View Full Version : New Unit: Middle Eastern Scout(4/13/2007)


Sword_Of_Geddon
Apr 12, 2007, 11:58 PM
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b395/Sword_of_Geddon/MiddleEastScoutRun.gif

http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads//middleeasternscoutlarge_5tZ_thumb.jpg

The middle eastern civs were missing a scout so I thought I'd make one. Enjoy...:goodjob:

Download: http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=4580&act=down

Blue Monkey
Apr 13, 2007, 12:40 AM
A nice addition. Your work is getting better all the time.

god_money
Apr 13, 2007, 01:58 AM
Agreed - insightful addition!
I will certainly be using this gentleman.

LizardmenRule!
Apr 13, 2007, 02:01 AM
Looks great Swoggy :thumbsup:

Plotinus
Apr 13, 2007, 02:02 AM
I like him. The Death is far too slow and dreamlike, though - he seems to float down while raising his hands like a maiden aunt scared of a mouse. He ought to flop down there. His feet shouldn't slide forwards like that - they should stay where they are, or better, actually fly into the air, as they would if you really fell over backwards.

Also, why on earth is a Middle Eastern Scout wearing tails? Is he off to a white tie function later?

Still a nice look though - it works quite well!

Partizanac
Apr 13, 2007, 07:46 AM
Me thinks this one is going in the Medieval Europe mod ;)

CartesianFart
Apr 13, 2007, 01:04 PM
Can you make an alternate one that is smoking a pipe full of hashish (while fidgeting) and then start using some kind of a wicked dagger for attack?

Sword_Of_Geddon
Apr 13, 2007, 01:46 PM
No..........I lack a pipe prop. Sorry about that.

Ozymandias
Apr 13, 2007, 01:58 PM
Another nice one SOG :goodjob:

Can you make an alternate one that is smoking a pipe full of hashish (while fidgeting) and then start using some kind of a wicked dagger for attack?

Are you planning a scenario with Assassins from Alamut? :mischief:

Best,

Oz

odintheking
Apr 13, 2007, 05:20 PM
Actually, Civ Army made a Persian diplomat (scout) but I like this guy alot better. Thanks!

Virote_Considon
Apr 14, 2007, 07:36 AM
Wow! You're on a roll, SoG! :)

Plotinus
Apr 14, 2007, 08:46 AM
No..........I lack a pipe prop. Sorry about that.

Actually, if you wanted to, you could probably make one out of a couple of cylinder primitives.

It's possible to make an awful lot of reasonable props out of nothing but primitives, and they have the added advantage of rendering incredibly quickly. There's a temptation, especially when starting with Poser, to think that you can depict X only if you have a specially designed prop of X, and so we spend hours scouring the model websites in the hope of finding one. But you don't normally have to do that at all, except for clothes, most of which can't be simulated with primitives (unless you use the cloth room, which lets you turn two-dimensional primitives into cloaks and the like). In fact, at civ scale, I think you can get away with primitives for most non-clothing props that you're likely to need. I've had people ask me for "props" that appear in my units that I actually knocked together in Poser out of a couple of primitives.

Madeira
Apr 15, 2007, 09:11 AM
Cool! Could you do scouts for the other culture groups? :)

Sword_Of_Geddon
Apr 15, 2007, 09:15 AM
I'm thinking of doing an asian one...

Madeira
Apr 15, 2007, 03:28 PM
That would be great! And there's allready an european one somewhere, but its animations arent that good, a replacement would be nice :)

Sword_Of_Geddon
Apr 15, 2007, 08:11 PM
Maybe.....I'll think about it.

odintheking
Apr 15, 2007, 08:18 PM
I would consider redoing the death, however, with one simple change: make his feet go a little into the air so it looks like he's falling. And change the speed to 45.

Ogedei_the_Mad
Apr 15, 2007, 11:30 PM
Nicely done model. :goodjob:

What clothing prop is the one with the tails? I could use that for another Korean unit that I had in mind. :)

Sword_Of_Geddon
Apr 16, 2007, 12:24 PM
Its actually a figure rather than a prop, its called Aiel and was intended for a Wheel of Time mod someone was putting toghether. You can get it on Kinboat's Poser thread.

Goldflash
Apr 17, 2007, 12:26 AM
That'd be UnkyCam who was putting together the WoT mod.

Anyway, I like this one. I agree, the Tails on his coat are somewhat out of place. Also, when I read the comment "I don't have a pipe prop" I instantly thought "make one out of primitives!"... and I don't even have poser!