Unit design&preview: Siege tower

[Xen]

AWESOME work Aaglo, grade A stuuf

tell me, do you have any plan to do a ballista in the future?

 

[aaglo]

Ballista, meaning overgrown crossbow (the one designed by Leonardo Da Vinci)? Or a Scorpion? A bit more info - like a picture - of the unit you would like would be handy

BTW, I think there was a ballista already done - or was it an AoK-conversion or Japanese unit from PTW-extras...?

 

[Xen]

in the top veiw, one of the arms is missing, but this is what I was talking about

 

[LouLong]

Here is another one

 

[Amenhotep7]

I requested a ballista once, but my request was shot down.:shotgun:

 

[Louis XXIV]

Ballistas are really cool (and I would love to see it). Especially one like LouLong's picture (with the Roman soldier included).

I don't think the Japanese Siege Crossbow will work, btw, it doesn't look very Roman

Siege Crossbow

BTW, if I'm not mistaken, the Assyrians would have moved siege weaponry with polls (wedged it underneath and pushed it forward). Something like this would require a bunch of people to move (and probably wasn't moved very far).

 

[Risbinroch]

Yeah, there was a ballista done, an conversion from another game, so the quality is not up to your standard, I use it even so though... But it would be fantastic if you would do one of those aswell aaglo, then I would replace it...

 

[Yoda Power]

Any updates Aaglo?

 

[aaglo]

Quite soon,
My gf is going to Edinburgh for three months on the 4th of January. After that I'll have some time

 

[Yoda Power]

Exelent, then you'll be able to make some units again

 

[aaglo]

Hi!
Since I don't want to make any troubles for me nor you, I'll ask before I carry on with the rest anims.

Is this too small for a siege tower (It's roughly the same size as the civ3 trebuchet unit)... which makes me think that this is a bit small...

And a thing about the colours: this current colour scheme does not look like it's for the game - but that isn't necessarily a bad thing...

 

[Gogf]

I like it the way it is.

 

[Ekmek]

nice

 

[gorn]

Personally, I'm a fan of over-sized units. Makes 'em look particularly threatening, you know?

 

[hetairoi22]

Maybe 5% larger max? Doesn't really matter, though, since it looks fabulous as it is

 

[Amenhotep7]

Maybe a little larger, but most importantly a little lower...I think it's a little high on the preview. Either that, or it's the height of the unit that's fooling me... But otherwise, I'd say it's solid.

 

[aaglo]

I think that bigger is better too

 

[Xen]

yay wonderful work, as usual aaglo you are to seige and shipo units as to what Utahjazz is to the Romans- indispensable

 

[aaglo]

completed
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=74993

 

[Xen]

so are you going to start the ballista soon?