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This is a war smith. A worker that is also good at fighting

Othala rune - Its meaning is abundance. When used inside a tc or a factory that rune reduce by 1 the current turn cost

Uruz Rune - The rune of strenght. That rune, once researched, will affect dwarven melee unit, giving them a stronger attack

here is a dwarf monk

hammer fighter

Did I, at any time, hear "Icon maker"? I would like to have access to that!

Okay so seeing patroids distress I decided to make a less cluttered thread for these guys hoping that sanitation will encourage work ethic
Original thread: viewtopic.php?f=25&t=52
So, starting by ripping off Alexanders post.... Voila!
[quote]Race Symbol:

Buildings:
Craftsman Guild
A place high in Dwarven society, the guild is a powerful force behind the Dwarven empire. With a multitude of trades under its command and its perfection of stonework, it is a staple in any Dwarven city. (Builds upgraded workers, miners...not finalized)
Tavern:
Where you'll find both dwarf and man brought together by a cup of ale (Trains basic melee units)
Shooting Stand:
Home of the Dwarves that are too coward to face the enemy up close, and prefer to pick them off at a distance (trains ranged units)
Mountain Stronghold [Mega Mansion]:
Big stronghold that happens to also feature a mountain. Can train badass units
Kingdom under the mountain[Mega Mansion]:
A kingdom that was actually, strangely enough, built above ground and then buried by a mountain. It is rumoured that the Mighty War Machine Of DOOMdabad Halls Of Mighty WAR Ltd. managed to single handedly excavate and completely restore the city. Unfortunately, its people were not recovered. Can Train war machines and no Dwarves (maybe one or two super strong ones)
Rune Mason:
A dwarf hut that celebrates each and every day of the year by setting of Dwarvish fireworks. However, the Rune masons secrets are very closely guarded, and nobody but the Rune smiths get to see the spectacle. There are reports of the smell of burnt hair and singed beards, and "it always seems to be the Rune smiths who have a tendency to wake up late that have singed beards", says the local barber (can train Rune smiths and research Runes)
Dwarven Lookout
A bastion of defense for the dwarves. The fine Dwarven stonework allows 2 units to enter

Units
Worker:
Standard Worker Unit
Axeman:
Strong infantrist, should need 4 turns
Dwarven Crossbowman
Main ranged unit
Abus gun:
Good distance fighter
best version: a shot is very strong but the gunner has to reload his weapon the turn after
when this isn't possible: good infantrist, should need 4 turns
Beserk:
Axe fighter with double-strike ability and a better armor then the Axeman
Dwarven Slayer:
Slayer are particularly adept at killing giants, ogres, trolls, dragon, demons, big stuff!
Dwarven Defender:
Something like a Jadgpather with an axe, really hard to kill and strong
Bear Rider:
Dwarven cavalry, 1 movement slower then normal riders but hard lance attack, bonus against cavalry
Boar Rider:
Dwarven Cavalry. Great against any non-mounted unit
Heavy Boar Rider:
Dwarven Cavalry. Upgrade for the Boar Rider. Even greater against any non-mounted unit and pretty sturdy
Bombarde:
Unit from the Mountain Stronghold, cannon
Rune Master:
Dwarven caster. We can research new runes at the rune master to make it use more spell-like abilities
Priest:
Dwarven warrior healer
Cleric:
Upgrade for the priest. Stronger and with a wider range
War Smith:
Unit that works both as fighter and worker
Dwarf Monk:
Expert in martial arts; his fists are hard as rocks and can heal by himself by regenerating every turn or by using his action to meditate fully healing and gaining attack power
Dwarven Billman
Name is dumb, standard Anti cavalry unit for the Dwarves. I personally apologize but lately a carrot has been helping so please be respectful.
Dwarven War Machine
A War machine of WAR! Can be mended not healed, an invention of DOOM, so go easy on him (see above)
Dwarven Hammer Fighter
Wielder of the Horn of Helm Hammerhand and the mighty hammer of Dain Ironfoot! King under the Mountain! (In because doomdabad is whiny)
Dwarven mortar
Can provide reliable fire support for the front lines, but cannot fire too close to itself. Maybe it requires to be limbered and unlimbered to move

Ships
Transport
Earlier concept designs and prototypes involved mainly stone and iron. However, this approach was abandoned after the first few dozen designs sunk, with them went quality stone and metals, along with some of the Dwarves most powerful magic.
Dwarven scyther
A powerful bronze plated ironclad warship. The ship is able to cleave through inferior wooden ships with ease, and the glare from the bronze inspires awe and terror into less intelligent creatures. Requires only a few trusty crew for both maintenance and sailing.

And Runes! I will list them here but we can add more!
Ice Rune: stuns the Enemy for some time but increases its defense while lowering sight to 1

Abundance: speeds up a FACTORY production by 1 turn not a TCs

Thorn: Counter attacks deal full damage without reduction

Stone: A temporary moving stone blockade (controlled by player)

Laguz/healing: does area healing +7 hp in a 3x3 area

Blinding: lowers sight to two for an enemy and its adjacent units(same as elephant splash damage)

Strength: +1 attack in a 3x3 area

Rage: +1 action for a single unit

Breeze: +1 movement for a unit and its adjacent units

Boulder: hits a unit for 10 damage,(he is concussed so) lowers that units sight by 2, attack by 3, and movement by 1, adjacent units take 5 damage.

Sap: Deals structural damage, not sure on how much, maybe 50% of its max hp (its risky to send your rune master that close)

How to help:



-Rune images (Complete thanks to DOOMDABAD and Firstspeaker)
-Jsons if you know how to do them (wait for stats)
-Someone familiar with Aof stats(definitely not me ) to think up some stats!
-new unit suggestions
-more ideas on how rune system will actually work
-A lot of these existing images probably could stand being reworked or redone methinks, so to our artists feel free to do whatever you feel needs doing!

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This race seems to have no anti-mounted units.

There should be a Dwarven Billman unit or something of the sort. A bill is kind of like a halberd, like this:


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Honestly any of these polearms would look good on a dwarf I think

Hi
That and 3 runes is all we have. If there a imgae need to be improved or changed, write
it here that elvenprincess, avalyn and me can work on (and hopefully dust adn alex too )

patroid

I did some minor shading on the monk and war smith, as they looked very un-shaded, and the war smith's feet just looked.... wrong in both images. Tell me if this is better. Should all shadows just be a big black circle or is this ok?


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Here is a rough draft of a dwarf billman. If there is anything wrong with it, let me know. Image is 32x45.

Stats are identical to a pikeman for now...


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Hi,
Looks good but,
2 suggestions:

-You forgot some outlines (helmet should be outlined) (blackborder)
-Shadowing need be done.

Concept seems cool and if his pike is broken he can use his
Sharp helmet xD

Patroid

Yes, I figured someone was going to say something about the helmet not having an outline

I tried to outline it, but it makes it look like he either has no face, or his helmet just looks... bad. I think I can fix it though pretty easy. And by shadow do you mean shading? I gave him a pretty dark shadow already.

Ok, I fixed the helmet and shaded him a bit. Also I noticed that I messed up the teamcoloring on all of them, so I fixed them all, and here is a final on all 3, if people like:


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Dwarf/Gnome alliance
Hammer Dwarf [Infantry]
Axe Dwarf [Infantry]
Rifle Dwarf (Ranged) >> Dwarf Minigunner (Upgrade)
Dwarven Engineer (Builder Unit)
Gnome Rocket trooper (Flying scout)
Gnome Harvester (Heavy Unit, tanker)
Mechnogome [Tiny weak one turn thruway unit]
Dwarven Metalsmith
1. Cannon ball (Hurls a chunk of metal)
2. Summon Iron Golem (Summons an iron golem, very slow moving, no ranged, high health and attack)
Gnomish Technomancer
1. Glitch (causes any mechanical unit like a ornithopter or boat to fail/get hurt)
2. Reprogram (Mechanical units can be converted)
3. Super beam (A beam which goes through the whole map either horizon)
Steamship [Transport]

These are just a few ideas that i think should be implemented. Two of the other races, (Elves and orcs) are a mixture of two races. Why not the dwarves? I also imagine dwarves as a technologically advanced race along with gnomes. They are steampunkers and stuff. Well, I hope you like my suggestions.

Here is something I made on my own. Based on the bombarde/dwarves being able to make high tech stuff. I call it a "Dwarven War-Machine"

I think it should have strong attack, lots of health, very high pierce armor, 1-2 move, and it cannot be healed but workers can mend it. Do you guys think this is a cool unit idea/image? I think it would go well with the building based theme, like war smiths and such.


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I was thinking it would look cool if the smoke/steam coming out of its exhausts was animated, but I have no idea how to do that...

Since no one replied I assume the image was not good

how is this?


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The smoke coming out of the head would be weird ingame, maybe an outline?

And the gnome idea is great, but if the gun unit is upgraded it should be arbalest ---> Rifleman

Oh, wow, did not even see the gnome post, I really like the idea of a gnome/dwarf alliance, and it seems we were thinking alike on them having steampunk machinery sorts of things

However, I think some of the techs might be somewhat weird... Like converting mechanical units, as every other race that has mechanical units uses ones that are run by actual soldiers... (catapults, ships, etc). But I like the other ideas!

Also, about the war golem/war machine, What do you mean by a smoke outline? Do you mean make the smoke transparent?

The smoke from the machines head has no outline, and would probably look like a blotch of white on the terrain above the thing.
Im not sure if it would seem weird but it might

Well, I tried a black outline, but it made it look very cartoony, like a cartoon thought bubble

I could try reducing it to only a few white/grey halfway transparent pixels maybe, and if it is animated, I'm sure it would look decently cool

Boom, figured out how to animate, here is the gifs of the two, tell me which model is better! (Notice that the steam animation is barely visible against the forum background, it is mostly transparent so it won't look "blotchy" in game.


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The first one is better (steam actually fluctuates)

The animation is exactly the same.

DoomCarrot wrote:Boom, figured out how to animate,

Great job man! I was wondering if I should email you.

Hi,
Boom Doom got a designer and trapped Hardeep

So You can Take my Place

Patroid

So it is good? I personally like the first one better, but I made the second one for people who would not think there was enough teamcoloring.

Stats (mabye terrible and unbalanced, I haven't unlocked all AoF units ):

Cost: 6
Attack: 15
HP: 50
Armor: 0
Pierce Armor: 4
Move: 2

bonuses against buildings, maybe some other infantry, you get the idea. Cannot be healed by priests and such, but it can be mended.

You got some nice images, but how would I upload them to the OP?
Alexander only dealt with imgur and simply used the img function......

Then.... Upload to imagur?