24-09-2003 03:34									#271
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quote: Originally posted by curtsibling Pericles, Respect! There are many religions, and many people involved. Nope, I would not make a blanket statement against anybody's beliefs. I just feel scorn for those zealous fundy types who attack something like RPG hobbies, when we have drugs, porn and a myriad other real problems out there. I wish no offense to any honest religious folk, only the people who use religion as a tool to control.

No offense taken mate!

But i am afraid you didn't quite get me.I did not feel your words were unjust for the religions, but rather for the common clergy.Anyway.....

	24-09-2003 03:37									#272
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Mr Catfish these two dudes are your creation?

I mean, were they made 100% from scratch, or they were "stolen" from a game?

Splendid work!

By the way Curt i am tired of throwing superlatives a t you so you can take my reaction of "excellent" as granted when you post your work.

	24-09-2003 03:44									#273
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quote: Originally posted by Palaiologos Mr Catfish these two dudes are your creation? I mean, were they made 100% from scratch, or they were "stolen" from a game?

They're from photographs of miniatures.

	24-09-2003 04:29									#274
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Keep up Pericles, this bloke is the maestro of conversions and photo-reductions We were having a discussion about it before this thread wandered off into woolly-back and God-bothering territory.

Keep 'em coming, Catfish

	10-10-2003 02:17									#275
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I know some has been posted before but are someone willing to post any mech-units if there are any out there?

	20-10-2003 19:10									#276
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quote: Originally posted by William Keenan For those of you with 18 yr old sisters for trade, I have toilet paper.

This made me laugh - again. Either that or it's some kind of Stegosaurus reaction 1 month later.

Anyway, I've done some more 24-bit fantasy units for ToT. Some of these took me a while, with some heavy retouching required. I lost 18 units (mostly ancients) with a corrupt file a while ago and this took some of the steam out of my Civ2 graphic making.



1st row: 5 Viking/barbarian types, sorceress, elf, ranger, female (who'd know) druid.
2nd row: 2 ogres, mummy, shambling mound, mind flayer (illithid), skeleton, giant, orc with polearm, swordsman.
3rd row: mummy (yeah, another one), female, dragon, owlbear, wizard, witch with broom (does she need a hat?), wizard (the original miniature was of Gandalf, but this looks more like Moses parting the Red Sea), 2 dwarves.
4th row: wraith, warrior, wizard (Saruman), ranger, elf (Legolas), berserker/warrior, she-demon/succubus, rogue, warrior/ranger.
Download bmp

...and of course, my obligatory in-game shot:



Edit: Changed a few pixels here and there (nobody will notice), and desaturated the succubus' skin a tad.

	20-10-2003 19:30									#277
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Staggering work, Catfish!

	20-10-2003 19:36									#278
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A few of these would look nice in Bitterfrost ToT!

But they are different from my unit stlye.

(actually my units would look pants in comparison)

	20-10-2003 20:16									#279
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Thanks, Curt. You're free to use and/or modify any of the stuff I've released. I'd try to stick to one style for the units, though. A consistent graphical style looks more professional.

	20-10-2003 21:19									#280
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Being an ex-games designer, I would agree.

	21-10-2003 02:25									#281
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Fantastic! Those are some of the best units I've ever seen

	21-10-2003 03:15									#282
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Verily, Catfish is the lord of 24-bit!

	22-10-2003 20:54									#283
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Fantastic!

	07-11-2003 05:58									#284
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quote: Originally posted by curtsibling I am actually a skin-headed metal T-shirt wearing nerd, who listens to italian symphonic metal bands!

Someone by chance referred to the mighty, epic, hollywood-symphonic Rhapsody?

	05-12-2003 03:27									#285
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Anybody willing to provide a witch (Esme Weatherwax actually)? Not a flying one (I arlready use 1), but standing, with a "dress", pointy hat, all in black, maybe holding a broom? It's one of the last unit I need for my scen, which is nearly finished.

And as I am not really efficient with the palette work (talk about an euphemism...), could someone "recolour" the lady's dress in the attached picture in pink instead of white?

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	05-12-2003 03:31									#286
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And even though it's not easy, posting a pic after the amazing units above, here the latest one: the mighty, indestructible, fire-proof and somewhat staggering golem!

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	05-12-2003 07:15									#287
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Rhapsody is total crap.

	05-12-2003 15:16									#288
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quote: Originally posted by Cyrion Anybody willing to provide a witch (Esme Weatherwax actually)? Not a flying one (I arlready use 1), but standing, with a "dress", pointy hat, all in black, maybe holding a broom?

It took me about a minute to mod the witch in my units collection, above. Unfortunately, it's 24-bit and too big.



Edit: Ah, what the hell:

quote: Originally posted by Cyrion ...could someone "recolour" the lady's dress in the attached picture in pink instead of white?

I imagine that'll be tough to do well. Look what's on offer in the pink range for Civ2's palette.

	06-12-2003 09:20									#289
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Catfish, that looks a bit too blurry. The purple shouldn't be anti-aliased.

Downgrading steps:
1. Select the witch. I think drawing a square and then ctrl-clicking with the magic wand in the purple will do it.
2. Load the Civ2 palette.
3. Resize the witch.
4. Copy and paste into an existing blank traditional tile.

	06-12-2003 09:27									#290
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quote: Originally posted by St Leo Catfish, that looks a bit too blurry. The purple shouldn't be anti-aliased.

What are you gibbering about, man? The first witch is a bitmap for ToT with no anti-aliasing. The second witch is a gif with the Civ2 palette loaded, also with no anti-aliasing. Proof that people don't read my tutorials (Edit: a reference to a comment in another thread).

Edit: Just a comment about resizing graphics; you really shouldn't resize in 8-bit colour. Increase to 24-bit and then load the Civ2 palette later. In the witch example, I didn't use Resize, instead I sliced pieces off the original, so anti-aliasing wasn't an issue. Unit selection and anti-aliasing removal can be achieved much more efficiently using scripts.

	06-12-2003 18:52									#291
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Thanks Catfish, the unit is excellent!

I just can't wait to try it in game!

	06-12-2003 20:37									#292
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I haven't tried it out, myself, but I figure it will look like a smaller version of the one in the screenshot, above. I'm also unfamiliar with the character, so I hope it fits the bill.

	07-12-2003 02:57									#293
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Never mind. I like gibbering. Let's just say I had a good reason for believing you screwed up.

	07-12-2003 06:42									#294
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And what's that? BTW, I had a look at it in-game and decided the shadow needed tweaking (Re-uploaded it - although I still see the old one - must be my cache).

	13-12-2003 03:57									#295
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quote: Originally posted by Cyrion ...could someone "recolour" the lady's dress in the attached picture in pink instead of white?

I remembered this request and thought I'd see how badly it would turn out. I casually replaced the colours in her dress with shades of the available fleshy pink, using PSP's Color Replacer tool. As a result I also had to change her skin colour from pink to tan. It looks a bit nasty. The level of shading has been reduced considerably.

	13-12-2003 06:19									#296
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Awesome.

	13-12-2003 19:13									#297
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Thanks Catfish, this is excellent!!

	16-12-2003 02:42									#298
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Well, I guess it ain't that bad, if I don't look too hard.

	16-01-2004 02:10									#299
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Okay, since at least Academia liked this one I'm gonna post a unit-modification for the first time. I used one of Curt Sibling's units from Bitterfrost. It's supposed to be Sauron or Morgoth (whatever you want).

@ Curt, if you mind me posting this, just tell me and I'll take it away. All credits should go to you since I just edited it a bit.

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	16-01-2004 02:16									#300
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It rocks, the more units the better, man!

Being a huge fan of Melkor and Sauron, I must say I love the idea!