A while back, Vithar Megilaglar, Yodawarrior, Rob and I started discussing possible ideas for making the elven faction more... tolkienlike. The campaign that we are all looking forward to requires a lot of different elven units, as the elven kingdoms are all unique, and to use one set of elven units for each does not do them justice. Vithar and I discussed this a bit further, and thought it would be a shame to not use all these units in a more diverse elven faction, that, hopefully feels a lot more how Tolkien described the elves. So, without further ado, here is a PDF for you to download, which outlines the new changes which are underway for the elves. Note the units are named with beautiful elvish names, though these will only be tooltips, the actual names will be in english, (thank you Vithar ) which have a great feel of the books about them, which is certainly nice to get into the game.
Edit: PDF Expired on megaupload, removed.
Edit: This PDF is a bit out of date now, it was made for the beta team before any work was done for the elves. Some things have been changed/improved, but the ideas are more or less the same, so feel free to have a read.
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Please read this (Sorry I never got around to putting all the pictures in, there are a few placeholders)
Some changes will be made to arnor's elves because of this. (I'll outline these below)
Edit: Since I posted this a huge amount of work has been done implementing these original plans. Please read through this topic to see everything we've been working on
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The Progress so far...
Finished Units
Mirkwood
(Skin by Shikari/Model by robnkarla)
(Skin by Shikari)
(Skin by EHL and Shikari. HA unit by Robnkarla, HA horse by Shikari & EHL)
(Model by Robnkarla with binding help from Rob38. Skin by Shikari)
(Model and Weapons by robnkarla, Skin by EHL, Shikari and Robnkarla, Shield Texture by Shikari)
(Model and Texture by Shikari) (Fixing Shikari's amateur modelling by Robnkarla )
- Mirkwood HA plating by EHL
Rivendell
(Moved from Arnor) (Skin and Model by cahik - BFME+) (Button Image originally by allathar, edited slightly for the new factions)
(Skin by Shikari/HA Skin/Model by robnkarla/Shikari)
(Skin by Shikari)
(Model by Robnkarla, Skin by Shikari)
(Skin by Eldarion, Face variations by Shikari)
Lothlorien
(Skin by Shikari)
(Skin by Shikari)
(Model by Robnkarla, Skin by EHL and Robnkarla)
(Skin by Eldarion)
(Binding and Remapping by Rob38)
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Buildings in Progress
Lothlorien
- Fortress
- Watchtower
- Training Flet
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Because arnor is having some units moved away, it is having some new mithlond units added. The first of these is the toggle pike/sword unit that rob showed a few days ago:
(Skin by Shikari/Model by robnkarla- HA by EHL and Shikari)
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Elven Siege
Standard Weapon Video
Standard Weapon Video
Standard Weapon Video
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Elven Healers
- Skin by EHL
Please post any questions/comments in this topic
Edited by robnkarla, 05 January 2009 - 09:51 AM.