New Unit: Amazon with a Big Hammer

[Mzm]

Not a great unit, indeed.
But somebody asks for something similar, and I hope it can be used.

Preview of Run - Attack - Death


Download link


Thanks to:
- Utahjazz7 for his tutorial/props
- Kinboat for his figures/props
- NavyDawg for hints about using Poser props

 

[Plotinus]

Wow, from the main page, the title was "Amazon with a big..." - I wondered what it could be!

Another very nice unit. I know some people will certainly find a place for this.

It would be nice to have an animated gif preview - you can make one with uFreez.

 

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

oh- thaaaat kinda hammer lol - looking good there m8

 

[aaglo]

Wow, from the main page, the title was "Amazon with a big..." - I wondered what it could be!

That was what I thought too

That's not a hammer, that's a sledgehammer.

 

[Mirc]

Wow, from the main page, the title was "Amazon with a big..." - I wondered what it could be!

Same....

Nice unit. Wow, 6 posts and 2 units!
If I was as prolific as you, I should have released... 2782 units by now!
(and I released none )

 

[wolf_66]

nice unit !
I especially like the blond girl (of course!).
It would be great if you can keep on, and make a modern version... if so, you should need to replace the hammer with something else...stick, gun, cane or so

 

[Mzm]

Sorry, I have an old dictionary . I did'nt want be vulgar
With yours posts I understand that "hammer" means something else in slang (and I can imagine what...)

So, Plotinus can change the post title, using "sladgehammer". I can't do this with my account.

 

[Plotinus]

Don't worry, I think it's OK as it is. There's nothing particularly vulgar about "hammer", it was just the "big..." without the last word that looked funny! And you can't deny that that is a big hammer.

One small thing I would suggest is that in future units it might be an idea to make handles wider. Thin things tend to look too thin at civ-scale even when they're OK closer up. With this unit, the handle of the hammer looks a bit too thin to support such a weight. It's not really a problem in this case and the unit looks fine, but in future it might be worth bearing in mind.

 

[Yoda Power]

Nice unit.

Same....

Nice unit. Wow, 6 posts and 2 units!
If I was as prolific as you, I should have released... 2782 units by now!
(and I released none )

Then I beat you. I have released 1 unit for every 9450 post!

 

[Stormrage]

I thought it said Big Hamster!

This is great! Very funny. I kinda mentioned it, but it went in a completly different direction and you took it as a request

What I actually requested were some Warhammer Amazons (you know, from the game Warhammer, I`ll explain further if needed), not Amazons with warhamers. (I actually said big warhammers )

You got the base totally right, a blond chick in a leather dress and some light armor, its just the weapon is to silly for what I need. Would you, oh great Amazon specialist consider making some more amazons for me? We can discuss it in PM if you are interested and not already engaded in other projects? Thanks in advance

 

[Spacer One]

I read Amazon with a Big Hummer, and expected to see a Big truck with a woman driver..

 

[Mithadan]

Wow, that's hilarious! I think we now have a placeholder for the Galadriel King (Queen) unit for the Lord of the Mods (all the king units need attack animations).

 

[Keroro]

Wow, from the main page, the title was "Amazon with a big..." - I wondered what it could be!

nice unit !
I especially like the blond girl (of course!).
It would be great if you can keep on, and make a modern version... if so, you should need to replace the hammer with something else...stick, gun, cane or so

Amazon with big bazooka.

Mzm - You seem to really have a thing for amazons, and they're getting better. We'll wait till Vuldacon drops round to find out exactly how good you are, but I predict that you will start receiving requests soon.

 

[NavyDawg]

MZM, cool unit. You did especially well with the two-handed attack animation, something that is not easy.

 

[Vuldacon]

WOW she is STRONG! Looks like you did some good work on this unit Mzm. I am glad My Wife doesn't have a Hammer like that or the ability to lift it Over All good job
I will say that it would be better to strive to get away from the slow motion Run animations that too many others seems to do these days. Increase the Frame Rate when animating it and again when setting the Flc speed. I really like to see Death animations that last longer...even if they only hit the ground and you duplicate the last frame several times. That imprints the image better than just showing the start of the Death without completing it or having the unit vanish abruptly. Ever see a movie when the Hero Dies and the movie abruptly ends or cuts to a commercial? It just doesn't provide any time to do justice to the character.

 

[Mzm]

To Keroro: If I have a props of bazooka and an uniform conforming to Kinboat PDF...

To NavyDawg: You know. I had to position left hand frame by frame.

To Vuldacon: The preview gif is slower (very slower) than in-game animation. I'll work on future Death animations to make them more "tragic"

Thanks for hints.

 

[flamescreen]

It's nice.
Proportions are an issue with C3.
Though this may be TOO large, it's better to make them bigger rather than smaller, since a lot of detail gets lost in tiny scale.

Anyway, if you'd want to kill someone with a warhammer you should make it that big.

 

[Plotinus]

With two-handed things, this is the trick:

(1) Position the weapon.
(2) Parent it to the right hand.
(3) Turn on IK chains for the left arm.
(4) Parent the left hand to the right hand. (Note: you can also parent the left hand to the weapon itself, but sometimes this distorts the hand.)
(5) Move the right shoulder and forearm as normal. The left hand will move with the weapon.

An alternative is to turn on IK chains for both arms, then parent both hands to the weapon. Then you move the weapon itself and the hands follow it. However, I've found that it's usually easier to get more natural results using the first method.

 

[Vuldacon]

Mzm... Yes, I know the .gif Previews do not playback with the true animation flc speeds in general and tend to usually be much slower.

Concerning the Hammer Size... I think there are many times when a "Characterization" is actual better. Larger than Life serves to make the Point Better so to speak. In this case, it REALLY gets the point across that she will POUND you into the ground if you mess with her