First and foremost,id like to give thanks to Barrel of Monkeys and Runner Duck for their help in better understanding normal maps and their specular properties in alpha channel,allowing me to perfect the metal look,as well as sharper details on the models.
Now as to what we have here:
a set of 16 tintable hand axe models:
-all models under 250 faces (check catalog screenshot for individual polycounts.
-all textures are at an optimized rate of 512x512
-one override and one hakpack version,so as to suit your fancy.
-Design choices going from the historical no-nonsense to the elegant and fancyfull fantasy designs to the downright nasty. oh and a Meat Cleaver.
As per usual,users are encouraged to download,use, provide *constructive* criticism and Vote.
Do not include in a compilation or otherwise provide a modification of this content without getting my aproval.
V1.1 : Fixed issue with model 8,it contains a single mesh now.
Avirago,in anything you upload to the vault to make available to other people here,yes,i would very much apreciate knowing that my work is being used,and that im being given credit. its not like im just going to say no if you ask properly :P
Posted by Arvirago at 2008-08-08 03:16:39 Voted 8.75 on 06/26/08
"Do not include in a compilation or otherwise provide a modification of this content without getting my aproval."
Do you mean that I need your aproval to download this, renumber the items so they don't collide with my other items, include it in my module's haks and provide it to the players of my module? _________________________ Reino de Aldor
Posted by Arvirago at 2008-06-26 07:01:23 Voted 8.75 on 06/26/08
Even better than your clubs. Thx. _________________________ Reino de Aldor
Posted by Slit518 at 2008-06-11 22:06:33 Voted 10.00 on 06/11/08
SWEEEEEEET! _________________________ I can't sign the monitor.
Posted by nicethugbert at 2008-06-11 16:42:40 Voted 10.00 on 06/11/08
Posted by RunnerDuck at 2008-06-01 16:54:25 Voted 9.75 on 06/01/08
I truly admire your ability to craft so much detail into these with a very modest polygon count. You've also struck a great balance between the unique and simple designs. My favorite is the stone axe, and with the low poly count, I won't feel ashamed arming a whole tribe of primitive orcs with the best neolithic technology has to offer!
Guess i need one more vote for another notch in my HoF belt.
I see youre still around, mwmdragon. working on anything new?
Posted by mwmdragon at 2008-05-07 17:17:44 Voted 8.50 on 05/07/08
These are really nice. I love the highly detailed maps! _________________________ MWMDRAGON
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Posted by mr-morgan at 2008-04-23 00:15:30 Voted 10.00 on 04/23/08
Excellent addition! I hope to see your versions of... Well I'd love to see all weapon categories by you. I like your style and these models go far beyond those of the original game in quality and design...
Posted by Indira Lightfoot at 2008-04-21 09:22:47 Voted 9.75 on 04/21/08
Thank you so much Escrimator for these! :) They look superb, only drawback I see is that I wanted even more, hehe! Am I having cruel fun with your axes by dealing them out to able hands inside me mod!? Yes sirrie!! :D _________________________ From someone who is starting to feel like an Ent among saplings when playing computer-based D&D games...
Posted by Seldarine at 2008-04-15 16:23:28 Voted 9.75 on 04/15/08
Fantastic
Posted by Seldarine at 2008-04-15 16:21:50 Voted 9.75 on 04/15/08
Ok...my previous comment was a bit lame. Asking for help without giving any info.
I'm running MotB fully patched. I am trying to use this pak and the clubs pak in the original campaign with no luck. I've tried installing the files in the appropriate /mydocsNWN2 folders and in the /programfiles NWN2 directory. I've tried this with both the override and hak versions.
Again, any help would be appreciated.
Posted by Estelindis at 2008-03-25 13:46:49 Voted 9.75 on 03/25/08
Posted by wisdomknight at 2008-03-15 12:23:49 Voted 10.00 on 03/15/08
Your stuff is by far the best weapons on the vault!
Man keep making more!
Posted by JasonNH at 2008-03-15 07:52:54 Voted 9.50 on 03/15/08
Excellent work. Thank you very much for these contributions.
Posted by paganini at 2008-03-02 00:34:36 Voted 10.00 on 03/02/08
Its better than beautiful, its beautious!
Posted by feanor3791 at 2008-03-01 12:26:44 Voted 10.00 on 03/01/08
Outstanding work. Hope to see more in the future.
Posted by Alabore at 2008-02-29 16:14:55 Voted 9.75
Sadly, I am not familiar with 3d gfx. Yet.
Only 2d.
I think cloning would preserve a sense of style and consistency.
One problem with item haks is, models are usually picked from several different sources, and consistency suffers.
Besides, I am a bit of a weapon fan myself - like most fantasy RPG fans I guess - and some axe heads and shafts would be more suited to full size battle axes and halbers.
Shorter axes had less of a need for a read fluke, and sometimes they were also shaped for thrusting, with a forward-jutting blade head.
I hope you'll check with other modellers: I am fairly sure you could modify textures and UV maps without jeopardising final quality.
After all, you could re-release you existing packs as "All-Axes", "All-Bludgeons" hak and so on.
Also, axes, hammers and maces tend to share a similar shaft shape and structure, so if you were to pick the traditional three-part way for complex models, you could merge and share the same shafts over a broader range of models.
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No pressure.
Just a few ideas from somebody who likes "medieval" item haks and would like to see more from you.
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