New Unit Preview - Fenceman

[pesoloco]

perhaps this would make a better defense unit than offense

 

[pesoloco]

AttackA Animation:

 

[Shaitan]

Originally posted by pesoloco
What about this:

The unit has Leader qualities ( can make armies but not rush improvements) and attack/defense.

That would make it a special leader-type unit because it can attack and defend itself

That's a pretty neat idea for a unit. It would have to be significantly more expensive to build than an army through the Military Academy. This would allow a civ that was not lucky enough to get a great leader to form that critical first army. Then with the victorious army the MA could be built and the cheaper regular army would become an option. Maybe Nationalism would be a good prerequisite. There's no danger of this being abused to create too many armies because the total number or armies is always regulated by the number of cities you have. It would be possible to stock up on instant army makers but with the high cost it shouldn't be too much of an abuse problem.

 

[pesoloco]

Trying AttackA Animation again

 

[pesoloco]

sorry it doesnt show up. I'm pretty sure it will work this time.

 

[pesoloco]

AttackB Animation

 

[Bjorn Bjornson]

yeah also in late middle age early renaissance warfare, swordsman would be equiped with rapiers/epees, and support pikeman, which would support archers/firearms

cool unit; although yer 3d model looks like a lego guy hehe

swashbuckler would be a good name; and yeah fenceman is not a name, its fencer

 

[pesoloco]

Originally posted by Bjorn Bjornson
yeah also in late middle age early renaissance warfare, swordsman would be equiped with rapiers/epees, and support pikeman, which would support archers/firearms

cool unit; although yer 3d model looks like a lego guy hehe

swashbuckler would be a good name; and yeah fenceman is not a name, its fencer

He doesn't look so funny when he's shrunk down to game size and the animation is sped up

I like "fencer"

 

[Dark Sheer]

Hey, great looking unit!

You might want to consider giving the legs a little movement in all the animation? After all, that poor fellow is a human

 

[pesoloco]

Originally posted by Dark Sheer
Hey, great looking unit!

You might want to consider giving the legs a little movement in all the animation? After all, that poor fellow is a human

Thanks, Dark Sheer. I agree, his legs do seem a little stiff so I think I'll change him so he bends his knees

 

[Plastic Bag]

What do you use for making 3D models?

 

[pesoloco]

I use Micrografx Simply 3D. It's not the best, but it does the trick.

 

[pesoloco]

Here is the default animation:
He wiggles around a bit.

 

[pesoloco]

I worked on the attacka animation a bit.
Here are three different angles:


angle 1:

 

[pesoloco]

angle 2removed)

 

[pesoloco]

angle 3:
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[pesoloco]

whoops. the last two weren't animated. just a sec. I'll fix that.

 

[pesoloco]

angle 2:

 

[pesoloco]

angle 3:

 

[pesoloco]

UPDATE: I have all the 3D Animations done. Now I just need to convert them to Civ FLCs. I will be out of town for a week so it may be a few days till you see another post from me.

Here is the fidget animation: