Kämpfer: New Magical Girl Type Unit....

Hikaro Takayama · Nov 17, 2011, 07:27 PM

Well, I've recently decided to get back into unit making, and as a way to both unlimber my somewhat atrophied unit making skills and partially to try and reclaim my title as the master of transforming units, I decided to make one based off of Natsuru from the Japanese Anime Kämpfer.....

Those familliar with the series will know that it is kind of a parody of the Magical Girl genre, and that Natsuru is a guy who changes into a magical girl, thanks to some executive meddling by those who hand out magical girl powers....

Apparently, Kämpfer is not the only anime/doujinshi to do this: At least one spinoff series from Futari wa Pretty Cure has the main character be a gender-bender magical girl, and then there's the webcomic, Sparkling Generation Valkyrie Yuuki, which fits in the same general pattern.

Since there has (to the best of my knowledge) not been any gender-bender units made to date, I decided to see if I could convincingly pull it off, and I think I've succeeded fairly well, but I'll let you be the judge of that:

Download Here

....Too bad I didn't have him/her ready in time for the Decade Awards competition, because (s)he would have probably won the "Wierdest WTF Unit Ever" award.

Sword_Of_Geddon · Nov 17, 2011, 10:54 PM

Its good to see you still got your unit making skills HT, I hope all is going well with you.

Nice work..

Ares de Borg · Nov 18, 2011, 03:52 AM

Btw, Kämpfer is German and means "fighter".

Interesting and well made unit. Good work!

Virote_Considon · Nov 18, 2011, 07:32 AM

Awesome work!

Y'know, I'd have use for both forms of the unit in IE somewhere down the line. The suited guy as a generic management-type bloke (can never have enough

) and the girl as perhaps some kind of intern secretary-type unit (there's already an interns resource

)

Hikaro Takayama · Nov 18, 2011, 04:22 PM

Glad you guys like him/her!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ares de Borg

Btw, Kämpfer is German and means "fighter".

Interesting and well made unit. Good work!

Ja, ich verstehe.... (I understand) The anime/manga series that bears the same name is heavily laden with gratuitous German... I.e. there are three classes of Kämpfer: Schwert (Sword, but in this case, means melee fighters), Gewehr (Rifle, but again, any gun class) and Zauber (Sorcery, but in this case, magic users).... One of the Schwert class Kämpfer (who is a girl all the time) actually wields Sword-Chucks, yo!

In addition, the anime episode titles are all in German (yes, I know German titles on a Japanese anime, but the Japanese seem to like using random German words ALMOST as much as they do random English

)

@Virote: I'll keep that in mind... Although I DO have the Rufus Shinra king unit (although he's packing heat) and my Girl Agent (who has a sniper rifle) might work for the intern... In fact, the outfit she's wearing is a typical "Office Lady" outfit that Japanese Administrative Assistants and Interns would wear (well, not the hat, usually, but everything else fits)... I may get around to doing variants of this unit, but I've got a few more units for my modded Playground Mod and a TON of Final Fantasy mod units in the pipeline, though...

Grandraem · Nov 18, 2011, 05:08 PM

Great work, Hikaro! And excellent job on the transformation!!! You pulled it off perfectly.

Balthasar · Nov 19, 2011, 05:59 AM

Really good morph, Hikaro. You're great at morphing. I'd like to see you do a human/animal morph someday.

Hikaro Takayama · Nov 19, 2011, 07:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Balthasar

Really good morph, Hikaro. You're great at morphing. I'd like to see you do a human/animal morph someday.

Well, I'm eventually thinking about doing a whole series of magical girls, and there is this one magical girl series called "Tokyo Mew-Mew" where all the magical girls turn into animal-girls (i.e. cat-girl, wolf-girl, etc)... Unless your talking about COMPLETE animal transformation as opposed to anthropomorphic animals, that is.

Glad you like it Grandraem.

Jord Kells · Nov 21, 2011, 12:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Balthasar

Really good morph, Hikaro. You're great at morphing. I'd like to see you do a human/animal morph someday.

ditto

full morph and anthro-promorphic both work

Arachno-guy (man w/ spider abilities becomes bipedal giant spider)

nick0515 · Nov 24, 2011, 03:24 AM

Very cool unit Hikaro! The morphing is fantastic. I only wish I had a use for it.

Vuldacon · Nov 24, 2011, 11:00 AM

Excellent Work Hikaro... Superb Morphs indeed

Hikaro Takayama · Nov 24, 2011, 12:28 PM

Glad you guys all like him/her! Happy Thanksgiving... My Thanksgiving "Gift" to the forums will be posted soon.

Nov 17, 2011, 07:27 PM	#1
Hikaro Takayama Mockingjay Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: District 12, Panem Posts: 5,555	Kämpfer: New Magical Girl Type Unit.... Well, I've recently decided to get back into unit making, and as a way to both unlimber my somewhat atrophied unit making skills and partially to try and reclaim my title as the master of transforming units, I decided to make one based off of Natsuru from the Japanese Anime Kämpfer..... Those familliar with the series will know that it is kind of a parody of the Magical Girl genre, and that Natsuru is a guy who changes into a magical girl, thanks to some executive meddling by those who hand out magical girl powers.... Apparently, Kämpfer is not the only anime/doujinshi to do this: At least one spinoff series from Futari wa Pretty Cure has the main character be a gender-bender magical girl, and then there's the webcomic, Sparkling Generation Valkyrie Yuuki, which fits in the same general pattern. Since there has (to the best of my knowledge) not been any gender-bender units made to date, I decided to see if I could convincingly pull it off, and I think I've succeeded fairly well, but I'll let you be the judge of that: Download Here ....Too bad I didn't have him/her ready in time for the Decade Awards competition, because (s)he would have probably won the "Wierdest WTF Unit Ever" award. __________________ Rest in Peace Stormrage and Spacer One... You may be gone, but you will never be forgotten! Lord of the Final Fantasy Mod Epic Crossover battle coming relatively soon.... My schtuff: The Tweaked Out C3C Mod My graphics library My Units Unit Preview Thread +>My AoI 3.0 story<+ WIP: Final Fantasy Mod Beta This post's content is Copyleft 2012 by Hikaro Takayama, all wrongs reserved.

Nov 18, 2011, 03:52 AM	#3
Ares de Borg Norman Knight Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Heart Of Europe Posts: 4,526	Btw, Kämpfer is German and means "fighter". Interesting and well made unit. Good work! __________________ CIV units (conversions): 32 Tanks, Planes and Helicopters in alternate Color - 28 Tanks, Planes and Helicopters in Desert color TERRAIN Graphics: Ares' Terrain Pack - TERRAIN PACK II.: OPEN BETA! --->Preview Thread Download BETA My Sound Library - Other Graphics: Varangian Guard - My Tech Icon Library--

Nov 18, 2011, 07:32 AM	#4
Virote_Considon The Great Dictator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Skaville UK Reputation: 1 Posts: 8,672	Awesome work! Y'know, I'd have use for both forms of the unit in IE somewhere down the line. The suited guy as a generic management-type bloke (can never have enough ) and the girl as perhaps some kind of intern secretary-type unit (there's already an interns resource ) __________________ Units: Complete\|Previews/Questions\|Requests - Modern/Ancient\| My Tech Icons Scenarios: AncientGreece\|Indo-Greeks\|Industrial Espionage\|Escape From Zombie Island 0\|Cold War Africa/Test\|WH40K Team *A Guy Can Dream...* UK Civfanatics Meet: A chance to shake Virote's hand on Saturday 18th of August \| <Warning!> - Poster is armed with rolls of tape! It was a Friday... Afternoon \| My TV Show - The Flat \| News, Science, Entertainment, Politics

Nov 18, 2011, 05:08 PM	#6
Grandraem Alchemist Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Below. Posts: 2,041	Great work, Hikaro! And excellent job on the transformation!!! You pulled it off perfectly. __________________ D&D Mod: Champions of Mystara - Coming whenever it gets done! ... Working hard on it! My Leaderheads are all available from the Civ III Downloads Database. Alternate Leaderhead PCXs for Brennus, Ragnar, Hannibal, and Gilgamesh: Here Stormrage, your orcish awesomeness is missed!

Nov 19, 2011, 05:59 AM	#7
Balthasar Wise Man Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2,715 Images: 1	Really good morph, Hikaro. You're great at morphing. I'd like to see you do a human/animal morph someday. __________________ The Decade Awards! THESUPER SCENARIO! The Lost Worlds Mod My Workshop

Nov 17, 2011, 10:54 PM	#2
Sword_Of_Geddon Back in action! Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: New England, USA Posts: 11,504	Its good to see you still got your unit making skills HT, I hope all is going well with you. Nice work..

Nov 24, 2011, 03:24 AM	#10
nick0515 Long Live Palestine! Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,993	Very cool unit Hikaro! The morphing is fantastic. I only wish I had a use for it. __________________ My Graphics Library

Nov 24, 2011, 11:00 AM	#11
Vuldacon Deity Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: USA Posts: 5,120	Excellent Work Hikaro... Superb Morphs indeed __________________ Cheers, Vuldacon Escape From Zombie Island 2 Complete Hegemon Age of Imperialism Deluxe; 1895-1924 Escape From Zombie Island 2: The Remake

Nov 24, 2011, 12:28 PM	#12
Hikaro Takayama Mockingjay Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: District 12, Panem Posts: 5,555	Glad you guys all like him/her! Happy Thanksgiving... My Thanksgiving "Gift" to the forums will be posted soon. __________________ Rest in Peace Stormrage and Spacer One... You may be gone, but you will never be forgotten! Lord of the Final Fantasy Mod Epic Crossover battle coming relatively soon.... My schtuff: The Tweaked Out C3C Mod My graphics library My Units Unit Preview Thread +>My AoI 3.0 story<+ WIP: Final Fantasy Mod Beta This post's content is Copyleft 2012 by Hikaro Takayama, all wrongs reserved.

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