Custom Content Challenge: June 2014: Artifacts and Relics

[Legacy_KlatchainCoffee]

               

It looks like a shiny cookie.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Mecheon]

               

Is your metallic orb anything special looking, or just a silver garden ball? I can make one that points to the metallic env map pretty easily if you want one of those for this month.

Its a musical instrument worn on the head with some switches and stuff

 

I'm serious. It sounds like a mix of a kazoo and a 70s synthesizer. Hence why more of a Mecheon project '>

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_MerricksDad]

               

I looks like a shiny cookie.

 

"I am just a cookie, I cannot help you"

 

"ok, then, why are you talking to me?"

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Michael DarkAngel]

               

Apple of Eden (not activated) from AC:Revelations

 

 

The model itself is just a simple ball/sphere, the texture gives it all the detail.

 

 MDA

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_MerricksDad]

               

I think I am going to call it on orbs. I have 44 varieties already, although the last 30 don't have a lot of uniqueness except color and specular variation. Back to shaped gems.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_MerricksDad]

               

Well I did switch to gems and stones, but instead of making more specific artifacts, I started doing actual gem cuts. I have 16 done so far. Some of these more complex ones take a while to get right. These shapes should be very interesting as both held/floating gems, as well as great additions to part-attached rings, necklaces, and helmet adornment.

 

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Shemsu-Heru]

               

1) Artefact-parts icons. Say, the sword that Shemsu did will be divided into three parts that player must find and then complete. But that needs som handy icons for this. To do this with the vanilla HotU craft icons is a bit cheap - its for artefact common!  '>

 

 

That would work better with the "Rod of Seven Parts"....

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Carcerian]

               

@Merricksdad

 

Def love see ur takes on the classics like Gem of the Ebon Flame, Jacinth of Inestimable Beauty, Orbs of Dragonkind/Golden Death...

 

 

(...or an Eye of Agmotto/Jedi Mind's Eye...)

 

 

...as additional gem/orb variant ideas: an Egg of the Phoenix, & Eye of Vecna Inventory gem + Eye Socketed HAVFX? 

 

 

(or the Vecna Inspriations: Hand of Kwyll, Eye of Rhynn from the Chronicles of Corum, one of Michael Moorcock's Celtic Eternal Champions)  '>

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_MerricksDad]

               

Instead of making alternate ground icons to make up for the displacement required to fit the fingered hands, I think what I will do is release a placeable figure that can equip whatever item is placed in it and display it, much like the various weapon racks and mannequins released over the years. Since my focus:orb objects are held differently than my focus:psi crystal items, I may make two display placeables.

 

Edit:

 

Oh, and I stayed up way too late last night and now have 64 unique geometric shapes to represent orbs and crystals. I won't go into great detail when I create at least one item from each shape, but I will make at least one for each. Modifying the texture on any and making your own after that is just really simple, so I'll let others do that work if they like a shape.

 

 

Edit Edit:

 

Very much enjoying myself!

 

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_MerricksDad]

               

ok, so I have these gem pedistals (actually for orbs, not the gem artifacts).

 

 

Just one problem, they don't load in game. They compile, they load fine in the toolset, but they don't show up in the game. No error in the logs, or in the chat window. Just doesn't exist.

 

What I did was make a creature model that has no movement speed. It has a lhand node, so I can equip offhand items to it, which is the slot I put my orbs in. As you can see, the toolset accepts everything just fine.

 

Any clue on the in-game issue?

 

If it helps, just ask me for my appearance.2da line, or my models via dropbox.

 

 

Edit:

 

I used the debug cheat and set my appearance to the orb stand (908) in my appearance.2da. It loads fine and accepts my offhand item for display. But still the placed creature/orb stand does not load.

 

 

 

Also, I was wondering if anybody made this yet?

 

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Shemsu-Heru]

               

The Axe of the Dwarvish Lords

 

 

According to dwarven legend, this axe is the last survivor of the Five GreatTools forged by the First King of the Dwarves. Over the generations, the Axe of the Dwarfish Lords has appeared and disappeared dozens of times, its reappearance always anguring great change and upheaval among the dwarves.

 

 

For my version of the Axe I have taken different things from several official pictures of the axe, from different editions.

 

The merciless dwarfs, have used this artifact to commit genocide against countless poor goblins; look at this psycho-dwarf......

 

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_MerricksDad]

               

Got the gem stands working! 2 hours of poking around and I still don't know what changed to make it work, but I suspect it was 2da lines. So now I can make a few more stand types. If anybody has some very interesting screenshots of crystal holders, stands for mythallars, or anything that actually holds an orb, I can attempt to build it for the next few days.

 

 

Edit:

 

Made a new altar that accepts gems/orbs

 

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_The Amethyst Dragon]

               

Nice work so far, guys.

 

Now to head off and think of something to make myself.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Draygoth28]

               That alter is really nice. So you will be able to equip different gems?
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Shemsu-Heru]

               

 

Sword of Kas (weapons) by Shemsu-Heru

Axe of the Dwarvish Lords (weapon) by Shemsu-Heru

 

 

 

Actually I'm working with Henesua, Who is working in some scripts for this two artifacts...