Art Department talks about one of the things they are currently working on

[Laenih]

The artist Team under the wing of Henning Ludvigsen granted us a bit of time to talk about one of many things they are working on for this year.

It seems the department is in over drive and is working feverishly on upgrading already existing assets but they also have some additional nice surprises up their sleeve, we were told.

As mentioned though, they allowed us to take a glance at one of the things to come:

What we were shown are upgrades to both player models and armor.

Not only are all the armors and player models either being improved or completely redone, they also informed us that new armor models are being added.
The Gandalf wannabes might be delighted to hear that this also includes adjustments to robe models and special new caster armor they are working on.
Of course this overall update to the player models will also include new faces, general details and new and additional hairdos for all your customization needs.
Henning particularly mentioned that they are planning on giving special attention to certain races in terms of character models.

They also assured us that the updates are being done while being in direct contact with the programmers to ensure that the playability remains optimal.

And as mentioned, that is only glimpse of things they are going to surprise you with this year. They were generous enough to provide us with an impression of the new leather armor and full plate in progress.

Make sure you check out the link to see all the details.

We hope you enjoy!

[JCatano]

Very cool.

Dyes, please!

[Spinx]

Awesome!

Will we see these updates in a new expansion or just a patch?

[peertje]

fantastic artwork!

[Velayho]

Make dwarfs to scale!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Beradule]

caster armor, kool shit.

Just don't make it look like the war mage armor of AC, that was really lame an comic book super heroish. Keep it within the realms of DF.

[Chipatama]

Awesome.

[Velayho]

wonder why the human armor has the human racial logo on it? as if race means anything...

[Taneos]

Looks great .. but nobody wears leather anyway ...

[Friagrim]

Armor looks different on each race, and the race given the most attention thus far is humans. Why? Just why?


Other than that I love polish. GJ, but how bout some polish for the rest of us?


And screw caster armor, they already have bone. How about some kind of scaled leather for dedicated archery classes? Archers remain the most awkward fit for any armor, either too weak or too clunky. I'm happy that theres changes, but afraid theyre the wrong changes and that everyone will simply jump aboard because they see any change and think its good change until its too late.


Inspired by the guy below me saying he won't use full plate helms anymore, I agree 100%. I never understood why any helm would have a large brightly colored flag on it in a game all about using the environment and blending in. Atleast let us dye it our own color, or the ability to leave it out altogether.

[Majorleague]

looking foward to it

[Metalkon]

Full Plate should be a little bit darker, a bit of white trim would be fine but the color looks a bit retarded.

*I won't be using fp helmets after this is added*

[Torinar]

Awesome!!

[Loc]

dyessssssssssss

[Temko Firewing]

So a new Leather and Full plate looks...


...pwetty.