Wheel of Time Unit Pack: Aielmen (Dec. 7, 2004)

CamJH · Dec 7, 2004

Red Shield, Stone Dog, & Water Seeker

Aiel (eye-EEL):
The people of the Aiel Waste. Fierce and hardy. Also called Aielmen. They veil their faces before they kill, giving rise to the saying "acting like a black-veiled Aiel" to describe someone who is being violent. Deadly warriors with weapons or with nothing but bare hands, they will not touch a sword. Their pipers play them into battle with the music of dances, and Aielmen call battle "the Dance."

Aiel warrior societies:
Aiel warriors are all members of one of the warrior societies, such as the Stone Dogs (Shae'en M'taal), the Red Shields (Aethan Dor), the Water Seekers (Duahde Mahdi'in), or the Maidens of the Spear (Far Dareis Mai). Each society has its own customs, and sometimes specific duties. For example, Red Shields act as police. Stone Dogs often vow not to retreat once battle has been joined, and will die to the last man if necessary to fulfill this vow, while Maidens are often scouts. The clans of the Aiel frequently fight among themselves, but members of the same society will not fight one another even if their clans are doing so. In this way, there are always lines of contact between the clans even when they are in open warfare.

Download Red Shield

Download Stone Dog

Download Water Seeker

Link to Maiden of the Spear

Credits: First of all to Kinboat for his PDM, and also for creating the Aiel wardrobe. And also to Steph and Cyber Dreyk for their wonderful programs that make creating units that much easier.

Enjoy!

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EDIT: Stone Dog now has corrected INI file
EDIT2: Water Seeker's Attack has been updated
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aaglo · Dec 7, 2004

Nice pack, CamJH :thumbsup:

Boy, that's a fast draw from the bow-master

Cimbri · Dec 7, 2004

Wow!

Those are really awesome.

hIdDeN_eViL · Dec 7, 2004

awesome units camJH :goodjob:

mrtn · Dec 7, 2004

Looks very good, fits perfect for the purpose.

W.i.n.t.e.r · Dec 7, 2004

WOW

these are really excellent units - and nicely useable for plenty of game types

wow- this seems to call for an award some time soon

Samoht_Okpoh · Dec 7, 2004

Awsome

just like the rest of your units!

CamJH · Dec 7, 2004

aaglo,
That's because he comes from a warrior society, where their skills are so finely tuned. If you notice, his marksmanship is right on.

W.i.n.t.e.r.,
Didn't know there were such things around here, but thanks.

Thanks to Wolfhart who pointed out a typo in the Stone Dog's INI file. It has now been corrected in the first post.

And thanks to the rest of you for your kind words. This has been my biggest undertaking yet as far as units are concerned, and it's nice to have it well received.

tjedge1 · Dec 7, 2004

These are great. I have to toss them into my personal library for later adding to my personal mod.

LouLong · Dec 7, 2004

Very nice indeed !!

Any chance you will be doing historical units ?

Sword_Of_Geddon · Dec 7, 2004

Hmmm, perhaps the Archer would make a good Middle-Eastern Flavor perhaps?

CamJH · Dec 7, 2004

I've actually just started working on an Italian Foot Knight requested by Xen. Some of the artwork he posted matched up with some of the concept art I had for a Guardian of the Gate unit, so I figured I could take care of both needs at the same time. I'm going to be working on a handful of units representing the same era, and I'm sure most of them could easily pass for historical units.

Once I'm done with all the WoT units we need, I'm sure I'll be rotating back and forth between fictional and historical units. I'm eagerly awaiting LOTM, so if they still haven't wrapped it up by the time I've filled out the WoT unit list, I might lend a hand. I've got to admit WH has definitely caught my eye too lately, so who knows. But I've got nothing against the real world either.

Sword_Of_Geddon · Dec 7, 2004

Well, these guys seem to be based on a real desert culture(Arabs), reminds me of the desert Nomads, like the Bedoin.

Mithadan · Dec 7, 2004

Sword_Of_Geddon said:
The Bible is to be taken literally from the very first verse, as the New Testament is lade upon the foundations of the old.

Off topic, but what's the source of this quote, SoG?

Dom Pedro II · Dec 7, 2004

I like them, but honestly, the bow attack seems to be a little weak... it doesn't really look like there could be much strength behind that shot. It's just too fast and lacks enough body movement to really generate much energy.

Sword_Of_Geddon · Dec 7, 2004

The Source? Me I suppose. If you look upon the entire Bible's Old Testament, there are numerious connections, and foreshadowings of the new. For example, the beginnings of Sin are in the Book of Genisis(Adam and Even disobeying God) which led to Jesus Christ having to die on the cross for the sins of mankind(John 3:16) Jesus himself used the Old Testament for examples numerious times. When I say literal, that does not mean all verses of the Bible are the same type as well,(The Bible is divided into three catagories, History, Morality, and Prophecy)

I've done alot of thinking on this matter as well. One of the best sites for this is Answers in Genisis.org.
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The bow attacks seem alitte odd, yes, but it is'nt horrible. Interesting that these characters are similiar to the characters of Dune. Alot of them fought in a similiar manner. Like I said before, they are based on a real desert culture.

CamJH · Dec 7, 2004

Sorry if the bow attack is less than convincing. It was my first attempt at an archery unit. I'll give it a look over and see what I can do.

Sword_Of_Geddon · Dec 7, 2004

Maybe the arrow is magical or something, and thats why it flys weird?

Plotinus · Dec 7, 2004

I think these are great units and, as SoG says, pretty versatile. I can think of a few good uses for them.

Sword_Of_Geddon · Dec 7, 2004

Alot of Fantasy units(well, the humans and to a lesser extent, the ships) could be used as historical units as well. The various alternate history units, like Utahjazz's Crododile Warrior or Kinboat's Industrial Legion, are another form of Fantasy unit.

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