Orthanc's Creation Thread

[DJ Bonebraker]

Orthanc, good work on these units, I especially like the Asian ones (I may do an Asian themed scenario sometime).

Also, thanks for aggreeing to do the White SeeD ship for me. Since it's impossible to attach images to PMs, I'm attaching them here. These are direct, in-game SS of the Ship from the side and front. I couldn't get a rear view do to its location in the game.

Again, thanks for taking this request.

 

[Spacer One]

[edit} deleted for being stupid!@!!

 

[Orthanc]

Alright Hikaro Takayama, those images will work, though I'll also be working off some images I found at ffshrine.org, you should probably check that place out sometime.

Well progress is, progressing, with the Khaat. Ive got the sails, rigging etc. to add, plus four 'cannons' that'll spew out flames for the fidget/victory flic. Considering the massive superstructure, I've decided to place the sails on each side of the hull, rather than directly above it. You'll see what I mean, once I get to it.

 

[Ogedei_the_Mad]

Looks like a Thai version of a castle ship.

 

[DJ Bonebraker]

Dewd, that thing looks AWESOME!!!!!! I may have to dig up my old Tweaked Epic mod (see sig) and add that in as an Asian Flavor unit....

 

[Orthanc]

Yeah, that was the idea, it'll probably look even more castle-like once I add the cannons, which will hopefully (if I can make it work) have tiger head-shaped barrel ends.

 

[Spacer One]

Wow...Orthanc, you have out done yourself...Tigers mouth cannons?...That sounds incredible, cant wait...this will see much play time...

1 thing...the tower thing on the front(?) is "sore thumb"ish...meaning that it kinda looks odd...not that it doesnt belong, just colored odd...

that is the front right?...its pointed NW?...

 

[Sword_Of_Geddon]

Changes how I will use the ship, but feel free to add anything you feel like Orthanc. It would be cool to see a version with Rockets too maybe, if you decide not to do a version with arrows.

 

[Orthanc]

This will have arrows and rockets, the 'cannons' aren't really cannons, I'm mainly putting them in for decoration and to make a fun fidget animation, though it would be a sinch to make that flic a third attack animation as well.

All my previews have the ships pointing south east, that tower is at the stern (back). That being the case, does it still seem oddly coloured, cause I can change that pretty easily, what would you suggest? The idea is that the tower houses the steering wheel, though I'm not really giving this thing a rudder. If you noticed, the steering oars of the Reuua extended from it's equivalent of this tower, only there the tower was open, here it's enclosed.

 

[Spacer One]

well from the pics I found..IMO I wouuld say the "Column" part of the "tower" part should be decreasedd, and the "roof" elongated down a bit...the angle of the roof isnt enough...and the little red ball on the tip?...shouldnt it be a bell(if possible)...here are some sample pics

http://www.bojon.com/buzz/images/lulii/tower.jpg
http://www.royalphuket-marina.com/images/general/phuket_tower.jpg
http://www.hasekamp.net/phimai/phimai5.jpg

 

[Snorken]

That ship's big!

 

[Orthanc]

Yeah, that was definately the idea.

As for your ideas Spacer One, I think you're right, and I'll see what I can do, for the bell do you want like a tiny little thing or like a big bell?

 

[Spacer One]

I dunno...Thai temples often had little golden bells on top of them...but I dont know how easy/hard to do that is...

Ive also seen several pics with the red ball thing, tho it too is often gold...Just leave it as is, its fine...hope the tower pics explained what I was trying to say

 

[Orthanc]

Well I've changed the ball to a bell shape, but it's so small you'll probably only notice it in the civilopedia. I've made a few corrections to the tower as suggested, and I've added in the spunky cannons. How is it?

 

[Spacer One]

the cannons look great...the tower looks much better...and the ball/bell as well...The cannons...look...great...

 

[Orthanc]

Modelling's done, animation shall commence. Obviously, a view similar to the one I had for the Reuua's civilopedia pic would be appropriate here, since looking at this dead on omits a lot of details, due to the sails.

Yeah, this thing is big.

 

[aaglo]

To be honest, it looks much better without the sails. So how about just making it oar-powered ship?

 

[Bjornlo]

To be honest, it looks much better without the sails. So how about just making it oar-powered ship?

I agree... but if you want sails, maybe keep the sails furled and have it be oars only except for the run animation, where the oars get run in and the sails unfurl.

 

[Antiochus VII]

I'd like the sails to stay in some form at least as I see this (especially with the cannons) as a Caravel replacement or equivalent. But I agree they're not as attractive as they were in the first Thai ships, it's tough to rig them around that superstructure!

 

[Spacer One]

I like the style of the sails...its justr a shame they block all that amazing detail...

IMO anything that blocks the view of those cannons is bad..