Need opinions on new monster

Amuscaria · Post by **Amuscaria** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 8:03 am

I working on the "Ignist" for DE, it basicaly replaces the Revevant for Episode 3, since I dont want some techno-monsters in the environment. This monster is basically a burning charred skeleton (you may need to zoom in to see the shading) that shoots homing burning skull projectiles or smacks up close. I'm not sure if i should keep the current design or not. Here's a sprite from it.

Any suggestions on it? I was originally gonna make it some Lava-golem like monster. But i htink i'm gonna save that for the mancubus replacements.

Virtue · Post by **Virtue** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 8:15 am

perfect! Love the flaming effect, i can see this animating really well too

Post by **Ryan Cordell** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 8:18 am

Sexy, but make the yellow flames not stick out as much. Kinda distracting.

Post by **NiGHTMARE** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 8:43 am

That looks excellent! Is it completely from scratch, or based on some existing sprite?

Post by **Ryan Cordell** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 9:02 am

From what I gather, I'm thinking it's a heavily modified Archvile base.

XutaWoo · Post by **XutaWoo** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 9:02 am

Holy! That sprite is awesome, though you should tone down the fire.

Dutch Devil · Post by **Dutch Devil** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 10:50 am

Very sweet I like it looks like its based on the Revenant I think the fire on its hands look cool.

Medricel · Post by **Medricel** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 11:12 am

It's good, but do you think it might be possible to go with something more like a clawed hoof instead of the spindly toes it has now? The way they look (especially when on the floor) is very odd.

Kajiotaku · Post by **Kajiotaku** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 11:47 am

Clawed hoof is good. Maybe a bit more "lanky" kinda. Just a bit.

Amuscaria · Post by **Amuscaria** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 12:06 pm

Blade Nightflame wrote:From what I gather, I'm thinking it's a heavily modified Archvile base.

Its drawn from scratch. I dont wanna end up with a bunch of edits. I think 1 edit of each doom monster is plenty.

Hm, i agree. I need to tone down the yellow a bit.

Post by **Kirby** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 1:35 pm

Damn, that looks MIGHTY fine if I do say so myself! Stick with it!

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 3:06 pm

Pretty damn cool.

I think the horns and shoulder spikes are a bit much, though... it's way creepier if it looks more human.

Travis · Post by **Travis** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 3:38 pm

Shinjanji wrote:It's good, but do you think it might be possible to go with something more like a clawed hoof instead of the spindly toes it has now? The way they look (especially when on the floor) is very odd.

Phobus · Post by **Phobus** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 3:44 pm

This original sprite work is a lot more like what I'd hope to see from a sprite-maker of Eriance's talent. Very good, but yeah, the yellow is a little much... tone it down... perhaps make it more orange.

Post by **Enjay** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 6:33 pm

This is a really good looking sprite.

Yellows and oranges are limited in the Doom palette, so there won't be much to play with and keep it looking good but the yellow is a bit stark ATM.

I like the horns and shoulder spikes. To me, that's a hell-beast and I see no reason why it needs to be more human. Something like that would be far more scary than a near-human IMO.

As for the feet, I dunno. I like the spindly toes. I think they're kind of creepy. Not sure how well hooves would look on this one.

Anyway, great stuff Eriance, I look forward to seeing this one in action.