Camel Rider (Dec 28, 2007)

[Sandris]

Hrafnkell,that`s not a problem, that`s a good help from you in order to make run animation correctly. Great video ! This helps us a lot. This means that AoE & AoE II camel units have wrong camel legs sequence.

 

[Plotinus]

Yes, the peculiar way camels have of walking explains why they rock so much. Also, I think your camel needs to have its body higher - the legs are too bent (especially the rear ones).

 

[Hrafnkell]

Glad to help! Those AOE units are low grade compared to yours, Sandris and leave it to Microsoft to get a camel wrong!

 

[The Last Conformist]

If you're going to redo the walk animation, may I suggest you also make the rider not hold the spear so stiffly? It would look more natural if he swung it back and forward a bit to the beat of the camel's steps.

 

[Sandris]

If you're going to redo the walk animation, may I suggest you also make the rider not hold the spear so stiffly? It would look more natural if he swung it back and forward a bit to the beat of the camel's steps.

You are quite right. I`ve already modified rider`s position during walk animation. I`ll post new samples as quick as I get camel walk sequence modified.

 

[Tank_Guy#3]

Looks great!! Hopefully the camel mounted units gap will start to be shored up a bit.

Would be awesome to see some of the heavy armor camels. Like the ones seen in some of the Rome Total War mods.

 

[Sandris]

New Updated Camel Run Animation is posted at the post # 1.

 

[Plotinus]

That is much more realistic. Great work!

 

[Hrafnkell]

That looks great. I'm replacing crappy old camels wherever I find them now!

 

[Sandris]

BTW, you could post here your camel requests with pics. I don`t promise to make all of them quickly, but I could begin working on some of them.

 

[Spacer One]

"Generic" camel rider(knight?)


French(?) Camel Cavalry


North African Camel Cavalry



Asian(?) Camel Rider

 

[BadKharma]

Spacer one I like that french camel infantry.

 

[Spacer One]

Im not "Sure" he is French...I could find no actual reference to French camel riders...but the caption said he was. Steph might know better than I...

 

[BadKharma]

I would imagine the FFL would have used camels at one time but that picture looks more Arabian. Anyway a camel rider with a gunpowder weapon would be great.

 

[The Last Conformist]

I would imagine the FFL would have used camels at one time but that picture looks more Arabian.

Not necessarily mutually exclusive - France used to raise local troops in her Arab colonies and mandates.

 

[Steph]

Yes, Steph would probably know.


Number 3 is a French Saharian company of WWII. Looks close enough if you make a white headgear instead of the stripped one, make the trousers blue... And change the saddle cloth...

 

[Plotinus]

I like the North African camel rider posted by Spacer One. I'd also be very happy to see a Tuareg camel rider:

 

[Sandris]

What are the exactly colors of Touareg Rider and what weapon does he use ?

 

[Plotinus]

Here are some other pictures of Tuareg, that I've posted before when trying to get them made:







As you can see, there's quite a bit of variation in appearance, but you get the general idea. Tuareg almost always wear blue cloth somewhere in their outfits, so that is the most important element; I would use a different colour for civ colour so that there can be blue no matter who's using them.

As for weapons, it depends on the era. A medieval Tuareg warrior would use a sword, but today they use guns. Personally I would have most use for a sword-wielding one, but I think one with a gun would be good as well.

 

[The Last Conformist]

I've been told that traditional Tuareg warriors used an all-iron lance known as the "allarh" - does anyone know anything of this? One'd think an all-iron lance would be either too heavy, if thick, or too bendable, if thin, to be much use as a weapon.