Units!

[Leonidas300]

MikeLynch:

Hi

I already have more crusader units done. But I'm on a roll, and the paint brush is a moving. . .

So, I'll have quite a few done before long.

Are there any specific crusader-type units you are looking for? Are there any specialty units you would like have done?

Cheers!

 

[MikeLynch]

Actually, I've decided to use one of yours, the greyish one where the horse is rearing up, the knight has a lance, and his shield is a red cross. Though I must say, that lance is hard to see up against the grey-stone background of ToT's civilopedia -- maybe some color variations? A wooden lance, perhaps?

I do look forward to seeing the rest of your units, Leo!

I have also found what I think I want to use for my "U.N. Peacekeepers" unit, but I'm not talented enough to add realistic-looking "U.N." lettering on its side -- anyone care to assist?

(P.S.- Call off the hunt for a Samurai unit. I don't need one after all.)

 

[Leonidas300]

MikeLynch:

Hi

I've included a few units that have a UN shield attached to them. This may be the easiest way to do it for your unit.

I'll have to look into that lance problem.

 

[MikeLynch]

Ah yes, but in Test of Time, there ARE no shields! There's that weird little circle and health bar instead.
I suppose I *could* manually add shields to every...single...unit, but there'd be no point b/c if I lined up the shields with the ToT health bar, half the units would overlap the shields anyway.

 

[Leonidas300]

Originally posted by MikeLynch
Ah yes, but in Test of Time, there ARE no shields! There's that weird little circle and health bar instead.
I suppose I *could* manually add shields to every...single...unit, but there'd be no point b/c if I lined up the shields with the ToT health bar, half the units would overlap the shields anyway.

LOL

Right

I forgot about that.

Let me have a look at it and I'll see what I can do

Cheers!

 

[Leonidas300]

MikeLynch:

We're in luck.

I found these UN units that were done by Case.

Hope this helps

 

[MikeLynch]

Hmmmm... all white... These ARE pretty slick! Thanks Leo!

 

[Kyriakos]

5 units made by me are also visible (apart from the ship the rest are my work, also the walls)

note: the colours are messed up, i had to save with only 256 colours so as to fit the size of the attachment

i am looking forward to your comments

 

[Leonidas300]

Originally posted by varwnos
5 units made by me are also visible (apart from the ship the rest are my work, also the walls)

note: the colours are messed up, i had to save with only 256 colours so as to fit the size of the attachment

i am looking forward to your comments

varwnos:

It's looking very nice. You are obviously putting a lot of work into it.

Be careful with too much white, though. Maybe put more grey in the city walls.

 

[Kyriakos]

Thank you for the kind words, btw i guess you arent greek (?) and you probably dont know therefore that there was a battle at Thermopylae in the greek war of independence as well

 

[MikeLynch]

Har har! A problem arises with the UN vehicles that say "UN" on them.

It's only a Test of Time problem. When you move a unit to the left, the program mirrors the unit image. So the text goes from saying "UN" to saying "[backwards-N]U".

Solution? Use the actual UN logo, just a very teensy weensy version so you can't tell that it's backwards.

Observe:

 

[Leonidas300]

Originally posted by varwnos
Thank you for the kind words, btw i guess you arent greek (?) and you probably dont know therefore that there was a battle at Thermopylae in the greek war of independence as well

I'm not Greek - Scottish - aye. . .

(I like my oatmeal as thick as a brick)

I guess the Greeks and Scots have a lot in common: small, mountainous country; quarralling among ourselves; put upon by outsiders. . .

Hmmm, maybe we could all team up - something like Braveheart's last stand at Thermopylae. . .

I didn't know that about the other battle of Thermopylae. What happened the second time around?

 

[Leonidas300]

Originally posted by MikeLynch
Har har! A problem arises with the UN vehicles that say "UN" on them.

It's only a Test of Time problem. When you move a unit to the left, the program mirrors the unit image. So the text goes from saying "UN" to saying "[backwards-N]U".

Solution? Use the actual UN logo, just a very teensy weensy version so you can't tell that it's backwards.

Observe:

Nice solution.

It's amazing how innovative we can be.

Cheers!

 

[Leonidas300]

Here are several sets of Crusaders.

I opted for a more classic approach.

Special thanks to Bebro (for the large upright shield).

I still have a few more ideas on other Crusader/Knight units before I move on to other eras.

 

[Leonidas300]

Here is a new default game Crusader unit.

I wasn't entirely happy with the one I am currently using (it was a mounted Knight, and the lance problem, as pointed out by MikeLynch, was always a problem).

For those of you who can't add new graphics to your game, don't worry. I am currently working on putting together a new default unit game file, and when I'm done, I'll post it here.

The new Crusader unit:

 

[Eivind IV]

Marvellous work, Leonidas300!

 

[insurgent]

As I don't think I will be making any more scenarios (at least not for a very long time), I decided to compile the units I've made, to allow the easy utilisation of them by other scenario makers.

 

[Leonidas300]

Originally posted by Eivind IV
Marvellous work, Leonidas300!

Thanks for the kind words Eivind

I'm no artist - just trying to put together some usable graphics - hehe.

You are also dong some great graphics as well.

Cheers!

 

[Eivind IV]

Just for fun I recoloured some of my high-res units into the infamous nemo-style

 

[Gigi Dag]

Wow really good looking units, you guys are great just a small little question about this Denmark/Iceland 1920 scen by EmuGod? What's the storyline about this? Iceland's fight for independence? And how does Germany fits in? Looks interesting, can we have some infos about it?