Elvish Lord Attack Frame

Post by **Sangel** » April 3rd, 2004, 6:05 am

Just doing a little more mucking about. I noticed that the Elvish Lord lacks animations, so I've alpha mapped the static figure and created a ranged attack poise. What do you think?

enki · Post by **enki** » April 3rd, 2004, 11:14 am

I like it!

Gafgarion · Post by **Gafgarion** » April 3rd, 2004, 11:19 am

I like it too, good job!

Woodwizzle · Post by **Woodwizzle** » April 3rd, 2004, 11:34 am

excellent!

Post by **Neoriceisgood** » April 3rd, 2004, 1:27 pm

Nifty, but I think his back arm should be moved up a pixel or so.

Post by **Sangel** » April 3rd, 2004, 7:34 pm

Done.

Post by **Dave** » April 3rd, 2004, 7:41 pm

We also need another frame for his arm moved forward in the hurling motion, right?

Also, I've been thinking, perhaps the Elvish Lord should use iceballs instead of fire. No other Elves in the game use fire attacks, and it seems somewhat too destructive a force for Wesnothian Elves to use. Further, he is from the cold cold north lands.

Any opinions?

David

Post by **Sangel** » April 3rd, 2004, 8:37 pm

OK, here's the two-frame sequence.

Personally, I'm fine with Elves hurling fireballs. Their battle magic is meant to be pretty potent, after all.

I was unaware that Kalenz was a Northern Elf. Shouldn't he be dressed in their blue tones if he is? Perhaps we need to have two versions of the Elf Lord: The Elf Lord of the Forest (green) who hurls fireballs, and the Elf Lord of the North (blue), who hurls ice bolts. Kalenz could be changed to be the latter.

Post by **Sangel** » April 3rd, 2004, 10:04 pm

The melee attack is proving problematic. Here's what I have so far.

Gafgarion · Post by **Gafgarion** » April 3rd, 2004, 10:08 pm

The problem is that when you swing a sword you step in to the swing... and the default Elvish Lord already looks like he's stepping in.

Post by **Sangel** » April 3rd, 2004, 10:12 pm

Exactly. I've accentuated his "forward step" a little bit for the attack frame, but it's not that pronounced. Perhaps if he's jabbing... but then, how to show that?

Post by **quartex** » April 3rd, 2004, 10:15 pm

Since he's already stepping forward, perhaps he do something a bit wacky as a ranged attack. Like step back and rase the sword over his head to strike. If we allow 2 frames for melee attacks, as we seem to be doing for ranged, you could then have him stab with his right foot forward instead of his left.

Post by **Sangel** » April 3rd, 2004, 10:18 pm

That's it! Well, not exactly. You can show a jab very easily in two frames. And here I was wondering how to do the motion blur...

Post by **quartex** » April 3rd, 2004, 10:25 pm

Glad I could help. You've been doing some really good artwork recently, especially with the new elvish Gladerider. (great name BTW!)

Post by **Sangel** » April 3rd, 2004, 10:52 pm

OK, here's the Elvish Lord stabbing someone with a sword.

And thanks, Quartex. Thankfully, Wesnoth has a huge base of graphics to base off / learn from / scavenge from, and the feedback in the forums has been really helpful as well.