Starcraft: Sons of War

[ITSTORRASQUE4U]

I have some updates for ya. Mainly, Vanguard, Zeratul and Matralisk updates:

[imgwh 640x480]http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q318 ... ralisk.jpg[/imgwh]
[imgwh 640x480]http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/3039 ... rd5qu5.jpg[/imgwh]
[imgwh 640x480]http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q318 ... eratul.jpg[/imgwh]

And yeah, Zeratul's feet suck. Allow me to remind you this is a very early beta of him

[Kaoru]

I don't know who that second Protoss is, but I want his (or her) phone number.
Nao.
Other than that, awesome work. Though, I think Zeratul needs a loincloth. 

[WB]

You've acknowledged his feet need work, but I don't know if you know about the toes. Also, the ankle area is more like a rhino's hide, it folds in. See attached picture.

In all fairness, blizzard isn't the greatest when it comes to consistency.

[MrFlibble]

I think Zeratul looks too bulky and muscular for a Protoss, and I generally don't like his model yet. IMHO, it needs a lot of rework. The other Protoss (Vanguard) is okay, but he/she too seems a bit too "elfish" to me.

[ITSTORRASQUE4U]

Other than that, awesome work. Though, I think Zeratul needs a loincloth.

Working on it

I think Zeratul looks too bulky and muscular for a Protoss, and I generally don't like his model yet. IMHO, it needs a lot of rework.

I think he will stay like that muscle wise, but of course the body will carry more detail

As for updates, here is the first clip of an actually OFFICIAL cinematic, and not just a random clip: The SOW Intro.

[ITSTORRASQUE4U]

Been quiet for a while now, eh?

We're not dead. It's just that we're pulling through the campaign and therefore have not so much to show eyewise. The units we have graphics for are being given their final attacks and soon we might put up a gameplay video featuring the Bane and Tomahawk... not the Phalanx, since it needs to wait for the new FG.

We have for the meantime, the finished Vanguard and some beta Rattails:

[imgwh 640x480]http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q74/ ... ail021.jpg[/imgwh]
[imgwh 640x480]http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/3577/vanguard1ny3.jpg[/imgwh]
[imgwh 640x480]http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/5407/vanguard2ak9.jpg[/imgwh]
[imgwh 640x480]http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/9194/vanguard3wa5.jpg[/imgwh]
[imgwh 640x480]http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/9241/vanguard4mq8.jpg[/imgwh]
[imgwh 640x480]http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/6219/vanguard5se4.jpg[/imgwh]
[imgwh 640x480]http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/4792/vanguard4eo0.jpg[/imgwh]

[Whiplash!]

That protoss warrior is looking realllllllly cool, keep up the good work!

[SgtHK]

Development is underway on a Terran Goliath model.
(Click on the images for a larger and clearer view)
[imgwh 640x480]http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/9197/goliath5qv7.jpg[/imgwh]
[imgwh 640x480]http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/5250/goliath8lt1.jpg[/imgwh]

And there have been great strides in the improvement of the Protoss Vanguard
[imgwh 640x480]http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/8553/vanguardactionpose1lp5.jpg[/imgwh]
[imgwh 640x480]http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/7459/vanguardactionpose2tx4.jpg[/imgwh]
(still need to work on hands)
[imgwh 640x480]http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/6965/vanguardactionpose3uj7.jpg[/imgwh]

And a Vanguard animation test video
http://www.4shared.com/file/45282918/48 ... guard.html

[Legion]

Loving the Vanguard! Is it a girl Protoss?

[SgtHK]

Is it a girl Protoss?

Yes

[noname]

What about this project?

[Maglok]

Holy thread resurrection batman!

[SgtHK]

Yeah. HOLY resurrection indeed

Alot of people have assumed that Sons of War has finally died, that the insignificant dreams of insignificant people was finally exhausted. Well that almost became true. Last July, SoW's leader, ITSTORRASQUE4U, suddenly vanished without a trace. Our team soon became disorganized and, one by one, we went in our separate ways (including me); except for a few dedicated individuals who kept on going, just so that there will always be something "Sons of War" around.  But just last December, under new leadership, SoW is back! The team is back! And everything is up and running again.

I'll post every update I can post. As you may of course know, I can't post stuff about the maps or the story info.

I'll start with how the actual game is doing:
Our Phalanx sprite has remained relatively unchanged.
[imgwh 640x480]http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/5512/phalanxeu8.jpg[/imgwh]

But our other sprites, like the Rattail and Vanguard sprites you see in the previous posts, were lost since the person who made them left without notice. Anyway, we modified the designs of the said units so we might as well make new sprites.

The most I can give you right now are our graphics work. They're not much as the maps and the modding work are what we're focusing on recently.

Here's the new rattail design by praetormike
[imgwh 148x165]http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/6916/rattailgreyfx8.th.jpg[/imgwh]
Yeah I know. We're still discussing stuff about the arms, legs, gun, and the wierd tail <_<

Here's the modified design of the Protoss Vanguard:
[imgwh 640x640]http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/9606/vanguardlarge2dk9.jpg[/imgwh]
[imgwh 640x346]http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/6526/vanguardskindetailshot1qx9.jpg[/imgwh]
[imgwh 104x165]http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/4169/vanguardlarge1dq7.th.jpg[/imgwh]

And a YouTube video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAzeKCzGlCs...re=channel_page

Again, we're hard at work mainly on the maps which we can't show to anyone outside of the project. But overall, things are progressing nicely, aside from occasional setbacks and brick walls.

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The  team is currently composed of 19 active, closely-bonded friends; each posessing expertise in certain fields such as mapping, modding, tileset editing, voice acting, script/story writing, concept art, and high-end CGI.

For more info, visit the newly modified Sons of War webpage: http://www.sonsofwar.uuuq.com/index2.html
For yet more info, I'll be more than happy to answer questions right here.

[Lavarinth]

There's something about your walking animation that just really bothers me.. Did you take any classes on walk cycles?

[SgtHK]

I'd like to let you all know that the Vanguard sprite is finally done
[imgwh 418x904]http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/1729/vanguardp.jpg[/imgwh]

And here's another for ya.
[imgwh 640x640]http://fc25.deviantart.com/fs45/f/2009/ ... _SgtHK.jpg[/imgwh]
This is Tormidal, one of our hero characters. She is a young Centurion who commands the entire legion of female Protoss warriors known as the Vanguards. She is tactically brilliant and has showed unbridled fury in battle. But she also hides a secret hideous past.

The textures are still WIP. Hopefully I will finish her by the end of the week