Phoenix Vision – a comprehensive modification of the game’s visual aspects.

In this screenshot, their hair color is the same as in the concept art, and the icon for the Night Queens from the 0.9 demo version remains unchanged. As for the sword, it is not an LOD model; the LOD model of the sword has even fewer polygons, and the effects look reasonably good on it.

This is a rare screenshot, indeed. I saw it a very long time ago and had almost forgotten about it, but now my memory has been refreshed.)

Of all the creatures in the screenshot, I like the Dark Riders the most. I always wondered why the lizard on their icon has greenish-blue armor, but in reality, it's black – now it's clear.

The Furies and Night Queens with black hair strongly resemble basic creatures, which is probably why they were recolored. I must say that I like them better in the released version than in the demo version.

Regarding the Archangels. The sword itself looks beautiful, but in the Archangel's hands, it seems massive due to the width of the blade and short due to the shortened hilt. The original one still looks better to me.
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But still, the sword model is quite unusual. Maybe you should release a mod with this version of the Archangel or create a creature for NCF? I think there would be people who would appreciate it.