[WIP] [ALIENS] War of the Worlds 1953 Tripod

[Wolfstarr]

So I'm experimenting with my modding skills here so please be gentle.

Thought it was weird no one had attempted the Martians from the 1953 War of the Worlds film yet so as part of my mod I want to have them as a race.  Part of the story is that the XCOM aliens invaded Mars millions of years ago, using a similar ship to the one that is at the bottom of the mexico trench, and the XCOM aliens encounter the martians from War of the Worlds as they were making plans to invade us.

The martians hold out a desperate battle but alas are defeated and many are enslaved and the XCOM aliens set up shop on Mars.

Anyways the plan is to have the following models make up the species:

1. Cydonian (Martian from 1953 film)
2. Mortaxian (Possibly edited brain thing from TFTD to represent the martians original form in H.G. wells book
3. Cydonian War Machine (The 'Tripod' from the 1953 film)
4. Mortaxian Tripod (A tripod from the Jeff Wayne war of the worlds animated film / musical)

So I managed to find a 3d model of the 1953 tripod and followed a very basic guide on blender to export some captures, I then used asperite to edit the pallettes (god it makes sprite editing easier) and then used falko's template to put it altogether.  I managed to get some sounds from the web for the heat ray.

It does work in the battlescape currently as a HWP but I think the conversion messed it as it doesn't orientate properly.  Also the heat ray projectile I made doesn't work either

I'm posting here to see if anyone wants to tinker or use what I have done so far.

P.S. ULLLLLLLLLAAAAAAA!

[Solarius Scorch]

UUUULLAAAAAAA!

It's a very interesting attempt. At this point it looks really 3D-like, but it's not necessarily bad in itself... Needs some polish though, especially around the edges.

Also, I suggest you take screenshots with the F12 key, since these seem a bit off - were probably captured with something else.

[Wolfstarr]

Thanks Solarius

They were taken with blender so I didn't really have a clue what I was doing lol

I've spent the evening collating other 3d models to 'isometricalise'

[Solarius Scorch]

Thanks Solarius

They were taken with blender so I didn't really have a clue what I was doing lol

I meant in-game screenshots, not your source material.

I've spent the evening collating other 3d models to 'isometricalise'

Such evenings are wonderful, aren't they? ^_^

[Wolfstarr]

I meant in-game screenshots, not your source material.

Face palm self lol yes I realised what you meant with clear eyes this morning, looking at pixels makes my eyes go funny

Such evenings are wonderful, aren't they? ^_^

Indeed now just need to refine my spriting skills!