Dom Pedro II
Modder For Life
maaaaaaaybe... 
Unit Request: Israeli Macabee
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NateDawgNY
Just Chillin'
@Kal-el
Excellent job! That is one Maccabee you don't want to mess with!
Now if someone will just make it... *looks over at Dom Pedro*
Excellent job! That is one Maccabee you don't want to mess with!
Now if someone will just make it... *looks over at Dom Pedro*
NateDawgNY
Just Chillin'
Now that Kal-el has officially done the concept art for this I can't let it slip to the second page.
Dom Pedro II
Modder For Life
I will say that it's officially on my to-do list. I've arranged the model, but I haven't rendered a thing yet. I've got a lot of stuff I need to get done first.
NateDawgNY
Just Chillin'
Now that someone is doing this unit I can stop bumping the thread.
to you Dom Pedro II.
Dom Pedro II
Modder For Life
Goldflash
Civ III Modder, Civ VII Player
I Belive it was step and throw.
nice preview.
nice preview.
Kal-el
Deity
I think you spin it a bit to get some extra momentum on the bullet. the model looks cool.
NateDawgNY
Just Chillin'
Apparently, there are different ways to do it.
"Underhand Method:
3) This method is basically a softball-like pitch. Swing the sling back and forth until you feel there is enough momentum to complete an entire loop. In the underhand method the rotation should come from your knees, up in front of you, then over your head, then behind you. When the sling has rotated back to your knees, lift up your thumb and the rock will fly out.
Overhand Method:
3) This method is basically a baseball-like pitch. It is a rotation of the shoulder and elbow. Swing the sling back and forth until you feel there is enough momentum to complete an entire loop. In the overhand method the rotation should come from your knees, up behind you, then over your head. When the pouch circles over your head, lift up your thumb and the rock will fly out."
"Underhand is good for distance, but you lose accuracy. People can throw rocks 400+ feet underhand with little effort. Overhand is generally better for close range, sub 150 feet. As for rock sizes, people use different things. Golf ball-sized rocks feel good as the additional weight allow you to feel the force on your hand and therefore have a better understanding of where it is going to fly. Often slingers make up for the lack of weight by doing grapeshot. Slinging grapeshot basically means piling in as many pebbles as the pouch can hold and launching that. This way, your target area is littered with a spray of rocks, making it highly effective for "light" targets."
From Slinging.org
The model looks great btw!
"Underhand Method:
3) This method is basically a softball-like pitch. Swing the sling back and forth until you feel there is enough momentum to complete an entire loop. In the underhand method the rotation should come from your knees, up in front of you, then over your head, then behind you. When the sling has rotated back to your knees, lift up your thumb and the rock will fly out.
Overhand Method:
3) This method is basically a baseball-like pitch. It is a rotation of the shoulder and elbow. Swing the sling back and forth until you feel there is enough momentum to complete an entire loop. In the overhand method the rotation should come from your knees, up behind you, then over your head. When the pouch circles over your head, lift up your thumb and the rock will fly out."
"Underhand is good for distance, but you lose accuracy. People can throw rocks 400+ feet underhand with little effort. Overhand is generally better for close range, sub 150 feet. As for rock sizes, people use different things. Golf ball-sized rocks feel good as the additional weight allow you to feel the force on your hand and therefore have a better understanding of where it is going to fly. Often slingers make up for the lack of weight by doing grapeshot. Slinging grapeshot basically means piling in as many pebbles as the pouch can hold and launching that. This way, your target area is littered with a spray of rocks, making it highly effective for "light" targets."
From Slinging.org
The model looks great btw!
Louis XXIV
Le Roi Soleil
From what I've heard, its just step forward and throw. Although a person might swing it a few times to get a sense of the wait of a projectile, it is a single motion that powers it.
Dom Pedro II
Modder For Life
Okay, and so to throw it, you let go of one strap?
aaminion00
Stoned
It looks fantastic, just like a civ3 unit. Aside from the fact that the shield looks like really bright... that can be fixed right? Is that a star of david?
Dom Pedro II
Modder For Life
It's a menorah actually, which guess means I need to tone down the brightness. And yes, it can be fixed.
Sword_Of_Geddon
Arbiter of the Sword
I didn't think anyone would do this unit...a pleasant surprise to say the least. I always imagined Macabees would be wielding spears for some reason though..don't know why
Dom Pedro II
Modder For Life
It going to have a wide variety of attacks....
sling attackA
bow attackA
sword attackB
sling attackB
bow attackB
so that way I can satisfy any uses people have for this, and some people can use it to make archers, swordsmen, and slingers as separate units, if they want.
sling attackA
bow attackA
sword attackB
sling attackB
bow attackB
so that way I can satisfy any uses people have for this, and some people can use it to make archers, swordsmen, and slingers as separate units, if they want.
NateDawgNY
Just Chillin'
Yeah, you're gonna wanna set it up so that when the stone is being released, the Macabee will let one of the straps go on the sling.
Sword_Of_Geddon
Arbiter of the Sword
Good idea...veratility is always good.
@Kal-el; that picture of the macabee is perhaps my favorite peice of art by you 
one note though- IIRC, the talit is only used when going to temple (synagogue), but then is is coming from friend of mine who saw the picture whom is a practioner of reform judaism- I would assume that a member of the orthidox following would have a better idea though
one note though- IIRC, the talit is only used when going to temple (synagogue), but then is is coming from friend of mine who saw the picture whom is a practioner of reform judaism- I would assume that a member of the orthidox following would have a better idea though
Dom Pedro II
Modder For Life
This menorah is not showing up clearly on civ-scale!!!!I wish it'd been the shield of David. That's plain, simple. You can see it quite clearly. This... I even went so far as to put a thick darker border around the symbol and it still looks like a blob.
EDIT: Okay, is there any color that is especially significant to Jews or the ancient Hebrews? Or at least to the Macabee? Or is there a color that is particularly disfavored?
Dom Pedro II
Modder For Life
Macabee with red shield:
The menorah, as you can see, is slightly more distinct, but that's pretty much because it's green on red. For other civ colors, it might be much harder to distinguish.
Or I can just remove the civ-color from the emblem all together and go with something like blue on white or vise versa, which would be visible without a doubt.
The menorah, as you can see, is slightly more distinct, but that's pretty much because it's green on red. For other civ colors, it might be much harder to distinguish.
Or I can just remove the civ-color from the emblem all together and go with something like blue on white or vise versa, which would be visible without a doubt.
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