Mattocks - New weapon idea

Erdrick · Post by **Erdrick** » Thu Mar 07, 2002 11:30 pm

The title says it all, but heres the dictionary descrip:
Mattock n. A tool having a blade on one side and a pick on the other or one with a blade on each side.

In the Hobbit, the dwarves swung huge mattocks in the war vs. the goblins.

sean · Post by **sean** » Fri Mar 08, 2002 12:11 am

next you will want Bat'Leths

hehehe

no its a good idea though, I know what dwarfs used:)

Astral · Post by **Astral** » Fri Mar 08, 2002 4:16 am

I thought of another thing, something like a staff, but on one end it has a dagger, and a crystal on the other. It may be something in the future that requires coal and ore, wood, and a gem. I think it would be cool, and I was going to make a graphic, but I have no good programs (paint really sucks) to make it with, and I have Win98 so I cannot run that new free graphics program.

And Erdrick, nice idea :biggrin:

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Fri Mar 08, 2002 2:22 pm

You should try out blender then. Or 3D Canvas. Both are free, and if you worked yourself into them, they're great. You will need tutorials for that, the blender tutorials are quite well explained, the canvas thing is not as well explained. Here are the links you can download them from :

http://www.blender.nl <- blender

http://www.amabilis.com <- 3D Canvas

Both pages support both freeware and pay versions of the programs.

sean · Post by **sean** » Fri Mar 08, 2002 2:29 pm

O_o
blender was to complicated

i use paint an its ok, just try harder, Pixel by Pixel hour by hour

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Fri Mar 08, 2002 2:38 pm

Blender is not complicated. You only need to do the basic tutorials, and then work yourself into it. Very useful is a list with all keyboard commands.

sean · Post by **sean** » Fri Mar 08, 2002 2:41 pm

work 12 hours non stop a day, and then try a tutorial, it aint fun damien NOT fun

Astral · Post by **Astral** » Fri Mar 08, 2002 8:00 pm

The 3d canvas looks good, just it claims it requires 8mb video card, and i only have 4 (sucks eh?)

Astral · Post by **Astral** » Sat Mar 09, 2002 6:18 am

Fooled it, runs with 4mb :biggrin: it is a bit crashy though... luckily it has a recovery system

I actually got a graphic, after like 30 minutes in the program. It sucks though (what did you expect?)

see what i mean? :biggrin:
I will try to do more work soon.

Erdrick · Post by **Erdrick** » Sat Mar 09, 2002 5:24 pm

Hey, thats not half bad, although it is up to the GM's is they want to put it in.
Do you have a name for it yet?
Maybe that can be the teleportation wand, works with those portal things.
I should try to get another graphic thing soon, the other one Martin reccomended to me before was PRETTY bad. (Couldn't color after you drew lines!)
That and it was a trial version... Hey, Damien/Martin, are those trial versions??

Astral · Post by **Astral** » Sat Mar 09, 2002 8:12 pm

It is meant to be a staff that has a dagger on the other end, but it didn't turn out anything like that :biggrin:

I will have to find a name. I could call it "The painted metal pole with a beach ball glued on"

I added two spikes through paint, but they dont look as 3D.

(Edited by Astral at 1:38 pm on Mar. 9, 2002)

Astral · Post by **Astral** » Sat Mar 09, 2002 9:32 pm

New Version!

Dyluck · Post by **Dyluck** » Sat Mar 09, 2002 9:38 pm

Hmm after I downloaded and unzipped the package I got two files and one of them is 3DCanvas.msi which I can't open. Anyone know the problem?

Astral · Post by **Astral** » Sun Mar 10, 2002 1:32 am

It opened fine for me.... I just ran it straight from the zip folder. It did say in the readme that it works on MOST computers. Some may be excluded.

Erdrick · Post by **Erdrick** » Sun Mar 10, 2002 2:44 am

It, erhm... looks cooler, but it umm... needs more work... (looks 2-D in spots)
Boy, that looks pretty easy to do. I want that program!! :cheesy:

Astral · Post by **Astral** » Sun Mar 10, 2002 3:05 am

I know, the little spikes look very 2D, because I have not yet been able to program it to make spikes in the 3D canvas, so I had to do them in paint :biggrin:

Lasukie · Post by **Lasukie** » Sun Mar 10, 2002 3:06 am

its ok baby
#me pats ms paint

you not going out of date

#me flashes a glare of meaness to the others

Bombor · Post by **Bombor** » Fri Mar 15, 2002 7:27 pm

Hey Astral,
could you pls mail me and let me know how on earth you added that pick to the board as I have been working on a new axe and a proposal for the programers, therefore would like to add it to my topic so that I might get some response from the others.

By the way I am using the Pro Designer from Micrografx. I think there is still a free version on their homepage
http://www.micrografix.com
or in german
http://www.micrografix.com/germany/

Tse · Post by **Tse** » Sat Mar 23, 2002 11:59 pm

Mebbe a polearm class of weapons? (Glaive, Guisarme, Ransuer, Partisan, Spear, Kwan Dao, Lucern Hammer, Poleaxe, Big stick with a nail in it, ETC)

Erdrick · Post by **Erdrick** » Sun Mar 24, 2002 5:13 pm

1) Who the heck is Tse? "Watch out for Crocodiles?"?
2) Poleaxe, polearm? You mean a halberd or spear?
Please explain yourself.

Bror · Post by **Bror** » Mon Mar 25, 2002 2:22 pm

Quote: from Erdrick on 5:13 pm on Mar. 24, 2002
2) Poleaxe, polearm? You mean a halberd or spear?
Please explain yourself.

He explained hisself by giving 9 examples. Spear was one of his examples and halberd would be a 10th example.

Sharag · Post by **Sharag** » Mon Mar 25, 2002 4:39 pm

Isn't the current war axe already something like a halberd?
Hardly anyone knows about it's range advantage and altogether it's the same, is it?

Erdrick · Post by **Erdrick** » Mon Mar 25, 2002 10:55 pm

Oh, allright, but when he says words like Ranseur or some other words that sound somewhat like Hawaiian or something, then I would like him to tell me what on earth they are.

Sir Hiro · Post by **Sir Hiro** » Tue Mar 26, 2002 7:31 am

I have this 3d canvas program and I was wondering how do I Get pictures off of it
so i can put it on the board? please tell me and I have the free program.