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[Blue Monkey]

Once you have a set of animations you are happy with...

a unit in turbans, etc. that could be used for Mughals, Middle East, etc. would be a well-appreciated addition.

 

[imperator1961]

Once you have a set of animations you are happy with...

a unit in turbans, etc. that could be used for Mughals, Middle East, etc. would be a well-appreciated addition.

With this kind of light guns?

 

[Blue Monkey]

Yes please. Exactly the same unit, just a change of costume. You could probably use parts of what you used for the Ottomans that look most Arab/Mughal.

 

[imperator1961]

Yes please. Exactly the same unit, just a change of costume. You could probably use parts of what you used for the Ottomans that look most Arab/Mughal.

Ok I made this unit as you want.

 

[Blue Monkey]

Thank you very much. I truly appreciate the hard work that goes into making a unit & the additional rendering time required for even a simple costume change.

At your leisure, any of your other artillery units from early through 19th c., that you would like to give similar treatment would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Ozymandias]

Thank you very much. I truly appreciate the hard work that goes into making a unit & the additional rendering time required for even a simple costume change.

At your leisure, any of your other artillery units from early through 19th c., that you would like to give similar treatment would be greatly appreciated.

... And not just by Blue Monkey

Best As Always,

Oz

 

[imperator1961]

I dont'forget to made asian and indian units; here a preview of a infantry unit with multi-barrelled handgun:

 

[Usteros]

I dont'forget to made asian and indian units; here a preview of a infantry unit with multi-barrelled handgun:

Oh, very original! Good!

 

[Blue Monkey]

That is a very interesting early gunpowder unit there!

 

[imperator1961]

Here an attack aimation for the British Rocket Battery: (I want made also an Indian Rocket Battery)

 

[Blue Monkey]

I like what I see. I think you will hear from several people that the size will need to be a little smaller relative to other units.

 

[Steph]

And It hink the blue is too light. Darken it a bit. See these excellent figurines, masterfully painted!

 

[Blue Monkey]

That's not slow match! So much for historical accuracy.

 

[Samez]

The back of the horse in the preview looks strange as it is static while the horse's front moves. considering the fact that the unit will be much too big you should think about leaving the horse out of the unit attack animation...

 

[imperator1961]

A preview of Attack animation of Indian Elephant. If someone has images/pics of combat indian elephants it will help me a lot.

 

[Blue Monkey]

Looks promising. I would have the shooter aim out the side, angled toward the front. Pictures to follow.

 

[Blue Monkey]

for obvious reasons there aren't any combat action photos from the period. mostly you either get staged photos of an elaborate maharajah's parade, or something like this:
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These show tiger hunts, not combat, but you'll see what I mean about shooting at an angle.
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Closest I can come to 19th c. military images. The mahout uses a special prod which you can see in the b&w.* The handle could be up to 3 ft. long. Besides carrying riflemen, elephants were also used as the equivalent of horse artillery. They were even used as an early version of armored cav - with gatling guns or small field pieces fired from their backs. It's blurry, but both types are visible in the photo on the lower right.
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I've got lots more pictures showing different styles of headgear & other trappings. I like the trappings in your preview. Suggestions: make the howdah roof more domed or use an open howdah to better show the rifleman. I like the texture on the howdah itself. I'd say make the roof the same texture, not civ-color. If you want, the civ-color can be included as part of the pattern on the tapestry. I think that would be enough - let the mahout's pants be white like his turban.

Hope that helps.


* Pretty sure I've seen a free poser prop for it. Let me know if you want me to track it down.

Edit: consider making the rifleman's uniform more generic (maybe khaki with blue pants) - the unit would then be more useful to civs other than the British.

 

[imperator1961]

* Pretty sure I've seen a free poser prop for it. Let me know if you want me to track it down.

Edit: consider making the rifleman's uniform more generic (maybe khaki with blue pants) - the unit would then be more useful to civs other than the British.[/QUOTE]

Thanks for the help. Your pictures will help me a lot, togheter with your suggestions.
As for the prop, if you can find it I will put in the unit.

The rifleman is not British but Indian; the uniform is taken from this picture:

but you're right, for better view of units I will remove the howdah roof.

 

[Sandris]

Looks very cool and promising !!! Also, I would suggest to make it a little bit smaller to fit utahjazz7`s Macedonian Elephant. But, it`s up to author`s opinion.

 

[Blue Monkey]

Okay, I will try to relocate the hook. The uniform looks like a very decent interpretation of a Mughal musketeer. Should be fine, and usable as an allied/native unit for any of the European powers.