[FfH II Art Team Blog]

[Grey Fox]

The hair isnt blue right? My screen can't show red atm (glitchy cord) so it looks very blue. Looks great unless its actually supposed to be that blue, if so I'm not a fan of the hair

 

[Sofista]

I see them violet... Any other opinion on those hair?

However: both this and the Balseraph swordsman are great!

 

[Fenboy]

Now, see the arcane units were nice, but this is what I've been waiting for for the Svarts

Edit: I see purple too, more towards the blue end of the spectrum though.

 

[MagisterCultuum]

I personally think the hair should be changed to just be black. Other than that it's nice.

 

[MrUnderhill]

I'm with Magister; the Svarts have only been shown with 1 hair color and I feel it should stay that way. Any abnormal hair colors should be reserved for the tier 4 units, if not left entirely to the Sheaim or Balseraphs. I do dig the mini-scythes, though.

 

[smjjames]

Is it me or do the breasts look kind of strange in some of the poses?

Otherwise it does look cool

 

[Psychic_Llamas]

great stuff yet again seZ, though i must agree, black hair would be nicer

 

[Kael]

Keep in mind that seZ's biggest challenge isnt in creating beautiful unis (though he excels at that), but in making units that are easily distinguishable from each other. As such the purple hair is an excellent feature, making them very easy to differentiate from other units.

There is a balance between a shared style (unity) and unique design (divergence). Its a tightrope the artists always have to walk.

 

[Sureshot]

small update 25.o5.o8

Awesome now i can dominate the world in style.. can't wait.. hmm..

i really cant wait for patch B now, im serious.. patch already!!! aaaahhhHHH!!!!

 

[Nimbus]

Is it me or do the breasts look kind of strange in some of the poses?

Otherwise it does look cool

Tribute to a Robin Williams stand-Up routine??? their made of silicone, while she goes one way they keep going the other

 

[seZereth]

First of all you will see, that her breasts wont look strange in game. second, I think they for one look strange, because they are not "round" but made up of polygons (triangles...) and further the texture has a stiffened leather with different light and dark shades, which might break the illusion of roundness as well, because it is not lit like a sphere.

So, and now for the hair,... here is a picture of her with black hair.

Though it looks more serious and in style with the other svartalfars, I think on one hand it is like Kael said, it removes the easy to spot effect and on the other hand, I think the dyed hair break up the rather boring combination of leather and pale skin (colour wise) and add some character.
So I can easily release the dark hair separately or just give it to Kael to implement it into patch b (so you would actually never see the dyed one in game)

 

[Psychic_Llamas]

hmmm i do personally like the look and feel of the black one better than the violet one, but like you say the violet does add variety and easy-to-distinguish-ness. could we perhaps have both versions in the DL and just change them to the ones we like personally?

 

[Ekolite]

Prefer the black-haired one, although a slightly darker, less bright purple might look ok.

 

[seZereth]

You might just replace the unit which comes with patch "b" with this one (probably rename it).
For all those of you who want to have black haired Svartalfar...
will remember that for the next ones I create...

 

[Kasdar]

I like the one with the purple hair the best. gives her some character, and makes her easy to spot

 

[Sureshot]

both look great , the non-purple one looks like its more sensical up close, but civ isnt an up close game, its nice to be able to tell what kinda unit youre usin at a glance heh

 

[thomas.berubeg]

Is brigit getting unique art?

 

[Ploeperpengel]

Is brigit getting unique art?

I will retexture her a bit but she won't get an entirely new model.

 

[seZereth]

I will retexture her a bit but she won't get an entirely new model.

I think a polished texture and some big glow effects will be best regarding time/effort:result,

 

[Ploeperpengel]

I think a polished texture and some big glow effects will be best regarding time/effort:result,

Yes of course she'll glow!