A suggestion concerning the somewhat incomplete weaponry of the Warriors of Bladorthin. Proposed additions include a Dorwinion Elven bow, battlestaff and longspear, as well as a retexture for the sword, as I currently believe it looks somewhat cartoonish.
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From top left: Bow (drawing phases), Sword, Glowing sword, Battlestaff, Longspear
Oh, I'm just blind lol. I didn't see png before.
Beautiful textures, I must say. Truly, indeed, beautiful.
On Alte's comment, perhaps it is time for memories to resurface, and my suggestions to once again echo back to Elder Days...
Awesome textures! Kudos!
I'll try to retexture the sword. Now that I think of it, it looks like an Orcish weapon that was painted by Elves.
Retextured the sword. How is it now?
Very nice. Good job Lysurus! :-)
AlteOgre wrote: Pretty darn slick. Maybe too slick?
These make the current woody gear look bleak and unfitting for those sorta 'higher classed' umanyar of both sindarin and nandorin descent residing in Mirkwood. Somehow I feel so much splendour is a bit unfitting for the eastern nandor and their moriquendi, Penni, kin populating Dorwinion. On the other hand, why not? Even though the moriquendi were supposed to be 'less developed' than the calaquendi and possibly even the umanyar, it doesn't mean their gear should be less slick looking ... or ... not?
Maybe the touch of 'golden glimmer' you use could be dimmed a bit, like be replaced by a more wooden colour, representing the locally available dominant wood type that would be fitting for crafting bows and melee weapons?
I sometimes look at it as the skill of the Ñoldor decreased in their craftmanship, as their ranks got filled with Sindar, which then got filled with Nandor. Perhaps this is why all the Elvish weapons look alike (Swords excluded)
AlteOgre wrote: Pretty darn slick. Maybe too slick?
These make the current woody gear look bleak and unfitting for those sorta 'higher classed' umanyar of both sindarin and nandorin descent residing in Mirkwood. Somehow I feel so much splendour is a bit unfitting for the eastern nandor and their moriquendi, Penni, kin populating Dorwinion. On the other hand, why not? Even though the moriquendi were supposed to be 'less developed' than the calaquendi and possibly even the umanyar, it doesn't mean their gear should be less slick looking ... or ... not?
Maybe the touch of 'golden glimmer' you use could be dimmed a bit, like be replaced by a more wooden colour, representing the locally available dominant wood type that would be fitting for crafting bows and melee weapons?
Perhaps this is why all the Elvish weapons look alike (Swords excluded)
On that topic, have you ever seen an image of an Elven battlestaff?
These are great, now I wish you could poison every type of weapon, just to see how spectaclar that battlestaff would look poisoned.
