NEW (Sorta) MODELS!

[sleighr]

Okay, I realise I'm a bit of a latecomer here with MTW2 now out. Couldn't be helped. Money and such. However, in my burgeoning, miniscule knowledge of Max I've achieved at least one of my goals: repairing the hair on the Barbarian Peasants and Infantry(Slave). Anyone who has seen the bad clipping that happens with the old models knows what I mean. So without further rambling, here they are for all your perusal.

I intend to make these the first of packages of models available in the downloads section (Moderators be merciful!) for general use. They seem fine with my computer; I've tried them on v.1, 1.2, and 1.3, and they seem fine. But it may be just on my PC, so I'd appreciate any feedback on whether or not these things actually work.

The Barbarian Infantry model is for Rebel Barbarian Infantry and Barbarian Mercenaries. The Barbarian Peasant model is for Peasants, Handlers and siege crews, for those of you who didn't know.

Be advised that these are just the models. Sprites, files and textures sold separately! However, they were done with the original textures.
Enjoy

[sleighr]

Another repaired model. The Persian_Elite_Archer model had a few things wrong with it, such as a screwed up head in the high model and an errant polygon on the right arm in the low. These have been fixed. As well, I've remapped the texture so the pants don't have the black line down the center and added the option of long hair.

Included are the Parthia, Armenia, Pontus, Rebel, and the generic textures, plus an experimental one I made for Parthia loosely based off historical sources (it's not great, but it works).

[shadyrome]

Show pic? or no one would even download it..

[sleighr]

Sorry folks! It has been brought to my attention (thank you) that no pics are shown. Didn't realise the pics hadn't posted! Here they are.

Barbarian Peasants (New) and Barbarian Infantry (Old)


In the red circles we have Barbarian Infantry with the old hair, and it's problems. In the blue circles the fixed Barbarian Peasant model. Notice the smooth, sleek lines. The Barb Peasant model also works for Wardog handlers and siege crews. Made with the original textures so you can just replace the model in the models_unit folder.


Eastern Archers



Here we see the improved Persian_elite_archer model with added hair. Seen from front and rear. Only changes to texture were to the leg and quiver, to work with the remapped model.


Parthian Horsearchers



Simply the new Persian_elite_archer model with a different texture (included in the file). Texture is just experimental at the moment, and model needs a few changes to the quiver for a real Parthian look, but what a difference already, eh? Plus, you can see how the added hair works much better in this pic.

[Praetorian]

Let me understand. This models are modifications of the original stock game ones,right?

[sleighr]

Let me understand. This models are modifications of the original stock game ones,right?

Yep. Just repaired original vanilla models, except for Eastern Archers, which also has hair added and the texture remapped so it doesn't interfere with the pants.

Not much, I know. But I'm just starting with 3DS Max, and these are models I've worked on while learning the ins and outs of the program.

Plus, as I said earlier, these models I've wanted to improve from the release of RTW version 1.0. Since CA didn't include fixed models in their patches, those of us without Max have to download a whole mod to get fixed models.

I figured some people who don't want to download RTR or EB just to get a working Barbarian Infantry model just to play vanilla RTW (especially if you're like me and still stuck with dialup, which makes EB a twenty hour download!) might like these.

Think of them as a patch, if you like. RTW ver. 1.6a maybe.