Ancient TW - Original HTW Troops > Editing , Improving & Modifying

[dimitrios the samian]

[QUOTE=Leith;2053706669]....... It might be a good idea to change your African pikemen a bit more. Changing the skin colour will make them different but not attractive enough. You might want to fiddle with the helm or change the armour colour into silver or dark bronze for example.......... I think the Karkades and Immortals bifs should also change into something more attractive yet foreboding....... The Spartan Hoplites bif is something that needs more work. I have an alternative bif for the Spartans which I will show below, complete with shields and icons too:) ..............I may be able to help with the Persian units too if you require my assistance. For the record I have modified the Hellenic bifs by editing most of them pixel by pixel. Difficult, yes but look at the result :)
[QUOTE=Leith;2053706669]

Hello Leith ...

Your Hellenic units look great mate ! pixel by pixel Wow ,
Im sure Macsen will use them all ... just send him a pm & you can email them to him .

I must also comment on your great Unit Panel Icons , they look great mate , jut a quick lance & you can differentiate the Hoplite Troops , did you do those also ?

I know the work required is enormous , but I feel we are so blessed with this great game & even moreso that we have banded together again & all have skills & enthusiasm to boot .

ok re:African Hoplites ,Yes I agree they would look much nicer "slightly different" feel free to draw up a front side & two oblique views for us to have a look

I thank you for yr offer to help & I accept ........ for the meantime lets keep pixeling the time away

Do share your thoughts or a few pics on the Kardakes & Immortals & I will start a thread later on & post pics in that thread of what we currently have now ( Hellenic & Bronze & ATW).

Question , Do you use the Green& Purple for faction colours on the units ?
Do you use Photoshop or another program ?
Have you re made a complete new bif plate yet ? ...( I really want to learn this )

re: pixel by pixel >> I have made a big discovery in the way I re-skin , cutting time down by a huge amount (more later as I refine it & then share it here )

cheers for now Leith & some more eye candy



Mac .... meet Abdul , Mohamed , Habib & his mate , Slingers !!
No more Vikings pretending to be Greeks or Easterners
more on progress later .

[macsen rufus]

Ok, I have the tunic guys, mostly belted and booted. I can get them working as is, I think, without too much trouble and when the final plates are done just update it again.

Familiar story - you send guys to the front and some corrupt quarternmaster nicks half the boots to sell on the black market

[dimitrios the samian]

Good news ! they work fine
Im looking forward to seeing them in beta testing & beta form , hehe .
I'll have them finished before the first Full Release of ROP.
In the meantime , I'll plug away on the other troops .
cheers for now , back in 12hrs , zzzzzzzzzz

[Leith]

Hello Dimitrios!

Regarding unit icons, I sometimes take them from other mods designed for RTW. I resize them and change them slightly or heavily depending on the situation.

I always include the faction colours in my bifs one way or another. However I sometimes focus on one major colour for the bif while preserving a small room for faction colours. Case in point, red is the major colour in the spartan Hoplites bif but the shoulders are blue reflecting the faction colour.

I usually do all the modding/editing using Photoshop but I use CorelDraw to get the bmps into the only mode the MTW engine approves of : the 8-bit mode.

Regarding Egyptian/African pikmen, I'll see what I can do. I hope you will not lose your enthusiasm for modding MTW :)

[dimitrios the samian]

Regarding Egyptian/African pikmen, I'll see what I can do. I hope you will not lose your enthusiasm for modding MTW :)

You need not worry ...I'm hardcore like yourself Macsen & the others late to the party !!

[macsen rufus]

Quick update:

A few reformed Cretan Archers giving the Scyths some gyp (now armed with added belts and sandles ) I've also added the new figures to the folder for the Egyptian troops which use the same body (Djamu, Nakhtu-aa etc)

[Leith]

Those cretan archers look great!

[Leith]

Hi dimitrios! I have done the first frame of the African/Ptolemic hoplites. Notice I had little time to do it and that many things might change according to your feedback. The spear for example will change into a dark-colored pike to go with the dark skin of the unit. The shield will definitely change.

Ptolemic Hoplites Back screen
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Ptolemic Hoplites Side screen
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[dimitrios the samian]

Quick update:
A few reformed Cretan Archers giving the Scyths some gyp (now armed with added belts and sandles ) I've also added the new figures to the folder for the Egyptian troops which use the same body (Djamu, Nakhtu-aa etc)

They look good mac & im pleased that my crude additions look nice from afar .
I will make them better ( quivers & sword holder ) before the Official release of ROP .
Ok Question ?? I see them onscreeen with both Bows & Swords ... hmmmm
I will open another thread tonite specifically on Archers .

Those cretan archers look great!

hehe , thnx Leith but they are just the Generic Toxotes & Light Toxotes .
I have something very very special planned for the fearsome Cretans !!
Your two pics below don't work ( at least for me)
& Mac Use them now as need be .... but i'll put it on the to do list so you get these boys in Egyptian gear