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New Unit: Umkhumbi

Discussion in 'Civ3 - Unit Graphics' started by Orthanc, Oct 12, 2005.

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  1. Orthanc

    Orthanc Shipwright

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    This is a fictional african vessel, a 'what if?' ship, for if the africans had ever developed ocean-going navies like Europe did. The name comes from the zulu word for "Ship"

    This was done by request, and I'll be making a few more smaller vessels with the same general design, eventually.

    The file:
    Umkhumbi

    Preview attached, enjoy!
     

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  2. Gojira54

    Gojira54 The folly of Man

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    Any chance of a screenie? Either a flic demo or even in-game screenshot?

    I really like what I see so far, and may include it in the X-Mod if it looks as good as it I hope it does.
     
    Gojira54, Oct 12, 2005
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  3. Orthanc

    Orthanc Shipwright

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    Alright, I do have a program (the Flic2Gif from these forums) for animated previews, but remember the quality isn't perfect with this program, the flics will look a lot better in flictser. Here's the run animation anyways:
     

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  4. Gojira54

    Gojira54 The folly of Man

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    Good enough to DL. In she goes. Now sailing civs with knowledge of Zebras may build it!
     
    Gojira54, Oct 12, 2005
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  5. LMR

    LMR Back In Green!

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    Very nice Orthanc
     
    LMR, Oct 12, 2005
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  6. Ekmek

    Ekmek on steam: ekmek_e

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    Beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    whats next?
     
    Ekmek, Oct 12, 2005
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  7. Zion_Withrow

    Zion_Withrow Standing Before a Giant

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    Looks Great.
     
    Zion_Withrow, Oct 12, 2005
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  8. Spacer One

    Spacer One Avatar subject to change

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    just when I thought no more good units would be coming out anytime soon (as Civ4 is coming out soon) you pop this beauty out...very nice...
     
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  9. Rob (R8XFT)

    Rob (R8XFT) Ancient Briton Super Moderator

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    Very, very nice. I was looking for more African ships :) .
     
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  10. TopGun

    TopGun 258 kills

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    A much needed unit! :goodjob:

    You make me really think about learning Pov-Ray....
     
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  11. Steph

    Steph Multi Many Tasks man Retired Moderator

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    For preview, you can also download Paint Shop Pro from jasc, and use the animation shop.
    It give nice results.
     
    Steph, Oct 13, 2005
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  12. Bjornlo

    Bjornlo Chieftain

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    nicely done. You've done many nice units in the past; but of all the units to launch from Orthanc's shipyard, this one is my favorite.
     
    Bjornlo, Oct 13, 2005
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  13. Supa

    Supa Out of Cheese Error

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    Oh, it's great !
    For gif, you can use unFREEz. It's a loseless converter (gif->animated gif).
     
    Supa, Oct 13, 2005
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  14. la_dav

    la_dav Chieftain

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    Wowoooooo... nice ship, good !!
     
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  15. tjedge1

    tjedge1 Writer of writerly things

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    That is going into the Mystara expansion for sure.
     
    tjedge1, Oct 13, 2005
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  16. Rambuchan

    Rambuchan The Funky President

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    Good to have more choice in big sail ships! Nice one!

    Where did you get the design of the sails from?
     
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  17. Orthanc

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    Wow, thanks everyone. The praise I get for my work is pretty much what keeps me going.:D

    The next ship will be an 18th-19th century Schooner, and the sails for this ship were based on the sails in this post, which is in my Orthanc's Creation Thread.
     
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  18. Vuldacon

    Vuldacon Dedicated to Excellence Supporter

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    Orthanc...Great Ship and the Zulus Thank you for this Super Advancement :D :goodjob:

    ...Here is a Civ Specific units_32.pcx with correct palette for your Umkhumbi if you want it:
     

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  19. Gojira54

    Gojira54 The folly of Man

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    I just thought I would say I really do like this, and many of your units. Not sure I was clear on that before.:)
     
    Gojira54, Oct 13, 2005
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  20. Goldflash

    Goldflash Grumpy Old Man

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    Does this have a cannon or arrow attack?
     
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