You can download what I have
here. There is a working mod, my latest .blend file and the source files in the zip.
I was planning to speed up the walking animation or slow down the movement as it looks a bit weird at the moment. I never really got into testing the attack animations, etc. There is a breath attack animation if you fancied trying to attack the Dromon Greek Fire to it. You might need to add some extra FX bones.
Thanks! I was planning on using this for my Orc Lizard Rider unit. I am just getting into animation (I have a somewhat iffy attempt at it with the slaver unit), so I may try to fine-tune the animations and add bones for a rider (which could simply have the mesh omitted if it is to be without a rider). I would definitely need to add a bone for the Dromon fire if used, since it needs an animating bone to create a tangent for the arc of fire it generates. Overall a lengthy project, but I believe the final product will be worthwhile.
I am noticing that a few sets of custom animations would go a long way in defining myriad fantasy units that as of yet do not display as eloquently as they could. Here are a few custom animations I was thinking of creating:
- Endomorph (for Dwarves, Golems, and other large beasts that are as wide as they are tall)
- Winged flying unit (Angels, Demons, etc.; there may be a decent set of customs already but I haven't investigated as of yet)
- Dragon flyer (unlike the Drake unit or Chalid's grounded version, this would be a flyer with articulating tail and wings and capable of breathing fire. It would use Chalid's dragon as a base so that all of the skins would be usable, but it would be sleeker)
- Caped combat unit (designed specifically for combat, unlike the Scout), with 1-hand and 2-hand weapon versions
- Charging animal (wild boar, bull, elephant, etc.); the wolf has a thrash attack but it doesn't correlate well with the charge-and-gore effect I want
- Mounted combat; something more intimate for mounts that have a separate melee attack apart from the rider (fire lizard fits this category)
- Flying unit with rider (I tried this with the eagle rider conversion I did but it is rather clunky)
Any other ideas or suggestions? I have my work cut out for me
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