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    Well...after much lurking, some reading of tutorials, and generally mucking around with files, I actually found some time to sit down and have a proper go at modelling a new unit for RTW.

    I was pleasantly surprised how trouble free it was!

    Four hours after I kicked off, here's what I ended up with :D



    Yes .... they do look a little underfed ;) but that is entirely intentional!

    edit: Aw...bugger. The pic won't show up. Copy the link and paste in into your browser and it will show up. Blame AOL
    Last edited by Bwian; 12-30-2004 at 00:33.
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    wow for your first time that is really nice!...what did you use to model it?

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    Senior Member Senior Member hoggy's Avatar
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    Excellent stuff! A pretty complicated model too, did you use alpha for the chest? Very nice.

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    I do my proper modelling in Lightwave, but then convert over the mesh using 3DExploration.

    Lightwaves a more 'natural' modelling tool for me, and it's UVmapping is so much simpler than Max! Oddly, though, when I export from Lightwave as a 3DS file, Max6 doesn't read it in cleanly. It doesn't see it as a mesh object...and when you fix that, you wave bye-bye to your mapping

    Anyway...once I have that done, I import the 3DS into Max6 to create the finished article. I followed Hoggy's tutorial, and it all worked nicely!

    Well...made one or 2 slips.... like accidentally renaming the whole mesh as 'primary weapon' which caused some interesting effects!!!! Then I forgot to assign the upper arm vertices ... but all went pretty much according to expectations :D

    Of course....this leaves me with a big dilemma.....

    Where do I go with this? Would be cool to do an Undead Army ;)

    Eventually, I would like to start work on a full scale Mod based on the 'Conan' world, but I have MUCH to learn before I even think about starting that! First off, I can't find where the 'sprite' images are. When you zoom back, they pop into view. That needs sorting. Also, I want to do a proper set of low detail models too.

    Anyway..it's a start!!!!
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    Bwain, if your looking for a mod to practice your skills on, I don't know if you like the 'Wheel of Time books' hint hint

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    thought the skeletons looked a little under-equipped.... so I made a 'warrior' version... here they are in action against a bunch of hapless Carthaginian peasant militia....



    Archers are nearly done....and then comes the skeleton cavalry. I also need to make some unit commanders. Haven't decided exactly what do do with those...it's either got to be a sorceror type, or a skeleton lord. I'm leaning towards the wizard.

    Myrddraal ... er... afraid I don't know those stories at all! Who's the author ?
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    wow !!!
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