Model Request: Troll Battle-Boat

i am creating a naga campaign at the moment and i am in need of some troll sea-units. (what i have finished till now are a bunch of concept drawings and ideas, story elements and scripts on paper... and a few skins. two of them are here: http://wc3campaigns.net/showthread.php?t=94958.)
the model can be released to public i dont want to claim it only for my own/my campaign.
i ofcourse will give +rep and credits.

the unit i have in mind is a small boat with two trolls on it (like a two-men-kajak) the first one throws spears and the second rows...

the idea is, that the spear troll faces attacked units (like the top of the human canontower).



i know that this would require custom animations, but i like to request it anyway cause i think its a really cool idea.

needed animations are: stand; walk; death; attack
not really needed but also verry nice would be: stand 2; walk 2; attack 2; birth; spell

attack: the troll infront of the boat takes a spear and throws it (if possible, his chest faces the attacked unit)
walk: the troll with the row ... rows.
death: i dont really want to have it explode. maybe its possible to make the trolls bleed and die, and after that the boat sinks

spell: the troll infront of the boat puts the spear away and trows a burning bottle, like the bat trolls have.

a skin is not needed. its enough for me to have the texture file. (i cust cant change the wrap-thing myself...)
edit: ingame textures are also a verry neat option (but then, please keep it forest-troll-like)

thx in advance

I like this idea a lot, and i think its pretty simple. Maybe me and chiz can make this when we´re done with tob O graphics. So yes you´d have to wait some time.

That turret won't really work.

yep, the turret bone doesn't work on units, only on buildings, you will have to use 2 models and triggers if you really want that troll to face the enemy.

Besides that, its a really nice idea, since it can be public I guess I could try this(if I get the time <.<), and I could make it no custom textured.

sounds good. i dont need it tomorow. i need it in the second map and i am just half done with the intro cinematic.

hrm... i wanted the turrent thing, becouse i hate it, when a "normal" wc3 ship attacks. these standart ships turn around in a completely unrealistic way and a cannon-projectile appears out of somewhere in the ship...

but i have an idea about the attack animation, that it wont look so shitty:
the boat is small, so it also is agile.



stand: the boat stands, trolls are sitting.
sand 2: the boat drifts alittle away and the row-troll rows it to the normal position
stand 3: the first troll stands up and watches around.

stand ready: the boat is turned 90°, the rower rows to keep the boat on this angel and the spear troll holds one hand over the spears and waits

attack: the spear troll picks a spear and trows it...

in that way there would not be a turrent and it looks cool anyway

argh... and btw, i have fucked up proportions and all in the picture. its yust to show how i have thought it, but dont take it as 100% perfect reference. i would make the boat alittle smaller. but i think, whoever model this, he would make it nice-looking...

As they are trolls in a boat, and nou mounted canons on a boat, there is no reason for them to attack sideways. IN fact, in this case it would be more appropriate if it attacks from the front.

You are right about other boats though :)

Those sketches are so awesome.

@erwt: meh... whatever. i just dont lke to have it look like the troll trows in one direction and the spear flies in another direction. i think it gives the boat a more dynamic look if it turns sideway...

they can attack in any direction, if it still looks alittle realistic and if it still looks dinamic and nice ;P