Here's this months' batch... Don't mind the poll question: it pronounced 'May', but is WRITTEN as 'April'... :lol:

Wyrmshadow - Roman Officer (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=169640)
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/171/romanofficer17ug.gif

Wyrmshadow - Riot Police (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=4031498)
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads11/RiotPolice.gif

Aaglo - flying carpet (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=169706)
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads11/FlyingCarpetDemo.gif

Orthanc - Modern Pirate (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=4039262)
http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/5163/modernpirate9ws.gif


Plotinus - Ethiopian Javelineer (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=170608)
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads11/EJavelineer.gif

Flamand - Puddle Jumper (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=4073929)
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads11/Puddle_Jumper_demo.gif

utahjazz - Aztec Knight (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=172267)
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads11/ak_all.gif http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads11/az_run.gif

Lizardmen Rule - Hellhound (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=172755)
http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/8135/hellhoundpreview8zn.gif

Ohhhh.... It's so hard to choose beween the Aztec Knight and the Roman Officer! (BTW, you said "April" in the thread title, it's supposed to be"May").

April? Quick, change it to May!!!!

Oh Cr*p... time flies... ;)

I voted for the Roman Officer...

Is there a way to edit poll questions? Otherwise: it pronounced 'May', but is WRITTEN as 'April'... :lol:

Ask a mod.

I went for the Aztec Knight, solid animation with great, original modelling, it's one of those units you'll forget Firaxis didn't make it.

The Etiopian Javelineer came very close for me...

I like the Ethiopian Javelin, not only because it is one of the very few Sub-Saharan African units available but the javelin attack animation seems to be expertly done. :)

Utahjazz's Aztec knight was a close second.

I vote for the Keeper of Secrets.

Hold on a sec... aaglo didn't enter it! Guess I'll have to vote for the flying carpet then. :)

Another great competition this month guys. All of those units are wonderful contributions to the Civ world. :thumbsup:

When are we going to see somethign from you, CamJH?

I voted Ethiopian as well.

Aztec Knight for me. The rider is very well done. The shield is very cool.

Go-go Roman Officer!

I like the Ethiopian Javelin, not only because it is one of the very few Sub-Saharan African units available but the javelin attack animation seems to be expertly done. :)

Utahjazz's Aztec knight was a close second.

Thank you - I'm very touched that anyone would think my unit superior to Utahjazz's excellent one, or indeed any of the fine work on display here. It really is a big boost when you're not much experienced at this sort of thing.

i think that would have been my choice for second. It's not far short of Utah's. Another really good unit!

I voted for the ethiopian :)

The Roman Officer gets my vote. I always like Roman units.

When are we going to see somethign from you, CamJH?
Well, I never reinstalled Poser after my computer crashed a couple months back, but it's become more and more tempting lately. I may have to dig up the cd over the weekend. It's been so long since I've put together a unit though, I'd probably have to go through utah's tutorial. ;)

CamJH! CamJH! :woohoo: :banana: :dance: :bounce:

Wow, it looks like the Maypril Unit makers Competiton will be close!

Well, I never reinstalled Poser after my computer crashed a couple months back, but it's become more and more tempting lately. I may have to dig up the cd over the weekend. It's been so long since I've put together a unit though, I'd probably have to go through utah's tutorial. ;)
You still have a lot of fans, you know... ;)
And your units are used in both LotM and WH 2.5. :)

I voted for aaglo, kudos also to Plotinus and LMR!. :thumbsup:

Thanks guys. :) Cool to still have some fans, even after being out of the biz for about a year.

Now I just have to come up with a unit that'd be worthy of a comeback. :hmm:

I voted for the Ethiopian Javilineer. I thought it was very well animated. It was a tough call though. I also very much liked Aaglo's imaginative Flying Carpet and Orthanc's Modern Pirate.

I voteed for the ethiopian too :). CamJH nice to hear you're coming back! I'm a big fan :)

hey Cam, wanna do a Warhammer 40k unit?

such a tight comp. I'll be watching intently!

Not opposed to taking on some WH 40K units. Gotta say that I prefer non-gun-wielding units though. Any of those in WH 40K? I check out the thread time to time, but I still know so very little about the 40k universe.

I feel as though I'm starting to hijack this jury thread though, so I'll check into the 40k thread to see if you come up with something rather than in here.

[CamJH] As I've said before, you've made some really nice units - it would be great to see some more. Although now I know how much effort goes into them, I'd understand it if you stayed out of the business for good!

Dammit, Plotinus, shuddup and let the man make units!

(remember, greedy little bastard)

:lol:
I thought I had had enough of unit making last year (especially when WoT tanked after all my efforts), but I gotta admit I've missed it lately... especially after seeing some of the great units entered into these competitions.

Thats the spirit! :goodjob::king: Your WoT units prooved themselfs to be of great value to the comunity!

Looks like I may have jinxed Aaglo by voting for him......

CamJH: ANy chance you might be willing to take some FF units? ;)

used to be neck and neck. Now I'm just fighting for 3rd.

Yay! I got a vote! :D:lol:

I voted for the Ethiopian Javelineer. He barely edges the others out for me.

Holy moly! Plontius is giving UtahJazz7 a run for his money! Yes, ladies and gentlemen! We could be seeing the upset of the century here!

You're right that this race is getting rather exciting - UtahJazz and I keep swapping the lead, but right now we're exactly even once again!

When does the poll close? This is exciting, thanks Flamand for doing this! :D

At the top of the poll, where it says "this poll will close..." ;)

June 8th, 2006, at 11:43 AM.

Holy moly! Plontius is giving UtahJazz7 a run for his money! Yes, ladies and gentlemen! We could be seeing the upset of the century here!


I doubt Plotinus would be upset :p

Yeah, I think I'd learn to live with it. In fact I'm almost tempted to do the unthinkable and vote for myself to gain an edge, but naturally I'd never do anything so ungentlemanly!

I agree, and in sympathy i also will vote for Utahjazz, so as to make it easier for you to not be confronted with the collapse of the village totems that are Utahjazz's unit's.

Besides, Stockton was always my favourite nba player ;)

GF: I was talking about Plontius, the newest unit maker on these forums, beating UtahJazz7, one of the oldest (active) unit makers on these forums being the upset of the century....

GF: I was talking about Plontius, the newest unit maker on these forums, beating UtahJazz7, one of the oldest (active) unit makers on these forums being the upset of the century....

No *^4, Sherlock. :crazyeye:

Well I voted for the Ethiopian also. Sure, there's an element of the "Promising newcomer vote" but also because it's genuinely good and useful to me. Of course, I'll echo that this was a really tough competition, moreso than others have been. Boring to say, but true.:lol:
I thought I had had enough of unit making last year (especially when WoT tanked after all my efforts), but I gotta admit I've missed it lately... especially after seeing some of the great units entered into these competitions.That's great to read and I'm quoting it to remind you of this sentiment :D

Since we have a tie, why don't we have a run off vote between the Ethiopian and the Aztec.

Well, the competion isn't over until tomorrow. Hopefully, some others will vote.

Well, they're both worthy of it, give it to both it that's the result.

Since we have a tie, why don't we have a run off vote between the Ethiopian and the Aztec.

It's not over yet! Don't jinx it!

Personally, if it is a tie, I'd be quite up for a tie-break vote, if UtahJazz is too. But it ought to be up to Flamand.

I'd be more inclined to have a deathmatch, where the two of you have to make a new unit entirely... But a revote will do... ;)

In the spirit of the World Cup, I think a tie is fine. ;)

3rd again. Hmmmm, my next one is going to be different. Not "Wow, that looks cool" but "Hey, we needed this!"

Death Match! Death Match! Death Match!

Paper, scissors, stone?

Deathmatch! :bounce:

uhhh.. I gave my best shot, and came... fourth :D

Well done Plotinus & Utahjazz7 on the tie. And cheers to all who participated :)

The thing about a death match is that if they're making units for the death match, they probably won't be making units for the June contest in which case the contest suffers.

I think just handing out two trophies is easy enough, no reason to bog them down with finishing this just because of the way the votes came out.

Unless, of course, they want to try a deathmatch unit challenge...

After another exciting battle we have reached our first tie, which poses me a dilemma... Deathmatch would be cool, but 7Ronin is right: it would lead submissions away from the next competition. And two cups is no option either, since I only have one... :D

So congratulations to the two deserving winners Plotinus and Utahjazz who may call themselves Unit Makers of the Month May 2006! Eternal fame for one month will be their fate, as well as half of the cup...

http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads11/UMotM_trophy_Left.jpg.....http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads11/UMotM_trophy_Right.jpg

:lol:
Congratulations to both of you. :)

Yayy! OK, I'll take the left-hand side of the trophy, and UtahJazz can have the right.

Thanks enormously to those who voted for me - it's really great to do so well with my first entry, and only my third unit at all. I thought this one would be between UtahJazz and aaglo. I also thought both Orthanc and Flamand would do better - in fact, I think Flamand's unit is possibly the most nicely animated one there. Everyone makes such good units these days!

The right side of the trophy is just fine with me. :) Thanks to all the voters out there. And, of course, congratulations, Plotinus, my fellow unit of the month winner.

Congratulations to both utahjazz7 and Plotinus! (and everyone else who entered as well). They were excellent units.:goodjob:

A truely great comp. this month and excellent units in abundance! Deepest congrat.s to you both!

A Shared Title? What is this, college football? I say you guys have like.. a cook off or something. First one of you two to get to my house with a slab of babyback ribs wins!

My money is on Utahjazz, seeing as he and I are in the same state.

If you need another Ohioan for taste-tesing, I'd be glad to assist.

Yeah, Ohio all the way! We're the best stat ever with Three Vowels and only on Constanant! Where in Ohio? I'm in a suburb on Cleveland's East side. Okay, mabye not on the side, I'm like. .half and hour or so away.

Hip hip hooray for UtahJazz and Plotinus! :salute: Now on to the next month's contest.

Congrats guys :thumbsup: very deserving winners :)

well done to all who entered, and i'll be looking forward to another awesome competition next month

btw, who voted for mine? :hmm:

the ballot was confusing.

Minorities were underrepresented in the vote total. Elderly jewish grammas were unsure who they voted for.

I demand a recount. Then another hand recount. Then shake all the votes so the chads fall out.

EVERY VOTE COUNTS... and counts...and counts... and counts...

I'll get my lawyers involved!!

Luckily we don't have any 'dimple ballots' here... ;)

Maybe next time I should wait to vote until just before closing, so I can have the deciding vote... :lol:

Congrats you 2. :goodjob:

@wyrm: :lol:

Congratulations, guys! :D

Congratulations to you both - you deserve it! This was a tight one :).

I also thought both Orthanc and Flamand would do better -

Thanks, and congrats to you and Utahjazz on your split cup!:lol:

Is it just me... or does the split trophy remind anyone else of the Wonder Twin's magical rings?

"Wonder Twin powers, Activate!"
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a6/Wondertwinsross.jpg/250px-Wondertwinsross.jpg

Yeah, Ohio all the way! We're the best stat ever with Three Vowels and only on Constanant! Where in Ohio? I'm in a suburb on Cleveland's East side. Okay, mabye not on the side, I'm like. .half and hour or so away.

What's high in the middle and round at the edges?

O-hi-o

Where in Ohio?
Rural Appalachia in the far southeast.... about as far from utahjazz as one could be.

Woo! Goldflash gets the Ribs!

@Wyrmshadow:
No, not in the least.