Polish Arms

[Glorfindel]

A) Are there any models already made in this category?
B) Are they still in the works as a new weapon category?
C) If A's answer is "No, none have been made" and B is unequivocally true, then advance to D.
D) What designs would people like to see? Guisarme, spears, bardiches, jeddart, halberds etc

I only ask because I hear this is a dire needed modelling project.

 

[FER]

A) Pretty much only models ripped by Thothie

B) Yes, we have 2handed polearms animations done.

D) No idea , one of each would be good for starting normal weapons.

 

[zeus9860]

related to D), i prefer spears and halberds, the other ones aren't bad aswell. Just saying they are my most prefered polearms

 

[Thothie]

Do polish arms taste like polish sausages?

The forked spears the mummies use are the only original content likely to go into a polearm at the moment - one of the higher end magical ones, one would assume. There are about a dozen less than original content models lined up... The hard work, however, the animations, are all FER's original works - he's just trying to not take credit.

I've not gotten 'round to sticking the polearms into FER's animation matrix and creating a new polearm script, nor the code work that will be involved adding the new weapon category - although we have had a proof-of-concept polearm script for a long time now, so the concept is viable at least.

Basic concept behind the series of weapons is that you want to be an optimal range from your opponent for optimal damage (not too close, not too far). Additionally, various polearms will allow manual blocking of blows, and some may allow you to push opponents who get too close away, or similarly allow you to escape when cornered. Some may also be thrown as spears.

Models we have laying around include halberds, gariseums, ransuers, volgues, glaives, magic staffs, spears, lances, quarterstaffs, and pretty much everything in-between.

Probably start with a full line, of four or five, from low to high end, and pad them out from there.

 

[Marisa]

Putting dreams of mystical spears and mechanical halberds aside, I think.. some kind of tribal orc looking spear would be a good jump-on point too, maybe something with an ash or oak looking thick pole, tied on with sinew or leather, with the head being rather jagged like they sharpened it by bashing pieces off between cooling stages. Some diagonal and horizontal sweeps would be lovely, with a charged thrust, a throw worked in as a higher charge. Just tossing out thoughts.

As for some higher level ones, maybe some kind of thick valkyrie spear, decorated and heavy looking.

And maybe one of these for another subcategory, haha. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph-byf8Edgk Logic out the window now.

 

[FER]

How about a horn strapped on a stick?

 

[Glorfindel]

1904 polies altogether. I could definitely shave some off in a few areas but I don't think it's that bad of an issue. Smoothing needs to be fine tuned on that far right one.

Left to right is naginata, javelin, yari, trident, halberd, and halberd/bardiche. They're all unskinned, those are just crappy assigned materials up there.

I like the idea of a tribal orc spear, I'll have to work on that. I think i'll also have a ribbon or cloth to the end of the yari right under the blade, give it some character.

Maybe some mythical gigantic polearm too? Felewyn shard style? D:

 

[Echo717]

personally I'd like to see a good ole harpoon

 

[Marisa]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMmsRQ-NehY
Valkyrie Profile spear finisher, mandatory for thread :t

 

[Glorfindel]

You guys are so hard to please

 

[FER]

The blade of the hlaberd and the bardiche look weird, like flat

 

[Glorfindel]

The view angle of the pictures doesn't lend much to detail views, but hopefully it's thick enough? I mean any thicker and it doesn't look very wieldy. I don't have many references though.

 

[FER]

From upclose the bardiche looks alot better. Its okay the way it looks right now

 

[Marisa]

Oh wow I wasn't expecting you to actually do it, just made a reference. Looks good though!
And yeah, the bardiche looks good, nice and hefty enough

 

[zeus9860]

Holy crap, that big one on the right @ image looks like badass !

 

[Srgnt Rehab]

I'd love to see some really detailed textures slapped on these and get them into the game, I'm hoping polearms would have longer range then the average weapon.

 

[Glorfindel]

finished uvmapping all but two of them (click view image if the forum is cutting off the valesti for you)

Higher Res:
http://i48.tinypic.com/of6iom.jpg Bardiche
http://i50.tinypic.com/2nrq5ci.jpg Halberd
http://i45.tinypic.com/dfj28h.jpg Harpoon
http://i47.tinypic.com/5d1mb6.jpg Javelin
http://i48.tinypic.com/mme6hd.jpg Naginata
http://i45.tinypic.com/2up5m5j.jpg Trident
http://i50.tinypic.com/b894bk.jpg Typhoon
http://i49.tinypic.com/16j9k5.jpg Yari (blade is shown as black but it's just max rendering funny at the wrong angle)

going on a vacation for a few days, so i'll skin them when I get back, just wanted to show some progress before I left

 

[Freerad]

/me loves look of Typhoon!

 

[Glorfindel]

skinning takes longer than I thought

 

[PBarnum]

Looking good Glor! keep it up.

 

[Srgnt Rehab]

Doing good! I suppose good skins is like good textures, hard to get it perfect, but once you do, it looks so awesome.

 

[Glorfindel]

something to saaaaaaayy



something to doooooo

http://www.filefront.com/16776795/GlorsPoles.rar

WARNING:
-THE TYPHOON TOP PART IS CHROME! IT'S FUNNY I GET LAZY ON THE ONE MODEL THAT I DESIGNED MYSELF
-ALSO SINCE THEY'RE ALL MODELED IN MAX THEY MAY BE A BIT TOO TINY OR TOO HUGE COMPARED TO MSC HANDS WHEN COMBINED WITH THOSE SMDS

I'M DONE, MY HAND HURTS FROM SKINNING OW

also thoth, Fer sent me his animations i think...uhhhh....do you want me to put all these on there and compile the mdls myself?

 

[Thothie]

Save me some work, to be sure. Although I have to add the ones we have as well. Careful aligning the viewmodel.

Wow... Actual BMP's and SMD's... Even a sample model... I was all skeptically expecting some MS3D or 3DS file I couldn't do anything with. Good show!

 

[Marisa]

Lookin' good, hope to see these soon.