Deliverator
Graphical Hackificator
This thread is going to be under-construction for a while since there are a lot of units to get through...
I have said I would try and come up with an overall unit art plan. It is going to take a while to get all my thoughts on the subject down, but I thought I'd make a start anyway.
Guardsmen (as of Dune Wars 1.6.4)
From left-to-right, back-to-front:
Heavy Trooper, Lasgun Soldier, Lasgun Trooper
Rocket Trooper, Missile Trooper, Mongoose Trooper, Bee Sting trooper
Soldier, Infantry, Master Guardsmen, Grenade Trooper
Soldier
Current: Navy Seal headswap, too 21st century and not very Dunish.
Plan: New Model and Skin, uses new pistol animations
Concept: I would like this unit to look like a survivor of the Great Catastrophe. The unit should look battered, in tattered, worn-out clothing, the remnants of a uniform or desert robes perhaps. The unit should not look professional equipped or attired. The armament should be only a salvaged pistol. Colours should be dusty, sandy, browns, etc.
Priority: Medium
Infantry
Current: The current unit is high quality (looks like Sezereth? Was this a one off or are there more like this somewhere?).
Plan: New Model and Skin
Concept: This unit should looks slight better equipped and more organized rather than just being a survivor. It is still too early for smart uniforms though, so the clothing should still be salvaged remnants and desert robes.
Priority: Medium
Master Guardsmen
Current: Gasmasks don't really makes sense and the flamethrower anim doesn't seem to work very well or be suited.
Plan: New Model and Skin
This unit should look like an experienced veteran compared to the first two Guardsmen. Perhaps the first vestiges of a simple uniform can be seen.
Priority: Medium
Grenade Trooper
Current: It's Boba Fett with a grenade. The NIF is a bit screwed up, but I should be able to fix that. The model seems essentially OK so we can probably just reskin this one.
Plan: Reskin
Priority: High
Rocket Trooper/Missile Trooper
Current: Very nice unit, but I don't like having the same model shared and it would probably look even nicer with a light sandy/biege/brown reskin for the desert environment. The current skins are a bit dark.
Plan: Reskin and use for Rocket Trooper, New Model and Skin for Missile Trooper
Concept for Missile Trooper: I guess something pretty similar, but with perhaps more armour and a more impressive looking launcher. All Launchers should have decent effects so it looks like they are actually launching something - if they don't already.
Priority: Medium
Mongoose Trooper
Current: I think this model is pretty good although the weapon is not very sci-fi. We can look to replace the weapon perhaps, but for now a reskin away from jungle colours to a more deserty look would be nice.
Plan: Reskin (maybe more impressive weapon later)
Priority: Medium
Bee Sting Trooper
Current: Again I think model is fine (Next War Anti Tank Infantry), but in order to try and achieve more consistency I suggest we reskin. We could even have some yellow and black on the uniform or weapon to fit with the unit name, not too much as a completely yellow and black unit will probably be too garish.
Plan: Reskin
Priority: Medium
Heavy Trooper
Current: Too weedy and I don't really like brilliant white colour units in the Dune context. This one really sticks out badly at the moment.
Plan: New Model and Skin - perhaps reskinned Lasgun Trooper
Concept: Something that looks like it heavy duty - heavy weaponry (although still projectile based) and heavy armour. Potentially could use the current Lasgun Trooper as a base.
Priority: High
Lasgun Soldier
Current: It's just weird - what is it?
Plan: Custom Model and Skin
Concept: More sophicasted looking armour and a weapon that looks obviously more high-tech than previous units' guns. Of course, getting a good laser muzzle flash effect and laser projectile effect will be important, and a nice not-too-cheesy laser sound effect too.
Priority: High
Lasgun Trooper
(I think it would be nice to come up with a better name for this unit since it is the most advanced Guardsman unit in the mod and Lasgun Trooper and Lasgun Solider are just too similar.)
Current: The model seems pretty decent - uses Marine animations - skin not great and doesn't fit the Dune environment.
Plan: Reskin - but use the reskinned version for the Heavy Trooper and get a more impressive model for this unit.
Concept: A custom unit should have even more impressive looking armour and weaponry than the Lasgun Soldier.
Priority: High
I have said I would try and come up with an overall unit art plan. It is going to take a while to get all my thoughts on the subject down, but I thought I'd make a start anyway.
Guardsmen (as of Dune Wars 1.6.4)
From left-to-right, back-to-front:
Heavy Trooper, Lasgun Soldier, Lasgun Trooper
Rocket Trooper, Missile Trooper, Mongoose Trooper, Bee Sting trooper
Soldier, Infantry, Master Guardsmen, Grenade Trooper
Soldier
Current: Navy Seal headswap, too 21st century and not very Dunish.
Plan: New Model and Skin, uses new pistol animations
Concept: I would like this unit to look like a survivor of the Great Catastrophe. The unit should look battered, in tattered, worn-out clothing, the remnants of a uniform or desert robes perhaps. The unit should not look professional equipped or attired. The armament should be only a salvaged pistol. Colours should be dusty, sandy, browns, etc.
Priority: Medium
Infantry
Current: The current unit is high quality (looks like Sezereth? Was this a one off or are there more like this somewhere?).
Plan: New Model and Skin
Concept: This unit should looks slight better equipped and more organized rather than just being a survivor. It is still too early for smart uniforms though, so the clothing should still be salvaged remnants and desert robes.
Priority: Medium
Master Guardsmen
Current: Gasmasks don't really makes sense and the flamethrower anim doesn't seem to work very well or be suited.
Plan: New Model and Skin
This unit should look like an experienced veteran compared to the first two Guardsmen. Perhaps the first vestiges of a simple uniform can be seen.
Priority: Medium
Grenade Trooper
Current: It's Boba Fett with a grenade. The NIF is a bit screwed up, but I should be able to fix that. The model seems essentially OK so we can probably just reskin this one.
Plan: Reskin
Priority: High
Rocket Trooper/Missile Trooper
Current: Very nice unit, but I don't like having the same model shared and it would probably look even nicer with a light sandy/biege/brown reskin for the desert environment. The current skins are a bit dark.
Plan: Reskin and use for Rocket Trooper, New Model and Skin for Missile Trooper
Concept for Missile Trooper: I guess something pretty similar, but with perhaps more armour and a more impressive looking launcher. All Launchers should have decent effects so it looks like they are actually launching something - if they don't already.
Priority: Medium
Mongoose Trooper
Current: I think this model is pretty good although the weapon is not very sci-fi. We can look to replace the weapon perhaps, but for now a reskin away from jungle colours to a more deserty look would be nice.
Plan: Reskin (maybe more impressive weapon later)
Priority: Medium
Bee Sting Trooper
Current: Again I think model is fine (Next War Anti Tank Infantry), but in order to try and achieve more consistency I suggest we reskin. We could even have some yellow and black on the uniform or weapon to fit with the unit name, not too much as a completely yellow and black unit will probably be too garish.
Plan: Reskin
Priority: Medium
Heavy Trooper
Current: Too weedy and I don't really like brilliant white colour units in the Dune context. This one really sticks out badly at the moment.
Plan: New Model and Skin - perhaps reskinned Lasgun Trooper
Concept: Something that looks like it heavy duty - heavy weaponry (although still projectile based) and heavy armour. Potentially could use the current Lasgun Trooper as a base.
Priority: High
Lasgun Soldier
Current: It's just weird - what is it?
Plan: Custom Model and Skin
Concept: More sophicasted looking armour and a weapon that looks obviously more high-tech than previous units' guns. Of course, getting a good laser muzzle flash effect and laser projectile effect will be important, and a nice not-too-cheesy laser sound effect too.
Priority: High
Lasgun Trooper
(I think it would be nice to come up with a better name for this unit since it is the most advanced Guardsman unit in the mod and Lasgun Trooper and Lasgun Solider are just too similar.)
Current: The model seems pretty decent - uses Marine animations - skin not great and doesn't fit the Dune environment.
Plan: Reskin - but use the reskinned version for the Heavy Trooper and get a more impressive model for this unit.
Concept: A custom unit should have even more impressive looking armour and weaponry than the Lasgun Soldier.
Priority: High
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