Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-26176474-20190714090323

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Huorns have recently gotten some *interesting* facelifts, and they already look much better now, but I still think they got 2 main problems which make them look really wierd in my opinion:

1. Their movement: not how their movement mechanic works, this one is fine, but the fact that they don't have feet (neither in lore or in-game) makes it very wierd to look at a trunk jumping up blocks and stuff. Tolkien also thought that moving trees without feet and toes (like Ents) was wierd, so he made a nice little addition to these tree-folks which in my opinion would also be fitting for the mod, both for lore-friendlyness and realism inside the mod (even if it is minecraft):

Suggestion (based on the appearence of Huorns in the Battle of the Hornburg):

''"They camped beside the bed of the Isen river; it was still silent and empty. ... late in the night the watchmen cried out ... over the ground there crept a darkness blacker than the night. On both sides of the river it rolled towards them, going northward.

'Stay where you are!' said Gandalf. 'Draw no weapons! Wait! and it will pass you by!'

A mist gathered about them. Above them a few stars still glimmered faintly; but on either side there arose walls of impenetrable gloom; they were in a narrow lane between moving towers of shadow. Voices they heard, whisperings and groanings and an endless rustling sigh; the earth shook under them. Long it seemed to them that they sat and were afraid; but at last the darkness and the rumour passed, and vanished between the mountain's arms.''

Add a mist to the base of the trees, which makes their trunks blend in with the ground. This could be like a veil or just the normal minecraft animation of when a player hits the ground from a few blocks high (but constantly, when they move).

About the sounds, it'd be nice if they could have those whispering and rustling sounds, since they weren't always silent in the lotr books (even though they were described to move quickly and silently, there are some exceptions like the one pointed out above).

Huorns had great power and could wrap themselves in shadow. The mist also could be a blindness effect to players which are attacked by huorns, similar to the barrow-wights, but this might be op. I'll just leave it here as a brainstorming idea.



2. Their shape is very simple.

Tolkien described them looking as dark, ancient trees, which is far from their appearence in the mod. I suggest them looking a bit more twisted, not that vanilla-oak-look they have right now. Maybe even having a few variations in shape, but if it's too complicated I'd suggest just sticking to one small shape change. The faces look awesome now, it's just that the rest is a bit too simple imo. 