Oh Yeah? Khmer a minute! 3D Era-Specific Animated leaderhead for the Khmer

[Anarki]

Yeah, who bares a striking resemblance to Neo, from The Matrix. Nice Leaderhead anyway.

 

[Rita Poon]

Thanks anyway

IIRC, Keanu Reeves is a hapa: half-asian, half-white. Plus the coat in the modern age looks pretty sci-fi. Supposed to be a Nehru jacket, common piece of clothing in South Asia.

 

[Anarki]

I just added Khmer to my Game and it's Firaxis quality! Plus the dark Sun thing doesn't really matter, you can say it's an Eclipse. The only problem I have with it is the Snake comes out of his Shoulder. Also, I think the UU should be a Khmer Rouge (an improved Guerilla) does anyone know where I can get something like this?

 

[Dom Pedro II]

I like this leaderhead as well as the other ones you do, Rita Poon. But I have to say that as someone who has a lot of experience with it, they seem a little too Poser-ish for Civ3 IMHO.

I dunno... maybe exaggerating some of the features might help. Enlarging the head in relation to the body slightly, exaggerating the facial features. Just some thoughts. Cheers.

I will be using it though, btw.

 

[Rita Poon]

I am thinking about making a 2nd draft of this one. Kept the saves. I now know what I did wrong with the sun turning black & all. Could easily fix that. Also originally planned on giving him a pith helmet in the Ind era but had problems rendering the pith. Can easily fix that now.

Appreciate the feedback, Dom. Will work on making them more cartoonish & less like the original models. Was just thinking that about the Reagan I'm working on.

 

[frenchman]

Great leader !!

 

[Anarki]

You forgot to mention my Snake comment. Aren't you going to put some green Image or something over where it looks like the Snake comes out of his Shoulder. I don't know how Poser works, but I don't suppose it woud be too hard to cover that up.

 

[Rita Poon]

French-thank you!

Anarki-Don't think I understand. The snake is resting on top of his shoulders. Why should I cover it up?

 

[Dom Pedro II]

I think he's saying it looks like the snake is coming right out of his shoulder rather than resting on it.

 

[Anarki]

Yes, the Snake is connected to the Leaderheads Shoulder.

 

[Rita Poon]

Got it. Will fix that in 2nd version

 

[Xyth]

Just dropping in my 2c:

Jayavarman is my No.1 favourite leaderhead at the moment, I prefer him to the Firaxis leaderheads. I think you might ruin him by making him more cartoonish, but good luck anyway.

The only thing that I feel is wrong with him is the sun glitch, but it doesn't really bother me.

Awesome work!

 

[Antiochus VII]

I'm pretty fond of this one too, if you could post the sun fix before you completely redo him it'd be much appreciated!

 

[Dom Pedro II]

If all of the leaderheads were like this one, I'd say fine. But if it's going to be in Civ 3, it ought to fit the Civ 3 style as much as possible. But hey, if you have the fixed sun version, then you're not losing anything.

 

[Anarki]

Yar, I'd prefer if you fixed a few things and Posted it before you redo him. Also, I want to use an Asian Guerilla for the Khmer UU. Does anyone know where I can get one?

 

[Rita Poon]

Already corrected the eyes, the snake, sun & gave him a pith in the Ind era.
Also gave him a little nicer helmet in the Mid era.

Haven't found a good Khmer Rouge soldier yet. I just used the Khmer to replace the Dutch in my mod & renamed the Swiss Merc "Phk'ak" which works as a good counter to the Indian UU. Animation is wrong, but historically the unit makes some sense.

 

[Dom Pedro II]

Yeah, and you never know when a Phak'ak or a Khmer Rouge might just turn up...

 

[Anarki]

The Khmer Rouge's were used in some War against the English or French or something. I think they lost. They were Guerilla Units anyway.

 

[Dom Pedro II]

The Khmer Rouge's were used in some War against the English or French or something. I think they lost. They were Guerilla Units anyway.

The Khmer Rouge were communist guerillas who, in 1975, established a brutal dictatorship in Cambodia under the leadership of Polpot. The French were already out of the Indochina game by this point and the British largely so. The Americans, however, were still there! I'm sure that there was some spill-over into Vietnam as there was spill-over from Vietnam into Cambodia... only considerably moreso.

Side note: I've been brushing up on them... one of my pet unit projects has really taken me into the heart of darkness of humanity... *shudders*

 

[Anarki]

Yar. Are you thinking about making a Khmer Rouge then?