Orthanc's Creation Thread

[Kyriakos]

The unit can also be used as a greek group scientific leader/ law maker

 

[Ogedei_the_Mad]

It's not a blue dragon, but I'll be using it for the "Azure Dragon of the East" in my mod as one of the 4 guardian symbols.

 

[HunterAnubis]

I thought of a new attack maybe he could form that circle and roll over enemie

 

[Stormrage]

@Orthanc - of course it is, silly me

Floating and snake movement sound great!

 

[Plotinus]

This looks fantastic!

 

[Orthanc]

Alright, animating has commenced, I've opted for 170x170 frame size, of course he doesn't fill that entire space, here's a default South-West WIP:

 

[Sword_Of_Geddon]

I think he should slither up and down in the moving animation.

 

[HunterAnubis]

I think he should be moving like a water up dpwn up down try watching some asian dragon moves. Ill try to find some but no promise I can find it

 

[Kyriakos]

Perhaps the victory can have him run after its tail, forming a circle?
Like an ouroboros (although the ouroboros would be eating its tail)

 

[Stormrage]

I agree with Swoggy

 

[odintheking]

That looks great! BTW, have you guys seen the Simpsons episode where they go to China, and a dragon offers Homer a wish if he gives him his peanuts(?) and he only gives him one, so the dragons end up singing and crying rainbows?

 

[Orthanc]

@odintheking: No, but I'd love to see that.

@Varwnos: This was in fact agreed upon already 12 posts before yours

@Everyone else: I had already rendered the run in the snamke slither as opposed to the wave slither, but I did them both in the SW direction, so see which one you really would prefer:
'Snake' (SNAAAAAKKKKEEE! Sorry, couldn't resist):

''The Wave':


EDIT: Before aaglo asks:

#declare al= 12.0;
#declare cl= 4;
#declare ac= clock*al;
#declare cc= (ac/cl - int(ac/cl));
#macro tb(p)
(3*p * cos((p/24-cc)*10*pi))
#end

 

[Kyriakos]

Both look really good!

The second is more dragon-like i think.

 

[rifleman]

Looking great Orthanc

I think it would actually look better with a combination of both if you were to make it go to the side, and then go up - only with bigger waves.

 

[Keroro]

I tend to prefer the wave, though I think it could be more wavey still personally.

 

[Kyriakos]

Btw, Orthanc, can you also make a military leader version of it?
I think it would look quite interesting as one (a symbol of course )

 

[Sword_Of_Geddon]

THe Wave is more graceful, just watch the tail!

 

[BadKharma]

Yes I like the wave also but it could be more pronounced.

 

[Orthanc]

The formula for making the wave is, awkward, this is about the only 'more pronounced' wave I can feasibly make with it, before it starts going completely berserk:

(yes, as in it gets even CRAZIER if I increase it further):

@rifleman: I tried that just to see how it would look, the combo of horizontal and vertical waves kinda counter-act eachother and not much seems to move.

 

[rifleman]

@rifleman: I tried that just to see how it would look, the combo of horizontal and vertical waves kinda counter-act eachother and not much seems to move.

I was afraid of that, I figured it would be weird and require multiple sets of animation, or something else.

Your latest looks good, but is it necessary to keep the head stationary? I can see how that might be so, but I think it would look more realistic if it was moving with the wave.