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Mattocks - New weapon idea

Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2002 11:30 pm
by Erdrick
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.

Mattocks

Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2002 12:11 am
by sean
next you will want Bat'Leths

hehehe

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

Mattocks

Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2002 4:16 am
by Astral
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:

Mattocks

Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2002 2:22 pm
by Damien
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.

Mattocks

Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2002 2:29 pm
by sean
O_o
blender was to complicated

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

Mattocks

Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2002 2:38 pm
by Damien
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.

Mattocks

Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2002 2:41 pm
by sean
work 12 hours non stop a day, and then try a tutorial, it aint fun damien NOT fun

Mattocks

Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2002 8:00 pm
by Astral
The 3d canvas looks good, just it claims it requires 8mb video card, and i only have 4 (sucks eh?)

Mattocks

Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2002 6:18 am
by Astral
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?)

Image

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

Mattocks

Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2002 5:24 pm
by Erdrick
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??

Mattocks

Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2002 8:12 pm
by Astral
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)

Mattocks

Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2002 9:32 pm
by Astral
New Version!

Image

Mattocks

Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2002 9:38 pm
by Dyluck
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?

Mattocks

Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2002 1:32 am
by Astral
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.

Mattocks

Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2002 2:44 am
by Erdrick
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:

Mattocks

Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2002 3:05 am
by Astral
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:

Mattocks

Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2002 3:06 am
by Lasukie
its ok baby
#me pats ms paint

you not going out of date

#me flashes a glare of meaness to the others

Mattocks

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2002 7:27 pm
by Bombor
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/
:)

Mattocks

Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2002 11:59 pm
by Tse
Mebbe a polearm class of weapons? (Glaive, Guisarme, Ransuer, Partisan, Spear, Kwan Dao, Lucern Hammer, Poleaxe, Big stick with a nail in it, ETC)

Mattocks

Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2002 5:13 pm
by Erdrick
1) Who the heck is Tse? "Watch out for Crocodiles?"?
2) Poleaxe, polearm? You mean a halberd or spear?
Please explain yourself.

Mattocks

Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2002 2:22 pm
by Bror
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.

Mattocks

Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2002 4:39 pm
by Sharag
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?

Mattocks

Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2002 10:55 pm
by Erdrick
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.

Mattocks

Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2002 7:31 am
by Sir Hiro
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.