Fredrik Posted September 14, 2006 I got the following idea today (while doodling strange creatures in my lecture notes, as usual): Just like the Doom Baron, it is a cross between a man and a powerful animal. Elephants are royal creatures, so the name also matches. The Hell Knight could be given less manly tusks, to distinguish it from the Baron by more than just color. 0 Share this post Link to post
entryway Posted September 14, 2006 ha ha, cool hippopotamus! Where can I find your another lecture work? :) 0 Share this post Link to post
Fredrik Posted September 14, 2006 Hippo? Surely it isn't that far from resembling an elephant? :-P A hippo would make a nice Mancubus, though. There are some more doodles on my website, but not many. 0 Share this post Link to post
Enjay Posted September 14, 2006 Pretty nice. The body is powerful like the original baron. The tusks are fine but I'm not sure about the elephant trunk. To me it looks a little comical. Too much like an anthropomorphic thingy. The same monster with the trunk removed and a mouth made visible by the trunk's removal would probably look better IMO. Maybe I have an anti-trunk thing going on. I thought it looked crap on the Doom3 Mancubus and on some AD&D monster that I forget the name of. 0 Share this post Link to post
Fredrik Posted September 14, 2006 I did it without a trunk first for the same reason but thought it looked better with it. Besides, there's precedent for being a little comical (Cacodemons). 0 Share this post Link to post
Kirby Posted September 14, 2006 I think that looks very good, even with the trunk, though I do believe it might look better w/o it. Good work! 0 Share this post Link to post
Fredrik Posted September 14, 2006 What? It's darker than the original Baron of Hell. 0 Share this post Link to post
myk Posted September 15, 2006 Enjay said: and on some AD&D monster that I forget the name of. Malfera. Timothy Truman did the original artwork for it in an old module and it looked pretty good. You must have missed that version of the monster. http://index.rpg.net/pictures/show-pic.phtml?picid=2120 I like this elephant monster. Since the Demon is already a wormlike monster, a trunklike appendage on this one's face fits in well. 0 Share this post Link to post
RTC_Marine Posted September 15, 2006 very nice what would its fireball be? peanuts? 0 Share this post Link to post
Csonicgo Posted September 15, 2006 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heffalump Kickass Baron. my sound I made would go well with that. :P For some reason it reminds me of a certain football mascot. 0 Share this post Link to post
david_a Posted September 15, 2006 The trunk is a bit amusing :) Maybe make it more like the Space Jockey's trunk? Assuming you actually complete this thing (heh), what would we do with the existing baron (Lokito or whatever)? It's a nice sprite. 0 Share this post Link to post
Fredrik Posted September 15, 2006 I've done three rotation frames now; here's a dd.chalmers.se/~frejohl/doom/blah/baron1.wad]wad just to give a rough idea of how it might look in-game. 0 Share this post Link to post
leileilol Posted September 15, 2006 tbh I liked the Lokito baron better. This one's just a man in an animal suit :( 0 Share this post Link to post
esselfortium Posted September 15, 2006 leileilol said:tbh I liked the Lokito baron better. This one's just a man in an animal suit :( you should have no problem with that :( [/badjoke] 0 Share this post Link to post
myk Posted September 15, 2006 david_a said: Maybe make it more like the Space Jockey's trunk?If the trunk is not glued to the body, like in the current design, it can add movement to the figure by switching positions in different frames. 0 Share this post Link to post
Orna fulsamee Posted September 15, 2006 tee hee.........elephant.......*snicker* 0 Share this post Link to post
dolorous Posted September 16, 2006 david_a said:Assuming you actually complete this thing (heh), what would we do with the existing baron (Lokito or whatever)? It's a nice sprite. Maybe, with a little adjustment, it could be the new imp? 0 Share this post Link to post
Jon Posted September 16, 2006 leileilol said:tbh I liked the Lokito baron better. This one's just a man in an animal suit :( I feel like I've been here before :( Me too. The lokito baron needs a clean-up, but it's a good sprite. However, what about using this for the hellknight? I don't think we need to have the same sprite for Baron/HK as doom does. 0 Share this post Link to post
Jimmy Posted September 16, 2006 I don't think this thing looks beefy enough. If you were to resize it and improve muscle tone in it or something, it would make a good Baron. Also, I'm not entirely sure it should be pink. But another than that, this thing looks rockin'! :D 0 Share this post Link to post
Fredrik Posted September 16, 2006 Resize it how? Are you saying it should be bigger than the original Baron? And what's wrong with the colors from the original game? 0 Share this post Link to post
myk Posted September 16, 2006 Jimmy91 said: I don't think this thing looks beefy enough. If you were to resize it and improve muscle tone in it or something, it would make a good Baron. I wonder what you mean by beefy; it looks sturdier but also a bit fatter than the one by id, which is fine considering both Fredrik's style and that it's an elephantlike monster. In any case, it is of the same height. Also, I'm not entirely sure it should be pink. Why not? Then the Hell knight can be brownish. Jon said: The lokito baron needs a clean-up, but it's a good sprite. It looks out of place. Try and go for consistency. I like this one more anyway. I don't think we need to have the same sprite for Baron/HK as doom does. They should be very similar. They don't hurt each other for that very reason. Again, consistency (not only aesthetic but also in regard to the game's behavior). 0 Share this post Link to post
leileilol Posted September 16, 2006 myk said:Why not? Then the Hell knight can be brownish. Because "Pink Elephant" is one hell of a double entendre. 0 Share this post Link to post
myk Posted September 16, 2006 leileilol said: Because "Pink Elephant" is one hell of a double entendre. Heh, more reason then; DOOM has impse, and now with Freedoom we got somewhere to start from. 0 Share this post Link to post
CGC002 Posted August 11, 2007 That's one powerful pacaderm, fredrik. Totally fits in. Plus, it's a great graphic. EDIT: I see the freedoom forum isn't that active. Sorry for the bump! 0 Share this post Link to post