Great War Sprites

[Allenby]

Does anybody know of the location of any sprites that may resemble anything from the First World War? It's rather necessary for the TGW modification that is in development, and, with a bit of luck will be ready some time during the summer.

Specifically,

German soldiers with pickelhaubes.
British tommies in 1914 gear.
French soldiers in pantalon rouge.
Turkish soldiers wearing the 'Enver Pasha' helmet

...and anything else that will be of use.

Should anyone proficient in using artword software be interested in contributing specialist sprites to the TGW mod, then we would appreciate it if you were to post your thoughts, ideas and contributions here

 

[Allenby]

....any takers?....

....please...

 

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I'd be happy to try and help on the mechanical side of things: ie. tanks, ships, motorizeds and (maybee) planes. But soldiers are most difficult to render primarily because, well, they are human: the (realistic) animation for those are at least for me difficult. You can make some different colored units by palette shifts but it turns out harder than it sounds. Hope this helps.

Sekinoss

 

[Allenby]

Any help would be appreciated - give this thread a look to give yourself an idea of how the graphical side of the project is going.

We haven't quite decided what sprites will be required, I'm not sure of who is doing what, and how much anyone has got done - in that respect, everything is a little up in the air.

Certainly some tanks would be useful, although someone has already contributed a rather smart looking British Mark I. Perhaps something German?

What might also be useful is a sprite for pre-Dreadnought battleships.

If you can provide any help, it would be very much appreciated!

 

[Josip]

I'm right now converting sprites from Civ3 forums - British, German and French WWI tanks... They're supposed to be finished in a few days/hours.

 

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My hands are now full, but after I'm done with the english ships I might render some of the tanks. They look exquisite.

Sekinoss

 

[StephenT]

These are my suggestions for what would be needed:

Infantry
Fairly low priority, since in most cases we can "make do" with the standard WW2 sprites.

We already have a French sprite in pantalon rouge.
Maybe British, German, Austro-Hungarian, Imperial Russian, Italian, US and Turkish WW1 uniforms also.

Fortress Infantry
High priority- since this replaces the WW2 mechanised infantry.

I'd suggest a heavy machine gun (like a Vickers) with gunner and loader; or perhaps a field artillery piece (like a French '75). The Stand and Fire sprites would show it in action, the WALK sprites should ideally show it being dragged/towed/carried.

Tanks
High priority. We now have two versions of the British Mark IV, and a German A7V, plus I understand JosipT is working on a French tank (is this the St Chaumond medium tank, or the Renault FT-17 light tank?).
We could also do with light tanks - an FT-17, perhaps a British Whippet.

Aircraft
High priority. Any of the following would be great:

Fighters: both early-war types like the Fokker Eindecker or a "pusher plane" such as the FE.2, and more advanced planes (Nieuport, Sopwith Camel, Albatros, later-model Fokkers).
Bombers/Reconnaissance planes: Early types such as the BE.2c, later types such as the Bristol Fighter.
Strategic Bombers: German Gothas, British Handley-Pages, Russian Ilya Mourometz...

Ideally, we'd like versions of each type from all the major countries, but realistically we might have to use the same sprite for all countries - so one early fighter, one late fighter, one early bomber, etc.

Also high priority: a Zeppelin sprite.

Ships and submarines
Low priority, since we can make do with the existing sprites. However, as Allenby said a pre-Dreadnought battleship might come in handy. Also, possibly add extra funnels to the cruiser and destroyer sprites, and give them a big black animated cloud of coal smoke trailing behind them

Thanks (in advance) for any help you can all give!

 

[Josip]

Originally posted by StephenT
These are my suggestions for what would be needed:

Infantry
Fairly low priority, since in most cases we can "make do" with the standard WW2 sprites.

We already have a French sprite in pantalon rouge.
Maybe British, German, Austro-Hungarian, Imperial Russian, Italian, US and Turkish WW1 uniforms also.

Fortress Infantry
High priority- since this replaces the WW2 mechanised infantry.

I'd suggest a heavy machine gun (like a Vickers) with gunner and loader; or perhaps a field artillery piece (like a French '75). The Stand and Fire sprites would show it in action, the WALK sprites should ideally show it being dragged/towed/carried.

Tanks
High priority. We now have two versions of the British Mark IV, and a German A7V, plus I understand JosipT is working on a French tank (is this the St Chaumond medium tank, or the Renault FT-17 light tank?).
We could also do with light tanks - an FT-17, perhaps a British Whippet.

Aircraft
High priority. Any of the following would be great:

Fighters: both early-war types like the Fokker Eindecker or a "pusher plane" such as the FE.2, and more advanced planes (Nieuport, Sopwith Camel, Albatros, later-model Fokkers).
Bombers/Reconnaissance planes: Early types such as the BE.2c, later types such as the Bristol Fighter.
Strategic Bombers: German Gothas, British Handley-Pages, Russian Ilya Mourometz...

Ideally, we'd like versions of each type from all the major countries, but realistically we might have to use the same sprite for all countries - so one early fighter, one late fighter, one early bomber, etc.

Also high priority: a Zeppelin sprite.

Ships and submarines
Low priority, since we can make do with the existing sprites. However, as Allenby said a pre-Dreadnought battleship might come in handy. Also, possibly add extra funnels to the cruiser and destroyer sprites, and give them a big black animated cloud of coal smoke trailing behind them

Thanks (in advance) for any help you can all give!

I'll do a little search on Civ3 forums for Infantry, but I think i saw some sprites

There is a good howitzer sprite - i think it'll do good for fortress sprite.

The French one if FT17.

There are (i think) plenty of fighters on Civ3 forums.

And for the rest...