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vlaad
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posted September 06, 2005 04:49 PM |
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Edited By: vlaad on 9 Sep 2005
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Dark Elves
In the wake of k1ng's cool animations, I thought he and other talented artists would be interested in Dark Elves. Here's a quick overview of the race, which strangely never found its place in "Heroes of Might and Magic"... until now.  Who knows? Perhaps this short reference will inspire a small Dark Elves patch in the future!
Age of Wonders 2
Background:
Formed from the belly of irreconcilable grief, the Dark Elves are the embodiment of the living dead among the Elves. They know death of spirit, but their frames keep them immortal, nonetheless. They are angry and bitter creatures, apt to great fits of cruelty and torture. They joy in revenge only, and imagine up vain excuses so they might seek imagined retribution. They live in the darkness of the earth, and adorn themselves in inky black clothing. Their skin is a pale greenish-gray, but otherwise Dark Elves are as beautiful as the surface elves. Also like the elves they channel the powers of magic, but for the purpose of twisting life and its meaning.
Dark Elves employ dark powers to twist their less obedient into mindless slaves. They merge their rebellious with spiders and direct then worship their abominable creations as demigods. Dark Elves desire nothing more than complete world domination, at which point they would turn upon themselves and destroy themselves.
Units
Heroes
Dark Elf Warrior
Abilities: Life Stealing, Mounted, Night Vision, Poison Protection, Throw Blade, Web
Level-up Options: Block, Charge, Leadership, Marksmanship, Poison Immunity, Round Attack, Will Power
Dark Elf Rogue
Abilities: Life Stealing, Mounted, Night Vision, Poison Protection, Throw Blade, Web
Level-up Options: Bards Skills, Leadership, Poison Darts, Poison Immunity, Sabotage, Spell Casting, Taunt, Vision, Wall Climbing
Dark Elf Priest
Abilities: Black Bolts, Life Stealing, Mounted, Night Vision, Poison Protection, Web
Level-up Options: Bards Skills, Healing, Leadership, Poison Immunity, Spell Casting, Turn Undead, Will Power
Warlords IV and Warlords Battlecry
Units can be seen here and here.
Warcraft III
Background:
The reclusive Night Elves were the first race to awaken in the World of Warcraft. These shadowy, immortal beings were the first to study magic and let it loose throughout the world nearly ten thousand years before Warcraft I. The Night Elves' reckless use of magic drew the Burning Legion into the world and led to a catastrophic war between the two titanic races. The Night Elves barely managed to banish the Legion from the world, but their wondrous homeland was shattered and drowned by the sea. Ever since, the Night Elves refused to use magic for fear that the dreaded Legion would return. The Night Elves closed themselves off from the rest of the world and remained hidden atop their holy mountain of Hyjal for many thousands of years. As a race, Night Elves are typically honorable and just, but they are very distrusting of the 'lesser races' of the world. They are nocturnal by nature and their shadowy powers often elicit the same distrust that they have for their mortal neighbors.
The Night Elves of Kalimdor are a mighty race that emphasizes mobility, ranged firepower, and spellcraft. They do not have the brute strength of other races, but their skills with bow and magic more than compensate for this deficiency
Units and heroes
Disciples 2
The scattering of Dark Elves in the game are actually neutrals (not a playable faction). They are shown as undead Elves:
Units:
Reaper
Gast
Butcher
Crone
DARK ELVES IN OTHER GAMES:
World of Warcraft
Everquest
Warhammer
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k1ng
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posted September 07, 2005 03:01 AM |
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Edited By: k1ng on 6 Sep 2005
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thx for the info Vlaad, best regards .
yes, i'm planning to make a small Night Elf patch, which will include, like, 4 units and some new Night Elf and Dark Elf portraits (eventually units will be replacement). i've already done (well not fully) some animations below, it's almost done i'll sent the full animation, say, tommorrow i think.
well, i really like these creatures so i'll give it another try, my next unit would be the Spider Queen. but i don't intend to put, like, an old witch body, mine will be a young female Dark Elf, with oily skin, connected to, not too big, medium sized spider body .
it shouldn't take more than 2 days to finish it, if i work a bit hard  .
here's a few female Dark Elf sketches from Kingdom Under Fire,
just imagine one of these with spider body.
there was already another Night Elf unit created by Dru, he gave us permission to use it, here,
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and also BigJocker promissed to make one later on  .
by the way, Vlaad, would you be interested in making a special map for this patch? it'll awesome to see you as a part of it .
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zielevitz
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posted September 07, 2005 08:47 AM |
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ooh these night elves are sexy But naga tank will be more Sexy!
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k1ng
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of Night Elves
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posted September 09, 2005 02:02 AM |
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ooh these night elves are sexy But naga tank will be more Sexy!
lol
sexier than this?
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zielevitz
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posted September 09, 2005 07:53 AM |
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ooh these night elves are sexy But naga tank will be more Sexy!
lol
sexier than this?
bueeeeeee
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Lich_King
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posted September 09, 2005 11:34 AM |
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Night Elves however are not evil, like rest of the Dark Elves. In fact they are more fair than high elves in World of Warcraft.
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vlaad
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posted September 09, 2005 12:08 PM |
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Night Elves however are not evil, like rest of the Drak Elves. In fact they are more fair than high elves in World of Warcraft.
You are completely right, of course; aside from the color of their skin, Warcraft's Night Elves are nothing but Tolkien's Elves. However, I included them so that our artists can see another different approach...
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Vlaad
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posted September 09, 2005 12:20 PM |
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k1ng
The Spider Queen is... weird. Here's another spider pic (is it from Might and Magic?) - perhaps it fits better.
I know there's an animated version somewhere... Maybe BJ has it?
Here you can see Spider Queen from Age of Wonders 2.
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zielevitz
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posted September 09, 2005 12:25 PM |
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Is it not from Diablo II? Looks the same
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vlaad
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posted September 09, 2005 12:37 PM |
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Diablo... Right! I knew I saw it somewhere else!
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k1ng
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posted September 09, 2005 02:20 PM |
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k1ng
The Spider Queen is... weird. Here's another spider pic (is it from Might and Magic?) - perhaps it fits better.
I know there's an animated version somewhere... Maybe BJ has it?
Here you can see Spider Queen from Age of Wonders 2.
i know it's weird, i just made her, like, less than five minunets. i'll work on her  .
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TitaniumAlloy
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posted September 09, 2005 02:27 PM |
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I think that spider is not from Might and Magic. There is none in MM8 and the ones in MM7 have a green stripe on their abdomen.
1-6 don't have that good graphics I don't think, and 9 is 3D.
And about Kingdom Under Fire, I've wanted to get it for ages (Crusaders), because I'm a big fan of Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors which are supposed to be similar, and I like fantasy, so sounds like my kind of game.
Nice thread you have here.
I don't know much about it, whats the association with the Drow?
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TrangOul
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posted September 09, 2005 02:35 PM |
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It's from Diablo II.
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bigjocker
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posted September 09, 2005 03:03 PM |
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I know there's an animated version somewhere... Maybe BJ has it?
No I don't have it.. 
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k1ng
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posted September 10, 2005 04:01 AM |
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Edited By: k1ng on 9 Sep 2005
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how is she now? (though there are no legs yet)
the figure fits in 2 squares now, i think. do you wannt me to change her colors?
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And about Kingdom Under Fire, I've wanted to get it for ages (Crusaders)
there is a new one called Kingdom Under Fire : Heroes
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vlaad
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posted September 10, 2005 11:46 AM |
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The color of her spider body is fine, but I think Naga Queen would be better than Medusa for her human part.
Also, try to put a break (empty space) between her human back and her spider part.
Finally, those spider legs in the front are weird, man! Especially when moving... No need for those.
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k1ng
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posted September 10, 2005 04:59 PM |
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The color of her spider body is fine, but I think Naga Queen would be better than Medusa for her human part.
does it really look like Medusa body? believe it or not, i resized the body of third female Dark Elf image that i posted and put it.
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Also, try to put a break (empty space) between her human back and her spider part.
Finally, those spider legs in the front are weird, man! Especially when moving... No need for those.
well?
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TitaniumAlloy
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posted September 10, 2005 05:10 PM |
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What is it? The Abominable Slug Woman? jk
But seriously what is it.
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k1ng
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posted September 10, 2005 05:31 PM |
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What is it? The Abominable Slug Woman? jk
But seriously what is it.
Spider Queen, a Dark Elf connected to a spider body.
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vlaad
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posted September 10, 2005 10:32 PM |
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I think it's a bit better now... As for the human body, it can hardly be seen, so it's hard to tell anyway. What I disliked is her head... I dunno, the queen should look more majestic and dignified... not as if she didn't wash her hair for a month. Again, take a look at AoW2 gif.
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