Tides of Blood: Blade Barrier

This graphic was due for a makeover (as was its effect). The video looks a little choppy from being compressed; in-game it's quite smooth.

Edit: Another video, this one with her in motion.

Holy shit!

Sooooo Goooooood!!!
I like the current Blade Barrier effect, yet this one is even better!
GO TOB!!!

I would say the other skills of the warden needed a remake far more than the blade barrier, but there's nothing wrong with improoving it either.

The death animation seems a bit odd, the way the blades just scale into the character (ouch), but I guess animating a more complex assembly/disassembly process would be a pain with so many blades.

Added another video with her in motion.

I was thinking about throwing in a particle effect, as if they were exploding, but coordinating 132 little *poofs* for something so minor isn't a very judicious use of time. I can think of a relatively easy way to individually animate the blades exploding outward or dropping to the ground, but filesize is an issue.

Her other skills have been changed, but only one of them (besides BB) requires a new graphic.

O will pwn!

Great Effect!

Wow that is amazing
Now what about a skin for her....

They are concerned about filesize.. The normal skin is really fine already and they are trying to keep it as small as possible.

Where can we check her other NEW skills?

Gogoogogo ToB.

Btw, Cassiel, what prog do you use to capture movies?

Ive never seen anything like it.. thats amazing..

really good stuff

though I agree i think it would be better if they merely played their death animation rather then being sucked back into the Warden

in any case, things seem to be shaping up

I think we'll have all the time of the world to check them out once O is released ;).

I'm on it.

I dont like this bladebarrier more then the older one. Technically its better, but it looks a little odd in wc3 (lack of ribbon drags), and the other just looked far more damaging and slicy.