Dota 2
Drake Blade
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Heroes: Dragon Knight
Slots: Weapon
Non Hero: Wearable
Utility: Imported
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15.076 MB
Aug 9, 2012 @ 6:40pm
Aug 13, 2012 @ 3:38pm
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Description
The blade of this sword radiates blistering heat, only a hero with the soul of a dragon may wield it.

All comments are appreciated, your feedback is critical to helping me develop this item to a point where you'd be happy to use it!

***If anyone can share basics of creating particle systems for Dota 2 (I know how to get the tools editor for HL2 open but dont know if that works with Dota 2 or how to attach the system to an item), or simple animation of a texture in UV please contact me! A thousand thank yous***

Updates

v1.3

-adjusted the cutout in the end of the blade to get even spacing between the flame etchings on the top and bottom of the blade. This is most noticeable in the profile view.
-updated composites, preview image and video to reflect v1.3

v1.2

-de-saturated and slightly raised contrast of flame etchings to enhance their "hot" appearance.
-hilt colors saturated and darkened to better match DKs palette.
-blade design colors (non-flames) darkened to bring grey inner areas in line with DKs palette.
-specular toned down across the board.
-normal map regenerated with 3X depth.
-subtle specular added to outlines of flame etchings to help display normal map.

v1.1

-widened blade
-darkened blade edges
-more accurate fine-edge highlights (edge specular unchanged for same lighting up of the edge in light)
-fixed a few minor UV issues
(See changes in updated video, give me a minute to edit and publish please :)