Hi!

Here is a Mayan macaw galley (fictional ship) which is based on a scetch made by Sword_of_Geddon (thanks :) ). Enjoy :)

Here are the files:
Macaw galley (http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads10/MacawGalley.zip)

Here are some animation previews:
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads10/MacawDemo.gif

Attached is a civilopedia image preview.

Wonderful, as usual. I should install a macro for yours units:)

I think I love you. Now all we need is an aztec ship....

Love it!! I was really struggling with ships I could use as flavour ships for Africa...this and your other new ships will fill the gaps quite nicely thank-you!

I think that's a great concept and greater execution. :)

Colourful little thing, I'm guessing you'll be doing a whole armada of native american vessels now? You're off to a great start so far!

:D
Decided my thumbs needed a rest, so i just put in a smiley...

Nice! Were these actually in use?

Wow another wonderfull job!

Another great ship! :D Good to see you taking a break from the warhammer units for a bit. ;)

Ah man that is cool. Have to get it.

Nice! Were these actually in use?


In the first post aaglo said "Fictional".

Still Awesome, though.

Yep, already read it. My bad. Nice ship, nonetheless.

I love ther flapping flag and movement of the sail. Nice attention to detail.

Egads, more graphics to add!

Yep, already read it. My bad. Nice ship, nonetheless.

Galley type ships seem a natural, inevitable development in civilizations. I think its highly likely that if the Mayans were to develop into a copper or bronze age society, they more than likely would have built something like this.

Left: If Aaglo isn't making the Quezalcoatl ship, then his Templeship would work great, in fact, its similiar in design to what I imagined for the Mayan/Aztec ship. The only difference is that the Quezalcoatl ship is more of a Galleass type vessel, with multiple, three layer sails, while the Templeship is more of a war barge, and it has the cool temple too.

R8XFT: Honestly, id probably give your africans middle eastern style ships, like the Corsair for example, at least islamic african civs. Probably Ethipia to, from industrial espionage.

Aaglo: Your welcome, but I think I owe you a bigger thankyou for making this, love the changes to my orginal design btw.

Way too much fun, man, way to much fun. :bounce:

The prow looks like the beak of a Tucan.

Oh yes...that will add some more Native "Ornate Color" to the high seas! :goodjob:

Yes, Ethiopia would need Arabian-style ships (as they really were a major naval power), but I see nothing wrong with giving (say) West African civs ships like this (although Mali, at least, did build ocean-going ships, but I don't know what they looked like).

These are great ships, and this one is very cute!

Yup - its going in Mod X - I LOVE IT!!!! :goodjob:

Yes, Ethiopia would need Arabian-style ships (as they really were a major naval power), but I see nothing wrong with giving (say) West African civs ships like this (although Mali, at least, did build ocean-going ships, but I don't know what they looked like).

These are great ships, and this one is very cute!

Based on my art btw, but Aaglo was nice enough to forgive my poor computer drawing and make it. Orthanc is amazing, but Aaglo's fleet is unsurpassed.

You should make a version o it without sails and these thingies in front and rear.. just a simple boat.. to use with whateva civ, even before the galleys come in

R8XFT: Honestly, id probably give your africans middle eastern style ships, like the Corsair for example, at least islamic african civs. Probably Ethipia to, from industrial espionage.
You probably would ;) . I like this one though. It might not be historically accurate, but it's great fun to have in the mod as an ancient flavour ship.

Well, they work pretty well as flavors until someone makes some African style ships in the future. Maybe Orthanc...hmmm

Looks pretty good! :)

Great unit, love the color...Im adding it as soon as I post

Great work, this unit will go nicely in the Mayan Empire Scenario.

Nice! Were these actually in use?

The Mayans were using huge canoes that could carry upwards of 80 men plus cargo, and Bernal Diaz reports that one of their first contacts was with one of these which he claims had a sail. But there is no other reference other than this to any such thing and no remains of a sail or depictions of these vessels with a sail remain, so nobody really knows what such a thing would have looked like. There are certainly no mentions of oars or planked ribbing, and its very unlikely such vessels would have featured either.

However ...

Haida Indians from British Columbia, after witnessing several European ships passing by, did build something strongly resembling a galley. There is a replica of one they discovered out in BC somewhere. It doesn't feature a planked ribbing hull, but it does have oars (they probably saw a sailing vessel using its sweeps, is my guess) and three primitive sails.