View Full Version : Keeper of Secrets (May 19, 2006)


aaglo
May 19, 2006, 02:31 PM
Hi!

Here is a warhammer chaos monster requested by mrtn: Keeper of Secrets. Enjoy :)
Here's some civilopedia info from the games workshop website:
To look upon a Keeper of Secrets is to surrender every last shred of self-will. It knows the most secret desires of every mortal being, and will use this horrific knowledge to gain power over its foes, seducing them with promises none can resist. But the Keeper of Secrets is not just a master of the psyche; on the field of battle it is a lithe and dextrous killer, gifting all with the most delicate of killing strokes and the most deadly of caresses.


Here are the files:
Keeper of Secrets (http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads11/Keeper.zip) (~1,2 Mb)

Here is animated preview of the attack:
http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/3796/keeperdemo7cm.gif

Attached is a civilopedia preview.

Partizanac
May 19, 2006, 02:40 PM
First post :D
I mean WOW! :eek:

:goodjob:

Only if you could build my request. :(

themanuneed
May 19, 2006, 02:50 PM
Ok, now I understand why you didn't post new units for a while !! :eek: It takes time to animate these four arms, heh ?? Wonderful job, a piece of art. :goodjob:

Quinzy
May 19, 2006, 02:57 PM
O.o hehehe...
this is absolutely great!! wowee!

odintheking
May 19, 2006, 04:44 PM
This thing is sweet, :D.

Mithadan
May 19, 2006, 04:49 PM
That's a very cool (and creepy) colour for such a big ugly monster. Plus it has extra limbs. Yuck! Excellent work as usual, Master Unitwright aaglo.

Partizanac
May 19, 2006, 04:52 PM
Hey I see an bug in attack.flc down-left arm goes in front of up-left arm.
But still great! :)

aaglo
May 19, 2006, 05:02 PM
hmm.. I see no bug there. It's just the way it is meant to be.

Goldflash
May 19, 2006, 05:11 PM
Well. That was unexpected. :goodjob: But I like.

Partizanac
May 19, 2006, 05:22 PM
If you don't see it your blind! just when he get his sword all the way up down-left arm gets in front of the up-left arm! :(

Wyrmshadow
May 19, 2006, 05:29 PM
no, thats an illusion. The sword arm moves so quickly that it only looks like the bottom arm moves above it. I thought so too at first, look closer.

Partizanac
May 19, 2006, 06:32 PM
If you say so, but tomorrow when I buy me some megabytes i will download it and see it 4 my self! ;)

Stormrage
May 19, 2006, 07:00 PM
...:wow:.......

Grandraem
May 19, 2006, 07:13 PM
:eek: Incredible unit, aaglo.:)

I don't see any problems with the arm movements. Looks very nice.:)

bhiita
May 19, 2006, 08:02 PM
I see no bug either ;)
great unit! :)



reminded me of a deathclaw :goodjob:

mrtn
May 19, 2006, 08:24 PM
Thanks mate. :thumbsup:
As an aside I just posted the wonder that will spawn this baby. ;)

Darque
May 19, 2006, 09:41 PM
Very nice unit. :thumbsup: The arm thing is just an optical illusion...no bug there.

LizardmenRule!
May 19, 2006, 09:52 PM
oh, i see... so when mrtn requests it, you do it, but when I request it you say no...:( :cry:

:lol: j/k

this is AWESOME, im sooo glad you decided to make it :thumbsup:

ps. only one Greater Daemon left to go...:mischief:

mrtn
May 19, 2006, 10:11 PM
Well, I did threaten to burn down his sauna...

:mischief:

Heretic_Cata
May 20, 2006, 05:31 AM
Wow ... just WOW

So ... when is the endless series of WH units going to end ?
How many are left ? :D
Are we there yet ? :)

Plotinus
May 20, 2006, 06:20 AM
Excellent unit, aaglo! Very imaginative and nicely realised.

W.i.n.t.e.r
May 20, 2006, 07:18 AM
Eeeek- http://forums.civfanatics.com/images/smilies/wow.gif - now I only have t find a way to add it to an epic game... :goodjob:

woodelf
May 20, 2006, 07:21 AM
Crikey, he can kill you in any number of ways! Very nice aaglo.

Vuldacon
May 20, 2006, 10:27 AM
Great Unit aaglo...the "lobster claws" are a unique addition and I especially like the skin color you chose for it. Wicked Unit! :goodjob:

Partizanac
May 20, 2006, 02:59 PM
My bad! sorry your all wright its all an illusion. ;)

But could you make the Death.flc little more interesting than just drop dead!

7ronin
May 20, 2006, 05:38 PM
Very nicely done!

Orthanc
May 20, 2006, 06:09 PM
AHH!:eek:

Wow, freaky, wicked job, you should submit this for a unit of the Month contest, if not May then June, I'd vote for it.

Kyriakos
May 20, 2006, 10:40 PM
Another low quality, unimaginative unit by aaglo :(
I know that he isnt paid to do this, but still there should be some standards kept here :(

Yoda Power
May 21, 2006, 01:51 PM
Varwnos- you are being ironic right?

This unit is awesome:goodjob:

Kyriakos
May 21, 2006, 02:27 PM
Just another way of saying that i am very impressed with this new unit :)

However the preview has some strange outlines, are they also to be found in the game? :)

Rambuchan
May 22, 2006, 07:10 AM
I especially like the skin color you chose for it. Yeah, me too. The skin colour is great, as are the extra limbs, as are the weapons, as are the animations, as are the horns.......as if I could keep going on about all that's good about it.

I notice this is similar to the Vermin Lord unit. I think it's very handy that you're doing extra versions of units (like the Harpy and Chaos Fury, the Sea Monster ships etc). This makes using these units much easier actually. Because they then have related units in their divisions and also options for them to upgrade to.

In other words, top work all round! :king:

LizardmenRule!
May 22, 2006, 07:18 AM
Varwnos- you are being ironic right?
I think you mean sarcastic ;)

Heruwulfar
May 22, 2006, 07:35 AM
Sweet Slaneesh, awesome unit Aaglo!

Stormrage
May 22, 2006, 04:58 PM
Vermin Lord? Yup, he used it allright :)
And the Ogre Bull`s choppa too :)

Its cool that aaglo has all those models so he can just combine them and make a totally new and fresh unit :goodjob::king:

aaglo
May 23, 2006, 12:58 AM
Actually, that choppa is not from ogre bull. It's from the serpent priestess ;)

But It's very similar, I agree :)

LizardmenRule!
May 23, 2006, 02:01 AM
Same sort of thing with your Earth Elemental and the Fen Beast, right?

LizardmenRule!
May 23, 2006, 02:02 AM
Double post. sorry

Plotinus
May 23, 2006, 04:00 AM
I think you mean sarcastic ;)

No, saying the opposite of what you mean is irony (a form of sarcasm).

Or is it...?

Yoda Power
May 23, 2006, 05:09 AM
I'm pretty sure sarcasm is a form of irony actually:p.

LizardmenRule!
May 23, 2006, 06:06 AM
irony is like goldy and bronzey, but its made of iron... :lol:

oxford describes irony as "ill-timed or perverse arrival of event or circumstance in itself desirable"

for example, there is an aussie football team called Port Adelaide Power (i hate them!:mad:) therefore, it would be ironic if there was a blackout out a power game... even tho a blackout is not very desirable...

sarcasm is when you say the opposite to what you mean in an obvious way (ie varwnos)

at least thats how it is in australia... it is entirely possible that the same words are used in different ways around the world

Plotinus
May 23, 2006, 07:22 AM
No, trust me, irony is saying the opposite to what you mean in an obvious way. It's a way of speaking that can be used sarcastically, but it's not identical with sarcasm. You can be sarcastic in other ways, too, because sarcasm just means adopting a mocking tone, and you can do that without using irony. And, similarly, you can be ironic without being sarcastic, as varwnos was (he wasn't being sarcastic, because he wasn't being genuinely rude or scornful of the unit).

The word "irony" is often applied to situations like the one you describe because there's an incongruity involved, which is rather like saying the opposite to what you mean. But that's not really the base meaning of the word.

And now I'm going to go and stop being OT!

LizardmenRule!
May 23, 2006, 08:14 AM
No, trust me, irony is saying the opposite to what you mean in an obvious way.
Trust me, in Australia we call this sarcasm ;):)

Anyway, to get back ON topic, i gotta say once again how awesome this unit is! :D

thegreats
May 23, 2006, 06:24 PM
This unit is great, awesome:goodjob:

The Last Conformist
May 24, 2006, 02:06 PM
Very nice little demon, aaglo. :hatsoff:

Snorken
May 28, 2006, 02:39 PM
Awesome unit, aaglo! :D Now there's just the Lord of Change left to be made, right? ;)

Tyrion
May 29, 2006, 04:17 AM
This is why the Warhammer mod ruled... well a main part of it the units are just so damn good.

Now Aaglo we need you to create a Civ 4 version of yourself.

Oh and by the way im with LizardmenRule on the sarcasm/Irony debate.

Down here he was being sarcastic and Lizardmens example was irony.

But hey thats just down here perhaps... (My english teachers agree too...)

Quinzy
May 29, 2006, 04:23 AM
sarcasm is a form of irony because irony can be anything, not only a statement but sarcasm is only a statement.

aaglo
May 29, 2006, 04:36 AM
I'm going to stop making civ3-units!

Now, was that sarcasm or irony? (or perhaps the truth :lol: ... well, eventually yes, but at the moment ;) . Let me give you a hint: No. )

Quinzy
May 29, 2006, 04:37 AM
not untill you make the birdyhead man ;)

Tyrion
May 29, 2006, 04:41 AM
Tzeentch! Lord of Change my Devoted Lord.

LizardmenRule!
May 29, 2006, 04:48 AM
Did someone mention the Lord of Change? :mischief:

Tyrion
May 29, 2006, 05:04 AM
Yes... how can we not include my master?

drzoidberg
May 29, 2006, 11:50 AM
Good work Aaglo.

We've got Khorne, Nurgle and Slaanesh. All we need now is a lord of change for Tzeentch and we've got the whole set.

edit: ninjad. Wasn't surprising though.

Rhymes
May 31, 2006, 06:12 PM
Probably the most impressive civ3 unit made to date! Just awesome. The work of a great artist.