Best Unit for August 2010

[Pounder]

Unit Previews for this Months Competition

Artist: tom2050
Name of file: Steampunk Propeller Island
Thread:http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=375286


Artist: Supa
Name of file: Cyber-Zilla
Thread: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=375565


Artist: Plotinus
Name of file: Van Helsing
Thread: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=375228

 

[MeteorPunch]

Lots of good entries this month, also with Wrymshadow's tanks.

 

[bigdog5994]

this may be the closest one yet

i voted for the Island

 

[Bluemofia]

Helsing!

He makes other units look bad around him...

 

[T-mun]

I find the Steampunk Propeller Island amazing, with a lot of different animations, and it's a very unusual unit. The other two are great too, but I voted for Tom

 

[General 666]

The CyberDino is my favorite this time.

 

[Blue Monkey]

Normally I don't post my opinions. But tom2050's unit met the demands of 3 designers as well as input from several others. The complexity of the animations is incredible. And I have to say that putting up what (afaik) is his first original unit against two past masters takes real courage.

 

[timerover51]

I will never use it, but I have to admit that the Propeller Island is pretty good.

 

[Moff Jerjerrod]

I couldn't bring myself to vote this month. I mean all those entries are absolutely awesome. Instead I vote for all three number one!

 

[Kyriakos]

I voted for the cyber zilla. The other two units are good too of course.
The island seems to have been a ton of work, but (and here i express obviously just a personal opinnion) i find that the textures make it perhaps too cartoony. Still, Tom will produce, im sure, more excellent units in the future and then i will be glad to vote for them
Helsing is very good, but that is ussual for Plotinus, and i've seen far better from him.

 

[Goldflash]

Hands down, I vote for the unit tom2050 made of my house. If I didn't already ahve a secret unit in GDFM, I'da used this.

 

[Balthasar]

As I had a personal hand in the requests for creation of two of these units, I won't reveal my vote; however, I must add that both the Propeller Island and Van Helsing units were made to very exact specifications. Plotinus was given a picture of Van Helsing from the movie and asked to make a unit that matched it; he succeeded beyond all reasonable expectation. The preview animation doesn't do it justice; it looks very cool in-game. Tom was bombarded with suggestions; one of the reasons the island does so much is that everyone had a request for it, and he managed to incorporate every one of them. That it came out so well is testament to his ample talent (and patience).

And to say that Plotinus' unit (or Supa's for that matter) is "good as usual" is to minimize some excellent work. Try instead: "As usual, my eyes popped right out of my head when I saw it."

 

[Takhisis]

After two days of deliberation I must say that I chose tom's, mostly because of the skill shown in animating so many objects at once. That doesn't mean that the other three are not great pieces of work on their own

 

[Yang Liu]

I am voting for Tom - his unit looks great !

H.Balck

 

[Pounder]

Congratulations tom2050 you have won the Best Unit for the Month of August 2010, you will be entered in the Hall of Fame and also in the Annual Competition.

 

[Kyriakos]

Well done Tom

 

[Plotinus]

Well done Tom - a great unit very well executed!

 

[Balthasar]

Congratulations, Tom. To beat out two such exceptional units is impressive enough, but to do so with your first unit....wow, good for you!

 

[tom2050]

I'm very grateful! Although conversions have provided a whole lot of help to knowing how to make my 1st unit. Thanks to all! It was a great learning experience for me making this; jumping into it and trying to make it brought me from thinking "I can't do it" to "Yes I can!" (or something like that).

 

[Vuldacon]

Congratulations on your 1st Win with your 1st Unit Tom