Evil Factions Reskin 0.3.1 by Brevi

[Brevi]

For Third Age: Total War 1.4.1
Current version: 0.3.1

If you would like to modify my skins (or add them to your own submod) please ask for permission first with a PM. Thank you.

Description
The aim of this submod will be to visually enhance the evil faction units, textures, models, add / change sounds with as little interfering with the game balance as possible.

The general aim with the looks will be the movies from PJ and my personal taste.
I'm open for suggestions and criticism but not for demands.

Credits
of the Third Age: Total War and other models / textures I used:
Thanks to King Kong for the Mordor, Orcs of the Misty Mountains and Haradrim models / textures.
Thanks to Alletun for making the Isengard models / textures.
Likewise to Bilwit and Soul Reapir for the Ugluk model / texture.
Thanks to FabiusBile for the Warhammer demon model and textures.
All you see in this submod is basically the original authors modified work.
Thanks to Viorica for her Evil Factions banner.

Download
Not compatible with any other submod and not save game compatible either!
http://www.spwned.net/hosted/evil_reskin_0.3.1.zip

Features
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Tools Used
Adobe Photoshop
Nvidia Photoshop DDS plugins
Milkshape 3D
Alletun's guide
Grumpyoldman's model converter
Alpaca's dds to texture converter
Total Commander
Notepad++

Old Versions
Normal version:
http://www.spwned.net/hosted/evil_reskin_0.1.zip
http://www.spwned.net/hosted/evil_reskin_0.2.zip
http://www.spwned.net/hosted/evil_reskin_0.2.3.zip
http://www.spwned.net/hosted/evil_reskin_0.2.4.zip
http://www.spwned.net/hosted/evil_reskin_0.2.9.zip
http://www.spwned.net/hosted/evil_reskin_0.3.zip
Compatibility version:
(No longer supported.)
http://www.spwned.net/hosted/evil_reskin_0.1_comp.zip
http://www.spwned.net/hosted/evil_reskin_0.2_comp.zip
http://www.spwned.net/hosted/evil_reskin_0.2.3_comp.zip
http://www.spwned.net/hosted/evil_reskin_0.2.4_comp.zip
http://www.spwned.net/hosted/evil_reskin_0.2.9_comp.zip

Also Hosted at
http://www.spwned.net/forum/index.php?topic=352

[el Cid]

Very impressive, especially the warg eyes! Though I don't really like the Balrog, it is much too Warhammer to my taste.

Anyway +rep.

I won't download though as I would like to see how this progresses.

[johanrosen]

ing awesome! Instant download

[Scout of Imladris]

Looks great so far! Especially the wargs. But I don't really like the balrog, too. Keep up your work. Maybe you can reskin the orcs =)

[Berserker1]

Thank you, I have been waiting for this

You should contact someone about giving wargs the running animation, I am not sayying you should do it, but I bet you have better connections than me.

I think the best thing would to increase the contrast of their armor, etc. Not just merely having a lot of details on them, I wish the grass in this was a bit more colorful, sometimes making things realistic, just makes it boring... I think the game needs more contrast overall though...

[Stabbyman]

Very impressive, especially the warg eyes! Though I don't really like the Balrog, it is much too Warhammer to my taste.

Anyway +rep.

I won't download though as I would like to see how this progresses.

lololololololololololol
but the balrog hes done looks more like the movies one than the current models lolololololol
warhammer lololololol

[Beorn]

looks impressive!

[Brevi]

Thanks for the comments, I'm glad you like it. I too agree on the Balrog actually. I would much like it to look a lot closer to the movies, but that's beyond my skill at the moment. I will try to improve.

[cedric37]

Woooww, awesome work mate +rep

[Berserker1]

How many units did you reskin? Why so many files?

[Master Necromancer]

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! + rep man!

One question, will you be re skinning the snaga and the other Mordor and OotMM orc units?

[Brevi]

One question, will you be re skinning the snaga and the other Mordor and OotMM orc units?

Maybe you can reskin the orcs =)

That's definitely on the list, but orcs need some very quality work. I need to get better before that. I will look at all the feedback here for the new version. I might also wait for 2.0 and see what KK and the rest of the team does in it. I think they will give us something amazing again.

about giving wargs the running animation

Yeah. Those animations however make me a good laugh many times, I might actually miss them if they go. Hehe just joking. This is some future thing to do however, since animation is really not my table.

[Beregond]

nice one, man. +rep

I do not like Balrog though, chaos daemon do not look like balrog at all.
and why do you put Orc Band into Isengard's roster? basically Dunlending Clansmen are low-tier spear units of Isengard, why would it need more units of such type? better to add more Dunlendings than Orcs

[Master Necromancer]

I have just one suggestion, the eyes on the wargs are not good IMHO they look like they aren't a part of the model, maybe make them smaller.

[BOLNAGARD]

what tha hell is total commander?

[Master Necromancer]

what tha hell is total commander?

Google it.... http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...=&oq=&gs_rfai=

[Arágion]

looks good! +rep!

Well, the Balrog looks a bit odd, as people have said, so I won't say anything else about it

[Ozzmosis]

Nice! I agree with you on the lower-tier orcs. In the books, the majority of Saruman's army were normal orcs, with small bands of elite Uruk Hai, hence my favourite lines from the books in Helm's Deep:
Uruks: "Bring out your skulking king! We are the Fighting Uruk-Hai!"
Aragorn: "Get ye gone, ere it turn to your evil!" etc etc.
Good work, though!

[jubraka]

Very nice work Brevi, i gotta say "EL" some of those warhammer units are very good

[Louis Lux]

Not very impressive I have to say, the changes to wargs, mumakil and Balrog are actually inferior to the original.

Not that certain things couldn't be improved, IMO there's a general lack of detail in the Isengard units specially the uruk bowmen which is kind of weak in terms of skinning.