Xenthos
@xenthos.bsky.social
Artist, modder & Souls + MH fan.
Working on Dark Souls: Furnace of War, an overhaul mod for DSR. No ETA. Posts aren’t always related.
Discord: discord.gg/kBmbUudQUF
Profile art: @auroraunity.bsky.social
Donate for the project: patreon.com/xenthos
Diana 💚
Working on Dark Souls: Furnace of War, an overhaul mod for DSR. No ETA. Posts aren’t always related.
Discord: discord.gg/kBmbUudQUF
Profile art: @auroraunity.bsky.social
Donate for the project: patreon.com/xenthos
Diana 💚
I also made some color corrections to my Royal Swordsman icons. I really spent a stupid amount of time on these... but I have a better setup now. I should be able to knock my future icons out quicker.
Here they are with some vanilla icons. I'm happy with how well I matched the style!
Here they are with some vanilla icons. I'm happy with how well I matched the style!
November 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I also made some color corrections to my Royal Swordsman icons. I really spent a stupid amount of time on these... but I have a better setup now. I should be able to knock my future icons out quicker.
Here they are with some vanilla icons. I'm happy with how well I matched the style!
Here they are with some vanilla icons. I'm happy with how well I matched the style!
New Alva equipment render icons.
For comparison, here are the crunchy ones from Remastest above. DS2's icons are lower res to begin with, and I think we just didn't bother upscaling when resizing them lol
For comparison, here are the crunchy ones from Remastest above. DS2's icons are lower res to begin with, and I think we just didn't bother upscaling when resizing them lol
November 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
New Alva equipment render icons.
For comparison, here are the crunchy ones from Remastest above. DS2's icons are lower res to begin with, and I think we just didn't bother upscaling when resizing them lol
For comparison, here are the crunchy ones from Remastest above. DS2's icons are lower res to begin with, and I think we just didn't bother upscaling when resizing them lol
Alva armor revamp.
Improved vertex normals, tangents, culling, weighting, and most obviously, spec maps. I took what I could from Guardian's costume in Nightreign and it came out great!
I'll be doing the icon renders next.
Improved vertex normals, tangents, culling, weighting, and most obviously, spec maps. I took what I could from Guardian's costume in Nightreign and it came out great!
I'll be doing the icon renders next.
November 7, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Alva armor revamp.
Improved vertex normals, tangents, culling, weighting, and most obviously, spec maps. I took what I could from Guardian's costume in Nightreign and it came out great!
I'll be doing the icon renders next.
Improved vertex normals, tangents, culling, weighting, and most obviously, spec maps. I took what I could from Guardian's costume in Nightreign and it came out great!
I'll be doing the icon renders next.
Royal Swordsman
Quite happy with how the renders came out!
For my mod, I will be touching up some of the old DS2 sets Nordgaren and I ported to Remastest way back when, as well as of course porting even more.
I also plan to rerender all of the icons in DS1's style for consistency.
Quite happy with how the renders came out!
For my mod, I will be touching up some of the old DS2 sets Nordgaren and I ported to Remastest way back when, as well as of course porting even more.
I also plan to rerender all of the icons in DS1's style for consistency.
November 7, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Royal Swordsman
Quite happy with how the renders came out!
For my mod, I will be touching up some of the old DS2 sets Nordgaren and I ported to Remastest way back when, as well as of course porting even more.
I also plan to rerender all of the icons in DS1's style for consistency.
Quite happy with how the renders came out!
For my mod, I will be touching up some of the old DS2 sets Nordgaren and I ported to Remastest way back when, as well as of course porting even more.
I also plan to rerender all of the icons in DS1's style for consistency.
Slowly, slowly getting closer to completion. I wanted to splice some different angles together for fun.
October 31, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Slowly, slowly getting closer to completion. I wanted to splice some different angles together for fun.
Still got plenty left to do, but I at least imported the correct weapon finally lol. Had some corrections to make for the difference in length.
October 31, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Still got plenty left to do, but I at least imported the correct weapon finally lol. Had some corrections to make for the difference in length.
All this for a grab I'm gonna have to disable in areas with low ceilings 🗿
October 30, 2025 at 6:44 PM
All this for a grab I'm gonna have to disable in areas with low ceilings 🗿
This will probably end up being my most ambitious animation to date with how much I have planned for the whole thing haha
October 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
This will probably end up being my most ambitious animation to date with how much I have planned for the whole thing haha
I have a couple unhinged ideas for Sephiroth's moveset lmao
I apologize in advance for making him the coolest thing in my mod
I apologize in advance for making him the coolest thing in my mod
October 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I have a couple unhinged ideas for Sephiroth's moveset lmao
I apologize in advance for making him the coolest thing in my mod
I apologize in advance for making him the coolest thing in my mod
Gave it a new coat of paint! The pose resembles Dissidia's a lot more, and it stands out from the dodge. This took a lot of finetuning but I'm finally happy with it.
October 28, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Gave it a new coat of paint! The pose resembles Dissidia's a lot more, and it stands out from the dodge. This took a lot of finetuning but I'm finally happy with it.
Improved the impact of Sephiroth's sprint! I feel way better about it now. I may also adjust the pose to be more like his Dissidia one later, it looks cooler.
That would also help distinguish itself from the dodges, which use a very similar pose. This clip shows the forward dodge as well!
That would also help distinguish itself from the dodges, which use a very similar pose. This clip shows the forward dodge as well!
October 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Improved the impact of Sephiroth's sprint! I feel way better about it now. I may also adjust the pose to be more like his Dissidia one later, it looks cooler.
That would also help distinguish itself from the dodges, which use a very similar pose. This clip shows the forward dodge as well!
That would also help distinguish itself from the dodges, which use a very similar pose. This clip shows the forward dodge as well!
Preview of the stamina cost in comparison to regular sprinting. Not only does it drain your stamina faster, the initial jump also has a decent cost, inspired by the super sprint in Nightreign.
October 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Preview of the stamina cost in comparison to regular sprinting. Not only does it drain your stamina faster, the initial jump also has a decent cost, inspired by the super sprint in Nightreign.
It wasn't enough to just look like Sephiroth, I had to give him a unique sprint too (WIP)
October 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
It wasn't enough to just look like Sephiroth, I had to give him a unique sprint too (WIP)
Couldn't do one and not the other
October 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Couldn't do one and not the other
Pleasantly surprised with how decent this came out
October 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Pleasantly surprised with how decent this came out
Shall I bring Lordran despair?
October 14, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Shall I bring Lordran despair?
Can't forget the actual death plane states lol
October 10, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Can't forget the actual death plane states lol
Nevermind! I made the fall speed consistent by breaking up the animations even more and adding even MORE states. Also fixed a visual bug while I was at it. Works perfect now!
October 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Nevermind! I made the fall speed consistent by breaking up the animations even more and adding even MORE states. Also fixed a visual bug while I was at it. Works perfect now!
Update! It now has proper falling and landing states for when you use it from high ground. (You fall much slower than on flat ground, but I can't do anything about the gravity lol)
Also, another weapon imported by Bird - the Kikuichimonji.
Also, another weapon imported by Bird - the Kikuichimonji.
October 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Update! It now has proper falling and landing states for when you use it from high ground. (You fall much slower than on flat ground, but I can't do anything about the gravity lol)
Also, another weapon imported by Bird - the Kikuichimonji.
Also, another weapon imported by Bird - the Kikuichimonji.
More Hell's Gate polish! Definitely the most complex move I've set up for what you'd think should just be a simple R2 lol
Also featuring the Shiranui, another weapon to go with Masamune in the Odachi class. Model imported by @birdoflight.pmd.social
Also featuring the Shiranui, another weapon to go with Masamune in the Odachi class. Model imported by @birdoflight.pmd.social
October 9, 2025 at 12:22 AM
More Hell's Gate polish! Definitely the most complex move I've set up for what you'd think should just be a simple R2 lol
Also featuring the Shiranui, another weapon to go with Masamune in the Odachi class. Model imported by @birdoflight.pmd.social
Also featuring the Shiranui, another weapon to go with Masamune in the Odachi class. Model imported by @birdoflight.pmd.social
Well, cursed method proof of concept lmao
I've just gotta make some more variants and obviously fix the double crouch, but I mean, it works...
I've just gotta make some more variants and obviously fix the double crouch, but I mean, it works...
October 7, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Well, cursed method proof of concept lmao
I've just gotta make some more variants and obviously fix the double crouch, but I mean, it works...
I've just gotta make some more variants and obviously fix the double crouch, but I mean, it works...
Hell's Gate WIP
I have to figure out a way to make the root motion scale with enemy distance. As far as I know, that's not a thing in DS1, so I'll probably have to resort to some cursed method like invisible bullets to track distance... lmao
I have to figure out a way to make the root motion scale with enemy distance. As far as I know, that's not a thing in DS1, so I'll probably have to resort to some cursed method like invisible bullets to track distance... lmao
October 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Hell's Gate WIP
I have to figure out a way to make the root motion scale with enemy distance. As far as I know, that's not a thing in DS1, so I'll probably have to resort to some cursed method like invisible bullets to track distance... lmao
I have to figure out a way to make the root motion scale with enemy distance. As far as I know, that's not a thing in DS1, so I'll probably have to resort to some cursed method like invisible bullets to track distance... lmao