Posts from NHF – new heroes for Heroes V 3.1.

It's not necessary to make a mounted hero; you can make a foot hero. Take, for example, the Forest faction archer as a basis and work on it significantly. This will take much less effort in terms of attaching animations for shooting a bow and mounting a horse, but you'll definitely have to work hard on the body structure.

Why is a huge hero needed (the Overlord says hello)? Moreover, there is always an aura around the hero from the faction you belong to, so you can't "not see" him, and you would have to be blind not to notice the hero. Besides, there is Biara, who is not much different in size, but the developers didn't think that a "not large" hero is bad, so I don't see anything wrong with that. Increasing the size a little would be good, but no more than that. It's better for the hero to be on foot and not the size of half a mountain, but he will still be present in the game. Also, heroes on horses are not that big (without the horses themselves), so a small size for the hero would be quite logical. Besides, you yourself wrote that the hero's appearance is not very important to you, so what's the problem? Or is it better to struggle with the geometry and connect the horse, rider, and bow shooting animation from a third object? In my opinion, these are some unfounded stereotypes about heroes not being as large as a Castle. If we talk about the hero suggested by the girl above, I can share a few variations of textures for this hero so that you have a more accurate idea of what needs to be done. The textures are not based on the creatures/heroes of this game, but they will give a more than clear example.

Then, create a model based on the Archer from the Stronghold expansion, albeit with significant modifications, for the fans, let's say for NHF_E.

In other words, it means you need to spend a lot of time on something with an uncertain outcome! Unfortunately, I don't have much free time for such experiments right now!

This is a much more accurate answer; it makes sense, and I think in the future, we'll find the time and see an interesting hero. But without the right software, attaching a separate bone to each vertex is indeed a real pain...

Why is a huge hero needed (the Overlord sends his regards)?

Moreover, there is always an aura around the hero from the Faction he belongs to, so you can't just make him "invisible."

Besides, there is Biara, whose size isn't that different.

And, as a follow-up, heroes on horses are not that large (without the horses themselves), so a small hero size would be quite logical.

Besides, you yourself wrote that the hero's appearance is not very important to you, so what is the problem?

There will be no non-mounted hero models, except for demons, in NHF.

Could you show a rough sketch of how you envisioned the hero?

There are also various vampires and Alarics, yes. But it turned out to be mediocre. The only more or less successful small model I can name is Nicholas: he looks visually larger. Although it still could have been better, for example, if he had been placed on a horse.

Well, the mod creator's word is law.

This won't tell you anything; it's a hero's texture (skin), shown in its unfolded form.

They've already been planted!

Is anyone here? It's very quiet. I wanted to ask something else.

So, ask away. This is a forum, not a chat.