Unit Preview Thread: LOTR

[Kal-el]

I think there is too much of one level of yellow. It could use some shading to add some details and give it an extra touch of realism. Just a thought.

and to be more useful, here are some images from the movie of the Haradrim (Easterlings) with Utah's preview so people don't have to flip back and forth between pages.

 

[Doc M]

I still don't like their shields, they look so fragile to me...

 

[Kal-el]

the shields remind of the roman legionaires', but with a bit of flare.

 

[Plexus]

I absolutely love the sheilds.

 

[tjedge1]

I like the shields. and the Easterlings. I plan to play this civ in the LoTR mod if they are included, and not combined with the Southrons/Haradrim/Corsairs. The unit looks good to me so far. Helmets look awesome too.

 

[Plexus]

Btw, Kal, the Easterlings are from the East.

The Harads are from the South, they are the dudes with the Oiliphants.

 

[Kal-el]

I was just going with what I found on google.

I am certainly no Tolkien scholar.

 

[utahjazz7]

Well, I've rework some things--thanks to Kal-el's pictures. I think that the current version looks much better, and I'm pretty happy with the unit now. Here's the new make.

 

[SoCalian]

That looks very good utah. If you want to make more units here are some suggestions:

Oliphaunt (simmilar to the Indian War Eliphaunt, with 4 tusks)
Southron/Haradrim warrior (Arabic sort of unit cloathed in red)
Rohan Ridder (Rohan Royal Guard just mounted)
Knight (more regal than the Civ3 one)

 

[Steph]

They may indeed be Haradrim.

If you read the battle of the field of Pelennor, in front onf Minas Tirith again, you'll see that the Theoden, with his flag (white horse on a green field) is clashing with the haradrim king, who has a black snake on a red field as a flag.

Look at the flag in one of the above picture.

 

[Sir John]

very nice... Just two small picky things..

1) the thing inside the sheild is not comletely round. It has like pointy edges.. it would be nice but not necerry to have them... ( they would also make the civcolored area a little smaller and that shouldnt be so big beacsue of the fact that that area isnt really that colored...

2) The spear. It should be more like a halberd. It looks to much like a stone age flint spear.. It should also be raised upwards like in the pictures. They dont seem like the people to be slacking off..

I know this is kind of nitpicking but it would be nice if u fixed that..

 

[utahjazz7]

Originally posted by Sir John
very nice... Just two small picky things..

1) the thing inside the sheild is not comletely round. It has like pointy edges.. it would be nice but not necerry to have them... ( they would also make the civcolored area a little smaller and that shouldnt be so big beacsue of the fact that that area isnt really that colored...

2) The spear. It should be more like a halberd. It looks to much like a stone age flint spear.. It should also be raised upwards like in the pictures. They dont seem like the people to be slacking off..

I know this is kind of nitpicking but it would be nice if u fixed that..

I know what you're saying. I'll try to fix the shield. I think that I have just thought up a way how I can change it without needing to remake the entire 3d model. I know that the spear isn't perfect, but my 3d program was acting up when I tried to make a more proper weapon. I work on these issues.

 

[mrtn]

utah, it's looking very nice. You might have seen I made a "Wanted Units" post(er) in the LotM thread, but I'm happy whatever you make for us.

 

[Peregrin_Took]

Here is a default hobbit hole for the city view screen.

 

[Peregrin_Took]

here it is

 

[tjedge1]

Thats cool. Maybe the Hobbit cities could have similiar graphics.

 

[mrtn]

Peregrin_Took: The details look good, but the grass doesn't, it looks more like some sort of giant emerald. I think you need much more yellow.

 

[Sir John]

Thats awsome...

Just two things:
The left window looks a little "long" if u get what I mean..

And there also need to more stuff on the house itself. It looks to flat... Also its a little to green like mrtn said..

 

[Kal-el]

how did this thread go from unit previews to city previews?

 

[Peregrin_Took]

This thread is just an expansion of the Lord of the Mods. The purpose of this thread for graphics, the main one is for tech tree, unit stats, etc. This is for art for The Lord of the Mods, all types, not just units.

What do you mean by giant emerald.


I j ust download a grass image from the net and downnloaded it. I'll find a moe "YELLOW" grass thingymajiggeronsky.