Suggestion for new Oceana units

[Wrana]

I'll try to get some links - now I'm speaking from what I remember from University years and from visiting Moscow Paleontology Museum.
Narwhal - yes, absolutely. And as you could see, I tried to depict Triton Chariot as being pulled by dolphins.
A Whale Totem is also good idea.
As for Aboleth/Mamluk nation, I would love to see it, even if I don't like Aboleths as such. Probably, if it's ready, you could just post it in Mods subforum? Speaking of which, maybe this thread should be also moved there?

[HoneyBadger]

It's not ready, unfortunately, although I'll probably post the info, like I have with my others.

And if you move this nation to the Mods forum, it will get even less traffic, and be likely to disappear. Mods forums only get maybe a tenth the traffic the main forum does, sadly enough.

[Wrana]

Pity. But in any case I'm planning to add some more here during weekend. Though my art would be as hopeless as ever!

[HoneyBadger]

Sadly, I can't look at your triton chariot, since it would require me to download something, but I know I've gotten better, the more I've done, so I think it's likely you will too.

If all else fails, you can always modify an existing image-that can be a real time saver-and it's good enough for modding purposes.

[Wrana]

I use this time-honored trick, too. But dolphin images sadly aren't present in Dominions currently.

[HoneyBadger]

no no, I mean you can go to Google, type in dolphin images, and it will give you a list of images on the web. Pretty useful. Then you can just copy the picture into a file, modify it with Paint, Image Forge, or a similar program (I miss my Image Forge), and you'll be all set. All of the prehistoric animals I presented in the Suggestions for New Cave Units thread were done in this way.

It works quite well for many subjects.

A similar trick is to find a picture of a miniature and copy that, then modify the picture like you would any other, in a graphics program.

Thirdly, their are literally thousands of free pixel images (sprites) in the Web, usually pretty high quality. Again, I wouldn't use even the free ones without modifying them somewhat, but they are available.

[Wrana]

Understand, though browsing through thousands of pages to find what is needed may be more tiring than making something myself, though it be horrible...

[HoneyBadger]

Horrible or not, it'd still be yours, and still be appreciated-although believe me when I say that people *will* critique it, especially if you post it in the thread. That can be very educational/helpful, though. It was for me.

[HoneyBadger]

I'm probably going to redo the Ancient Kraken in the next week or so, as an Ammonite, with new stats...it'll give me a nice break from dragons. I don't want to get burned out on them.

[Wrana]

Yes, too much dragons could be harmful!
By the way, what do you say about an idea of Triton Horn Blowers - namely, should they have some additional ability (fear attack, probably)?