Hello,
Just putting out a feeler to see if there are any experienced Civ modelers out there who may be interested in working with me and contributing a couple of units or even leaderheads to a new and artistically interesting civilization.
Over the last year I have been working on two Pictish nations, the southern Caledonii and the northern Caitti, and they are both getting close to being finished.
Once the two tribes are totally finished, I will upload for others to enjoy playing with. However, it would be really nice if there could be a few extra unique units specially put together for these two tribes. Maybe even a leaderhead or two. I have some ideas for a few units and leaderhead designs and am clear on what I am looking for. Although I am an experienced graphic artist, the software used to create the 3d models, such as nifskope, blender etc, are a little problematic on a Mac and my attempts have not worked out thus far.
The units used so far in these Pictish Civs, all come from units available on this site, and then just re-skinned by me. I will include some pics below.
If you are interested in contributing and working with me on this project, your help would be greatly appreciated! If you are interested and reply to this thread, I will post a couple of sketches of a couple of ideas of new units I am looking for, which I think would be quite simple to produce by combining elements from existing units. I am quite happy to do the skinning and add the detail myself, unless you really, really want to.
Once the two Pictish tribes are complete, I intend to turn my attention to quickly putting together a fully designed Scottish Civ, using some of the units from the Pict Civs and then just adjusting.
I do not get as much time as I would like to work on this, a hobby to get my mind away from my psych degree. I think it will be a few more months before it is totally complete. But its getting close, and therefore would love to refine a few things with some specific new models/ units.
If you have never heard of the Picts, they were the indigenous peoples in the north of Britannia (Pretanni), which is now Scotland. They are the ancestors of the Scots. An unconquered people, they survived constant attack from Romans, Vikings and later Angles (early English). They were frequently referred to as the 'last of the free', as they were the only Pretanni tribes to have never been conquered, and one of few never to have been conquered by Rome. They had a very interesting culture and were pretty civilized... except when it came to warfare, then they were rumored to become like animals, and were masters of guerilla warfare. Rumored to have even wiped out the Roman ninth legion. The Romans and Irish knew them as the painted people. A simple indigenous agrarian tribal peoples with a Druid culture, which united all tribes under a confederacy to defend their land. They were the strongest force in the north of Britannia for a very long period of time, ending when they amalgamated with the Irish Gaels, becoming the Scots.
Just putting out a feeler to see if there are any experienced Civ modelers out there who may be interested in working with me and contributing a couple of units or even leaderheads to a new and artistically interesting civilization.
Over the last year I have been working on two Pictish nations, the southern Caledonii and the northern Caitti, and they are both getting close to being finished.
Once the two tribes are totally finished, I will upload for others to enjoy playing with. However, it would be really nice if there could be a few extra unique units specially put together for these two tribes. Maybe even a leaderhead or two. I have some ideas for a few units and leaderhead designs and am clear on what I am looking for. Although I am an experienced graphic artist, the software used to create the 3d models, such as nifskope, blender etc, are a little problematic on a Mac and my attempts have not worked out thus far.
The units used so far in these Pictish Civs, all come from units available on this site, and then just re-skinned by me. I will include some pics below.
If you are interested in contributing and working with me on this project, your help would be greatly appreciated! If you are interested and reply to this thread, I will post a couple of sketches of a couple of ideas of new units I am looking for, which I think would be quite simple to produce by combining elements from existing units. I am quite happy to do the skinning and add the detail myself, unless you really, really want to.
Once the two Pictish tribes are complete, I intend to turn my attention to quickly putting together a fully designed Scottish Civ, using some of the units from the Pict Civs and then just adjusting.
I do not get as much time as I would like to work on this, a hobby to get my mind away from my psych degree. I think it will be a few more months before it is totally complete. But its getting close, and therefore would love to refine a few things with some specific new models/ units.
If you have never heard of the Picts, they were the indigenous peoples in the north of Britannia (Pretanni), which is now Scotland. They are the ancestors of the Scots. An unconquered people, they survived constant attack from Romans, Vikings and later Angles (early English). They were frequently referred to as the 'last of the free', as they were the only Pretanni tribes to have never been conquered, and one of few never to have been conquered by Rome. They had a very interesting culture and were pretty civilized... except when it came to warfare, then they were rumored to become like animals, and were masters of guerilla warfare. Rumored to have even wiped out the Roman ninth legion. The Romans and Irish knew them as the painted people. A simple indigenous agrarian tribal peoples with a Druid culture, which united all tribes under a confederacy to defend their land. They were the strongest force in the north of Britannia for a very long period of time, ending when they amalgamated with the Irish Gaels, becoming the Scots.
