Rehab Modelling!

[Bwian]

It took pain...it took discomfort...and it took a whole lot longer than it ever used to... but I think this is not too bad for a crippled modder ;)





I messed about with these guys way back, but this was a good thing to try re-working. I re-did the mesh, vastly improved the textures, and made a few variants. I am liking the way they have turned out! I need to tweak some of the rigging on the Skeleton Monk, since the skull clips through the hood ( should have set this to the head bone.... but he looks nice and 'nasty'

[KonstantinosXI]

you're back and your work is always great!

[shifty157]

Very nice Bwian. Good work.

[Lentonius]

Wow! great skeletons!

[Ianofsmeg16]

Bwian, fantastic, as always. An awesome retunr to modding RTW

[Alexanderofmacedon]

Yes, they are VERY nice. Please contact me Bwain.

[Tittils]

Good work Bwian!:)

[Bwian]

These are the horseman.



I also have some elephant skeletons planned....but not today! Can't tell you how good it feels to be making stuff again!

[Epistolary Richard]

Not nearly as good as it is to see it!

[GiantMonkeyMan]

those horse men..... simply amazing, it's great to see you back bwian!

[edyzmedieval]

Sinister, but very nice.

[Kagemusha]

Great Job Bwian!

[Ciaran]

Absolutely great. And it´s good to see you´re back up and running, or rather, modelling , Bwian.

[Bwian]

Carthaginians manage to inflict a 'mammoth' defeat on their enemies... ( sorry)

I still think they ought to feed those beasts a bit more often!

[edyzmedieval]

You're sadistic.

[Bwian]

They look better now they have a skeleton rider, and skeleton archers on board. Next job is to add a suitable nasty looking howdah to hold the archers!

I have some heavy cavalry to make, with armoured skeletons and chainmailed up horse skeletons, plus I fancy a skeleton chariot too.... then I pretty much have a full set of skeletons to replace a complete faction.....my Gauls are a lot more interesting now

[Frans Ubberdork]

Wohoo Bwain!

They look great!

[shifty157]

And you said you couldnt model very well anymore. Thats the biggest lie ive heard all year.

[Bwian]

Actually...the bulk of the work here was done a long while back, and all I have done is to tidy it up and tweak some details. I have been trying to improve my texturing a little, and have been able to make them look a lot better than they used to. The annoying bit is the occasional 'twitch' that messes stuff up. I keep saving work like crazy just in case

Still...I have at least got the bare bones of this work done......

[Sundjata Keita]

Wow, a whole skeleton horde. Very nice work and its even better to see you are still working, even if not at the same pace as before. Still no sense of humour though...

Regards,

Sundjata

[Lentonius]

I didnt know moddeling that good was possible...

[spirit_of_rob]

good to see you back :)

[Alexanderofmacedon]

Actually...the bulk of the work here was done a long while back, and all I have done is to tidy it up and tweak some details. I have been trying to improve my texturing a little, and have been able to make them look a lot better than they used to. The annoying bit is the occasional 'twitch' that messes stuff up. I keep saving work like crazy just in case

Still...I have at least got the bare bones of this work done......

May I see a screen with these units in action?

[wlesmana]

Whoa, an all skeleton faction! Those look sweet!

[Pantsalot]

r these gonna be for download soon

[Geoffrey S]

Good to see you back, and nice work!

[Myrddraal]

Good to see Bwain

Tell me, whats the poly count on those skeletons? Did you use Alpha maps to make the ribcage?

[Bwian]

Polycount on the skeletons is bang on the 1000 poly mark. There are 4 full levels of detail in place for all units, and with a full-blown HORDE on screen, she runs smooth and sweet. I am running this with dynamic shadows on, huge units. PC is a Athlon 64 3000, with 1Mb ram and a GF 6800GT. Minimal spec PC's might want to tone down the unit sizes...

The rib cages are not done with Alpha textures...I trid it, and didn't like the way it looked. The ribs are triangular section, and the total ribcage is less than 100 polygons. There are far fewer ribs than there should be ... but it doesn't matter in game...you don't notice it! One side benefit I got from doing it this way is with dynamic shadows! It's expecially noticable on the mammoths, where the skeletons shadow is spot on. Alphas just give you a solid block.

I re-did the horse ribacage the same way...originally that was a solid block.

Pantsalot...as far as download availability goes...that depends. As a bit of fun, the skeletons currently just replace Gaul. Except for the Mammoth skeletons. Some work needed to balance that. Once I have a full set of units in place, I don't see why I couldn't release this as a single faction mod.



and these are basic skeletons having a scrap!

[Ianofsmeg16]

Bwian, are you sure there was anything wrong with you? those models look to good to be true, I'll wake up tomorrow and find out it was all a dream.

So are you going to release them?

[Bwian]

Nope...not dream. There is still some other stuff to come before a release, but the plan is to release a full replacement faction. It will basically replace Gauls with...er...ghouls. I am not sure how the mammoths will affect gameplay, but they are just too much fun to leave out. None of the stats have been changed... just the physical models.

Am I sure there was something wrong with me....er...yes. I have the scars to prove it. Including a nice round shape where the end of the bike handlebars went into the side of my hand....On the plus side, I am finding the laptop easier to get on with than the desktop and this is helping me get some of the ideas I have into polygons. My thumb works fine, where my index and middle fingers don't, the the laptop mouse replacement things work better for me. And I am back on the bike after a 4 month lay-up.

And..Ian of Smeg16....you do know, there is no dark side of the moon...as a matter of fact, it's all dark