for a dwarven hero would be pretty awesome. Just my little opinion

Great job on the Kataphrakts too, before I forget to say that ^^

Edited by zakske, 25 September 2008 - 06:09 PM.

[Lauri]

Gold is to saturate..
Other than that, he looks cool

And ahem.. Thorin = Sword

[Jeth Calark]

most awesomest!

btw, i wouldn't say Boromir was dead before the War of the Ring. He died during it, in a sense.

Edited by Jeth Calark, 25 September 2008 - 08:17 PM.

[elbenmensch]

awesome....

those cataphracts are just amazing...cant wait to play evil men in 4.7

[Nazgûl]

Gold is to saturate..
Other than that, he looks cool
And ahem.. Thorin = Sword

- Yes I know That's why I said WiP. I haven't adjusted saturation and coloring all the way yet. The "gold" will be like the Easterlings =)
- Yes, Thorin will be the only sword weilding hero for Dwarves. Besides, this model is not bound correctly to the sword as he runs it through himself in most anims. The model is very good, and the progress on the skin is also good. But the anims won't "do"

most awesomest! btw, i wouldn't say Boromir was dead before the War of the Ring. He died during it, in a sense.

Ya think? Hehe, trust me, I know. But the subject has been up quite a few times, and he DID die quite early. Personally I don't "mind" having "dead" heroes in game. But many do...