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[Hagekura]

I'll keep trying 

Something to share re AstroMarines supporting faction.

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[img]http://i43.tinypic.com/o6en42.jpg[/img]First time I've tried 'anime' style character drawing, so not very imaginative I'm afraid

It's Not bad for your first time anime style drawing, really.
I can't believe the one was drawn by a man who have never been anime drawing.
You can emphasize the outline edges more and make the colors more vivid and clear,
 then nobody will doubt of it's a professional work.

[Ishmaru]

Something to share re AstroMarines supporting faction.

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[img]http://i43.tinypic.com/o6en42.jpg[/img]First time I've tried 'anime' style character drawing, so not very imaginative I'm afraid

That looks great for your first time! Do you use a tablet?

Better at my attempts at 2d anime drawings, personally ill stick to 3D

[Hagekura]

That looks great for your first time! Do you use a tablet?

Better at my attempts at 2d anime drawings, personally ill stick to 3D

I like your 2D arts too as much as your 3D models, Ishmaru.

I want to encourage guys showing their concept sketches or random graffiti or whatever more.
It is interesting to looking at making drawings of any developers.

[Ishmaru]

Thanks hagekura! I'm just not comfortable doing handdrawn or vectored characters anymore. I'm I can model a character faster and easier in 3D. I do want to get back into it someday though.

[Mr War]

yeah your end screens for Ludum Dare were superb.

With Shadow, is the green parts the team color?

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[Ishmaru]

yeah your end screens for Ludum Dare were superb.

With Shadow, is the green parts the team color?

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Rattlesnake's new look is pretty slick looking, good job! Ram is an interesting new concept! Mobile SAM is cool too!

The green "lights"+ windows arent team color. I guess. I haven't shown where team color is shown

[Ishmaru]

Sorry for lack of updates, Been busy but also kinda out of ideas for new units for shadow. Here's all that's new:

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[img]http://media.moddb.com/images/mods/1/18/17106/Annex_Shadow_Lab_AD.jpg[/img]
[img]http://media.moddb.com/images/mods/1/18/17106/Annex_shadow_Hangar_AD.jpg[/img]
There is changes coming to core gameplay though:

Aircraft now builds 30-40% faster than before but number produce-able now limited to number of hangars you have. You can build 4 aircraft per Hangar and limited to tow Hangars per player, so Max number of aircraft is 8. Summon-able air (ex: Stingray Bomber) units do not apply to this counter.

Falcon now summons a Stingray Bomber (at no cost) as her second Super skill (Tech Lab required) Only 1can be summoned at a time. Stingray's be attacked and cannot be repaired when damaged. Stingrays are NOT produce-able at your hangar.

I did take a break from shadow development and may have started coming up with unit concepts for "The Northern Empire"

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[img]http://media.moddb.com/images/mods/1/18/17106/Annex_Empire_Heavy_Tank_AD.jpg[/img]
[img]http://media.moddb.com/images/mods/1/18/17106/Annex_Empire_Spartan_Tank_AD.jpg[/img]
Both of these units were resurrected from my discarded unit graveyard:

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Probably not what you were expecting from a faction named "Northern Empire" but I kinda like the theme of these units. Anyway im not going too much into Empire development I still have Shadow Organization to finish

[Ishmaru]

I was wondering if anyone would be interested in playing an Annex Multiplayer Session?
If enough people are interested maybe we could make this a weekly event?

[treba]

unfortunately i can't play in the moment, but i'd join in at some other time. a weekly event would be great =)

[Mr War]

I'd be up for it man. I cannot promise I'll be online/free at the right time but would love to play Annex, especially when Shadow and Astro are in it.

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[wyvern]

Momentarily I've got a couple of models finished but I'm completely lacking animations, which I suck at, however, if I manage to fix my firewall settings, I'd love to play a game of annex on the weekend

[Mr War]

Astro-Marines Faction Beta download. This faction is designed to compliment the proper Annex factions by Ishmaru, and give them a bit of variety to fight against. Ishmaru has been very helpful and encouraging, and has given heaps of feedback on alpha copies. But there is still balancing work, upgrades, some particles and sounds to do to make it truly its own faction.

Back-Story
Astro-Marines are the elite of Earth Forces, descended directly from the first Combat Astronauts of 21st Century. Deployed by dropship to the far reaches of the galaxy, Astro-Marines establish bridge-heads and respond to incursions by enemy forces. Of the millions of recruits who apply each year, only the best make it through training; training fatalities are high!!!!

Tech Tree:

DOWNLOAD:
2 folders (7zipped). Requires Annex
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http://www.mediafire.com/?sbd8gsj5md259yy <Faction folder. Unzip into Base Battle/Factions/ folder of Annex
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http://www.mediafire.com/?77svp7bm7fdfd17 <Faction data folder. Unzip direct into Base Battle folder

[Ishmaru]

Thank you Mr war!, I updated first post with link

Starting next Annex Release i will be doing Internet sessions on weekends to encourage more multiplayer Until then ill be on #glest more often and if you see me then feel free to ask   I've just finished a round with Titi and Wciow, and Played 6 games last night. Annex multiplayer is fun unpredictable and challenging so give it a shot .

[MightyMic]

That's pretty awesome Mr. War. I just finished a game against the CPU and it was an epic battle   Good job! 

[Mr War]

Thanks, and sad I missed the online gaming session. But I live to fight another day.

Wyvern, want to see those models man! Maybe we can help animate them but don't want to promise too much, and my animations are usually quite sloppy.

[wyvern]

Hey, how can you add a previously made model to an existing model, The faction I'm making is based on a previous theme I had that was supposed to be futuristic, but since I've replaced models with new stuff I'm trying to update the unused stuff with new treads and maybe camo

[John.d.h]

Hey, how can you add a previously made model to an existing model

If you mean what I think you mean, in Blender:

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[wyvern]

I mean sort of like importer, I'll try what you suggested. Thanks

[Ishmaru]

So great faction again! I still think hornet mechs are still way to strong... (sorry mr war I'm sure ur sick of my hornet complaints ) what does everyone feel about the ballance?

@wyvern we cold help you out with your faction (though I don't use blender so I would need files in another format, .3ds for non rigged models?) Just let us know what u want and ill get to it when I have a chance. When u have a chance it would be nice too see some units .

So thanks to tomreyn I think I know how to manage a mods menu for annex, though I don't think file structure I created works in appdata so more tests are needed.

I also will have a separate lobby and irc channel in the future to avoid confusion.

[treba]

wow, great to see annex to come along! great work, folks! now we have to find a way how the marine faction can be supported on the server as an optional faction. probably we have to wait for the next mg version?

[Ishmaru]

wow, great to see annex to come along! great work, folks! now we have to find a way how the marine faction can be supported on the server as an optional faction. probably we have to wait for the next mg version?

Yes probably, with faction links https://forum.megaglest.org/index.php?topic=7955.msg79791#msg79791
Guess this will need manual install till next Annex Release, Mod menu is hidden in beta 2 anyways.

[wyvern]

Okay, I've got 5 vehicle models done as of now, and some crappy buildings, I'll upload pics once I get home, honestly, I didn't get any textures done since I traded textures for new models that I wanted to make, with better treads. The style of army I'm making is extremely practical, with solid shot weaponry, no lasers and most of the vehicles are based on a similar template, The infantry is gonna be more spam-ish and weak but the armor is proffesional and quite devastating, with plenty of options, airforce is also coming up, the medium tank chassis, is admittedly somewhat based off of the WH40k Leman Russ but also on the Churchill and some WW2 tanks. Oh, and I'm gonna be giving this faction some sort of tank ace with some special abilities. Pics and basic tech-tree will be uploaded once I get back home

[Ishmaru]

Okay, I've got 5 vehicle models done as of now, and some crappy buildings, I'll upload pics once I get home, honestly, I didn't get any textures done since I traded textures for new models that I wanted to make, with better treads. The style of army I'm making is extremely practical, with solid shot weaponry, no lasers and most of the vehicles are based on a similar template, The infantry is gonna be more spam-ish and weak but the armor is proffesional and quite devastating, with plenty of options, airforce is also coming up, the medium tank chassis, is admittedly somewhat based off of the WH40k Leman Russ but also on the Churchill and some WW2 tanks. Oh, and I'm gonna be giving this faction some sort of tank ace with some special abilities. Pics and basic tech-tree will be uploaded once I get back home

Sounds awesome! A bit like what i planned for Northern Empire but we have different themes for unit design so it will be interesting to see your take.  Looking forward to your screenshots/unit renders! Interesting idea for the Tank Ace, want to learn more!

Wow everyone models pretty fast, I feel like I'm lagging behind...

Well here is a WIP of an Unit concept i'm doing for Shadow:

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To be honest, not to sure what kind of unit he will be, But either a Hero Unit or a lesser hero unit. By lesser meaning great offensive + livability stats like a hero but minus any super weapons. Leaning more on the Lesser Hero unit idea maybe letting player have a small squad of elite soldiers, with proper use can wreak havoc in the battlefield. Somewhat like the commandos from C&C Tiberium Dawn, or Shinobi from Japanese faction.

Planned weapons: Precision Rifle, Heavy AT Beam Cannon, C-4 explosives. I'm also thinking of some sort of stun attack which can impair enemy units. But this is all just ideas... Lets see how the balance plays out

Seeing how there is no "Hero" In Astral Marines, and a "Tank Ace" in Wyverns faction maybe having a hero per faction may not be the best approach. Maybe shadow wont get a hero. After all they are just mercenaries, not really any Nationality to unite them, just working for money

[Mr War]

Very cool. Astromarines does have the forward strike controller as a hero unit.

[Ishmaru]

Very cool. Astromarines does have the forward strike controller as a hero unit.

Your right, Will the Orbital strike be his only ability?