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  1. #21
    Quote Originally Posted by Chonar View Post
    I'm so glad I see my picture on page 1 in this thread. :')
    I keep it saved because it is very useful :P

  2. #22
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    Quote Originally Posted by -Apathy- View Post
    Wow I feel ridiculously dumber right now, Thank you all like I had like a 30 min argument with a closefriend saying a firehawk a reskin It was a great time.
    As someone who works for Blizzard, I would expect you to know this

  3. #23
    Reskin - Mesh is the same, textures are different.
    Remodel - Skeleton and animation is the same, mesh is different.

    If the skeleton and animation are different, it's not a remodel. It's completely new.

    Also, a skeleton doesn't have to have meshes on all it's limbs. See Lord Marrowgar as an example. The skeleton has legs, you just can't see them.

  4. #24
    Quote Originally Posted by Xiphan View Post


    Some modding communities call model swaps reskins though, which leads to some confusion.
    Good god, I never realised those two models shared skeleton. But now it's obvious.

  5. #25
    Quote Originally Posted by zyx View Post
    Good god, I never realised those two models shared skeleton. But now it's obvious.
    A testament to the skills of the art team, wouldn't you say?
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    Quote Originally Posted by -Apathy- View Post
    Before I go kill people in this BG I'm going to make this thread as It's been bothering me ever since I looked at the giant do-do bird thread.

    Now go on explain it to me.
    (just an example) reskin is when a proto drake is first blue and then they reskin it to black. remodel is when a proto drake is first a dragon and then the skeleton is taken out and u put a bird on fire on top of the skeleton with the same base figure and the movement of the body.

  7. #27
    Quote Originally Posted by vamonos View Post
    (just an example) reskin is when a proto drake is first blue and then they reskin it to black. remodel is when a proto drake is first a dragon and then the skeleton is taken out and u put a bird on fire on top of the skeleton with the same base figure and the movement of the body.
    They just made a new model, and used the same skeleton. Models aren't shaped around a skeleton, skeletons are shaped after a model. In this case, they had a firebird in mind, and probably decided they could use the same skeleton later.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Condemner View Post
    They just made a new model, and used the same skeleton. Models aren't shaped around a skeleton, skeletons are shaped after a model. In this case, they had a firebird in mind, and probably decided they could use the same skeleton later.
    actually when creating models skeleton is the base and one most important part of it. also firehawk is a clear remodel it uses same skeleton and the figure has same movement

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    This thread is ACE, very nice explainations and people are discussing in a civilized way. It could use more cool pictures like the Twilight Protodrake though!

    I would like to know more, like for example, are any of the new pandaria races a remodel of something else?

    Mogu look a bit like male draenai, for example.
    Is the heart of the aspect mount a unique skeleton?

  10. #30
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    The word reskin pretty much explains it all. The same model only different textures (skin) on it. A remodel is a new/altered model built on the same skeleton.

  11. #31
    Dragonhawks in different colours - Reskin's
    Nether Rays use's the same skeleton, but it's another model.
    Then the Heart of the aspect comes, using the Dragonhawk/Nether Ray skeleton. But it's a new model.
    Then we get the cloudserpents wich is basicly, the heart of the aspects without it's wings and altered animations - wich is a new model.

    But people here on MMO tend to scream "OMG BLIZZ ANOTHER RESKIN" as soon as there's two models with the same skeleton,

  12. #32
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    Good god, I never realised those two models shared skeleton. But now it's obvious.

    Quote Originally Posted by Notos View Post
    A testament to the skills of the art team, wouldn't you say?


    More like a testament to his lack of attention. It's blatant that Blizzard keeps re-using the same skeletons over and over the years.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Greymalkin View Post
    This thread is ACE, very nice explainations and people are discussing in a civilized way. It could use more cool pictures like the Twilight Protodrake though!

    I would like to know more, like for example, are any of the new pandaria races a remodel of something else?

    Mogu look a bit like male draenai, for example.
    Is the heart of the aspect mount a unique skeleton?
    Pandarens don't share their skeletons with anything else so far, so no remodels, they are brand new in every way. Same thing goes for the hozen.

    Mogu are indeed a remodel (not reskin) of draenei, much like the saurok are a remodel of worgen, the jinyu are a remodel of night elves and the grummels are remodels of pigmies.

    And last, as far as I know, the Heart of Aspects are unique and share their skeleton with no other creature ingame. Maybe they share it with cloud serpents, but the animations are very different so I'm not sure.

  14. #34
    Quote Originally Posted by vamonos View Post
    actually when creating models skeleton is the base and one most important part of it. also firehawk is a clear remodel it uses same skeleton and the figure has same movement
    Ofc, it's very important for animating purposes. But they decide in the designing process what family the mount is based on. It's only logical they use the same skeleton if it's from the same family, but they could've chosen to go with another skeleton, and change the animations with it.

    Another good example is the pic posted of the comparison between the bird groundmount and the raptor mount. They model the bird, and decided to go with the raptor skeleton probably later in the process.

  15. #35
    Quote Originally Posted by Notos View Post
    A testament to the skills of the art team, wouldn't you say?
    Not to those of us who noticed immediately.

    I want one of those blue armored raptors now.

  16. #36
    Quote Originally Posted by Chonar View Post
    I'm so glad I see my picture on page 1 in this thread. :')
    The picture is wrong though. The first one is recolor, not reskin.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cybran View Post
    The picture is wrong though. The first one is recolor, not reskin.
    *deep breath*

    The "skin" is the texture that wraps around a model.
    Recoloring is changing the texture colors from one color to another.
    A recolor is always a reskin.
    However, a reskin is not always a recolor, since you could change the texture to, for example, paint a tattoo somewhere.
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    ..this shouldn't really be up to personal definition, hell, there shouldn't even be such a thing as "personal definition" when it comes to this. What it is is in the name, either a change of texture or a change of model.
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  19. #39
    My only issue with the term remodel is that it has a very broad use and because of this it's seen very negatively by a vast majority of the vocal wow community.
    What I mean by the is -
    A raptor ---> A raptor with a feather on it's leg = remodel
    A raptor ---> Raven Lord = remodel

    The difference here is one is a really small and simple modification of the existing raptor model, the other is almost entirely new with the exception of the skeleton.
    I guess it comes down too whether you consider the skeleton as part of the model.
    Last edited by autopsy; 2013-01-11 at 12:50 PM.

  20. #40
    Quote Originally Posted by Galbrei View Post
    Pandarens don't share their skeletons with anything else so far, so no remodels, they are brand new in every way. Same thing goes for the hozen.

    Mogu are indeed a remodel (not reskin) of draenei, much like the saurok are a remodel of worgen, the jinyu are a remodel of night elves and the grummels are remodels of pigmies.

    And last, as far as I know, the Heart of Aspects are unique and share their skeleton with no other creature ingame. Maybe they share it with cloud serpents, but the animations are very different so I'm not sure.
    I think there's actually a blue post saying that Pandaren uses a highly tempred worgen skeleton.
    Will google it for source tho.

    EDIT: Can't seem to find it, damn.

    ( It's very clear with the females tho, you can see it. Even tho Pandaren are the nicest models we have in the game.)
    Last edited by Korrah; 2013-01-11 at 12:58 PM.

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