A rework on the mage sprites

Slainte · Post by **Slainte** » February 26th, 2004, 9:03 pm

Well as the old mage sprites are a bit under the other units aspect i thought on working a replacement... i'm on this wip with them...

miyo · Post by **miyo** » February 26th, 2004, 9:16 pm

(S)he should be hooded.

- Miyo

Post by **Dave** » February 26th, 2004, 9:29 pm

I think it looks cool

David

Woodwizzle · Post by **Woodwizzle** » February 26th, 2004, 9:38 pm

Shouldn't all the shadows be alpha transparent from now on? Other than that I think he looks cool too, althought I think a hood might add something

kittel · Post by **kittel** » February 26th, 2004, 10:10 pm

Woodwizzle wrote:Shouldn't all the shadows be alpha transparent from now on? Other than that I think he looks cool too, althought I think a hood might add something

Actually, I think that he might suit the image of a young inexperienced mage better without the hood (not that a hood couldn't look nice).

Btw. what about renaming "mage" to "apprentice mage"/"young mage"?

Then upon "graduating" the mage attains either the red or the white robes.

Anyway, it looks great!!

telex4 · Post by **telex4** » February 27th, 2004, 1:04 am

Make the beard grow longer with each level

Post by **turin** » February 27th, 2004, 1:23 am

those are temporary colors, right? it would look strange in the game with such contrasting colors. Most units have one color, two at most, with some shades of grey as well.

Post by **quartex** » February 27th, 2004, 3:11 am

Personally, I like the blue mage. And I agree with turin it's nice how units like mages have one dominant color per unit, so they are easy to identify. Mages also have a tradition of ordering themselves based on the colors of their robes, white mages, black mages, grey mages etc.

kmj · Post by **kmj** » February 27th, 2004, 5:52 am

I kind of liked the mages as they were :-/

Woodwizzle · Post by **Woodwizzle** » February 27th, 2004, 6:00 am

Could we use this unit for something besides the standard mage? I think it would make a great NPC, or perhaps a human mage leader.

Slainte · Post by **Slainte** » February 27th, 2004, 6:41 am

Well this is a WIP still, but I though the old mages lacked the detail and contrast in the late units... anyway is up to the community to decide... i'll be working the attack and defend anims possibly today... then the sprite will be ready to anything you consider it suited to.

Christophe33 · Post by **Christophe33** » February 27th, 2004, 7:29 am

I like this image too but I also like the look of the blue mage and don't think we should change it.
On the other hand your mage could be use for a third variant of mage (what about an illusionnist who will be surrounded by fake 1st lvl units?) or as base for a true elf mage (just make the ears bigger) or for the loyalist version of mage instead of sharing it with rebel.

Slainte · Post by **Slainte** » February 27th, 2004, 4:27 pm

after your crits and commens i'll be working a simpler mage, this one will be also completed though, who knows where it can come handy... btwn, a small rework fixing some minor problems it had....

Eponymous-Archon · February 27th, 2004, 6:16 pm

I like it too. Maybe it can be used for some other kind of unit, as was suggested already. Although not the same as the mages, it is rather distinctive looking.

Apropos the mage colors, I find them very helpful in distinguishing lvls. I always have to look hard at the horsemen to see their level.

Slainte · Post by **Slainte** » February 27th, 2004, 6:22 pm

O.k. this one is much more in the line of what you like for a mage...

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