New Unit: Mesoamerican Rifleman

Sword_Of_Geddon · Sep 1, 2005

A what if unit representing the Aztecs, Mayans, and other Mesoamerican civs equaleviant to the Grenadiers and Riflemen of the 19th century. New Poser unit link added, old cut and paste deleted...

The files: http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads10/Mesoamerican_Rifleman.zip

I've uploaded a new attack animation, just replace the one in the main zip with the new one.

Anarki · Sep 1, 2005

You mean Anarki's? :mischief:

Antiochus VII · Sep 1, 2005

I think the general look is just fine, but you occasionally miss the alignment on the cut-n-paste. Have you considered going back and just fixing the few frames that miss? I think your overall look would be pretty sharp then!

Roman Legion · Sep 1, 2005

A preview would have been nice, great job though.

jobiwan7 · Sep 1, 2005

Very nice, but you forgot the hat in one frame of the SW Attack.

Sword_Of_Geddon · Sep 1, 2005

I will try and go back and fix a few of the errors with it. Thanks for pointing them out. Sorry for the lack of previews, I don't know how..

RedAlert · Sep 5, 2005

This is a fascinating unit, Sword_of_Geddon. Although the difference between this and the regular rifleman is subtle, it still looks distinctly Mesoamerican. Good job!

Sword_Of_Geddon · Sep 5, 2005

I want to make an even better one eventually with my Poser program. But before that I'll try and update this guy to get rid of the problems with him.

I'm glad you like him Red

SPQR87 · Sep 12, 2005

good Job on your Mesoamerican Rifleman unit.

Sword_Of_Geddon · Oct 14, 2005

New great Poser unit added, old cut and paste piece of crap deleted..

Supa · Oct 14, 2005

He looks good.
The death seems strange in quicktime. It's original :-D Too bad the 'disc-shoulders' looks attached to the arm and not to the shoulders.
You may want to use anti-aliasing on the pediaicons too next time.

About next time.. What's next ?

Sword_Of_Geddon · Oct 14, 2005

Next is a third mesoamerican unit, this time an historic unit like my first one, for Redalert.

la_dav · Oct 15, 2005

Woooooo, so cool unit!! What time do you make it?! Great! keep it...!!

Sword_Of_Geddon · Oct 15, 2005

I just finished him yesterday actually. I made the figure a few days ago.

Steph · Oct 16, 2005

You still need to improve the attack, the recoil of the rifle is not natural
And the death still looks very strange

Sword_Of_Geddon · Oct 16, 2005

I'm not sure what you mean with the attack.

Steph · Oct 16, 2005

go buy a rifle and fire it

BadKharma · Oct 16, 2005

I think what steph is trying to tell you is that when a rifle discharges it is forced back into your shoulder and the excess recoil of is transferred into the muzzle blast which causes the barrell to raise.
I really like the way this unit looks however more realistic animations rather than "original" would make it much better unit.
Hollywood death sequences show someone being thrown backward from a bullet strike but realistically a person crumples to the ground.

Steph · Oct 16, 2005

Have a look at this animation.
When this Austiran musketeer fire his musket, the musket raise only a little, and at the same time the musket goes backward because of the recoil, and the upper body move to accompany this.
The result is realistic and nice looking.
If you want, I can send you the storyboard, so you can try to see it frame by frame and reproduce the move for your animation.

About the death: it's to static. You cannot just move that way! Add some translation (ideal backard a little up, then down, so the guy falls to the groudn instead of mysteriously levitating)

cemo1956 · Oct 16, 2005

Steph,
have missed this great musketman from Austria ???

Where can I have a look at it and DL it if it's missing ???

Please direct me with a link ....

Cemo

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