Poll: New Unit Skins

[Robo Magic Man]

After finishing my Italy Civ, I've been looking for something civ-related to do, and I'd like to do some more skinning.

Which new unit skins would you like to see made?


**I'm now starting on a Feudal Japan scenario, so I'll need to put the skins on hold for awhile. Sorry, but until I finish this (I'll post at that time), please keep your requests for later. I have finals next week, so for now, I just want to concentrate on studying and finishing the skins I've already agreed to do.
Thanks!


**All skin suggestions should include a suggestion for a model to use. (You can't make a ninja out of a swordsman or buddhist missionary, no matter how you skin it )

 

[woodelf]

I know that Kael is looking for an Air Elemental. Not sure what model you'd use, but it would be a challenge.

 

[Wyz_sub10]

I need some skins for my First Peoples mod (link below) - Marine / Code Talker, and Work Boat / Noseepsk.

I'll be needed re-skins for my Out of Africa mod as well.

 

[Robo Magic Man]

I'd be happy to do some skins for your mod, Wyz, but could you explain what you want for the Noseepsk? I've never heard of one before.

 

[Robo Magic Man]

Here's a rough draft of the codetalker. I think the skin might be just a little too dark, but you make the call. So far I've really only changed the skin color, but I'm open to suggestions on what else to change.

 

[Wyz_sub10]

Coo, thank! I'm at work now but I'll take a look at it when I get home. The Noseepsk is basically a work boat. I tried add a dds to the skin and saving it but that didn't seem to work. Anything with Pacific Northwest native design or colours (reds, blues, blacks) would be perfect.

BTW, I need a couple of simple re-skins for the Out of Arfica mod. If you are interested let me know.

 

[Robo Magic Man]

@Wyz_sub10

You're welcome. I'll start on the Noseepsk soon. What kind of skins would you want for Out of Africa?

Btw, there's a lioness skin on the forums that might be a good replacement for the Bear or Wolf, just to give it a slightly more African flavor.


And @Lord Olleus

How would you make a trebuchet skin without changing the model?

 

[korvgubben]

If you're interested, I need just the .dds file for a "chasseur alpin" which is a french Alps modern soldier out of a marine skin.
Just make it dressed in white, for snow cammo and has a black beret (yep, it's french!)
Just do as your best , here is a picture

 

[korvgubben]

If you're interested, I need just the .dds file for a "chasseur alpin" which is a french Alps modern soldier out of a marine skin.
Just make it dressed in white, for snow cammo and has a black beret (yep, it's french!)
Just do as your best , here is a picture

 

[Robo Magic Man]

@ korvgubben

I checked out the pic, and although it first led me to a wikipedia article on berets, I found the chasseur. Looks like an awesome unit!

 

[korvgubben]

Yep it's a cool unit : it's able to cross mountain pikes and get's hill defense promotion (I thik it's guerilla)
It's the UU for a Duchy Of Savoy mod I've done but I can't make it work.
If you want to look at it, tell me : I'll send it to you
It's complete (buttons, XML...) but I can't work it properly

 

[korvgubben]

So, can you do something???? Because I tried to make my own skin but I'm quite bad at it and as I just have Paint...!!!

 

[Wyz_sub10]

I looked at the Code Talker on a DDS viewer and it looks great, but for whatever reason I cannot load it successfully. I had the same problem for this one and the Noseepsk/Work Boat - the Art Defines are correct, and I re-name the skins and add it to the right folders, but for whatever reason it doesn't seem to show.

You're welcome. I'll start on the Noseepsk soon. What kind of skins would you want for Out of Africa?

I'll PM you with some details.

Btw, there's a lioness skin on the forums that might be a good replacement for the Bear or Wolf, just to give it a slightly more African flavor.

Good idea! I might download this and replace the panther.

 

[Haarbal]

i was thinking about creating a new barbarian animal: the gorilla
i wanted to reskin a warrior unit for it, making it a bit bigger, travel alone (only the dominant male), etc.

 

[NeverMind]

Robo Magic Man T-34! I need it badly. Is it possible to re-skin it from basic Tank?

i was thinking about creating a new barbarian animal: the gorilla
i wanted to reskin a warrior unit for it, making it a bit bigger, travel alone (only the dominant male), etc.

Nice idea! Such a unit would be certainly of use in some fantasy scenarios

 

[Robo Magic Man]

Ok, a lot of posts to respond to here.

@ korvgubben
Here's the chasseur skin. It's far from perfect, but it's better than the standard marine. It's surprisingly hard to use solid colors and eliminate details on the marine, because once you color them white, it's hard to find where they are if you need to change that part. Anyway, you should get gimp for unit editing. It's a powerful program and it's free here.

@Wyz_sub10
I had the same problem when putting it in the mod. It worked fine in the standard game version, though, so I don't know what's wrong with the file. You may want to change the artdefines and filenames to something different from "marine". This might help.

@Haarbal
The gorilla idea sounds awesome, and I'd love to see it made, but I think that's above my current skill level. Try asking someone else. Sorry.

 

[korvgubben]

Thanks a lot but I can't make my mod work properly so I can't use the unit yet!
But I had downloaded the Gimp before so now I do my own skins! Still, thnks!

 

[Exel]

Cruise missile. You might be able to use the ICBM model for that (turn it horizontally, shrink and reskin).

 

[RogerBacon]

I'd like to see Horse Samurai and a Bow Samurai. The bow samurai could be based on the longbowman and could probably use some of the graphic pieces from the regular samurai.

Roger Bacon

 

[Robo Magic Man]

I'd also really like to see samurai archers and mounted samurai, but that may not work well without editing models (no one can change the 3d models yet). I'll look into it, though.