Hi all!

Here are six different ships that I did about two years ago as a request for TETurkhan. He was also in charge of the quality control at that time (cheers, Ray :thumbsup: ). There are two european ships and four asian ships. The european ships (La Reale and Venetian galleass) are based on actual ships. The four asian ships are based on stereotypes and other games :) .

Now, you might notice that these are two years old - they might be lacking in some animation & modelling I've been recently doing. And it is futile to request any new animations or changes in these, because you won't be seeing them. Period.

And now as the new civ4 is right behind the corner, I decided that it's time to release these here at CFC. So, enjoy :)

Asian ships:

Atakabune (http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads10/Atakabune.zip)
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads10/AtakabuneDemo.gif

Tekkousen (http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads10/Tekkousen.zip)
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads10/TekkousenDemo.gif

Cargo Junk (http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads10/CargoJunk.zip)
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads10/CargoJunkDemo.gif

War Junk (http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads10/WarJunk.zip)
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads10/WarJunkDemo.gif

European ships:

La Reale (http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads10/LaReale.zip)
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads10/LaRealeDemo.gif

Venetian Galleass (http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads10/Venetian.zip)
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads10/VenetianDemo.gif

Attached is a civilopedia preview of these ships.

Great Units, two years old or not. :goodjob: What else do you have up your sleeve?

woo! Nice...~ Your ship of thick liquid is very lively as depicting!

Wow.
Time to update the game again...


Could you give some historical / technical information about the asian ships, please?

Mama mia !

Wow.
Could you give some historical / technical information about the asian ships, please?

All I know is:
- cargo junk was mainly used to transport goods via rivers&canals - and I think they still are used.
- war junks is just an interpretion of some chinese warships.
- atakabune & tekkousen: they bear significant recemblence to the korean kobukson (turtle ship), so I would assume that these would be the precessors - or wooden versions of kobukson. I've seen these ships only in another old game, so I really don't know if these kinds of ships existed.

These ships rock! :thumbsup:

Woot! No complaints about the quality from me :D

Two years old or not, they still look great. Quick question Aaglo, will you be making units for Civ IV?

Great job, keep up the good work.

A most excellent job aaglo and usefull for many things as well!

Great Ships aaglo...thanks for uploading them. :goodjob:

They rock Aaglo. Heck, you rock! Please don't tell me your leaving us for Civ4 land like so many of the other creators.

I love them! :)

What a great pre-holiday gift, Aaglo. Thank you. It won't be difficult to find these babies a home, nossir!!

They are the best addition to my navy so far. Thanks a lot :)

Jaw droppping, I love the junks.

Goes to show just how long you've been doing excellent work for. But I can definately see the points that I imagine you would have improved had these been done recently, they do seem to bounce a little much.

I must say there's something special about the bow of La Reale, excellent modelling there.

Very nice to get a huge pack like this, I don't think there's any ship missing now for medieval China!

:thumbsup:

Very nice. Just one question - does that Cargo Junk have an attack animation? If it does, then I can use it for a Korean Galley.

The four asian ships are based on stereotypes and other games .

On the contrary, Aaglo, those two first ones look a lot like Korean vessels. That first one would also work great as a P'anokson. :)

Very cool - digging the Venetian Galeass. Any news if Tet is ever going to release his mod?

A very nice piece of work. A wide array of ships that could have a lot of uses. Thankyou for sharing them. :goodjob:

Very nice. Just one question - does that Cargo Junk have an attack animation? If it does, then I can use it for a Korean Galley.

Yes, all the ships have attack animations. Actually, the cargo junk and war junk have both arrow and cannon attacks, so you can use them in more than just one age ;) :p


On the contrary, Aaglo, those two first ones look a lot like Korean vessels. That first one would also work great as a P'anokson. :)
Yep, they look like Korean ships, but the names of those ships came from an old pc-game. I remember googling those names for pictures two years ago, and nothing came up (except some images from that old game) :D

Thanks, could use several of these.

Man those are excellent.

One thing: The La Reale (a common name for flagships in the 17th century) was a galley, not a galeass. The most remarkable difference is the armament: Galleys attack head-on, firing their cannons from the bow. A galeass is much slower but fires broadsides, resulting in much more damage per attack.

What´s the differenc between galley and galeass?
And what´s the difference between a dromon and a galley, apart from the stats ;)?

What´s the differenc between galley and galeass?

We're talking about the 16/17th century here.

Galeass:
Bigger, higher, heavier, often three masts. They could carry much more armament and the cannons were mounted on the broadsides of the ship. First used in the battle of Lepanto 1571 against the Ottomans. One galeass (from italian: galea grossa) was assumed to have the combat power of 5 galleys.

Galley: Lighter, smaller, more agile. Main armament mounted in the front (bow).

An Atakebune was a large medieval Japanese warship. It didn't have sails. It was only oar powered.

"Tekkosens" were actually smaller than the latter and were a type of Japanese ironclad used in the 16th century.

Still, those are some great units.

You're right. The Ataka Bune did not have sails and was indeed driven by oars. :) But I don't think the inaccuracy is much of a problem. "Tekkousen" (also called "Tessen" 鉄船) ships utilized in the battles of Kizugawaguchi in the late Sengoku era were O Ataka Bune ("Great Ataka Bune") and were considerably larger than the standard class of Ataka Bune warships. They were very strong ships, but had one fatal flaw - they were pretty clunky and unstable.

Speaking of which, I've seen it spelled "Ataka Bune." :)

You're right. The Ataka Bune did not have sails. But I don't think the inaccuracy is much of a problem. "Tekkousen" ships utilized in the late Sengoku era (also called "Tessen") were O Ataka Bune ("Great Ataka Bune") and were considerably larger than the standard class of Ataka Bune warships.

Speaking of which, I've seen it spelled "Ataka Bune." :)

Yeah, spelling is nightmare when it comes to googling up good information on these things.

Atakabune spelling seems to be used only in that game Aaglo talked about.
I guess thats why it was so hard to google up on it. I only managed to find an artical on Wikipedia about both ships where it was spelled Atakebune.

Well, that cleared out the name issues :) - thanks for the info :)

I'm almost certain these came from the old Age of Sails RPG series, Uncharted Waters, or the sequel in particular. Except for the differentiation between those two types of Junk, the other four appear exactly as they did in that old game.

The animations are fantastic though, seeing those old 2D pixelated images coming to life in rendered animation is awesome.

Those ships are in Uncharted Waters: New Horizons for the SNES (and PC). I knew they sounded familiar. Very nice. :goodjob: