Fan made animations of an Alchemist a character hero from Dota2. The 3D model is not mine I downloaded it from dota2 workshop. I rigged and animated it. Thanks for watching. 🙂 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySX8Xh_BhYY .
Ah, Dota2 at least uses the source engine though, no? And to actually make them playable within dota2 itself you would certainly need the same engine.. But for a rebuild, any size which works would do? :3
Valve's DOTA2 hero recreated in Maya LT using ShaderFX: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyH9Fnft3wA&feature"]Valve DOTA2 MayaLT ShaderFX - YouTube[/ame] You can get the ShaderFX graph at: http://www.shaderfx.com if you are interested.
Considering how HoN is, Dota2 will be a cesspool of hatred unless it's aggressively moderated. Even LoL, with it's kiddie mechanics is full of flamers and griefers, so a hardcore game like DoTA2 should attract some serious assholes. All part of the experience. :P