Weapon Animation

[thadiusofx3]

I was modeling a wooden shield the other day and i thought "why can't PV items have animations like xenimus has?"
So i made a couple mockups of simple weapons animations. Be aware these are very crude because they are just demos of what is possible (anything)

Heres a sword that has two balls traveling up the blade on either side:
http://projectvolucris.com/video/play.php?vid=81

(kind of hard to see because uploading destroyed the video quality)

and heres a staff that has a ball floating around the tip (something similiar could be done to characters for a sort of divinus effect)
http://projectvolucris.com/video/play.php?vid=82

remember that these are just simple animations. much more complex ones are certainly within reach, and I'd like some ideas from the community

[Karl G.]

Those are pretty awesome!

Weapon animations are definitely going to be there. I'm programming them using the particle effect engine, so that we can do cool things like sword swings that trail light and holy weapons that glow. It's all up to your imagination, really--these effects are entirely client-side and can be whatever you want! It just takes someone to come up with them

[thadiusofx3]

What about transparencies?

Wow I just came up with something truly awesome!
Particles + transparency = pwn

[thadiusofx3]

a "scene" ive been working on.

included are a wooden shield, the sword i just made, and my skull axe

(ignore mr devil in the background there, he hasnt been textured yet)

[thadiusofx3]

meow

[Simpo]

i would use that sword

[Karl G.]

That sword looks badass!

[lawn gnome]

i would be tight to see blood running down the blade of it...a clear blade seems like a pimp idea.

[Serenity]

Does the glow actually move though? It'd be sweet if it does.