Unit Preview : Rascal Light Self Propelled Howitzer

[Boulboulgadol]

The Rascal Light Self Propelled Gun Howitzer is a highly mobile, long range, high speed, lightweight artillery system, manufactured by Soltam Ltd of the Koor Industries Group based in Haifa, Israel.


Maybe a flavor unit for the artillery or radar artillery.

What do you think about it ?

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Today's advice : to everybody who never made units, you have to start making some ! You don't know **** about 3D modeling ? You're loser in graphics in general ? So do I ! But with proper applications, you can do things quite good ! And you can be a part of the great unit creation chain !
Once you've done the first, you just can't stop !! Just take the plunge !

 

[Boulboulgadol]

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[Crist2000]

WOW!!!

 

[kemal69]

Have you got your own production line in there somewhere, you're ripping through the units.

 

[Boulboulgadol]

Originally posted by kemal69
Have you got your own production line in there somewhere, you're ripping through the units.

That's what I said : when you start, you can't stop. And it's getting quicker since I already solved some recurent problems.
Rally, it's fun to do that ! Animations are much more a pain !

 

[kemal69]

I'm definitely going to use your units when ghengis finishes his leaderhead, I will add isreal as a civ! Can't wait.

 

[Ed O'War]

YES! We need a good self-propelled artillery unit. Looks nice.

 

[Armydude]

Great idea! Looks great.

 

[nonnob3]

Wow this is gona be a COOL unit!!!!!
Keep up the good work!

 

[Senoj]

This should be really good! I love the way that the cannon rises. I presume this is early modern artillery yes?

 

[thestonesfan]

Nice! The game certainly needs this!!

 

[unscratchedfoot]

Nice detail. I'm looking forward to this one.

Boulaboula, since you're in the mood for encouraging more creators, could you tell us the program you use and where to download it. I think you said Rhinoceros and webrips.com. Is that what you're using for this arty? How hard is it to put in all that detail like the shells and hydraulics etc?

 

[Boulboulgadol]

Thanks everyone !
It seems that this one has more success than my Searcher 2 UAV. Don't know why, I don't see many people intending to use it...

Anyway :
I use Rhinoceros for modeling, Photoshop 7 for retouching, and Animation Shop (included in Jasc Photoshop). There's no secret : beginning is hard ! The biggest part is learning 3D modeling. Many times, you're gonna look the window, just to know you can jump anytime you want. But when the job is done, the Nirvana comes to you !

Details like hydrolics are easy to do. You just set up a cylinder, then a second one smaller, give the proper colors and put the 2nd in the first one !

 

[Schizo_Angel]

Awesome model dude. But I must say, i dont really like the look of the tank you are working from, its a bit ugly.

How did you get rhino? did you pay for it, or have you found a way to get round the free trial?

Keep up the good work

 

[Boulboulgadol]

Originally posted by Schizo_Angel
Awesome model dude. But I must say, i dont really like the look of the tank you are working from, its a bit ugly.

How did you get rhino? did you pay for it, or have you found a way to get round the free trial?

Keep up the good work

As long as it is effective, armies usely don't care much about design (look at the A10 !)

About Rhino : the netiquette here doesn't allow me to say some things. Let me just tell you I begin my new work monday and I've no money by the times being. So guess !

 

[joespaniel]

WOO-HOO! I just posted in the unit request thread about wanting an SP!

I have one question for you: All those shells! Wouldnt they be a pain to replicate over and over during the animation process?

I was personaly looking for an M-109 type SP, you know with the turrent. Would that be easier to do?

 

[Boulboulgadol]

I found some info about the M109. Interresting. Maybe later, but now I stay on this. I just like its massive aspect !

 

[Boulboulgadol]

So far, I've done Default, Fortify, Attack FLC. Need just to have now the Run and maybe Fidget.

Here is a sample of the attack anim

 

[unscratchedfoot]

Verrrrrrrrrrrry nice! The game desperately needs more arty units.
I'm looking forward to this one! Looks perfect. It will be good to have a powerful gun because the original artillery units are way too weak and cheap in the game even though I doubled their power/price.

The way this is going you're becoming one of our most valuable creators.

 

[GIDustin]

Nice unit. I would like to see this finished

GIDustin

BTW How hard would it be to make a human formed unit in rhinoceros? I know it can make tanks easy, but tanks done have as many joints and stuff as humans do.

Oh yeah, and your unit has one less wheel on each side than the pic you modeled