First of all, I need to publicly thank Kinboat for his help. First of all, I switched to his newest set-up. Secondly, he modelled some props for me. Without him, I wouldn't have been able to work on these models this summer. I would also like to thank ripptide, who helped me tweak some of the render settings in Poser5. LouLong posted a picture for me; thank you. I think there was someone else too, but I can't emember right now.

So, now on to the units. These are units, the models for whom I made and animated while I was on vacation this summer. Two of them were requests by TopGun and Zulu. One other I saw in a magazine over the summer. The last, the Frank Axe Thrower, is a remake of an earlier unit that I wasn't happy with. However, I needed to arrive home before I could make CivIII units out the renderings. I have four units completed, and I have three or four models already completed; I just need to animate and render them.

I made these units' models on a mac. When I transfered the renderings to the PC, they looked a little big, and a little dark. That may be the result of the monitor I was looking at, but I'm not sure. Hopefully the units will be acceptable. You may want to play with the sounds a little bit. I just linked some sounds to the standard CivIII sounds, and some animations are not linked to sounds.

If there are any problems, fix 'em. ;) Then post the corrected files. Thanks. :)



Aluminium's improved, resized units with better sounds
Thank you very much Aluminium!


Polynesian Spearman (http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads8/Alu__U7_PolynesianSpearman.zip)

Native American Rifleman (http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads8/Alu__U7_NativeRifleman.zip)

Frank Axe Thrower (http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads8/Alu__U7_FrankAxeThrower.zip)

Koori Crocodile Warrior (http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads8/Alu__U7_CrocodileWarrior.zip)



original files


Frank Axe Thrower (http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads8/Frank_Axe_Thrower.zip)

Koori Crocodile Warrior (http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads8/Crocodile_Warrior.zip)

Native American Rifleman (http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads8/Native_Rifleman.zip)

Polynesian Spearman (http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads8/Polynesian_Spearman.zip)

Wow! 4 excellent units! I especially like the crocodile warrior..Is it historically accurate? I wasn't aware the aboriginies wore armor or costumes like that...

Wow! 4 excellent units! I especially like the crocodile warrior..Is it historically accurate? I wasn't aware the aboriginies wore armor or costumes like that...

No, I don't think that it is accurate. TopGun drew a picture, Kinboat made a crocodile head, and I finished the unit. ;) It's kind of a fun unit though.

I think there was a request for a mounted unit with a croc head, the one from the croc warrior would work great for it IMO

Anyway great units! :D :goodjob:

Sweet Home Alabama! Thoes are TOPPICUS NOTCHICUS!

Awesome new units! I've got to find something to do with them.

Wow, Utah.... great work there! :) You sure were busy over the summer. Thanks for making the Crocodile Warrior, the first unit for the Koori (a.k.a. Australian Aborigines). He's awesome and so are the other threee units. Thanks again, for giving us four great units to add to our mods. :goodjob:

Holy CRAP!!!! :eek: Wow! Wow! Wow! ... Oh wait Wow! 4-in-1. Christmas came early. Wow! :eek:

Wonderful. Lots of flavor here. I might end up putting the French back in my game just to justify the use of that Frank; the Native American immediately takes the place of my previous NA Rifleman; and that Croc Warrior is headed for Africa to take the place of the Zulu Archer (not historical but waay better than the color-adjusted unit I'm using now)...

Your best work yet, Utah. Really top rate.

I actually thought of your old Frankish unit as your best.

Any chance you'll give the SlavicHorseman this new treatment?

- Redking

Thanks, Utahjazz7 - they're all great :goodjob: !
My favourite out of these is the Polynesian spearman, who'll I'll get in my personal mod immediately!

Many, many thanks - glad to see that you sorted the 'puter problems. :goodjob:

They're great. Thanks utahjazz :)

Nice ones! Do you also plan to finish the horse lancer you previewed some time ago?

A lot of great units here :goodjob:

WOW, 4 nice flavor units…

Many thanks to you (& Kinboat)

I love so much the native rifleman. He will be an excellet adition for many people, Thanks again.

They are great! Thank you. :)

Nice ones! Do you also plan to finish the horse lancer you previewed some time ago?

Yes, I do plan on finishing the lancer. I don't want to, but I'll do it. Still, it'll be in the next pack. I'm also doing a Russian Pikeman and another Native American Rifleman that could be used for Western mods.

Nice ! (especially the Frank of course) !

Nah, feels great to be in the "thank you list" but my contribution is (by far) the smallest of all ... lol

I'm wondering how these units look on a PC. Are they okay? Do the civ-colors work okay?

Thanx, nice misc units :)

I'm wondering how these units look on a PC. Are they okay? Do the civ-colors work okay?
first off, there is a minor error in the axe thrower .ini, the fidget is missing a .flc at the end ;)

Here's an ingame preview, some are maybe a touch too big but IMO the firaxian units are too small. Civcolours work great! :goodjob:

Awesome! I was wondering if you were going to finish these... beautiful job on all of them! :goodjob:

first off, there is a minor error in the axe thrower .ini, the fidget is missing a .flc at the end ;)

Here's an ingame preview, some are maybe a touch too big but IMO the firaxian units are too small. Civcolours work great! :goodjob:

Thanks for the feed back, Dease. Since I don't have CivIII installed anymore, I wasn't sure how the units would look in the actual game. They seem to be good though. But, looking at the in-game preview, I think that they are a bit too big. I think though, if I remember correctly, the units that shipped with Conquests seemed to be a little bigger than the original Firaxian units--especially the Enkido Warrior. If it's too much of a problem, I'm sure someone will shrink them with the SBB. Thanks again for the screenshot!

I'm wondering how these units look on a PC. Are they okay? Do the civ-colors work okay?

They look very clean. Other than the size, they fit in very nicely with the Firaxis and Kinboat units. Everyone seems to be making units a bit larger, Firaxis included.

- Redking

I think I'll be bumping the Iroquois Rifleman utahjazz originally made to a Musketman position and slide this guy in at the Rifleman level.

The Polynesian Spearman will, obviously, be a spearman replacement... and I don't really have any particular use for the other two in the Age of Man mod, but perhaps the Croc can be used as a Med. Infantry replacement for the Polynesians...

I didn't think today would be a good day to go onto Civfanatics...then you and DPII unleash another wave of new units and BAM!!

I honestly have to thankyou for all of these...Topgun must be happy! At least one unit based off his art is now a reality..Thankyou Utahjazz!

I think I'll be bumping the Iroquois Rifleman utahjazz originally made to a Musketman position and slide this guy in at the Rifleman level.

The Polynesian Spearman will, obviously, be a spearman replacement... and I don't really have any particular use for the other two in the Age of Man mod, but perhaps the Croc can be used as a Med. Infantry replacement for the Polynesians...


My to-do list includes a Polynesian Swordsman(based on Kal-els drawing) and a Polynesian Med.Infantry.....I'm going to try poser TODAY(I tired of waiting to try it)....we shall she what I'll be able to do with it.

"Welcome back my friend to the show that never ends ..." :)

Hopefully the rest of your summer was as fine as these units you've produced!

Abraxas,

Oz

Nice work Utah. Any chance these have been resized yet or is it going to be done. They aren't too big so I can live if they aren't resized.

What a comeback! The crocoman is coolest. :thumbsup: :goodjob:

Sword of Geddon, you should base the polyniesian units on Maori warriors, they were polyiesian and were very good fighters in wars like the New Zealand wars in the 1860s against the british.

Wow, a remake of the Frank! I've been using him and I like him anyway (although I have no icons for him, which is annoying). Thanks for the update. How open are you to requests at the moment...?

utah, is the lancer or the alternative poleslinger the next one?

utah, is the lancer or the alternative poleslinger the next one?

I have the default, fortify, and attack animations for the lancer animated. After I do the death and run animations, I will begin to render them. I have everything rendered for the more western looking Native American Rifleman. I have a model "done" for a Russian Pikeman, but I might want to tweak it a little bit; I'm not totally happy with it. I'm also playing around with one more model, but I'm not sure that I can make it happen.

Anyway, because I have to transfer files between my mac and pc, I prefer to do multiple units at once. That way, I only have to do one transfer session. So, it might be a week-and-a-half or so before all the units are done. The lancer will definately be with the next group though.

The modified Pole Slinger will more than likely not happen. The problem is that I don't know where the files are for that unit, so it wouldn't as simple to just making a couple of changes. I would have to redo everything, and I don't really want to.

The modified Pole Slinger will more than likely not happen. The problem is that I don't know where the files are for that unit, so it wouldn't as simple to just making a couple of changes. I would have to redo everything, and I don't really want to.

Oh please! I don't need it right now, let's say I need it (and the lancer) for mid-late september, after the 22th.
By that day, please try to do it!

I'll ask you another thing, in case you want. Why don't you try to improve your cataphract. It's quite old and you could improve the detail and the size (it seems quite smaller than the knight)

All great units :D

SUPERB!

I love them quite a bit :D Just the right blend detail and lack thereof to mix with the standard civ units

that said, I will be honest with you; they are a bit big, scaleing them down just abit to make them civ sized could improve thier over-all effect quite a bit, even if they are supurb as it is, what seperates them from perfection of the art is only a thin line really

Sword of Geddon, you should base the polyniesian units on Maori warriors, they were polyiesian and were very good fighters in wars like the New Zealand wars in the 1860s against the british.

Theres an idea...I want to try making Kal-El's Swordsman into a unit first, but Polynesia is underepresented, so I will definitely be focusing on them.

The FrankAx is awesome ! In he goes ! :D :D

Just to let everyone know, the Civilipedia Images(Large and Small) for these units DO NOT show up in game. This is probably due to the fact that they aren't 256 colors(which Civ uses). If someone would correct this problem, or point out how we all could do it ourselves, they'd be doing us all, and Utahjazz a great favor.

Load them in a paint program, reduce the number of colors to 254, add 2 more colors (last in most program, first in psp) to make 256 and here you go.

I tried that in Paint Shop Pro 8....(Increase/Decrease Color Depth) it still wouldn't showup in game for some reason...help! :cry:

Hmm . . . I did apply a 256 color palette to them, so I don't know what the problem would be, but I'm sorry that they don't work.

I'm not sure...They should work, I've tried fixing them myself again (with Paint Shop Pro) and they don't work. Do they show up for you in game Utahjazz?

Well, I actually don't have any custom units in my game. I just reinstalled CivIII this last week. I hadn't actually played for probably six months or more. I'm just making units for . . . well, no real reason other than I like it.

Well, I actually don't have any custom units in my game. I just reinstalled CivIII this last week. I hadn't actually played for probably six months or more. I'm just making units for . . . well, no real reason other than I like it.


I know the feeling... :rolleyes:

I haven't played a full game of Civ in over a year....

that said, I will be honest with you; they are a bit big, scaleing them down just abit to make them civ sized could improve thier over-all effect quite a bit, even if they are supurb as it is, what seperates them from perfection of the art is only a thin line really
Hey, for once I agree with Xen ;)

Hey, for once I agree with Xen ;)

Aluminium said that he would resize them at some point, so check back later. I'm not sure when though.

I discovered that It was my fault it wouldn't show up in game... :lol: I mispelled the unit when I added it. Its fixed and looks great in game.. :goodjob:

By the way Utahjazz...I wanted to get into unit making...but I have Poser One(and that is incompatable with everything out these days, seeing as it came out TEN years ago), and so I can't proceed with my plans to do the Polynesian Swordsman(That was Kal-el's final concept art drawing he did before leaving for the Navy)..seeing as you have done two Polynesian units already(The Spearman and Warrior), could you do the Swordsman in the future?

Aluminium said that he would resize them at some point, so check back later. I'm not sure when though.
The Crocodile Warrior and the Frankish Axe Thrower are done and game-tested. But not the Pedia-Icons :rolleyes:. I will make the two others tomorrow.

The Crocodile Warrior and the Frankish Axe Thrower are done and game-tested. But not the Pedia-Icons :rolleyes:. I will make the two others tomorrow.

Oh, wonderful, Aluminium! Thank you again, very much. The pediaicons are okay, I think. So, that shouldn't be a problem.

I discovered that It was my fault it wouldn't show up in game... :lol: I mispelled the unit when I added it. Its fixed and looks great in game.. :goodjob:

By the way Utahjazz...I wanted to get into unit making...but I have Poser One(and that is incompatable with everything out these days, seeing as it came out TEN years ago), and so I can't proceed with my plans to do the Polynesian Swordsman(That was Kal-el's final concept art drawing he did before leaving for the Navy)..seeing as you have done two Polynesian units already(The Spearman and Warrior), could you do the Swordsman in the future?

:goodjob: :goodjob:

Aluminium has finished the resizing. The files are here and in the first post.

Thank you, Aluminium! I greatly appreciate your help.


http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads8/Alu__U7_PolynesianSpearman.zip

http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads8/Alu__U7_NativeRifleman.zip

http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads8/Alu__U7_FrankAxeThrower.zip

http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads8/Alu__U7_CrocodileWarrior.zip

I too would like to thank Aluminium for myself and on behalf of everyone else! :)

He has saved us time and effort and thanking him is the least we can do... :D