African Javelineer (9 May 2006)

[Snorken]

Great unit, Plotinus.

 

[Grandraem]

Great unit, Plotinus. Second unit and you're already making really great stuff.

 

[Darque]

Great job. Close to perfect as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Virote_Considon]

Amazing unit!

Makes me want to add an "Infinate Javelin" resource

 

[Bjornlo]

Nice job.

Good animation.

Good attention to detail.

I like the subtle but effective tribal colors too.

 

[Plotinus]

Thanks again for the comments, everyone. I'm glad it passes muster even with the more critical members of our community!

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

Damn right! This unit should at least fit in a little better.

As for javelin supplies, I don't really know, but I suspect mrtn is right. I certainly can't imagine anyone lugging more of them around than this unit. In fact, I suspect that in real life a warrior such as this would probably have only one javelin, and once he's thrown it use a knife or something, but I'm not animating all that!

 

[mrtn]

Legionaries of the Late Republic and Early Empire often carried two pila, with one sometimes being lighter than the other. Standard tactics called for a Roman soldier to throw his pilum (both if there was time) at the enemy just before charging to engage with his gladius.

So if the Romans had two, I suspect other javelineers didn't have many more.

 

[Mithadan]

Except, I suppose, that the Roman Legionary wasn't a skirmisher per se. I imagine the earlier velites would have carried more than two javelins. If I were to imagine myself as a javelineer, I think once I ran out of javelins I would bugger off pretty quick, only using my knife in the direst of self-defence situations! But then again, my commanding officer might tell me different...

Whatever, I don't care, I just love the unit. If a theologian can do this, what's to keep a philosopher from trying too? Now I want to make units... (don't nobody hold der breath, tho!)

 

[Thunderfall]

Since when Plotinus started making units?

It does look very nice!

 

[Plotinus]

Wow, thank you, Thunderfall!

I only just began. Still feeling my way...