HoTS Portaits and Wireframes

[The_Blade]

I'm starting to believe the Widow Mine was a last moment fix on the current build. You know... Just to show Terran has something "new"...

[Hawki]

Better idea:

"Know Thyself."
"With silver spears, you shall conquer the world."
"I count the grains of sand on the beach and measure the sea."
"I understand the speech of the dumb and hear the voiceless."
*Unit Portrait animation of the pilot shaking a magic 8 ball.*
"*Sound of a fortune cookie cracking open* A thrilling time is in your future... well, that's ominous."
"Do not mistake temptation for opportunity... in bed."

Pure gold...or silver, since Nerazim are more into that colour. For what it's worth, something you could add is the fortune cookie itself, how protoss can't eat. Certainly got me jotting down a pair of oneshot ideas for the Oracle...credit will be given if I follow through.

I'm starting to believe the Widow Mine was a last moment fix on the current build. You know... Just to show Terran has something "new"...

I dunno. The widow mine was foreshadowed awhile back as a mine that could attack air units. Either way, I like the unit itself. Like a spider mine, but with a twist that I think makes for micro-intensive gameplay.

[Sheliek]

I second this opinion. They look pretty generic in that they look like every Zerg portrait out there. Meanwhile, the Tempest reminds me or Artanis for some reason.

The swarm host portrait would be perfect to me if it had an animation showing eggs bursting on the pat at some point in its idle cycle.

Better idea:

"Know Thyself."
"With silver spears, you shall conquer the world."
"I count the grains of sand on the beach and measure the sea."
"I understand the speech of the dumb and hear the voiceless."
*Unit Portrait animation of the pilot shaking a magic 8 ball.*
"*Sound of a fortune cookie cracking open* A thrilling time is in your future... well, that's ominous."
"Do not mistake temptation for opportunity... in bed."

I wish to start a petition on battle.net to get lines like this in.

[TcheQuevara]

She's ABSOLUTLEY 100% a girl. And even cooler she's a Dark Templar. Reminds me of Razagal.

When I first saw the Carrier Portait I thought it was a girl hehe. Would of been cool if they made the Carrier Pilot a girl.

You talk like someone who's into girls.

She reminded me of Raszagal too. Maybe it's just a homage, or maybe they mean Nerazim females have this gender niche of being intuitive spiritual leaders.

Don't you think there are too many DT units? DT itself, stalker, Void Ray. I thought they were supposed to be a minority. Yeah I'm racist.

I don't like how Protoss Army is looking too much like a Templar+Nerazim circlejerk. I miss Judicators. I think they were a really interesting aspect of Protoss society. Both the religious leaders and the "librarian" ones have a conservative, contemplative feelings the war-prone Ts and DTs lack. I would like them to be more present both in units and lore.

I wonder though, the Tempest is very DT-ish. Reminds me of the Star Relic. I really like a Nerazim female in the Oracle, but maybe it could be a Judicator in the Oracle and a DT in the Tempest. Or no DTs riding big ships, just doing the dirty job, like it used to be in the good days. Seriously now, I think the Tempest pilot is doomed to look to much like the Carrier pilot and Artanis.

[Cotcan]

Better idea:

"Know Thyself."
"With silver spears, you shall conquer the world."
"I count the grains of sand on the beach and measure the sea."
"I understand the speech of the dumb and hear the voiceless."
*Unit Portrait animation of the pilot shaking a magic 8 ball.*
"*Sound of a fortune cookie cracking open* A thrilling time is in your future... well, that's ominous."
"Do not mistake temptation for opportunity... in bed."

This sounds a lot like quotes Blizzard actually puts in. Well at least the last few.

[Quirel]

I'm back.

Pure gold...or silver, since Nerazim are more into that colour. For what it's worth, something you could add is the fortune cookie itself, how protoss can't eat. Certainly got me jotting down a pair of oneshot ideas for the Oracle...credit will be given if I follow through.

Regardless of whether those get finished, I'm honored.

As for the fortune cookie, I guess the portrait could show the pilot holding it up for a second, turning the halves around as if she doesn't know what to do with them, and then tossing them aside. Though that would probably take too long for an 'angry' quote.

This sounds a lot like quotes Blizzard actually puts in. Well at least the last few.

I certainly hope so.

[Hawki]

Regardless of whether those get finished, I'm honored.

Good...because I followed through with one of the ideas...then altered it...altered it so that there's a protoss, a tribal alien from Twilight Archon and the aftermath of a space vampire (yes, really...from pre-alpha days) invasion.

Sometimes I worry about myself...

[DemolitionSquid]

Good...because I followed through with one of the ideas...then altered it...altered it so that there's a protoss, a tribal alien from Twilight Archon and the aftermath of a space vampire (yes, really...from pre-alpha days) invasion.

Sometimes I worry about myself...

[Quirel]

Good...because I followed through with one of the ideas...then altered it...altered it so that there's a protoss, a tribal alien from Twilight Archon and the aftermath of a space vampire (yes, really...from pre-alpha days) invasion.

Sometimes I worry about myself...

I wanted a video of the circus freaks from Freaks chanting "One of us! One of us! One of us!", but even I find that disturbing.

[Hawki]

Too late...I've been directed to the Freaks scene...now I know where the Simpsons one came from...