Orthanc's Creation Thread

[odintheking]

Yes, it's going to have a sail. Also, the WW mod will also feature cel-shaded terrain, .

 

[Orthanc]

Also, the WW mod will also feature cel-shaded terrain, .

Which should be very cool! Well I got that sail up, but raising it raised this question also. Should the boat hull or the symbol on the sail be civ coloured?

Now I get to make the cannon and grappling arms, fun-fun-fun!

 

[Ogedei_the_Mad]

Cute boat.

I think the symbol should be civ-colored.

 

[beboy]

Same as Ogedei: the symbol

 

[Spacer One]

**joins the chorus** The Symbol

 

[Stormrage]

Symbol!

Nice destroyer, Orthanc!

 

[Orthanc]

*CLANG!* Symbol!

Got the cannon made also, (that thingy off to the side) the way it works is the fortify will have the sail fold up and the cannon pop out to replace it. The fidget will have the Grappling Arm (which I'm just about to start on), uhm, fidget.

Link's clothes are now blue, cause blue's gonna have to be our default civ-colour:

 

[Stormrage]

Looks sweet! But whats that pipe beneath the cannon?

 

[Orthanc]

It holds it up, so it's not a hover cannon

 

[Stormrage]

But how does it get there? I mean, in the first preview, the cannon is besiede the boat..

 

[Orthanc]

Ignore that, I had it there just to show what it looked like. See the sail pops down into the hull, then the cannon pops up to replace it (as shown in the last preview)

 

[Stormrage]

Oh, now I get it! Sneaky

 

[Goldflash]

Cell shading is gross. That unit is okay though.. won't be using it however.

 

[odintheking]

Looks great. Not much more you can do to improve it.

 

[Orthanc]

Grapple Arm ready, tomorrow I shalt brave yon lands of woe known as trying-to-figure-out-how-the-boat-to-make-the-head-for-this-thing!

 

[beboy]

Very nice model! With all these devices fitting in the boat shell, it is better than Felix the Cat's magic bag!!
Can't wait to see it animated!!

 

[Orthanc]

Modelling's done! Now I know in-game the neck can twist about and stuff, but I tried two totally different methods and just couldn't make it work, so the neck doesn't twist about, but the head has full rotation on it's own, the jaw and eyes move too, and the neck at least looks good IMHO.

So here's what we got going into animations:

 

[odintheking]

Beautiful, .

 

[utahjazz7]

Looks good from here.

 

[Stormrage]

You know, Orthanc, after seing this you kinda look suspicious to me.. there is a guy wanted in atleast five different states, the police info says he could one day create an "asian dragon" unit..

I wonder...