Scorched Toes

Some time ago I told I had to make a map for Warcraft III.
Well, here it is! The first version.

This map, Scorched Toes, is a multiplayer map for 4 players. It has a lot of creeps a lot of gold and a lot of trees. Also the food cap is higher now. So be prepared for massive battles!

But, as I said. This is the first version, it is not yet finished. I have run some test and it seems that the creeps are too easy to kill...

No problem! Let's put some more in there!

Keep reading to see more of this level. When I am totally finished I will make some ingame screenshots.

My Precious

I present my first self-made 3D model!

Ofcourse I made more models, but this one is created without a tutorial
and from a drawing of my own. So it is totally mine.

However, it is not yet finished. This is just the head as you can see.
The process of making this went very good. It took some time, but I didn't had any problems along the way.
I hope the rest of the model will be just as easy to make.

Do you recognize this face? The drawing I used is somewhere on this blog, try and find it.

Soldier Ideas

I made some sketches/drawings of some soldiers, for the PS3 Game - Project. They are supposed to look a bit like samurais but also like western knights. The soldier on the right is the one I like most.

The one in the middle is not very good, though. I tried to make it broad and muscular, but it looks kinda goofy.

3D Maya Model - Alien

I made this little fella in Autodesk Maya 2008/2010.
It is supposed to be a low poly character. But it has too many tris.

This is the third version of the alien. I have done some changes on it, two times.
Not it needs a UV map and some textures. I will upload that too, later.

(I made this by following a tutorial)

Mr. Tree-ish

My first image plane for the 3D Modelers for the PS3 Game project!

I'm not very happy with it, but I will get better. It might be because of my tablet driver. It's not working...

I have tried to fix it many times, but so far there's no result. I can't draw very smoothly without a working driver.
Hopefull I will get it to work soon.

Click to get a better view.

Addicted to the create button

You all know that I love to play Dungeons and Dragons. But I also love to play World of Warcraft.


My first character was a Dwarf Hunter. I died a lot of times in the starting area. I didn't even reach Kharanos (The first town you see after the starting area for dwarves and gnomes). After my dwarf hunter a lot of characters followed.

I'm serious. A lot.


Yes. I got a problem. I am an altoholic (Addicted to creating characters). So far I made, I think, something like 80 characters. Ofcourse I deleted a lot of them. If you are wondering why, why so many? Well, then I'll explain.

There are nine classes in WoW and one hero class (this class starts at level 55). And for me, all classes are fun to play. Each class has something special that I like. So I love to try them all out, a lot of times.
This is way I make a lot of new characters. When I'm playing, for example, a Rogue and I see a Mage casting all his awesome fireballs, magic missiles, etc I get jealous and create a Mage. But when I'm playing a Mage I notice I die fast and I got bad armor, so I create a Warrior. And when I'm playing a Warrior.... Well, you get the point.

I make a lot of characters and I can't stop it.

However. I do have a level 55 Warrior, which is pretty high for me. But now I don't play with that character anymore, either...

Now I'm playing a Draenei Paladin. I like to play a paladin, but I miss the abilties of my Warrior.

I'm wondering how long I will keep my Paladin. Will I ever reach level 80?

Your beard sets on fire... Part 2

Back to DnD. From the past to now.

I play less Dungeons and Dragons, nowadays. Because I have less time. I'm planning to start playing again, soon. With a friend of mine.

He is, like me, also a big fan of DnD. We have been playing for a long time, together. Soon (hopefully) we will start two new campaigns (a serie of adventures). One will be lead by me and one by Rick, the friend I'm playing with. The stories of both campaigns will have something to do with each other. There will be lots of demons, devils, dragons and undead to slay. Rick and I love to slay monsters in DnD but we also like some roleplaying now and then.

We play the 4th Edition of DnD. It's the newest version and it's the one I love most. You get a lot of cool options and powers to make a great character. Also there are some new classes present. Like, for example, the Warlord, the Warlock and even a Hybrid class (and much more).

I've created a hybrid character myself. A hybrid class is a mixture between to classes. I chose to mix a Dual-Wielding Ranger with a Sorcerer. This way I'm good at both melee and ranged fighting.

I have tried to draw this character, but so far it didn't work out yet. But ofcourse I will keep trying and when I'm finished I will upload it here.

So, that's DnD for now. I would like to post something about my campaign. But Rick might be reading this too, so I don't want to spoil it for him. Ofcourse, when we have played some adventures I can tell more about it. So keep reading!

Joran de Boer