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[Gwendolyne]

I am developping a mod concerning Paladins and I desesperatly need various portraits of Unicorns and - if possible - a bam animation that I could implement in the game.

1. Are you looking for original art, photoshopped art or a portrait edit?
2. Male or female? What race, age and character class, possibly alignment?
3. Describe the character's features (face, eyes, hair, clothing, etc)

4. What color preferences do you have (skin, eyes, hair, armor, clothing, etc)? : white and red

5. Would you like a weapon, a spell effect or an item to be shown in the portrait? If so, what kind?
6. What kind of a background would you like?

7. What kind of an expression would you like the character to have? : serene and mysterious

8. Do you have a portrait you would like to be used as a model/reference picture (for pose, expression, looks, colors, etc...)? Post it here if you have!
9. Should the artist post the portrait here, or PM or email it to you? : yes

10. Any deadlines? : none

11. What game and what mod is this for? : ToB and a brand new mod

thanks in advance...

[Zyraen]

You might be better off finding someone with a facility that can extract images from another game.
I haven't played many new games, but old games wise there is a very nice Unicorn in Lords of Magic.

In fact isometric wise, Lords of Magic have some very very very nice units.

[Miloch]

In fact isometric wise, Lords of Magic have some very very very nice units.

Do you know what format they're in? NWN has at least one unicorn - we haven't gotten around to porting it yet though.

[Zyraen]

Its an MPQ Format. There's plenty of MPQ extractors around

[Gwendolyne]

Its an MPQ Format. There's plenty of MPQ extractors around

I dont' have this game (Lords of Magic). As I am developping a new mod and dont attend to buy new games just for a single animation. Can someone extract it for me, that would be nice ?

thanks...

[salomonkane]

bam animation

-Like this :

http://neogaf.net/fo...&postcount=5000
(lol)

-Seriously, Lords of Magic it's in abandoware, you can download it, for free :
http://www.abandonwa...=1231&fic=liens

Some Infos about Lords of Magic Unicorn :

http://secondsphere....?topic=13882.40

The Unicorn from Ultima Online (U.O.), looks nice :

http://vboards.strat...ty-unicorn.html
http://uo.stratics.c...=hunters&id=389
GIF & LBR/3D Sounds-Included

Portraits :

http://lardellier.fr...WWW/ehlonna.htm
Album :
http://entertainment...mgBQBN?start=12
Wiki:
http://en.wikipedia....eons_&_Dragons)
Moore, Roger E. "The Ecology of the Unicorn" Dragon #77 (TSR, 1983) (Fr.Trad.) :
My link

Edited by salomonkane, 27 July 2011 - 07:18 AM.

[Gwendolyne]

Just a few words to say that this project is not over. In fact, it takes part of a more important one : a new mod called "Menace sur le Royaume de Diamant Éternel" whixh takes place in an other dimension ruled by the struggle between Unicorns and Dragons. Sorry, it is written in French, but will be released with an english translation. But for the moment, I have not decided which translation would be the best for its title... You can have more infos using the link at the bottom. Don't be afraid if you don't speak french, it will connect you to the major community of French modders who have translated in frenc most of the mods hosted by Spellhold, G3 and others... So you can post in english, you will be understood. As a picture is worth thousands of words : I am also creating horses as creatures that can fight, walk, and so on...

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Edited by Gwendolyne, 04 February 2012 - 08:28 PM.

[Gwendolyne]

And an other one :

[Miloch]

Very nice. So you have actually got a unicorn animation working? Did you port it from another game? The shadow looks a bit dark, but that should be very easy to fix.

[Gwendolyne]

Very nice. So you have actually got a unicorn animation working? Did you port it from another game? The shadow looks a bit dark, but that should be very easy to fix.

Thank you.
Yes, I ported it from Oblivion with Blender.
Concerning the shadow, the picture is just a beta test : in fact, I am still working on the bam file and modifying the "black" color to fit with the shadow index (N°1).
I just let the dark color (0,0,0) to see how it renders in BG.

[Gwendolyne]

Tada.... !

Let me introduce you the Unicorn :



She (in French, we say "she", not it) will be one of the main characters of my mod.

[Sasha Al'Therin]

aww those are cute. now my daughter is going to insist on me playing your mod all the time once it comes out ^^ Are they colorable via the creature file? Or do they have to be pre-colored in the animation?

my only concern is the angle of the shadow but thats also a concern with the party characters in that shot too. none of 'em really match the angle of the shadow on the trees... It's probably not something that can be easily adjusted either.

[Eric P.]

That's one of the most awesome and fantastic things I've ever seen! I look forward to seeing unicorns in action in your upcoming mod.

Well done!

[Miloch]

Very nice. It is probably not paletted but could be, as it is mainly different shades of the same colour (white in the case above). If you assign a slot using Infinity Animations (which I recommend) you should use a larger foot circle, instead of a small (character-sized) one.

[Eric P.]

Ooh, if it will be necessary to install IA in order to use the animation, it won't run on Macs, to my knowledge. I know that I can't install IA on my system.

[Miloch]

The only other solution (currently) is to use an existing/"unused" animation slot, which might indeed be used by some other mod (most are filled, some by 4 or more conflicting animations depending on which mods you're using; IA resolves these conflicts in addition to implementing new slots).

[Eric P.]

Looks like I'll need to...purchase a PC...at some point *shuddering at the thought* *LOL*

[Gwendolyne]

Thanks everybody !

Of course, I will release it with IA and reserve slots with larger foot circles.

For the moment, I am creating a black Unicorn and several horses :



and those ones with a saddle :

[Smiling Imp]

Awesome!

[Gwendolyne]

Let me introduce you the Black Unicorn (the evil one...) :






And several horses :




I am still working on the horses with a saddle.