Distant

As the resident dwarf lover, I have to give my thumbs up to the new mithril silver look on the dwarves forged blades. Very mithril, and very dwarves.

I throw my two coins in with Shikari. That split at the end is brilliant. Most buildings seem to only announce their completion with the return of a builder to my quick bar. That little flair of faster animation right at the top of the building gives the end of the animation a true sense of finality.

I only wish I had the talent to assist, or to even know where to begin to assist. While I’m wishing, I’d also like a pony, a sports car, a prehensile tail, and an extra set of opposable thumbs.

Thanks for the complements. I would have liked to do better with the spear, but I’m quite lost when it comes to creating original art. The only spear graphic I came across while rummaging through the .big files was the hero “spear throw” ability which is why it looks more like a Rohan spear. Because it is a Rohan spear. Manipulating transparency maps and resizing images I can handle. That whole drawing thing is still beyond me. I’m not above redoing it, however, if someone can feed me a passable dwarven pike graphic.

The bottom one looks Rohan-ish to me. The top one could work for the Naughty-Men, but the spikes and base fins do give it that distinct Mordor feel to it. Of course, since both the Haradrim and the Easterlings were working for Mordor during the WotR, I guess it’s not beyond imagination that there may be similarities in their architecture.

I should never be confused with an artist, however as a big fan of the dwarves I’ve become frustrated by the guardians having no iconic difference between the buttons to build the axe version or the hammer version. So I did this.



I supplemented my complete lack of artistic skill by using existing graphics for axe, hammer, and spear to create some clarity in which dwarf is which. I also have a .dds version of it, but I don’t completely understand how the .big files work so I’m hesitant to try anything with it.

I’d say “I hope it’s of use,” but really what I hope is that someone who knows what they are doing better than I has this covered already.