Any HD models you'd like to see be implemented for pets?
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- Rhyela
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Re: Any HD models you'd like to see be implemented for pets?
I'm actually very fond of the vanilla wind serpents just as they are (I worry they'd get the sort of "update" that gave us hipster bears), but I must admit that your feathered one is absolutely gorgeous.
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- PrimalTazza
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Re: Any HD models you'd like to see be implemented for pets?
Yeah, that's what I worry about. I really enjoy them as-is, and I really don't think I'd want to see them with this weird new art-style they seem to be using. Look at feathers on the new owls and kaliri, on the owls especially they look more like fish scales than feathers. Or, they'd get covered in annoying lightning effects like a certain artifact-tied companion since they used to sneeze lightning themselves.Rhyela wrote:I'm actually very fond of the vanilla wind serpents just as they are (I worry they'd get the sort of "update" that gave us hipster bears), but I must admit that your feathered one is absolutely gorgeous.
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Re: Any HD models you'd like to see be implemented for pets?
You have a point, their recent feathers (mostly on hippogryph and gryphons I think?) are kind of weird...
- SpiritBinder
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Re: Any HD models you'd like to see be implemented for pets?
One thing I have noticed of all the updated/replacement models thus far, any that are reptilian looking, have been done exceptionally well. Skin and leather, pretty good, but the ones (I personally find) they struggle with have been feathers, and mainly fur.PrimalTazza wrote:Yeah, that's what I worry about. I really enjoy them as-is, and I really don't think I'd want to see them with this weird new art-style they seem to be using. Look at feathers on the new owls and kaliri, on the owls especially they look more like fish scales than feathers. Or, they'd get covered in annoying lightning effects like a certain artifact-tied companion since they used to sneeze lightning themselves.Rhyela wrote:I'm actually very fond of the vanilla wind serpents just as they are (I worry they'd get the sort of "update" that gave us hipster bears), but I must admit that your feathered one is absolutely gorgeous.
- •Mana Wyrms and Raptors, Sporebats, Corehounds have been wonderful (Pretty Darn Good)
•Boars, Wyvern, Bats, Eagles (Darn Good)
•Gryphons, Hippogryphs, Draenor coyote (wolf), Bears (Oh Darn)
If not, a couple of rares that hold the same vanilla skin (like the bears) works too
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Re: Any HD models you'd like to see be implemented for pets?
See, the Draenor wolf is my absolute favorite so far, much better than the mangy Broken Isles ones. The Draenor one just looks so fluffy to me. But I'm totally in agreement about feathered stuff recently. Blizz has always had a huge problem with wings on creatures; look at the anatomy in the newer hippogryph model, with the one long straight part at the top of the wing and then all the feathers extending straight down from it. That's not how wings work! And yeah, the reptillian/hide-based creatures all look pretty damn good. The newer raptor models are fantastic, the mushan and newer kodos are awesome, etc. I've never used a wind serpent myself but I've always liked the model, and honestly the model doesn't even need updating, because it's so simple, just the texture. I love the feathered one further up in the thread!
Re: Any HD models you'd like to see be implemented for pets?
Passing thought : Would be nice to see accurate dinosaurs too.
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I feel like I'm the only one who cares about Tallstriders. ;-;
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Re: Any HD models you'd like to see be implemented for pets?
I'm totes with you Myzou, I totally LOVE them too!Myzou wrote:I feel like I'm the only one who cares about Tallstriders. ;-;
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In fact, they were the inspiration for one of my 1st Spiritbeast concepts I started way back when...
http://forums.wow-petopia.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=394
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Re: Any HD models you'd like to see be implemented for pets?
That was such an incredible designSpiritBinder wrote:I'm totes with you Myzou, I totally LOVE them too!Myzou wrote:I feel like I'm the only one who cares about Tallstriders. ;-;
(Oh clutch mother, how I adore you #She'sMyFav! #FirstRareOnMyBabyNeftHunter)
In fact, they were the inspiration for one of my 1st Spiritbeast concepts I started way back when...
http://forums.wow-petopia.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=394
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Re: Any HD models you'd like to see be implemented for pets?
Ohhhh, that design is gorgeous! I love all the little details you have there, and the best part is that it's well within the bounds of WoW realism. It's a damn sight more realistic and believable than the Pandaria Phoenix models, anyway, which is my absolute lowest standard to compare things to.SpiritBinder wrote:I'm totes with you Myzou, I totally LOVE them too!Myzou wrote:I feel like I'm the only one who cares about Tallstriders. ;-;
(Oh clutch mother, how I adore you #She'sMyFav! #FirstRareOnMyBabyNeftHunter)
In fact, they were the inspiration for one of my 1st Spiritbeast concepts I started way back when...
http://forums.wow-petopia.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=394