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Well, for now, it's like this. I started working on the Altgarde – I tried making the skin a pale green with a bluish tint, but it didn't turn out well. I'm not quite finished with the armor yet – it would be good to make it so that the helmet is visible, and a small buckler would also look good, and most importantly, there's still space on the texture for all of this, but I'm just lazy... The shields I found are large and wooden, they don't look like bucklers, and I don't want to give shield abilities for protection against arrows, so I'll do it later.

And a message to the moderator colleagues – it turns out that the Necropolis discussion thread in Heroes 6 is filled with spam topics; you should check the "top 10" from time to time to see who is creating new topics where....

The latest interesting ones. Like, cave orcs?

Will there be Orc riders?

Some time ago, I stopped working on Orc Peasant units because of a couple of issues and a lack of ideas for alternate upgrades.

I'm working on Berserkers now.
I'm not sure whether to keep the Bonecrusher animations or use a fist attack only for stunning. If I go with the latter, I'll need a versatile weapon that looks good with both slashing and fist animations... but I haven't come up with anything yet, so I guess I'll just use the Bonecrusher animations.

I'm also thinking that instead of stunning, it would be better to use a claw attack, so as not to copy the Armored Knight... or add two blades to the gauntlets, like an boarding cutlass, and forget about stunning... I'm not sure.

Wouldn't the analogy to the Jaguar Warriors from Heroes 6 work as a concept? (Essentially 1 to 1 - Orc Bonecrushers) 🤔

I was thinking of doing it this way, but a similar idea was used with Tier 6 – there, an alternative upgrade will be on the Assassin model, and Assassins have fur on their shoulders, so you could put something furry on their head; I wanted a bear head... but now I think a bone helmet made from a cat skull would be better.

The entire alternative upgrade will have skulls on the equipment; for Tier 1, there's a rodent skull, for Tier 2, bird skulls, and for Tier 5, lizard skulls.

There's no need to make them a 1-to-1 copy, nor to put a skull on their head (like with the Berserkers).
My suggestion was more about the idea behind their weapon, and the rest of the equipment (armor) can be designed in many different ways.

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*The main problem with the Bonecrushers is that they are a "trash" unit even at the idea stage. They could be an acceptable Neutral unit, with such an "exotic" weapon, but not as a Tier 4 unit for the most armored Faction, where, in fact, all their allies will fight in an organized formation.

- Simply put, for a formation battle, the Bonecrushers look ridiculous, and this is a problem with the very idea behind them. Ranged units? Yes! Berserkers with a large hammer, another two-handed weapon, or paired weapons (like axes) – that could be acceptable. But not with gauntlets and daggers...

*In this regard, the Jaguars are much more convincing. Firstly, they are part of the Orc Faction, whose tactics are the opposite of the Dwarves. Secondly, they are larger, and their weapon allows for free movement of their hands, which allows them to grab/intercept the opponent's weapon, perform captures, and use grappling techniques. In Heroes 5, similar equipment is used by the Hunters, but since there are obviously no such units in your mod, my idea is to give the Orc Berserkers "Claws" or Blades attached to their bracers and similar devices. Instead of trying to give them a weapon "in their hands," which will obviously not go well with the animations of the Bonecrushers/Berserkers.

*However, these are just my suggestions and observations.

I've never had any problems understanding the Berserker concept. As for the Tahn, their design is also silly – they only differ from Berserkers in their full plate leggings and a plate gauntlet. I think Dwarves are at least prone to fighting without formation.

Orcish Berserkers wield axes perfectly well; I've been using this since 2014. Back then, there were Dwarves with sabers, and now there are Orcish Berserkers.

I wanted to use claws, but I abandoned that idea because I wanted to create a Berserker with a boar theme – a "boar-frenzy" type. However, I couldn't find a boar helmet, so I just decided to make an Orc until a better idea came to me. I kept painting them, painting them, painting them, and they turned purple. I added a brown leather base and yellow bones... and that's how the modern concept of an alternative grade was born, and the claws were forgotten.

Well, if it works, then it works

*by the way, the Boar Helm is in Dark Souls (the first one). I'm not sure if you import models from there and if it would fit, though? 🙄

Wouldn't the analogy to the Jaguar Warriors from the 6th game work as a concept? (Essentially 1 to 1 - Orc Bonecrushers) 🤔