Evil Factions Reskin 0.3.1 by Brevi

[Master Necromancer]

Read Alletun's guide please. It's linked somewhere in a previous post (or just search for it in the download section). He describes all basics about textures and how to convert them or edit them.

The new and final version of the Uruk-Hai Raiders are ready. Tomorrow I will finish the Archers.
I'm totally pleased with how it ended up. They look totally amazing in game.
Screen in spoiler.

Perfect but maybe make the blades darker.

[Lebre]

HOLY SMOKES

[Earl of Memory]

MUCH better uruks! Thanks for dedicating your time to reskin evil factions, the're always forgotten by most modders .

[Ozzmosis]

Awesome dude! but yeah darker iron blades would be even cooler.
That old chestplate was really bad, though. It's great that you changed it!

[Brevi]

Perfect but maybe make the blades darker.

Awesome dude! but yeah darker iron blades would be even cooler.
That old chestplate was really bad, though. It's great that you changed it!

Thx Necro & Ozzmosis. Suggestion accepted. I will make them slightly darker when I get back home from work. I will also finish the Archers and upload final screens. The Archers use the same textures so they will look like the same pretty much as the new Raiders just with bows.

Edit #2: So did you basicly put the Reavers armor with retextured shoulder armor and the sheild with sword? It looks awsome!

Basically they have a complete new model now that is mostly from the Reaver. The heads, hairstyles, weapon, shield, shoulder are from the old Raiders. The body, arms, legs, feet are from the Reaver. The helmets I had to re-adjust so they are somewhat new. After this model was done I made a complete new texture from parts of my Ugluk texture, parts of the Reaver texture and then created the new parts and recolored the whole thing. It has not one thing pretty much from the old Raiders. I also created some new faces on the model as there were clipping around the neck and hair. It was quite some work to do but I'm very happy with how they look in game

Edit #3: Are you going to add the White Hand of Saruman to their sheilds? You had it in the older Raider version?

I'm sorry but I didn't like it when they had it on. I'm considering it for the Heavy Uruk-Hai.... so they have something too, but then again I'm not sure. Most of the Uruks didn't have painted hands on their armor or shields.

[Soul Reapir]

ALAS! The black pajamas plauge my armies no more! Haha but seriously awsome job. KK I'm going to put this in all caps so you hear me all the way in Germany, "PUT THESE URUK-HAI RAIDERS IN THE VANILLA GAME!" That is all. (And yes KK can HEAR post, hes just that godly)

Edit: Once my most hated unit could quite possibly be my favorite now. I can't tell you enough how happy I am with this change. don't see how it could get much better.

Edit #2: So did you basicly put the Reavers armor with retextured shoulder armor and the sheild with sword? It looks awsome!

Edit #3: Are you going to add the White Hand of Saruman to their sheilds? You had it in the older Raider version?

[Soul Reapir]

Hey I understand. Something didn't look right about it anyway like you said.

[Berserker1]

Very good point about the above, we do not decide whether you will do something/how, but we can always point out things that will make it better. Since you are offering it as a download, you obviously care about what we want, otherwise you would not bother. Basically you get to use us a reference, and we get to download it (which I am very glad for that). I like the system, you get to be a dictator about what you actually do, but we get to download it, and at the same time critque it a bit for your benefit.

About those uruk raider....
YESSSSS

RR/RC is a well made huge mod package but I don't like it and will never use it, far too complex and it has loads of things that are not to my taste. ME Enhanced is really awesome, I think some of my units might be included there. LL mentioned the Berserkers, Balrog and such...

I agree, it does improve it, but I do not really think the philosophy of it, is really about real combat, more about just balancing certain parts, and then having lots of other stuff, I mean it does not just change the EDU after all. But, I really do not want to argue this, you can see that arguement here: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...=352414&page=8 Now that I know the guards are spearmen because of RC, that kind of makes me wonder if they really just are doing things because they think another way, I mean ugluk never was surrounded by spearmen, I AM CHANGING THAT

by the way, would you like to try my submod of RC? http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...38#post7209138 I have critqued your work, can you critique mine please? Or anyone here for that matter, I know it never got attention to, but I love the way it is, it is made to create a sense that the good factions are heavily outnumbered, and so for the most part the evil faction will always loose more.

for the guide, go here http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...=367192&page=3, the tc made the guide, it is a few post down. On that note tc, how are we supposed to add the other units, how am I supposed to know how to do add them, or are they just simply replacing files already there? The problem is that all I do is copy and paste, without really knowing if it is a replacement file, or not. It is not a big deal, still got to wait for version 1.0 to come out. In your first versions, all I did was simply copy and paste. I know, I am ignorant, I do not have the time to figure things out, considering how ignorant I am about modeling in general.

[Brevi]

Berserker, I've seen your work and you have done a good job with it. The problem is that RC has a ton of mods I will not want in my game... for example that Lore Mod... some random guy talking in a very low quality microphone in a language I cannot understand. Might as well implement some Russian mod into RC too. I mean I do respect that the Lore Mod made such a research and work to record all this but frankly I would never ever want such thing in my game.

About changing the balance... I have some stubborn honor code in my head that changing game balance is cheating... I totally feel like good factions are completely overpowered in the game (especially elves), when you play VH/VH with evil it's so f*ing hard while with elves it's still a walk in the park. But I refuse to change the stats... maybe I'm just not experienced, maybe I do something wrong... I try to improve my gaming instead of making my units stronger. I hope the team behind Total War will figure the balance.

The thing is 90% people on the forum tend to play with Elves, Gondor, Dwarves and heroic victory their way through the game. I mean when you are playing as elves... your units are insanely strong and but you are outnumbered 2 to 1 so they find it balanced. But when you play something like Orcs of the Misty Mountains... your units are insanely crap but you are still outnumbered the same way because the AI has infinite money and scripts that spam units for them. It doesn't matter if a units is more expensive if the AI has infinite money (it does). A full stack elven army is like 3 times as powerful then a full stack goblin army.

Anyway ... balance whine off. I will get back to my models... ^^

EDIT: Thanks Saladin! I will try my best to sort out Isengard for the next update. The snaga thingies could use a little love too.

[Berserker1]

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Edit: Good point! So if I just made it for plain and simple tatw (which I never thought about). See when I first did it, people were like "people will not download if it is not RC compatible," so I did that, and now I am like >_>

Anyways, the part about the good faction is so true, but why are you sayying my mod does that? I think you totally missed the point of it, no wonder no one paid attention, I know I am inducting, but I bet you are not the only one to think that. No no no, my mod is totally different, it makes it both ways, it makes the factions so much different from each other. I challenge you to try it (when I make it compatible for regular TA), which I do not think will take that long anyways. First of all, if anything, it makes the good faction at a disadvantage, WHICH IS HOW IT SHOULD BE! Which is why I am playing as isengard right now. In fact, on my thread, it has some realistic unit icons, which you should try out here: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...=352414&page=7 have way down, YOU should do that for the evil side.

[Brevi]

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Edit: Good point! So if I just made it for plain and simple tatw (which I never thought about). See when I first did it, people were like "people will not download if it is not RC compatible," so I did that, and now I am like >_>

Hehe yeah this is like with models too. Some guy requests a change... you do it then it's like... nah it was better with the old. ^^

Anyways, the part about the good faction is so true, but why are you sayying my mod does that? I think you totally missed the point of it, no wonder no one paid attention, I know I am inducting, but I bet you are not the only one to think that. No no no, my mod is totally different, it makes it both ways, it makes the factions so much different from each other. I challenge you to try it (when I make it compatible for regular TA), which I do not think will take that long anyways. First of all, if anything, it makes the good faction at a disadvantage, WHICH IS HOW IT SHOULD BE! Which is why I am playing as isengard right now.

I will try it if it does not require RC.

[Saladin]

this will be my only post on this, as this is for brevi's reskins, but for balancing combat you need to change more stuff than the edu. and yes rc/rr adds more stuff than battlefield balance, but i consider that a bonus. it's all a matter taste i think, some people like rc/rr some people dont.

On topic your raiders look most excellent Brevi!

[Brevi]

I'm not going to say anything, I let you discover.
0.3 grand preview:

OUTDATED. Check the newer posts.

[Master Necromancer]

I'm not going to say anything, I let you discover.
0.3 grand preview:

Lets see:

1. Archers look great!!

2. The flag is awesome!!! So realistic! How did you do that?

3. You darkened the blades they look great!

4. Actuality I don't like the white hand on shields, doesn't look good IMHO...

5. Guess you modified the maces a bit they look so awesome!

6. Those raider are ready to SLAY!!!

There are uruks with brownish heads and brownish bodies and uruks with gray heads and brownish bodies. See my point?

[Ozzmosis]

Great Lurtz!
The white hand on the Uruk shield looks a bit too neat and neatly placed, IMO. Maybe I'm a bit too pernickety!

[Brevi]

Great Lurtz!
The white hand on the Uruk shield looks a bit too neat and neatly placed, IMO. Maybe I'm a bit too pernickety!

Hehe it's not Lurtz! It's the new Uruk Archers. The white hand looks the best that way... these were ... ehm talented Uruk painters.

[Ozzmosis]

Oh right! Then you should make them look less like lurtz! and then use that unit as Lurtz!

[Brevi]

Oh right! Then you should make them look less like lurtz! and then use that unit as Lurtz!

I rather do a new Lurtz that will make you forget this one. But that will be later. I'm happy with these now.

[Anibal at portas]

excellent work mate with this two uruks units.
another great work for version 2.0 that must be inclusive.
these two units must be inclusive in the third age 2.0 as the snow trolls.

[Ozzmosis]

cool.