WoW Illidan 3DS Max Test

I had an idea of doing a form of machinima in 3D Studio Max using characters and props from various games. I'm not sure how much effort I am going to be putting into this. I may do some machinima in this style in the future with models from a few different games.

I got the World of Warcraft Illidan model using wowmodelviewer, and did some photoshop editing on his texture map. I had to make the wings, pants cuffs and loin cloth black because of the low poly count it didn't work with the shadows in Max. I did not add or subtract a single polygon or smooth the model in any way. I only added bones and skinned it. The music is from WoW from Black Temple. The dialog audio is from the movie 300. It took an hour to render so I thought I might as well share it. I hope you enjoy it.

If you want to learn how to do something like this then my main advice would be to learn to use a good 3D program. I used an old version of 3D Studio Max (4.2) and it is even hard to work with on my old PC. Maya or Softimage XSI might be better for character animation from what I have read. I imagine you could use Blender for this too.

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[dranoel1963]

waait how did u get the model from blizzard?

[RayKoefoed]

@dranoel1963 I pulled it from the game files using wowmodelviewer and Milkshape, but it has been years since I have messed with it. I am not sure the model viewer is still available or working.

[dranoel1963]

@RayKoefoed wasnt the wowmodelviewer only for VIEW the models?

[RayKoefoed]

@dranoel1963 When I made this, wowmodelviewer had an export option for the models, but it was only in Milkshape format at that time. I am not sure about now, but there is bound to be ways to draw the models out of the game files. Sorry I don't know more information to help you with it.

[WarlordW]

freaking eeepppiiiccc!!!

[toxicbuz]

honestly learing modeling like this can take more than 3 years. because its not easy as u think.

[malakai1]

@dranoel1963 wow model vieers still exist and can still be exported to various 3d softwares

[azrailyne]

@dranoel1963 It does still work, btw. :)

[eleszar1]

Check my video  i made him in 3d watch?v=4EkTlDZ538o

[HusseinK1988]

@arabaggins

if you got the model out

can you share it :)

idont wana DL the game to get the model XD

[arabaggins]

@dranoel1963 wow model viewer still works all u need is wow fully patched XD

[Litledevil5]

very nice!

[dranoel1963]

@RayKoefoed well i coud always make the model in maya...but i cant add textures ;(