The Last Days v2.4 (for .808) ---Next Release Date Unknown!

[Ancientwanker]

In lieu of any new models to texture at the moment, Im putting the finishing touches on some haradrim textures for the old gear. I need a black serpent image for the shield though and I cant seem to find a good one. If anyone has a good stylized black snake, simple black dragon or similar image that would look good on a shield, send er to me please. Thanks.

[LynX]

Orc falchions, besides needing a few touchups models are done, textures pending the release of the polycount limits (which might need me to remodel it anyway):

[Ancientwanker]

Nice timing, and very nice models. Great stuff!

[LynX]

Thanks!

Another 2 weapons from the same pic, another falchion(?) and a polearm (scaled smaller to fit in the render):

[Aenarion]

Now can someone tell me how to do new models? I want to do uruk-hai armor, weapons and wargs.

[Ancientwanker]

Another 2 weapons from the same pic, another falchion(?) and a polearm (scaled smaller to fit in the render

Hey, thats great, I was going to ask for that polearm as well but never got around to it. Great job! Thats something an orc would like to stick you with.

Now can someone tell me how to do new models? I want to do uruk-hai armor, weapons and wargs

Just get a free program like blender or a trial of something else. I dont know much about it but expect it to take awhile to get good. I did a tutorial and made a sword but it was nothing special.

As for wargs, wont be able to change horses skeletons/models/animations  like that Im pretty sure so.... The easiest way would be to just change skins but they would have horse bodies with fur, fangs, etc and would probably look stupid. At the moment im not going to have warg riders.

[Blackish_sheep]

bye looking stupid i guess you mena looking liek keeper's... 'creation'

[okiN]

I'm having trouble deciding whether that last post was sarcastic or not. Given the poster, though, I'm leaning towards "not sarcastic".

[Ancientwanker]

I have no idea what keepers creation is... so I plead the fifth. Im guessing he made a warg out of a horse model. Im sure its possible, I just imagine it wouldnt look very good without, at least, shorter, thicker legs.

So for now, no wargs or unusual mounts in this mod. I think I am doing custom mounts for rohan, gondor and the harad though. It just makes the soldiers look better to have horses kit that matches their own. Haradrim horse is almost done.

[Blackish_sheep]

it was a horse with fur texture

http://i30.imagethrust.com/i/41449/furball.jpg

[Ancientwanker]

Cutting and pasting with fur is a pain, it starts to look like paper mache. Obviously you could finish it up and make something but it would still be too horsey to pass for a warg.

Maybe Saruman cross bred wargs with horses. heh. Warg-hai.

[Ancientwanker]

Ok, just fyi, Ive got trial mock ups of quite a few faction textures and am nearly complete on final ones for the haradrim. Im going to start the coding this weekend and see if I can get a barebones one up and running.

Wont be anywhere near a release though at least until the texture importer from Noo8 is available.

[Ubberdorc]

Is there a thread about the texture importer? I would be very interested in being able to add custome textures without replacing default ones.

[Ancientwanker]

Theres no thread that I know of, hes just mentioned that hes making one in the past. Last I heard he was having some difficulty with some part of the code.

[dirtbag]

How far in the development has this mod come so far?