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To be honest, there's no consensus on how Orcs are portrayed across different settings.
In Warcraft and The Elder Scrolls, they're just typical green brutes.
In Warhammer, they look like the Orcs mentioned above, but they're actually fungi (!).
Tolkien's (i.e., the original) Orcs are creations of Melkor, corrupted elves twisted by dark magic, as Melkor himself couldn't create anything. They are also goblins. "They (were or are) short, broad, with flat noses, yellowish skin, wide mouths, and slanted eyes," meaning they're definitely not green.
In Might & Magic (before the Ubisoft games), they're half-human, half-boar, characterized by their pig-like snouts. This image was very popular with the Japanese, and I constantly see it in anime and manga now.

So, overall, they're depicted differently, and there's no reason to stick to the Warcraft image; it's not canon. In Ashan, as already mentioned, they're half-human, half-demon... In this regard, it makes sense to depict something transitional – and the red (celestial) upgrade in the original castle fits perfectly, something with spikes, clearly touched by chaos, but not as grotesque as Urgash's creatures. The other upgrades can also be explained, considering both the ongoing transformation and the original description of Orcs by Tolkien, which is surprisingly accurate.

I present to you my first texture mod.

Huge thanks to zahar0z for developing the file organization structure, to L'Garold for LAA, and to Griffin Eternal HD for his textures.
(In some cases, my knowledge of upscaling wasn't enough, and his work was used as a basis for future textures, in particular this one).
I also can't fail to mention black-hat and his mod for "uncanning" the Inquisitor from a tin can. In my opinion, the bald head looks better.
Special thanks to psatkha for the guide on creating icons.

What was done?

• Textures of all units in the game, as well as default heroes, were upscaled to 2048x2048.

• All textures were repainted manually.

• The faces of the units were honestly "stolen" from a well-known MMORPG based on another well-known series of strategy games.

• The camera angle was changed on the creature hiring screen for some units.

• The Orcs are now green; I don't know if others like it, but it's important to me.

• The hero's color scheme changes depending on the player's color; the changes affect not only the flag.

What is planned?

First of all, I plan to do similar manipulations with the campaign heroes. Then, I will move on to static objects and landscapes.

Screenshots

Mod + LAA patch

2 Varimatas

Mushrooms, according to the lore. The structure of the orc biome (there's no other way to describe it) is very interesting. I haven't played the game, I'm only superficially familiar with it through YouTube reviews, but it's a very intriguing concept. And their methods of magic/technology are no less interesting.

I think the Titans have an interesting idea – to add a few more lightning flashes. Not the implementation, but the idea itself. If the effect was made barely noticeable, it would look very good.

Don't the vanilla versions have lightning flashing around their bodies?

They are all around the vanilla models. Here, it's also visible on the texture of the body itself.

Is there a way to import textures from World of Warcraft into Heroes of Might and Magic V?

Is it possible to import textures from World of Warcraft into Heroes of Might and Magic V?

Yes and no. It depends on what you mean. If you simply apply a texture to a model, then no. It will turn out to be something incomprehensible due to the mismatch of the UV maps. But you can manually overlay one texture on another, making the necessary adjustments, distorting it in the right way, etc., in Photoshop. However, it may turn out that it is easier to adjust the existing texture, copying only those areas where it is not possible to achieve similarity by adjusting.

Yeah, but you'll get tired of aligning one image with another in Photoshop... It's either a waste of time, or it involves working with models, or repainting what already exists in the game.

This mod is for those who use LA. Otherwise, you will experience frequent game crashes.