He's African and he's got an infinite supply of javelins. What more do you need to know?

http://forums.civfanatics.com/uploads/37977/JavelineerLARGE.jpg

http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads11/AJavelineer.gif

The download is here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=427).

It's not perfect, but I'm still learning! I wanted to make his spare javelins scatter when he falls over, but this proved beyond my abilities. Note: you may see some glitches on his loincloth in the preview here - these are cleaned up in the unit itself. Also, the animation speed is rather better in-game.

[EDIT - 20/10/06] - I've done new Civilopedia icons for this unit. Check out the downloads page to get them.

:lol:
That javelin-throwing animation is quite... um.. athletic :)
I like when he goes all :hmm: in the fidget :D

Wow it's great. Nice animation:goodjob:

great unit!

Nice unit, I like it ! A little criticism though : shouldn't his arm make a circular movement towards the ground to throw a javelin that far and that fast ?

It seems your modesty was misplaced dear Plotinus. This is a damn good unit! What's really great about it is that there has been most marked improvement between this and the Buffalo Soldier, I mean, Warrior.

Wow, Plotinus! You definitely have a future in the unit making business, :D.

Well, I would say enter this into the Unit contest, but I have a feeling that you have more treats for us instore!

Why dont you make a little mini-library for your units on the unit makers thread, then you would be a proper unit maker,

Just realised that was really patronising, I nearly put another little between proper and unit maker aswell, oh dear.... well in my defence I like to be patronised, so the do unto others thing.... no?.... maybe?.... :mischief:

Nice, Great Job!!!!!

Me likez! Especialy the infinite javelins- looks quite good how he grabs them from his back :goodjob:

You crazy son of a... I think I`m gonna cry.. no..no.. wait..no..its cool.. No! Wait..wait... its so beautiful :cry:

:thanx: Plotinus, its amazing! I`ve gots to get me some of that Poser stuff :hmm:

Great unit, Plotinus. I too like that fidget animation.

*points to a bandana around his head*

"Infinite ammo."

:lol:

Nice unit, maybe the arm doesn't move exactly as it should, but the run, death, fidget are great, and the attack doesn't look totally unnatural.

:goodjob:

Thanks for the comments, all. It's most encouraging to get such positive feedback at this stage.

Yes, his arm should really follow through in the attack animation, but I had some difficulty doing this without screwing up the direction of the javelin's flight, so he does look a bit like he's throwing a paper aeroplane. As I mentioned, though, the animations do look better in-game (they all run at different speeds, rather than the uniform one required by the gif preview).

Good Job Plotinus... :goodjob: I see what you mean about following through more when throwing the Javelins... I think the attack looks quite good and no way it looks like he is tossing a paper airplane: lol: Good to see you are striving for detailed accuracy with your units and they are looking Great!

Hey, that's so... useful and nice and all... You'll now have to do moooore units, you know. ;)

Infinite javelins are a good thing! Nice unit man.

Quite nice. :) I trust we won't be seeing any more Maya atlatlmen running around in Central Africa?

On the subject of infinite supplies, do you happen to know how many javelins a warrior would normally be carrying into battle?

Nice unit Plotinus. :)
...On the subject of infinite supplies, do you happen to know how many javelins a warrior would normally be carrying into battle?From a quite unscientific fantasy book I remember javelineers being able to throw 3 spears before the charging enemy hit them. I doubt that primitive javelineers (ie ones without a big support train) would carry more than a handful.

Great unit, Plotinus. :)

Great unit, Plotinus. Second unit and you're already making really great stuff.:)

Great job. Close to perfect as far as I'm concerned.

Amazing unit!

Makes me want to add an "Infinate Javelin" resource :D

Nice job.

Good animation.

Good attention to detail.

I like the subtle but effective tribal colors too.

Thanks again for the comments, everyone. I'm glad it passes muster even with the more critical members of our community!

Quite nice. :) I trust we won't be seeing any more Maya atlatlmen running around in Central Africa?

Damn right! This unit should at least fit in a little better.

As for javelin supplies, I don't really know, but I suspect mrtn is right. I certainly can't imagine anyone lugging more of them around than this unit. In fact, I suspect that in real life a warrior such as this would probably have only one javelin, and once he's thrown it use a knife or something, but I'm not animating all that!

Legionaries of the Late Republic and Early Empire often carried two pila, with one sometimes being lighter than the other. Standard tactics called for a Roman soldier to throw his pilum (both if there was time) at the enemy just before charging to engage with his gladius.So if the Romans had two, I suspect other javelineers didn't have many more.

Except, I suppose, that the Roman Legionary wasn't a skirmisher per se. I imagine the earlier velites would have carried more than two javelins. If I were to imagine myself as a javelineer, I think once I ran out of javelins I would bugger off pretty quick, only using my knife in the direst of self-defence situations! But then again, my commanding officer might tell me different...

Whatever, I don't care, I just love the unit. If a theologian can do this, what's to keep a philosopher from trying too? Now I want to make units... (don't nobody hold der breath, tho!)

Since when Plotinus started making units? :eek:

It does look very nice! :thumbsup:

Wow, thank you, Thunderfall!

I only just began. Still feeling my way...