I do suggest replacing Chaos Marauder with Colubra, and perhaps requiring Alchemy Building? ... as for Chaos Marauder, Chaos II summon certainly, and just give them Burning Blood. Its said they will LIKELY lose control, however not ALWAYS. I think that burning blood is enough for that purpose. Also, perhaps give them limited duration and gain extra turns through combat (like pit beasts and Einherjar) ... although honestly perm summon + burning blood seems fitting enough for me.
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MagisterCultuum
Great Sage
In my current version I left Chaos Marauders as Planar Gate Summons and replaced Minotaurs with Colubrae. My Colubrae are like Champions +3 Poison strength + Mutated + Channeling I & II, allowing them to get Mage spells even though they are still melee units and don't get free promotions based on the mana you own. I thought Obsidian Gates made more sense for calling in these creature of Ceridwen.
I also made Chaos Marauders a Chaos II summon, who are summoned with the Rebel promotion. This both makes the unit AI controlled like Enraged and gives a chance of turning Barbarian like burning Blood. The unit itself gains 1 duration from combat and starts with Mutated.
I'm still having problems with my Guild of the Nine mercenary hiring Code, but I intend to make both Chaos Marauders and Colubrae potential hires for AV civs. (This fits the AV these of Deals that Kael described a long time ago.) Other civs would be limited to Axemen, Archers, Longbowmen, Champions, Rangers, Horsemen, Catapults, ect, with a random race and UU being chosen for each unitclass selected. Any unit bought this way starts with the Mercenary Promotion, which costs you 2 gold per battle (basically bounty hunter in reverse) and has a 1% chance of making the unit turn barbarian.
I also made Chaos Marauders a Chaos II summon, who are summoned with the Rebel promotion. This both makes the unit AI controlled like Enraged and gives a chance of turning Barbarian like burning Blood. The unit itself gains 1 duration from combat and starts with Mutated.
I'm still having problems with my Guild of the Nine mercenary hiring Code, but I intend to make both Chaos Marauders and Colubrae potential hires for AV civs. (This fits the AV these of Deals that Kael described a long time ago.) Other civs would be limited to Axemen, Archers, Longbowmen, Champions, Rangers, Horsemen, Catapults, ect, with a random race and UU being chosen for each unitclass selected. Any unit bought this way starts with the Mercenary Promotion, which costs you 2 gold per battle (basically bounty hunter in reverse) and has a 1% chance of making the unit turn barbarian.
Deliverator
Graphical Hackificator
Since I haven't been able to get hold of the original Lamia meshes, I decided that it would just be simpler to splice together the top-half of the Succubus unit with the bottom half of the Maar Nasai conversion:
I'm sure someone can do a better job of reskinning this than I would so I'm posting the files here. I can add more appropriate animations and effects at a later point.
Art Defines XML:
Spoiler :
I'm sure someone can do a better job of reskinning this than I would so I'm posting the files here. I can add more appropriate animations and effects at a later point.
Art Defines XML:
Code:
<UnitArtInfo>
<Type>ART_DEF_UNIT_LAMIA</Type>
<Button>Art/Interface/Buttons/Units/your-button.dds</Button>
<fScale>22.5</fScale>
<fInterfaceScale>1</fInterfaceScale>
<bActAsLand>0</bActAsLand>
<bActAsAir>0</bActAsAir>
<NIF>Art/Units/maar/maar.nif</NIF>
<KFM>Art/Units/maar/maar.kfm</KFM>
<SHADERNIF>Art/Units/maar/maar.nif</SHADERNIF>
<ShadowDef>
<ShadowNIF>Art/Units/01_UnitShadows/UnitShadow.nif</ShadowNIF>
<ShadowAttachNode>Bip01 Pelvis</ShadowAttachNode>
<fShadowScale>0.02</fShadowScale>
</ShadowDef>
<fBattleDistance>0.28</fBattleDistance>
<fRangedDeathTime>0.28</fRangedDeathTime>
<bActAsRanged>0</bActAsRanged>
<TrainSound>AS2D_UNIT_BUILD_UNIT</TrainSound>
<AudioRunSounds>
<AudioRunTypeLoop/>
<AudioRunTypeEnd/>
</AudioRunSounds>
</UnitArtInfo>kumquatelvis
Prince
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That was clever.
Psychic_Llamas
Wizard in the Making
Attached are also a few quick skins of the Lamia:
thought id post this here as well. the link to download them is HERE
MagisterCultuum
Great Sage
That Lamia xml art define does not point to the Lamia. Could you post working xml defines for the lamia arcane line? I'd like to include them in the next release of my modmod.
I also also wanting to use the "Bannor Archmage" art as the Malakim Immortal (or maybe champion, if the glow was removed from the pole-arm), but when I tried to write the xml defines for it as such a unit it did not work.
Edit: I got it working now.
I also also wanting to use the "Bannor Archmage" art as the Malakim Immortal (or maybe champion, if the glow was removed from the pole-arm), but when I tried to write the xml defines for it as such a unit it did not work.
Edit: I got it working now.
Valkrionn
The Hamster King
While nice, to be honest I prefer the other; Lamias are half-woman, half-serpent, while this is just a standard snake woman. Still good, but not the same. 
Yuan-Ti halfbloods are also quite cool. The different castes (Yuan-Ti pureblood, halfblood and abomination) could be an interesting starting point for a modmod. And of course human sacrifice and human transformation into tainted ones. But I guess the Cualli are already fulfulling the former part so probably no need for it.
Deliverator
Graphical Hackificator
I've done some reskins of the more human-looking Lamiae/Lamias/whatever. 
I used bits from esvath's green one to make the blonde archmage. They now have some nice gloss and wands. There is a final phase I'd like to do with these which is to improve the animation set and add some magical effects.
Download Link
I used bits from esvath's green one to make the blonde archmage. They now have some nice gloss and wands. There is a final phase I'd like to do with these which is to improve the animation set and add some magical effects.
Spoiler :
Download Link
Deon
Lt. of Mordor
Nsfw .
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esvath
Apprentice of Erebus
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Yes! After you have done with the animation and magical effect, Deliverator, you can be sure that I will steal them 
Thanks, they look great (although too human-looking for my taste). I'll borrow the wand, then. I don't know why but I can't attach any mesh (weapons/staffs/etc) and particle effects to my Lamias. But the problem is over now
Thanks, they look great (although too human-looking for my taste). I'll borrow the wand, then. I don't know why but I can't attach any mesh (weapons/staffs/etc) and particle effects to my Lamias. But the problem is over now
Deon
Lt. of Mordor
Hey, masterminds, I need some help.
I've attached custom meshes to a unit but they are black in the game. That's strange because they all use the same texture and material.
I've attached custom meshes to a unit but they are black in the game. That's strange because they all use the same texture and material.
okay, so you have a Blue Lamia, a Greene Lamia, and a Purple Lamia.
now, clothing wise it seems to go Blue-> Green -> Purple
however, chromatically it would probably flow nicer if Green -> Blue -> Purple.
Is there a way to switch the Tails of the Red Head and the Brunette? I feel this would lead to less confusion as to who is the Adept and who is the Mage.
Alternatively, you could add some clothing, like some Cloth Sleeves, or a silk dress, for the Brunette, and make her the Mage.
Then it would go from simple clothes -> see through Silk -> Golden Armor
now, clothing wise it seems to go Blue-> Green -> Purple
however, chromatically it would probably flow nicer if Green -> Blue -> Purple.
Is there a way to switch the Tails of the Red Head and the Brunette? I feel this would lead to less confusion as to who is the Adept and who is the Mage.
Alternatively, you could add some clothing, like some Cloth Sleeves, or a silk dress, for the Brunette, and make her the Mage.
Then it would go from simple clothes -> see through Silk -> Golden Armor
Deon
Lt. of Mordor
To "switch tails" just replace part of the texture.
Aaahhh this thing is killing me. I mean black attachables....
P.S> I tried to do it in 3ds max following this tutorial:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=214207
Nifskope shows the result fine but the game:
OMG an abomination. I would really like some experienced help here.
P.S. Tested it, and my 3dsmax7 doesn't have "422 converted script" mentioned in the tutorial. Maybe because of it, maybe something else, but right arm is mirrored every time I try to simply import-export.
Aaahhh this thing is killing me. I mean black attachables....
P.S> I tried to do it in 3ds max following this tutorial:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=214207
Nifskope shows the result fine but the game:
OMG an abomination
. I would really like some experienced help here.P.S. Tested it, and my 3dsmax7 doesn't have "422 converted script" mentioned in the tutorial. Maybe because of it, maybe something else, but right arm is mirrored every time I try to simply import-export.
