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[Nazgûl]

As you might know... I've cut the FireDrakes from the hero roster in Moria now for reasons explained elsewhere
The roster will be filled with "normal" heroes instead. Dragon "kids" are not Heroes, but rather Monsters, like Shelob, who will also get a structure of her own, btw (Shelob's Lair), but that's for another topic, hehe. So in slight contradiction to the lore, I've taken the liberty of adding Golfimbul to the roster. I know he was killed by a hobbit in the books, but let's just say this hasn't happened yet. Like the slaying of Smaug and Boromir...

Here's the model. It's a very basic EA model called "OrcOverseer" from BFME, also used in RotWK as Azog... with a slight reskin by me =)



In game, with Bolg, Azog and The Great Goblin

Edited by Nazgûl, 03 November 2010 - 04:44 PM.

[njm1983]

Good job Naz! he looks like that orc in TT that says "what about them... they're fresh" in regards to eating Merry and Pippin.

still all in all he looks cool and is somewhat recognizable.

[Nazgûl]

Hehe yeah he kinda does That gave me an idea... I'll sample that line for him to use when attacking =)

[Nazgûl]

Post #1 updated with new screen, in game... =)

[Gfire]

Some of those Orcs were from the mines... you could say it's the same one, names after the original Golfimbul.

Interestingly, Golfimbul's head was knocked off (I think my old Brandobas Bullroarer Took, who was big enough to ride a horse) and flew a long distance before landing in a rabit hole. And this was how Golf was invented. True story.

I love making use of Ea's random models.

Edit: Looks nice in the game... maybe better than any of the others.

Edited by Gfire, 09 November 2009 - 11:56 PM.

[khamulrulz]

they look good... great goblin is huge, love it, especially his moobs.

[Arthadan]

Nice model! I think he was a warg-rider leader in the lore (I'd have to check it), if so a riding warg power would be quite fitting.

[CTLN7]

hey i know that face !i planed to use it too..anyways its the orc from minas tirith
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[Nazgûl]

Awesome pic. Much better than what I had

[Prince of the Dark Forest]

I love it!

[Masterbadeend]

Can the great goblin run over units like a troll does? He at least looks like he can do that .

Edited by Masterbadeend, 10 November 2009 - 05:53 PM.

[Prince of the Dark Forest]

Woah, maybe not a troll, but units maybe...

Still, this topic is about Golfimbul, so I'd say it was best to stick to him... I agree about the Warg mount... but I'd rather have that on Bolg...

[Nazgûl]

For this beta, only Azog (formerly "Goblin King") will be able to mount Warg. Perhaps we'll give that abilty to Bolg as well, for Beta 4.8...

Azog's warg mount replaces the Scorpion Mount, and the scorpion model will be used (scaled) with Rhûn fortress as an expansion. Just like Moria's spider den expansion.

Golfimbul will be the cheapset hero in M0ria faction, so he'll probably only come with two special powers:
- Leadership to Orc Snagas (recruited from the Lumber Mills)
- Whip (animation exists from BFME2 "OrcOverseer" model), that could give some kind of boost to regular goblin units...

[khamulrulz]

i still think "steal resources" and "poison blade (passive)" could be good powers for him. they fit with his cheap early-game style as well

[Nazgûl]

We'll see what Rad will come up with when we get to hero power coding phase

[Uruk King]

i still think "steal resources" and "poison blade (passive)" could be good powers for him. they fit with his cheap early-game style as well

Agreed, but if Golf's leadership only works on Snaga, that's kinda pointless since snaga are certainly insufficient nits to use in a fight, why not reserve it as a minor leadership for Goblin Warriors?

[Sûlherokhh]

Seeing that Snaga collect resources, a buff would increase the income. That's what the whip is about.

[Uruk King]

You know, Golfimbul was also the name of an Orc Leader who lead a band of orcs into the shire.

[Sûlherokhh]

Some of those Orcs were from the mines... you could say it's the same one, names after the original Golfimbul.

Interestingly, Golfimbul's head was knocked off (I think by old Brandobas Bullroarer Took, who was big enough to ride a horse) and flew a long distance before landing in a rabit hole. And this was how Golf was invented. True story.
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[Nazgûl]

@UK: In the end, this is a mod... a game... not a mirror reflection of the books We can't stay 100% true to every word Tolkien wrote. We've gone over that since the beginning of time We have to bend the rules sometimes and do what's best for gameplay, balance, variety... =)