As part of an effort to make Civilization more global in selection, I submit the request for the following leaderheads. You will find in this thread not only the names and nations of the requests, but also detailed plans for how to make the leaderheads and even rough sketches of what I'm hoping for. Any assistance in filling these by our able-bodied artists would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Please note that the selections are based upon Era (Ancient/Classical, Medieval/Renaissance, Industrial/Modern) and upon Geographic Grouping (Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia, America) in an effort to make the final selection more even-handed than the original.
Needless to say, when trying to globalize Civ but not drastically increase the scale, some generalization is required. Nevertheless, I believe that my nation choices are fair, at least no worse than those of Firaxis. I hope that you agree.
ADDENDUM:
I have finally finished XML programming for the first version of my leader/civ overhaul. I'm reusing a lot of Firaxis leaders as other figures (Gilgamesh became Ashurbanipal etc). The reason for this is quality mixed with a desire to not toss aside some of the amazing work that came with the game. A future release of the mod may contain more original work nevertheless, as it becomes available.
Most of the art I am using is of very high quality; much is from Colonization, and there are a handful of other leaders included (Ataturk, Meiji [retextured for Rye], etc). There are five leaders, however, for whom I am using models that (while not bad by any means) are showing their age next to the new and professional jobs. They are....
- Ekmek's "Garibaldi" as himself
This could go a lot of ways. I'm thinking that perhaps Hannibal with Pericles' beard and mustache with Charlemagne's hair (I've seen this on some medieval fellow recently and it looked nice). Then perhaps the new Henriques clothing (retextured and de-caped Justinian)? Add a Willem hat, and see what happens.
- Ekmek's "Khomeini" as himself
I'm thinking that Willem might make a nice basis for a new Khomeini. Delete the fuzzy trim and stuff from his clothing to make it a more plain, black, slightly draped shirt. Add a beard and the shrunked turban from the current Saladin version, and I think that might do nicely.
I am also currently using three placeholders that I would love to see legitimate versions of...
- The Capo's "Cochise" as Tupac Amaru
The face and hair are pretty good, though there may be a better choice available. I really think that if he were placed in Colonization Washington's suit and given a hat of some sort (Frontenac's without the feather, Vanderdonck's with a rounded top, or some such thing) it would look really sharp.
- Mechaerik's "Franco" as Nasser
I realize that The Capo has Nasser on his short list, so this is really just a humble request that he put it near the top of said list when he returns to leader-making. I know better than to ask for specifics, since he's already worked on ideas and seldom disappoints.
- CivGold's "Williams" as Mobutu
A real version exists, but I think that this is a much finer piece of work (specifically the face and texturing). It just needs Willem's hat (retextured for leopard print), and possibly the suit changed to a button-up shirt (as on Ho Chi Minh and others)
I will continue to use my placeholders until something better is developed, but I hope that these five requests can be given some attention so that my mod can look as professional overall as possible. Thank you very, very much.
Please note that the selections are based upon Era (Ancient/Classical, Medieval/Renaissance, Industrial/Modern) and upon Geographic Grouping (Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia, America) in an effort to make the final selection more even-handed than the original.
Needless to say, when trying to globalize Civ but not drastically increase the scale, some generalization is required. Nevertheless, I believe that my nation choices are fair, at least no worse than those of Firaxis. I hope that you agree.
ADDENDUM:
I have finally finished XML programming for the first version of my leader/civ overhaul. I'm reusing a lot of Firaxis leaders as other figures (Gilgamesh became Ashurbanipal etc). The reason for this is quality mixed with a desire to not toss aside some of the amazing work that came with the game. A future release of the mod may contain more original work nevertheless, as it becomes available.
Most of the art I am using is of very high quality; much is from Colonization, and there are a handful of other leaders included (Ataturk, Meiji [retextured for Rye], etc). There are five leaders, however, for whom I am using models that (while not bad by any means) are showing their age next to the new and professional jobs. They are....
- Ekmek's "Garibaldi" as himself
This could go a lot of ways. I'm thinking that perhaps Hannibal with Pericles' beard and mustache with Charlemagne's hair (I've seen this on some medieval fellow recently and it looked nice). Then perhaps the new Henriques clothing (retextured and de-caped Justinian)? Add a Willem hat, and see what happens.
- Ekmek's "Khomeini" as himself
I'm thinking that Willem might make a nice basis for a new Khomeini. Delete the fuzzy trim and stuff from his clothing to make it a more plain, black, slightly draped shirt. Add a beard and the shrunked turban from the current Saladin version, and I think that might do nicely.
I am also currently using three placeholders that I would love to see legitimate versions of...
- The Capo's "Cochise" as Tupac Amaru
The face and hair are pretty good, though there may be a better choice available. I really think that if he were placed in Colonization Washington's suit and given a hat of some sort (Frontenac's without the feather, Vanderdonck's with a rounded top, or some such thing) it would look really sharp.
- Mechaerik's "Franco" as Nasser
I realize that The Capo has Nasser on his short list, so this is really just a humble request that he put it near the top of said list when he returns to leader-making. I know better than to ask for specifics, since he's already worked on ideas and seldom disappoints.
- CivGold's "Williams" as Mobutu
A real version exists, but I think that this is a much finer piece of work (specifically the face and texturing). It just needs Willem's hat (retextured for leopard print), and possibly the suit changed to a button-up shirt (as on Ho Chi Minh and others)
I will continue to use my placeholders until something better is developed, but I hope that these five requests can be given some attention so that my mod can look as professional overall as possible. Thank you very, very much.
