Help wanted - graphic artist(s) needed

[Prophet]

My boarding party mod is nearly ready for testing and I would like some nice shiny graphics to go with it.

What I'm looking for:
3-4 x dockscreen backgrounds (600x400 px)
-various ship interiors (more details if you're interested)

20-30 troop icons (96x96 px)
-I haven't made the troop items yet so you have the opportunity to name them if you want.
Mostly looking for robots, some humanoid soldiers or a few mecha style.

10-20 abstract image icons (96x96 px)
- these are needed for the specific tactics that can be selected in combat.
- I don't have any preconceived style idea yet but am open to any suggestions.

20-30 personal equipment icons (96x96 px)
-things like handheld weapons, guns, blasters, light(ning)-sabers, armor etc.
- again, I haven't written many of these yet so you have the chance to name them if you wish.

I will give full credit to any images you create in the included readme.txt file and if you want to add a sig to your images I don't mind.

I'm still coding the mod but if I have to troll the net for royalty free pics and edit them myself in GIMP it will be a long time before I can release this...

Thanks in advance

[schilcote]

Robot soldiers? How's this:?



The colors are a little off, but it looks okay to me.

EDIT:

Here's another:

[stealthx]

I might be able to do something about troops icons, in 2 months time as I am busy with school works now. But I don't think you can wait that looooong, heh heh.

schilcote: Those look like tinmen.

[schilcote]

schilcote: Those look like tinmen.

Is that a good thing? I just fired up paint and drew them in a few minutes.

[Jeoshua]

Ewww.... MS Paint.

I'd throw my hat into the ring to make something cool, but I am currently without access to my modelling and rendering programs... shame too, I was very close to finishing my first mod, complete with new ship graphics

[Bobby]

Does anyone know the lighting and camera angle for rendering items?

EDIT: I have some robots ready:
1. box with wheels and a gun, four variants. all are cheap, relatively fast, fragile, and have less than impressive firepower.
2. armored box with tracks and guns, three variants. just as primitive as the former, but larger, slower, tougher, and mounting much larger weapons.
3. high tech floating jet propelled sphere with gun, three variants. also fragile and loaded with underwhelming weapons, but very fast and difficult to aim at or slow down with obstacles.

[alterecco]

10-20 abstract image icons (96x96 px)
- these are needed for the specific tactics that can be selected in combat.

Could you write a bit about the tactics that you have?

[Bobby]

Ryad Armament makes these primitive war machines for the low-end defense or attack market. Although they have an impressive field of view they aren't very powerful or durable. They aren't particularly smart either, but shooting things doesn't require much reasoning. more effective in groups.
1. light - single laser blaster (of the hand-held variety, as are it's other weapons)
2. medium - double kinetic rifle
3. heavy - small caliber "metal storm" weapon
4. advanced - single particle blaster


The heavily armored Ryad Armament Cyclops can withstand copious amounts of small arms fire. It's single yellow lifeless eye offers a limited field of view, but it's heavy weight provides for a very stable firing platform. A single Cyclops is formidable, but more than that will engage in tactical maneuvers and coordinate smaller Ryad units.
1. light - single laser cannon (super-sized hand-held, all weapons)
2. medium - double kinetic cannon
3. heavy - larger caliber "metal storm"
4. advanced - three particle blasters


Hiboto Unlimited manufactures these flying gun platforms for high speed attack. Each is low on firepower and armor, but they are lightning fast and hard to hit.
1. Standard - single laser blaster (of the hand-held variety, as are others)
2. Jurryriged - three laser blasters, limited agility.
3. advanced - one particle blaster

should I include the unarmed versions too? a pure scout can't fight, but it can help a bit.

[Prophet]

I appreciate all the offers!

I have the framework working and am working on streamlining the code and revising some stuff. I'm looking at about 3 months until release. I have to write all the items and I still have some things I want to try with the canvas screens.

The tactics that I am planning on implementing:

Offensive
-Attack, Flank, Feint, Attrition, Rush, Siege, Skirmish

Defensive
-Retreat, Take cover, Fighting withdrawl, Spray and pray

Special categories
-Hack attempt, Psionic attack, Demolitions attack, Recon

These are just rough ideas and aren't finalized at all.

[Vizth]

20-30 personal equipment icons (96x96 px)
-things like handheld weapons, guns, blasters, light(ning)-sabers, armor etc.
- again, I haven't written many of these yet so you have the chance to name them if you wish.

I'll see what i can do. Got some ideas already for an assault rifle, and a pistol. no promises tho, I've hit kind of a creative speed bump. XD

[Prophet]

Awesome bobby, Thank you so much!
Those are exactly what I'm looking for! They look fantastic.

I've copied all the info you posted and will include that in the descriptions.

I'm about 3/4 done rewriting what I had accomplished (for the 5th time!) and I think this will be the final version. I have totally redesigned all the troop stats to make them more user friendly.

As it stands now, all troops will have the following stats:

Ranged attack power - Damage dealt per shot
Ranged attack speed - number of shots per round
Ranged attack accuracy- uhh, yeah.
Melee attack power - Damage dealt per hit
melee attack speed - number of hits
melee attack accu - chance to hit
Shield strength - primary defense
Armor strength - secondary defense
Hit points - tertiary defense

As well, troops may have points in the following skills:
Hacker - make hack attempts on the target ship/station
Stealth - avoid detection
Psionic - turn your enemies to the dark side! Mwaahaa haaaaa
Demolitions - Make stuff go boom!
Repair - fix stuff
Recon - collect enemy intel


The weapons and equipment that the player will be able to equip will have the same stats but they will modify the player's stats directly. The player also has all these stats and a few more and I've built an XP and level system so you can gain points and improve your Commander's stats.

[Bobby]

I put together a zip file with the jpg, a mask, and a more detailed description of their abilities.

I *may* make a spider type droid, but I don't have all the extra parts for doga anymore and the links on the forum have gone dead.

[Bobby]

I added a spider type droid, one of them is a repair/demolition model.

In line with Hiboto Unlimited's other products, the Araceae is a high tech machine. 6 bladed gripper legs allow it to traverse almost any terrain (even upside down clinging to a grate on the ceiling), and do it relatively quietly, as well as rip apart anything it deems hostile.

from the left:
normal
advanced
repair/demolition

the zip is updated to include the spider.

[Prophet]

Awesome bobby!
Thanks again, they've been added!

btw, the bots look great ingame!