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I have mixed feeling about retexturing mobs to be LOTR related...I think zombie would be cool as orcs/goblin since we already have uruk armor (that looks like a true uruk).
What about Iron golem into troll ?
I was trying to edit the elder guardian but meh i can't edit his shape (i wanted to do the warden of moria west gate), maybe the enderman can be ent. For villagers we can retexture them as dwarves/elves/human like we did in fable of the wizard (maybe the baby villager into hobbits) ender dragon into flyning nazgul thing, the bear instead of using it as bear we could do a worgI have mixed feeling about retexturing mobs to be LOTR related...
With a lot of these textures the "mob shape" would not really fit the actual "creature shape." To use your example I am concerned that an iron golem retextured as a troll would just look silly, given the ridiculously long arm proportions. With some creatures it works, like both the re-textured creepers as wraiths, but there are a lot of gaps. Below is my thinking:
Good:
Skeleton = Skeleton (done)
Wither Skeleton = Armored Skeleton (wSpider = Brown Spider
Cave Spider = Grey Spider
Dragon = Smaug
Polar Bear = Grizzly Bear
Horse = Horse
Donkey = DonkeyOcelot = Cat
Mule = Mule
Skeleton Horse = Nazgul Horse
Wolf = Wolf
Villager = Villager
Maybe:
Stray Skeleton (new!) = Orc Skeleton?
Silverfish = rat?
Endermite = mouse?Zombie = Orc?
Husk (new!) = Orc Variant?Iron Golem = Troll? Ent?
Zombie Villager = ??
Wither Boss = Wraith Variant?
Unknown:
Enderman = ??
Zombie Pigman = ??
Blaze = ??
Guardian = ??
Elder Guardian = ??Mooshroom = ??
Magma Cube = ??
Slime = ??
Shulker = ??
Snow Golem = ??
I would really appreciate feedback and mob ideas, especially from a certain @Finrod_Amandil . I am of course going to start with the primary mobs with useable heads, and gradually progress towards the others. I figure if I am going to make some might as well work towards doing them all so that we have a "complete" experience.