African Javelineer (9 May 2006)

[Plotinus]

He's African and he's got an infinite supply of javelins. What more do you need to know?

The download is here.

It's not perfect, but I'm still learning! I wanted to make his spare javelins scatter when he falls over, but this proved beyond my abilities. Note: you may see some glitches on his loincloth in the preview here - these are cleaned up in the unit itself. Also, the animation speed is rather better in-game.

[EDIT - 20/10/06] - I've done new Civilopedia icons for this unit. Check out the downloads page to get them.

 

[aaglo]

That javelin-throwing animation is quite... um.. athletic
I like when he goes all in the fidget

 

[Yoda Power]

Wow it's great. Nice animation

 

[ShiroKobbure]

great unit!

 

[T-mun]

Nice unit, I like it ! A little criticism though : shouldn't his arm make a circular movement towards the ground to throw a javelin that far and that fast ?

 

[Rambuchan]

It seems your modesty was misplaced dear Plotinus. This is a damn good unit! What's really great about it is that there has been most marked improvement between this and the Buffalo Soldier, I mean, Warrior.

 

[odintheking]

Wow, Plotinus! You definitely have a future in the unit making business, .

 

[Goldflash]

Well, I would say enter this into the Unit contest, but I have a feeling that you have more treats for us instore!

 

[kairob]

Why dont you make a little mini-library for your units on the unit makers thread, then you would be a proper unit maker,

Just realised that was really patronising, I nearly put another little between proper and unit maker aswell, oh dear.... well in my defence I like to be patronised, so the do unto others thing.... no?.... maybe?....

 

[Roman Legion]

Nice, Great Job!!!!!

 

[W.i.n.t.e.r]

Me likez! Especialy the infinite javelins- looks quite good how he grabs them from his back

 

[Stormrage]

You crazy son of a... I think I`m gonna cry.. no..no.. wait..no..its cool.. No! Wait..wait... its so beautiful

Plotinus, its amazing! I`ve gots to get me some of that Poser stuff

 

[utahjazz7]

Great unit, Plotinus. I too like that fidget animation.

 

[Orthanc]

*points to a bandana around his head*

"Infinite ammo."



Nice unit, maybe the arm doesn't move exactly as it should, but the run, death, fidget are great, and the attack doesn't look totally unnatural.

 

[Plotinus]

Thanks for the comments, all. It's most encouraging to get such positive feedback at this stage.

Yes, his arm should really follow through in the attack animation, but I had some difficulty doing this without screwing up the direction of the javelin's flight, so he does look a bit like he's throwing a paper aeroplane. As I mentioned, though, the animations do look better in-game (they all run at different speeds, rather than the uniform one required by the gif preview).

 

[Vuldacon]

Good Job Plotinus... I see what you mean about following through more when throwing the Javelins... I think the attack looks quite good and no way it looks like he is tossing a paper airplane: lol: Good to see you are striving for detailed accuracy with your units and they are looking Great!

 

[Ares de Borg]

Hey, that's so... useful and nice and all... You'll now have to do moooore units, you know.

 

[woodelf]

Infinite javelins are a good thing! Nice unit man.

 

[The Last Conformist]

Quite nice. I trust we won't be seeing any more Maya atlatlmen running around in Central Africa?

On the subject of infinite supplies, do you happen to know how many javelins a warrior would normally be carrying into battle?

 

[mrtn]

Nice unit Plotinus.

...On the subject of infinite supplies, do you happen to know how many javelins a warrior would normally be carrying into battle?

From a quite unscientific fantasy book I remember javelineers being able to throw 3 spears before the charging enemy hit them. I doubt that primitive javelineers (ie ones without a big support train) would carry more than a handful.