Call to all you graphics modders - the u.ltimate challenge, a fantasy modpack

[Graeme the mad]

Yes this is it, im going to do a fantasy modpack - but I need as many graphics people as possible on board, im going to make the thing anyhow but if it is ever to be released I will need your help.

I know this a lot to ask but I would really appreciate it and im sure the civ community in general would be pleased with fantasy graphics.

COme on - if we work together we can make it happen

 

[Dark Sheer]

These has always been on my to do list

And since there is a posibilty that I might be seconded to china for 2 months very soon, I might just do these in my hotel room to kill some time

 

[damunzy]

Fantasy as in Wizards, Orc, Clerics and such? I'd love to help (I'd also love to learn how to make them in the first place) but I think there needs to be a plan.
What units do you need.
I am sure there are many other considerations, I am new at this though.

 

[Graeme the mad]

I am going to need lots of unit s- ill try to do as many as poss my self but going on previous experience i wont be able to ne because of my lack of artistic talent.

Yes I mean orcs and stuff - its going to be a fully comprehensive mod featuring 16 new civilisations with their own strengths and weaknesses - some are going to eb taken from the midgard scenario but most of the ideas im having have been my own. If nothing goes wrong a first version of the mod (without graphics) should be available in about 3 weeks time.

Palehorse what have clerics got to do with it?

 

[Dark Sheer]

I just realise that I can actually make alot of fantasy units based on those created for Ultima Online.

As long as Origin System Inc. don't make any noise on us using their unit idea then there are quite alot of fantasy unit can be created. I am trying to create a flc for Ettins and see if it works.

 

[Graeme the mad]

ettin? - what is this - I have no plans for an ettin in the mod cos ive never heard of it (i do have plans for around 60 units though)

 

[Mongoloid Cow]

Isn't an ettin a two-headed monster or something? And Graeme the Mad, you should make a list of all the units you want made so the unit makers like DS can make them. Otherwise people will just make their own units which don't fit into what you want.

 

[Dark Sheer]

Yup, you really need to come up with a possible unit list

And, yes, Ettin is a two-headed monsters

I have just tested on what I can create using some combination technique I mentioned in my tutorial and here is something I come up with by combining 3 different flc in half hour. Looks like the possibility is pretty endless here.

 

[Graeme the mad]

Well here's some units i know ill deinetley need - ive got most of the tech tree worked out now:-

Ettin (now ive ben told what this is I have a place for it
Dragon (this is a flying unit)
Wyvern (this is a ground unit so no wings if at all possilbe or just small ones)
Crossbowman (i think there's already a unit for this, ill look into it)
Orc
Dwarf warrior with axe
Dwarf with sword
Elvish rider (elvish archer on horseback)
Elvish archer
Wizard
Socerour (the wiz and sorcerour should look different)
GOlem (not gollum as in lord of the rings but a large almost robot thing made out of clay)
Kraken (huge octupus)
Zombie
Skeletal warrior
Elf archer
Elf with musket (yes that's right - i'm going to have guns in this but not tanks)
Witch
Djin (this will be difficult t do i know - possibly make it look like a sandstorm?)
Lycanthrope (you know, im trying to eb clever - werewolf)

That should be enough to keep you going, for a while
Have fun

 

[Super Mutant]

Behemoht - big greyish creature(best descrption i could come up whit)
Beholder - a big floting eye whit many tentacles whit eyes
Cyclops - Big one eyed giant
Demon - you know
all kinds of Elementals (fire, water, ice etc)
Trolls - ugly
Giant spider - a spider, but giant
Goblins - small orcs, kinda
Minotaurs - half man half bull
Giants - big
ogres - big orcs

 

[Graeme the mad]

You can add things to my list but if graphics for them are created I may not use them - this is for my specific mod pack

 

[Mongoloid Cow]

If you've played Warcraft, Hexen/Heretic or even Castle of the Winds from 1989, there are a lot of ideas there for you. And Some other guy made a point with the elementals - Earth, Water, Wind and Fire were what medieval alchemists believed everything was made up of, and if summoned, produced enormous power. I've never heard of Beholders or Behemoths though.

 

[Dark Sheer]

Since the list is out, I might as well add to it what I can do very fast and what I need to do more editing (meaning it will take longer ) on.

Those that can be done very fast by converting some graphic that I has (very fast as in 2-3 days per unit) :

Ettins
Trolls
Orc
Ogre
Cyclops
Elementals (Air/Water/Fire/Earth)
Undead (skeletons, mummies etc)
Daemons
Ratman/Lizardman
Dragons
Giant Spiders

As to those human units or elf and dwarf, I need to do some combination of what I have currently and this might take slightly longer.

One thing that I has been wondering, should all these units be given Civ specific color code or are they all going to be UU? Being UU what I am trying to say here is only one particular Civ/Faction can built anyone of them. Of course without the Civ color it is much easier but if more than 1 Civ/Faction can built them then the color is a must.

On the question of Golem. Standard picture of Earth Elemental looks alot like golem except that golem might be bigger in size

 

[damunzy]

I was thinking for doing an invisible creature. The invisible creature wouldn't be seen on the screen but still can be attacked if you blunder into it's square. It would require a resource that is, of course, invisible. Basically, this leads to a really easy to create graphic as it will mostly if not all invisible. I was thinking of adding an attck graphic though.

Suggested stats, High attack, very low Defense (1), and fast movement.

And when I say Clerics I mean in the D&D sense, not IRL.

 

[linkb]

I have some fantasy units from Age of Wonders, but they're AoW units not civ3 units ('till you convert them) i will post some examples but you will have to mail me at dannyf@upsa.edu.bo for me to send you more units (i don't really like attaching each image one by one)

 

[linkb]

This is a Dwarf mounted on a Mole?

 

[linkb]

A dwarf warrior

 

[linkb]

Have you ever seen something like this?

 

[linkb]

This one is a Nature imp or something like this...

Now i'm tired of ataching this units, if you want mre, meilme with the names... i have:

Fairy
Nymph
Wolf
Giant (well actually its just a big guy)
Eagle
Elemental (all four), i wil attach one later
Elfs (archers, fighters (?), mounted warriors (sorry not archers))
Goblins, i think one troll
Ghost
Mummy
Spider
Many kinds of orc
Some undead

The elves looks very tiny tough (a little bigger than Dwarves i think)

 

[linkb]

Not very cute but i think will do...
(This is not an animation but i have all the images, just too lazy to make the animation)