Tired of playing as generic repainted space marines? Fed up with old & outdated Ork, Eldar, Imperial Guard Models? Then you have come to the right place. Dawn of Glory is a modification aiming to give Dawn Of War a Total Makeover: -Space Marines will be separated into distinct Codex Chapters: Dark Angels, Blood Angels, Space Wolves, Imperial Fists, Raven Guard & Ultramarines; each with its peculiar cosmetic flair & unique units (Deathwing Knights, Sanguinary Guard, ThunderWolf Cavalry, etc.) -NEW models for ALL Ork units, custom new models for Warboss, MekBoy, Mad Dok, Gorkanaut, & more. -Imperial Guard are now two separate Factions: Militarum Regiments (Cadians & look-alike), & Militarum Legions (Death Korps of Krieg, Steel Legions); although these two play the same, they will have different models each, & distinct unique (Elite) units. -No More useless tech or buildings (techs & upgrades system revision underway) +More surprises (see upcoming screens) Love you all! -FromSpess
This bozo is the first thing I ever made in 3ds Max. Took me a couple of weeks to finish this dude, because I'm a NOOB, still learning how to model & rig & edit textures in photoshop/paint.net. Still needs more work, so feel free to post feedback. And oh, I don't mind harsh critism, so long as you have a valid argument, that is. Cheers & beers, people.
Hi Ziani, I love your mode design for this one...but if he is a Dark Angel Terminator I think the armour color should be white, I seen many pictures of Dark Angels terminators and they paint their armor in white...By the way Is just a suggestion...I admire a lot what you are doing for this proyect and see forward to this mod...Keep it real and keep it coming. Your mod is looking amazing. Thanks.
This is a very very old I made, just as a warm-up. I will eventually create a better one soon.
Thanks for the color reminder, though. Cheers bro!
Looks nice. You took the base from DOW II, I noticed. The texture could use a little bit of work, but you'll improve and get there sooner than later, I am certain. Any chance of seeing the Deathwing Knight Flail?
Thank you for your feedback my friend. Indeed I used the DOW2 Terminator as template, re-textured Tarkus' head, added & edited hood robes from Black Templars by Shuma (awesome Dow2 modder), & mapped EVERYTHING into a single texture file (because optimization, boss) The mace & shield were made from absolute scratch, however. As you said I have much to learn in the way of proper texturing, but I hope to get there eventually. As for the Flail, YES IT WILL BE DONE, BY MY BEARD I SWEAR IT. Because, as much of a scrubhead noobus as I am, I still relish a good challenge. I was working on the astartes devastators' sync death animations last week, & let me tell you: animating cables/chains is an absolute nightmare of clipping/twisting clusterf*ck. So imagine the headache, TRIPLED: since the Deathwing Master's flail has THREE damn chains. THREE! But, as I said: It will be done, by hook or by crook.
Gawd! Official DA mod would die for updated Deathwing Knights! Have the absolutely coolest voices for them + their Sergeant!
It will be my great honor to contribute to your wonderful Dark Angels mod, my good sir Thudmeizer. After all, it is one of my personal favorites. As soon as I finish coding this dude in Object Editor, I will be honored if you would have him in your mod.
Wow thank your fine sir! This is indeed quite shocking to see this all happen so fast considering 3 has been now out for a couple of weeks and pretty much has fizzled out due to the limited modding. 3D/OE/FX devs like yourself are incredibly rare and we need so many more of your skills and talents in our community.
I still have to release all the entire new DA codex voices which cover ALL the new models which were released a couple of years ago where the Knights + Sergeant + our updated new WitD voice is now ready which will absolutely floor you and the community.
I'm the one who should be thanking you, Mr Thudo: like I said, you & many others were my inspiration for taking a dip into the world of DOW modding. By the way, expect a new RavenWing Biker sometime soon, as well as brand new RavenWing Terminators (featuring a brand-new plasma Cannon option) with updated Seargent model as well. Also in the works: Rhino/Razorback, Predator Tank, Vindicator, Whirlwind Launcher, LandSpeeder, & a Freaking Huge Venerable Dreadnought; all with pretty Dark Angel Liveries & relief blazons.
Please keep being the bona fide gentleman/coordinator/cheerleader you've always been. I'm your biggest fanboy (no ****). Cheers!
As for the Deathwing Master, which one would you prefer? The Sword-Wielding model (a.k.a. Belial), or the new one with the kickass flail (from the latest Codex: Dark Angels)? I can prioritize Working on the First Legion's Finest, if you so wish it. You will find that I am a man of my word, Mr Thudmeizer.
Its pretty clear you are a DA fan.. you play TT? Gawd we've been working hard on DA mod project since Spring '08 and its basically done apart from the odd missing units but its already stacked as you noticed adding recently the new Ravenwing Vengeance and Darkshroud. Still, I was not remotely aware you are doing so many DA unit models. Wow.
For the Knight Master, why not have both Flail and Sword so one follows the other as an upgradable hardpoint buildable via research? ;)
Ah yes! The DarkShroud & Vengeance L.Speeders made by Fedor_Russia are ABSOLUTELY JAW DROPPING: That man makes the most awesome vehicles ever!
About the sons of the Lion: Of course I love the Dark Angels. Who wouldn't love Medieval Warrior Monks/Clerics in SPESS?
About your suggestion: By having both flail & sword as weapon tiers for the DeathWing Master/Belial, do you mean upgradable via research, like in the Vanilla DOW chainsword to powersword to powerfist upgrade/research for space marine sergeants? As you wish then, Mr Thudmeizer. Just give me a little time to rework the base D.Wing Knight model (I intend to make it bulkier & more detailed), before I take on the Master himself (Belial). Making his Sword of Silence will be cakewalk, as will be the Flail of the Unforgiven. However, animating the flail will be quite the challenge, considering the fact that I'm still relatively new to 3DS Max (I'm a self-taught scrub, lol). If you can be patient, I promise to make it worth your while, my venerable spiritual-liege.
Yep it would be as an upgradable hardpoint. ;)
I know if you joined the private DA forums the team would likely be asking you for help so I won't go any further. ;) We don't want to over-burden you with any requests as you have your own project to contend with.
I wasn't going to ask how much of the 3d workflow you can do: modelling, unwrapping, texturing, rigging, animating, OE, FX, Events, and finally in-game. I assume you had most of that but yeah I know the rigging/animation piece is the trickiest part.
Indeed, I am a bit overburdened with my current project, but that doesn't mean I'm unwilling to be of use to you & your honorable team members. Like I said, I am a fan of both your mod & the DA Chapter, so it will be my great privilege to contribute what I can.
I'm currently finalizing the new Ork Warboss & working on the Gorkanaut (both to be shown soonish in images section). I was planning to work on the spess wolfies next, but I think I will prioritize finalizing the DA models after all; it's the least I can do to show my gratitude to both you & your fellow veteran colleagues/friends.
P.S.: I sent you a friend invite, & would be immensely happy if you would accept it, Mr Thudmeizer.
Indeed I have noticed that the focus seems to be Orks, DA, and the Wolves. I would absolutely die to see Thunderwolf Calvary + Champion made as we, once more, have completed voices for those and all Space Wolves + some 13th Company pieces completed.
We'll need to discuss more on helping one another out. I certainly have all the Ork voices done at least many for you to use.