first i think i will upload the dds ob finished icon rows. So all the cerebrate armor dds-files will come as soon as i'm statisfied with them and is a good some feedback that the colorblending isn't as smooth as it is on the level 0 to 1 icons i think i will rework step 2 and 3.
And a fact is that step 3 looks like the sun... and this feels really wrong =P
As well as i'm not very statisfied with my concepts so far.
There is something wrong with the "Devour" icon and as well "Parasit Injection" icons looks to constructed and foced to be understandable.
Maybe i can get a got shot fo that one before the real injection act. So more like seeing the injection needle darting through the air while dropping some thick stuff out of its top.
As a bonus for still looking over here takes does dds of plague and dark swarm for the first. I will also add the mind link ability icon today.
i like the idea of remaking the good old sc1 icons and done some concepts how the icons could look like in SC2.
I would like to see some suggestions. Please not that those are raw concepts and the details can be reshaped, it more about getting an idea of the direction of the icon.
Over here i will store most of the work i'm doing for the swarm.
There will be complete spells (data abilities effects behaviours + icons), bar icons, concepts, work in progress and maybe also some models sometimes in the future. (Blender importer and exporter has to be finished first...)
You can post request over here as well, but note that they maybe won't be noticed or just be ignored if i doesn't like the idea or see any sense in it...(also lifetime is limited.)
The list
...of all done stuff so far.
Work for myself:
Cerebratal Armor (lvl 0 - done, lvl 1 - done, lvl 2 - done. lvl 3 - finally let as it was)
Zerg: Mind Link passiv ability (icon - done, ability - planed)
This acutally is lots of lots of work. You will find there 4 armor icons cause i want cerebrates to be something between unit and building. They would act a little like the crawlers and be able to root and uproot. I also dislike that not all zerg building profit from the armor upgrades... but well thats an other point.
First here is some concept are i done for the development of the Cerebratal Armor. As nearly always i started with drawing them on paper =P
Then i started my first tries on making those icons with GIMP. Normaly i use 760*760 pixel images for those propose. Background is usally black. And here are the first 4 concepts of the work.
I really disliked the look of the cerebrat itself. They gray looked very ugly and there wasn't and detail. As well the whole color blend from step to step was missing at this stage. So i graped a slimy texture from Bildburg and blended it onto my gray cerebrate mass. Wow - there we go.
After some work on the green glow this was the birth of the first two icon in the line.
Updates will follow - NOPE.
Consume
Consume is a legacy ability of the missing defiler from SC1. But i really miss that unit in SC2 and as i made the dark swarm ability icon here comes the devour icon was well.
I used a very dark color sheme cause the portrait of the defiler in Sc1 was solid black what give me the impression of a very dark wretched weird creature lurking in the shadow....
I hope i did a good job...
Download: Just click on the icon above!
Kheldruns Weapon Icons:
I'm very said cause i wanted some other colors =P but all in all it counts that Kheldrun is happy with his spiny sparkling psi needles.
I really like this icon and i stuned how fast i finished it, after spending lots of time in the sporecloud icon from blizzard i decided to remake this icons completly from scratch. It's not very high detailed but i transverse the right feeling.
i like modding around with the UI and for me i wasn't cheating to change the adivsor voices... why the hell should this be a cheat? Well the decision is up to Blizzard and i hope they don't ban people for personalize there SC2 version. Well it's hacking in a way. It's modifing.... but no one get's hurt by it. Really... no one. Even Blizzard doesn't get hurt (you still have to buy the game at all oO)
I like the alternativ loading screen... sadly the author doesn't want his picture to be displayed like this... but i can understand him. Did you maybe thought about simply releasing the zergish "frame" to everyone? - So everyone can put a picture he prevers in.
I by the way would be happy to get a PM from you. ;)
Well would be a wonder if they really remove the use of unshown command card abilities cause then the Changeling will be broken. He uses a lot of unshown abilities for auto-morph into the right enemy race.
Blizzard should simply remove those unused abilities and maybe put those into the campaign mod. I think that would be worlds easier then just make it unable to use hidden abilities.
I like the harbringer a little more then the tyrant. But the quality of both is amazing.
Harbringer seems to be the male infested kerrigan? (sadly some wings missing... but i dislike the very fragil looking wings on the infested kerrigan so not much of a lose)
I think i doesn't like the tyrant as much as the harbringer cause of it's proportions... very big and very tiny elements... looks not so zergish too me somehow... but well the model itself is amazing too =)
Keep it up, want to see some more cool zergs soon. ;)
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So everybody i will be gone for about one and an half week... you can still post but don't get confused if i won't answer.
@CouchTomato: Go
Like such an idea...
i will look if i can do somethink like this. Can you maybe specify what the upgrade should do?
For example: Faster energy generation. Energy max total increased. Does it work the whole time? Some things like daytime involved and similar...
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Hi guys!,
so there is some more work in progress stuff, for those who want to know how i do my icons from scratch.
@CouchTomato: Go
Haha! =P True it can be seen as Ocular Parasite as well... but originally is was meant to be an energy sharing aura.
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First i want to release the "zerged Mind Link"-ability button to you:
this time it comes directly with an dds-file.
Please don't think that i so progress so fast, tooked me a real while to get that zerged Mind Link ability done.
I'm very happy you all like my stuff so far.
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HI guys,
first i think i will upload the dds ob finished icon rows. So all the cerebrate armor dds-files will come as soon as i'm statisfied with them and is a good some feedback that the colorblending isn't as smooth as it is on the level 0 to 1 icons i think i will rework step 2 and 3.
And a fact is that step 3 looks like the sun... and this feels really wrong =P
As well as i'm not very statisfied with my concepts so far.
There is something wrong with the "Devour" icon and as well "Parasit Injection" icons looks to constructed and foced to be understandable. Maybe i can get a got shot fo that one before the real injection act. So more like seeing the injection needle darting through the air while dropping some thick stuff out of its top.
As a bonus for still looking over here takes does dds of plague and dark swarm for the first. I will also add the mind link ability icon today.
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Seemes like there is already a bunch of artist over here =)
@draconis137: Go
Nice! I love your second conversion looks like a freezer beam ^^
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Thanks for the comments so far...
i like the idea of remaking the good old sc1 icons and done some concepts how the icons could look like in SC2.
I would like to see some suggestions. Please not that those are raw concepts and the details can be reshaped, it more about getting an idea of the direction of the icon.
@onisagi: Go
True the last two versions are missing... they will be added as soon as i got them look acceptable.
Update:
So here comes the cerebratale armor lvl 2 and 3! Check it out and post suggestions!
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Welcome to my Spawning Cluster!
Over here i will store most of the work i'm doing for the swarm.
There will be complete spells (data abilities effects behaviours + icons), bar icons, concepts, work in progress and maybe also some models sometimes in the future. (Blender importer and exporter has to be finished first...)
You can post request over here as well, but note that they maybe won't be noticed or just be ignored if i doesn't like the idea or see any sense in it...(also lifetime is limited.)
The list
...of all done stuff so far.
Work for myself:
(lvl 0 - done, lvl 1 - done, lvl 2 - done. lvl 3 - finally let as it was)Work for others or teamwork:
Non-zerg-Work:
(Sry there are some issues with directly attaching stuff while creating a new thread.)
Melee Attack Icons:
Drone:
Baneling:
Roach:
Queen:
Hydralisk:
(Scourge:)
Ultralisk:
Range Attack Icons:
(Spinecrawler:)
(Sporecrawler:)
Roach:
Queen:
(Lurker:)
Corrupter:
Broodlord:
(Swarmguardian:)
Unit Armor Icons:
(Building Armor Icons:)
Cerebrate:
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Skill & Passiv Icons
Overlord:
Queen:
Mutalisk:
Defiler:
Infestor:
Cerebratal Armor:
This acutally is lots of lots of work. You will find there 4 armor icons cause i want cerebrates to be something between unit and building. They would act a little like the crawlers and be able to root and uproot. I also dislike that not all zerg building profit from the armor upgrades... but well thats an other point.
First here is some concept are i done for the development of the Cerebratal Armor. As nearly always i started with drawing them on paper =P
Then i started my first tries on making those icons with GIMP. Normaly i use 760*760 pixel images for those propose. Background is usally black. And here are the first 4 concepts of the work.
I really disliked the look of the cerebrat itself. They gray looked very ugly and there wasn't and detail. As well the whole color blend from step to step was missing at this stage. So i graped a slimy texture from Bildburg and blended it onto my gray cerebrate mass. Wow - there we go.
After some work on the green glow this was the birth of the first two icon in the line.
Updates will follow - NOPE.
Consume
Consume is a legacy ability of the missing defiler from SC1. But i really miss that unit in SC2 and as i made the dark swarm ability icon here comes the devour icon was well.
I used a very dark color sheme cause the portrait of the defiler in Sc1 was solid black what give me the impression of a very dark wretched weird creature lurking in the shadow....
I hope i did a good job...
Download: Just click on the icon above!
Kheldruns Weapon Icons:
I'm very said cause i wanted some other colors =P but all in all it counts that Kheldrun is happy with his spiny sparkling psi needles.
You should find the dds files in AegisRunestones Kheldrun Test Map
Dark Swarm:
I really like this icon and i stuned how fast i finished it, after spending lots of time in the sporecloud icon from blizzard i decided to remake this icons completly from scratch. It's not very high detailed but i transverse the right feeling.
Get your Dark Swarm HERE!
alternatively you can look at AegisRunestones Kheldrun Test Map. You will find Dark Swarm there as well.
Missing Icons & Simple Recolors
(More will be edited cause i'm to lazy at the moment.)
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Sry onisagi... but... but...
It seemed to be a little flat to me...
...so i played around with a few more shadows.
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Not sure if there is stil a need:
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Nighty!
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Lol yey....
i like modding around with the UI and for me i wasn't cheating to change the adivsor voices... why the hell should this be a cheat? Well the decision is up to Blizzard and i hope they don't ban people for personalize there SC2 version. Well it's hacking in a way. It's modifing.... but no one get's hurt by it. Really... no one. Even Blizzard doesn't get hurt (you still have to buy the game at all oO)
I like the alternativ loading screen... sadly the author doesn't want his picture to be displayed like this... but i can understand him. Did you maybe thought about simply releasing the zergish "frame" to everyone? - So everyone can put a picture he prevers in.
I by the way would be happy to get a PM from you. ;)
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Well would be a wonder if they really remove the use of unshown command card abilities cause then the Changeling will be broken. He uses a lot of unshown abilities for auto-morph into the right enemy race.
Blizzard should simply remove those unused abilities and maybe put those into the campaign mod. I think that would be worlds easier then just make it unable to use hidden abilities.
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I think it`s more interessting what happend if you add attribut factors mixed with normal attribut boni.
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Damn nice job dude!
I like the harbringer a little more then the tyrant. But the quality of both is amazing.
Harbringer seems to be the male infested kerrigan? (sadly some wings missing... but i dislike the very fragil looking wings on the infested kerrigan so not much of a lose)
I think i doesn't like the tyrant as much as the harbringer cause of it's proportions... very big and very tiny elements... looks not so zergish too me somehow... but well the model itself is amazing too =)
Keep it up, want to see some more cool zergs soon. ;)
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Well but the footprint will lock the units location. So i think you have to place an invisible dummy unit that is placed near the original unit....