Tauren Race

EDIT: This project has now become a fully-fledged mod called Ominous Horizons. We have decided on the Tauren, Trolls, Goblins, and Satyrs as our races. We're hosted on this site, and are no longer using this thread.


Thanks,

--TiJiL
















Hey there. I'm just starting on a new project, and I figured I will need help with it, so I'd better try and get some people interested in it. Essentially, I, too, want to make a race mod. I think, though, that people that start these projects (myself included) try and aim too high too fast. Always four races are planned out from the onset, and rarely does any work get done. So, I want to try to start up a race mod and make it one race at a time. I am an aspiring modeler, and I've been making a few building concepts so I can test out the art tools.

Anyway, the first race I want to do is tha tauren. They're so awesome, I think, and have a lot of potential. When and if the tauren are finished or nearly so, we'll move on to a different race, which we will decide depending on what would be possible, fun, and challenging.

I'd like all of the races to be Warcraft races and at least somewhat unique. (ie no High Elves.)

So, essentially what the team needs is a good skinner / icon maker or two, a few good spell editors, and if possible another modeler. If you can terrain and/or come up with good ideas, all the better.

All in all, I'd like for each race to also come with their own tileset and a few creeps, as well as include 5 new neutral heroes. All of this is up in the air right now, for as I said, I'd like to focus on one race at a time.

So, if you think you'd like to help me out and try to create an extention of the Warcraft universe that's fun and interesting, respond here.


By the way, here are pics of a few of the models I'm working on. Obviously not done yet, and the foundations have been removed for the time being.

Altar of the Earth Mother



Warrior Garrison (Equivalent to Barracks)




Thanks in advance,


--TiJiL




(By the way, while I'm not sure yet, I think the second race should be goblins... Everybody loves goblins...)

Nice models, cool idea, but my obligations are overstretched right now :(

So this means your leaving WOZ?

Leaving? I wasn't aware that I was ever a part of WOZ. I'll be happy to give you some tauren stuff, though, to help out your mod.

Oh, and thanks Whitehorn.

Yes you were remember? about the WOZ: Chaos in Kalimdor about you helping out with it

those are excellent models, but kinda boxy, but i guess they are still WiPs..nothing i can do that might help you, unfortuntly


EDIT: are you in need of people to create a uvmap\mesh for your models? if so, i can do that :)

EDIT 2: i just paid for milkshape 3d, so now i could do some model edits, im really good at doing edits, and really fast, so you can tell me any tauren like model edits you want, and ill try.

Very nice models. The Warrior Garrison looks refreshingly original, and has a neat wigwam-appearance.

Also refreshing is your simple ambition. I'm sick to death of n00b's announcing their five brand new race campaigns with 100 levels. :////

Thanks for all the comments.

Razor, I don't need help with the unwrapping, etc. However, can you create whole models from scratch, or just edit them? Either way, I could use you. If you can just edit them, get the spirit walker and remove the feathers and make the vest smaller, then alter him a bit to make him kindof lanky and thinner than he is, and remove the axe in his hand. If you can make entire new models, you can attempt to make a tall, thin tauren with a sling and a backpack.

Thanks,

--TiJiL

i forgot to mention, any edits i do lose animations, and i cannot create model from scratch, i wish i could animate\create models from scratch, im best at making units mount other units, but i doubt tauren could sit on something without a bit of pain :ggani: and would you like the tauren to have like a weapon from another dude?


edit: forgot to say this, but you can message me on AIM, my nick\name there is "Gerundok"

edit 2: here is a pic of a dude i was working on for my own campaign, i call it a mythirad, but you can use it if you want. http://server3.uploadit.org/files/16...-new-newer.jpg

it has a tail, too, it could be the from scratch model you want, its a troll+tauren.

edit 3: here is the edit you wanted, although i removed the team color bit, hope you like http://server3.uploadit.org/files/16...ren-Worker.jpg

really guys, can we STOP with the race mods? what's the point of playing a chore-like game of melee when it doesn't count for/against your ladder score?????

and also, why are you making it just ONE ENTIRE RACE? half the reason that the blizzard teams are so interesting is that they're mixes of different races, and not just one biased race (like the alliance is humans, dwarves, blood elves, etc)

if you can't tell, i don't like melee game. that's not my point though. we just don't need any more mods/races/maps for melee!
although you could probably make a campaign with those tauren models though, which would be cooler than a race mod anyways.

-val

EDIT: sorry if this sounded a little harsh. i'm very angry with the war3 community ATM so i got my knickers in a twist.

Yes i know but some other people might like the idea, but hey youv got a point even im starting to sorta not like all these new race MAPS not mods

No problem, Valdor. Different people like different things, and, as it turns out, I can live without your support. As Patrick said, there are some who would enjoy it.

I like it so far, Razor. Too bad about the animation thing. I think he needs a backpack or something, if possible. Also, he's a ranged unit that hurls rocks with his sling, so perhaps you can make the sling look a little better suited to that task. Also, his waist is a little too thin, but I like the improved horns and posture.

Finally, here's a picture of another building I made. Not sure what exactly it will be, but I think it looks pretty swell.

i didn't change his posture, thats just how the idle animation is, and thats a nice looking building..perhaps make it the farm? also, do you think i should give that troll+tauren dude a weapon? if so, just say what you think.

Some of us play games for fun. Obviously you don't.

Good job there TiJiL...both on the models, and the fact you want to make one race at a time.

I am making a TC too.

http://www.campaigncreations.org/war...ight/index.htm

I also, made one race at a time. And I already have all 4 races finished, and the mod is in Beta stages right now. Soon I will be uploading the next version.

First I made the race that replaced the Undead, then the Orcs, then I did a duel release of both the NE and Humans edited heavily.

I think this might be a good one :)

Don't aim too high, ok?