Action RPG called, The Message. 3D 3rd person.

newmodels

The story is about given the task of delivering a message to another Kingdom.

cybereality

I love that the bird is bigger than the player.

DeanOrTori

looks cool :>

fire7side

The graphics are nice but he looks like he's holding a fishing pole. If you are holding a spear at the ready, it's with two hands at your side.

newmodels

He's not holding a spear. Here is some more screen shots showing the weapon better.

cybereality

Well, the stance can be more dynamic. For example, if you were fighting with a sword, you would probably plant your back leg to get leverage, and also raise your shoulders/elbows to get torque. The model now looks fairly stiff in the stance, but it's a good start.

viper76

Watching sword fighting ref can help u i think sina cyber is right looks realy weird right now or take a gravt stick and swing u self to see how u would move

newmodels

I'll see if I can get that fixed. don't have much time right now.

newmodels

I have done some work on the animations. Here is a screenshot of the idle animation with sword.

newmodels

the walk animation has the sword dragging behind the character too. Should I make it so the sword is held with both hands? I don't have much time to work on it. I am not very good with animation. I think the biggest problem is having references.

cybereality

Yeah, that looks a lot better. But people almost never stand straight on both legs. Usually one leg is a little further back with more weight, and the feet will not be parallel. You can try it on your own body as reference or look at pictures. But it getting pretty close.

viper76

Look at https://www.thearma.org/essays/StancesIntro.htm#.Yi-EYo-ZNPY

viper76

u can also finde ref on youtube of how to use greatsword

newmodels

I made this before looking at the given references. The references that are given show just that the sword is heavy.

newmodels

I plan on using that reference that @viper76 posted for some of the animations. Especially the slash attack. It's a good reference. I will have to work on the project later however, I'm busy cleaning house right now.

newmodels

I was able to do some work on it.

viper76

are the birds floating in the are or are the shadows just wrong feet shadow dosent seem to connect looks very weird? or is it ground collision issue but every thing else looks good keep it up

newmodels

It was ground collision problem. I moved the collider up on the Y axis and they look like though are planted on ground now.