4/18/19
Been a while since my last update, and I thought I should keep people up to date on what I've been working on. Keep in mind that this is just what I have completed so far, and I'm not finished with my current workload; this is just a quick look at most of the stuff I'm working on.
I've completed the model for the Leviathan's helmet, but after some reconsidering I decided that I didn't like the texture enough and that I wanted it to be fancier. No pictures so far, as I never uploaded it to Sketchfab, but the helmet is designed to go with a lot of the Archer armours for those that can't easily obtain Leviathan's Guard. I haven't started the boots or gauntlets yet, but I plan to pretty soon. Once I get all four red sets of armour out of the way, I will start working on orange sets of armour. I know a lot of people are really excited for Archer to finally have its own legendary set so I will try my hardest to get it looking good.
Checkered Heavy Lamellar has been remodelled into Gilded Scale Armour. Its current model is a reskin of a native armour, so I wanted to give it something that made it look more "legendary" and fit PC's helmet more. I don't have a picture of the remodel on me currently, so maybe I'll update this part later and post pictures. I tried to keep some of the same visual style to the armour, but honestly the current model doesn't fit at all, so don't expect it to look too similar to the current model.
Red Legendary 2-Handed Axe
https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/scorn-d2...a2e7fd331e
As promised, here it is. This model is a red legendary two handed axe for Infantry. It is meant to match the visual style of
Mercy, the Infantry red legendary two handed hammer I posted some months back. I don't have much to say about this axe besides the fact that I think it turned out really good, and I'm a fan of matching weapon sets and big axes. Axes are woefully under-represented for Swadians in this mod, and I think adding a big fucking legendary axe is a good way to counter that. The temporary name for this axe is Scorn, but I don't like that name very much, so feel free to comment what you think a better name for the axe would be.
Red Legendary Crossbowman 1-Handed Sword
https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/legendar...0701b3615e
This model is a red legendary Crossbowman one handed sword for Crossbowman. I wanted this model to be something that would fit well on the hip of a crossbowman, so I opted for a really fancy straight arming sword. The fancy parts took a really long time to make, but I think it payed off in the end, and hopefully you think so too. Crossbowman really deserves its own sword, and so this sword is designed to both look stylish while being a great personal defense sword for the crossbowmen that actually equip one handed weapons.
House-Craftable Warden Arrows
https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/piercing...422bf39156
This model is two house-craftable arrows for Warden, with both a normal and dark version. I know people like to have matching styles when it comes to Archer especially, so I didn't want to force anybody to use arrows that they thought wouldn't fit with their armour. I wanted the design of the arrows to be not too fancy, but not too cheap; Zephyr's model is starting to age in my eyes, as I made its original model three to four years ago and its remodel two years ago. So, I tried to keep the fanciness somewhere equivalent to Ebony / Elmwood. This is one of those models that I can't believe I didn't see that it was missing long ago; I just assumed that archers had enough items. So, sorry this one took so long, even if not a lot of people suggested it.
I still plan to make house-craftable Chosen Marksman bolts, as I know the same tier and type of item is missing. I don't know if I'll make them visually similar to these Warden arrows or not, but I guess we'll see.
House-Craftable Infantry Mace
https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/hc-mace-...8e835fd66a
This model is a house-craftable one-handed mace for Infantry. I didn't want this model to be more fancy than it really had to be, as maces tended to be more utilitarian than swords. The simplicity of the texture means it fits with most people's armour sets. There's nothing too special about this model, but it is a hole that needed to be filled that a lot of people really want. I know Head Crusher is a lot of people's favorite weapon (for some reason), and hopefully continuing a line of Infantry maces will please those who want something other than swords.
Legendary Infantry Mace
https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/legendar...5ed9626113
Okay, I take what I said back about utilitarianism. This mace is a red legendary one-handed mace for Infantry, as I do not believe that slot has been filled yet (Mjolnir is a bastard weapon). The visual design of this mace is supposed to look like the bigger brother to the Head Crusher; I wanted the same general color scheme. Blunt weapons often do not get represented as much as cut weapons, so it's always a nice change of pace to cave somebody's skull in rather than cutting them. Hopefully with these two new maces and the new maul and axe, there will start to be a lot more personality and variety to people's Infantry loadouts.
Finals are starting to come up, so you'll see me a only a little bit less for the next month or so. As stated above, once I finish working on my current workload (Archer armour set, crossbowman HC bolts, some other minor things), I'll start working on orange legendary armour sets. I have a general idea for what I want all four armour sets to be, and they all should be custom models instead of pulled from an OSP. Here are the general design ideas that I believe I brought up before, but they might have changed over time:
Infantry: Dragon Halfplate
Archer: Brass Scalemail
Pikeman: Dragonscale Armour
Crossbowman: Bannerguard Brigandine
If you have any reference pictures you wish to send me for what you think these armours should look like, shoot me a PM or post them down below. I already have reference images for the Crossbowman and Infantry armours, but more are always appreciated.
Most of these items also have no names so far! If you have a name suggestion for any of these weapons, PM them to me or just post it below.