Feedback (and help) wanted for Oddworld mod idea

[Gretin]

Okay, everyone, first of all: I'm new, so if there's anything wrong with this thread please feel free to tell me. Okay, now to the point: I am making plans for an Oddworld-based mod for StarCraft. I've got Natives for one side, Industrials for another side, and I'm open to suggestions of a third side. So, I want to know what you people out there think of this idea, I personally like strategy games and would love to see Oddworld in one. If the idea is a good one, I'm going to need a bit of help, mainly because of three reasons:

1)I SUCK at making organic like graphics - you can see in my signature that I can make relatively good tanks and such, but natural things will take a bit more practice!
2)I also SUCK at making textures - the textures on the tanks were taken from real grey metal, then coloured to be green.
3)I have no way of getting sounds from Munch's Oddysee - which would be best for the unit responses, i.e. Telling Mudokon to work, "Yeah, whatever," as opposed to, "Ok."

I can handle the inner workings of it and the buttons and stuff like that fine, but I'm not too good at graphics. So, roll out the feedback (and help, I hope), people!

[Nate]

This could be a good idea. My tips are as follows:

-You could make the third side the outlaws from Stranger, though we're not too sure where they fall in the industrial/native scheme of things.
-There is a fan kit with sounds and stuff from MO. Someone here will be able to give you the link.
-If you want to distribute it you should email OWI at fanlegal@oddworld.com to check that it is okay. You don't want to find yourself at the wrong end of a law suit.

[Gretin]

If you want to distribute it you should email OWI at fanlegal@oddworld.com to check that it is okay.

Thanks, good idea. I actually meant to ask how to find out if it would be okay with OWI. I've heard that Blizzard don't take too kindly to people making mods based on their games, so I hope OWI aren't like that!
EDIT:Just to make the meaning of this clear, what I mean is that I've heard Blizzard have stopped all the mods for other games that are based on Starcraft, Warcraft, and Diablo.

[Esus]

I once started a mod for Age of Mythology - another rts you ma of heard of, and it basically included altering the game models, texturing them, re graphicing ui while changing language, adding units, techtrees all that sort of thing. I got only a couple of mudokon units done, including one which grew stuff through chanting and one which had a slingshot similar to that in AO. I lost the mods ages ago though, through one of the many formats.
Unfortunately, I don't have or like Starcraft, and my interest in modding has severly lessened.

[Gretin]

Yes, I've heard of AoM, I played the demo once, but not the full game. Starcraft uses 2d graphics but I wanted to have 3d models and then render them to 2d graphics.

I lost the mods ages ago though, through one of the many formats.

I know the feeling, I've had so many projects that have been lost through formats. Usually it's the good ones I lose, too!
Anyway, I'm going to wait for word from OWI (I took your advice, Nate_dog_woof) before I do any more with it - it will be a bit annoying if I'm just getting into the job and then they tell me I'm not allowed to do it!