Warhammer unit request: Chaos Dwarfs & Hobgoblins

[The Last Conformist]

No spikes but an iron masque. It almost looks like that old LotM request didn't pass unheard ...

 

[aaglo]

Thanks for the input
Replies:

- Maybe some color variation. Maybe the mask and the helmet could be two separate pieces with different colors?
- Also, should the cape(?) be brown?
- Do you feel like you could handle a two handed hammer? Could be good variation for the one handed weapons.

- hmm, a separate mask? I could try that, but I wouldn't guarantee anything
- brown cape would be possible... as you can see, I really can't make things look like they're made of fur
- two-handed hammer would be good variation to the one-handed weapons, but I'm quite sure that I can't do those (well, I can make a 2-handed weapon, but I can't make the dwarf to wield it with two hands - the math required to do that is quite complex)

No spikes but an iron masque. It almost looks like that old LotM request didn't pass unheard ...

- No spikes but an iron masque??? Is this a statement or a request? If the later, then I don't get it, since there are no spikes...

 

[mrtn]

No spikes but an iron masque. It almost looks like that old LotM request didn't pass unheard ...

I'm gonna pretend this is the lotm request until aaglo tells me otherwise.

How about giving him darker eyes? It almost looks like the mask covers them, can't have a blind dwarf running around, can we? But, on the other hand it may disappear at civ size...
Some quite nondescript (civ coloured?) shield would look good, I think (and make it possible to use it as both good and bad dwarf ).

I think it looks very good, aaglo!

 

[Yoda Power]

If you can't make the hammer two-handed, then maybe give him a shield? A round shield maybe?

Looks suprime! I have a big use for him

 

[The Last Conformist]

- No spikes but an iron masque??? Is this a statement or a request? If the later, then I don't get it, since there are no spikes...

Statement.

Give him a shield, I'd say.

 

[mrtn]

If you can't make the hammer two-handed, then maybe give him a shield? A round shield maybe?
...

Round quite small shield sounds good.

 

[Mr. Do]

Oh gerat, another chaos dwarf unit on the way! I've actually added most of these units to the mod myself, now I'll be able to differentiate between "CD warrior" and "CD infantry". It'd be nice if I didn't have to keep the Thunderer in place of the Blunderbuss Chaos Dwarf by the time I get to wherever I stuck that on the tech tree... oh, and there was that dwarvern crossbowman... hehe I'm kidding, any new units made are a bonus to a great mod.

 

[aaglo]

... oh, and there was that dwarvern crossbowman...

I know. I tried to make it, but I couldn't make it work at all (the crossbow was used with two hands). Somebody else should do it (put it on kinboat's lottery, if everything else fails )

 

[mrtn]

Well, just put one crossbow in each hand then. O.K. Corrall, here I come!

 

[Drift]

Would a repeating crossbow be easier to animate? Reload anim would be rather simple pulling and pushing of a lever.

It would also fit the dwarves rather well with them being so technical.

 

[Mr. Do]

Oh, yes, all I was thinking of anyway was just a normal-looking dwarf pointing a crossbow and firing it... no need for complex reloading animations!

 

[Zeekater]

The problem is that Aaglo's program isn't suited for handling humanoid figures

And perhaps a two handed animation is just too complicated or even impossible.

 

[Drift]

@Zeekater

We are well aware of aaglo's program handicap. However, he has shown miraculous flexibility with pov-ray before - a simple two handed animation shouldn't be beyond his grasp. It's completely another thing however, whether he wants to do it. I don't have a need for a crossbow dwarf, but as it seems to be a popular request, I'm trying to think of a way for aaglo to finish his already started work.

 

[aaglo]

Forgetting the crossbowman... forgetting the crossbowman...

Ok, here's slightly updateished version of the ironmask. List of changes:
- changed the helmet a bit
- added shield (which has a sillyish (?) decorative patterns)

 

[The Last Conformist]

It's looking quite good.

 

[Drift]

I think it's really good. I'd darken the helmet a bit though, I'm having some trouble with the way the mask and helmet seem to be one seamless design.

Something like this for example:

 

[mrtn]

I like it.

 

[RRnut]

I think it looks great!

The dwarven UU is on the way!

 

[Yoda Power]

Amazing

 

[Gomurr]

Looks terrific, aaglo! Man, I can't wait for this unit to be released... I can think of a number of uses for it. Chaos Dwarf elite, Dwarven Ironbreaker, Dwarf of Nogrod, etc...