Kitty's random stuff: The South Guard

[kitty]

And the next one: rough for the Goblin Pillager

[Turuk]

I know these will be used for dialogue, but have you given any thought to making the wolf look a bit more aggressive kitty? As mentioned above, they may be trained but I highly doubt they are tame, and so a bit more feral expression would not be out of place.

[A-Red]

I know that goblins are not large beings, but the pillager's shoulder breadth seems too narrow to me, and the one on our left may be a little low.

[kitty]

Turuk: No, for exactly the reason you mentioned yourself. That's a dialogue not a fighting portrait. Besides the Rider's wolf is already snarling and the knight's/direwolf rider's one will probably as well - I don't want the same "expression" for all three wolves.

A-Red: I want him to be weakish but I may have overdone it. I will broaden his shoulders a bit in the next revision, but I still want the knight-line to feature the more impressive goblins. For the different shoulder height please notice the differently shaped and sized pauldrons, I think shading will clear that up more.

[A-Red]

For the different shoulder height please notice the differently shaped and sized pauldrons, I think shading will clear that up more.

I had noticed, but I think the large pauldron on our right is as high as his shoulder should actually be. Block it out with a finger, and look at his head and the shoulder on our left, and see how long his neck is.

[Eternal]

In my opinion, the Pillager wolf is not cute enough.

[Neoskel]

I think the wolf's expression and bearing makes the wolf seem like it's still a little apprehensive of the fire it's rider is carrying. Fitting, i think.

[kitty]

Preliminary fin version of the pillager, but if anybody raises a valid crit I'm of course willing to include it.

Edit: Damn, I forgot to shade the torch - will come back to that later this evening...



A-Red: You were right - I completely overlooked that - thanks!
Eternal: That's just great!
Neoskel: Exactly what I thought.

[thespaceinvader]

Depends on the lighting you want to convey, but personally it doesn't feel like the torch is actually included in the image - normally when you do lighting effects you do a lot of reflections from the surfaces nearby - you don't seem to have done so on this one, and it make the torch look a little disconnected.

[kitty]

Shaded torch and added light fx - fin. Please commit him and the rider.

[thespaceinvader]

Aaah, muuch better =D The torch looks toasty.

Committed both to trunk.

[kitty]

Start of my 3rd WSAS milestone, lines and flats for the goblin knight/direwolfrider.

[thespaceinvader]

I feel that the Direwolf ought to be properly aggressive-looking and snarly. At the moment, particularly given the angle of its head, it looks docile, if not outright scared.

Also, he seems to have a stirrup, but his foot's not in it - is there a reason for this?

Otherwise, looks good =)

[kitty]

Yeah, canine expressions aren't something I usually do - I'll have another look at his head. For the foot dangling besides the stirrup I imagined him loosening up during talking opposed to riding.

[thespaceinvader]

Ah, OK. It's worth bearing in mind, however, that he could be (and given the speed of the unit, is quite likely to be) depicted talking whilst moving, so...