steampunk

[WingedSerpent1969 0]

i am proposing a radical mod / addon collection.

for the uninitiated think...a jules verne version of arma in a steam and gaslight era...the league of extraordinary gentlemen....

re visualising the arma vehicles and units and changing the dynamic of game play...

how?

spec ops....

http://usera.imagecave.com/artyandy/1902MIB.JPG

replace helecopter with a zepellin

http://4thera.com/user/image/image-airship.jpg

m1a1....

https://www.tin-soldier.com/STFRONT1.JPG

http://www.crabfu.com/steamto....nk2.jpg

tanks will now lumber along at much slower pace belching smoke and steam! slower reload

http://www.cloudster.com/Sets&Ve....Med.jpg

http://www.milminwh.com/images....rle.jpg

well you get the concept...

this will take an eternity to do by myself with my limited time and skills, sooo.........

is anyone interested enough to help out?

pm me

thanks

[max power 21]

This is interesting... seems to be in the same spirit as Iron Storm. Iron Storm was a game set in the 1960s, in an alternate past where World War 1 didn't end.

[gsleighter 0]

I remember that game, that game was frustrating! That was back in the day when you had 100 health, and that game had precious little health packs and all the enemies were marksmen.

[Col. Faulkner 0]

spec ops....

http://usera.imagecave.com/artyandy/1902MIB.JPG

<a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v692/whisky01/boers.jpg" target="_blank">Nah, here are your Spec Ops, the original "Commandos"...

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I'm definitely interested in the idea but probably not able

to help out much right now.

Will there be Martian War Machines, in it?  

[max power 21]

Will there be Martian War Machines, in it?  

Damn, that would be madness... and not the Stephen Spielberg ones either- as good as they look. The ones that belch the black smoke.

Unfortunately, if you go with War of the Worlds canon, they also must move in a rolling motion like a milk stool tilted sideways and bowled along the ground- which would probably be easier to do in arma's engine than a tripod walk.

[Sennacherib 0]

i like very much the idea, but i would add maybe a little bit of modernism for the vehicles and the weapons (to avoid a long reloading)

btw: do you have other pictures ?

[WingedSerpent1969 0]

good call Col. Faulkner....west Her majesty's finest

res..boer geurillas.... east...mmmmm

@ Dante steampunk is a whole genre if you google images you'll find tons of stuff! also iron clads

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h68000/h68439.jpg

yeah...i like the idea of a h.g.wells tripod.........the animation is going to be a bitch though

[Sennacherib 0]

thx, i didn't know the real word for this genre

a mix with something like this futuristic stuff could be interesting:

http://shop.webomator.com/RetroPrints.shtml

[pathetic_berserker 4]

HA I was wondering if ayone would suggest this. Thought about it a bit myself (probably as excuse to make Victorian style buildings and the like) but always shut it down because I don't need any more commitments.

Good luck and,if ever get around to making one of those 'Victorian' style buildings i'll let you know.

[WingedSerpent1969 0]

thanks Pathetic_Berserker.

ok here is the provisional shopping list and scenario

1. ironclad warships  W and E

2. a shore party of sailors/ marines / soldiers for E and W

3. civilian adventurers/ missionary and an airship

4. a steam ship wreck

5. mysterious savages(something spectacular in the pipeline already)

6. the Nautilus and crew

a mysterious tropical archepelago with ancient ruins

provisional scenario......

A geographical expedition to discover the fabled diamond mines of King Solomon find a wreck on the shores of a strange uncharted island and encounter a missionary and his daughter.

they recount how mysterious inhuman savages attacked the survivors and also of an ancient lost city and incalculable riches within.

the expedition leave a small armed party behind to claim the islands in the name of Her Magesty and the airship leaves to seek help from the HMS Thunderchild 4 days away anchored off Zanzibar.

the german east Africa company learn of the departure of Thunderchild and soon the iron clad Teggetthof was on a pursuit course.

expect twists and turns in the movie style plot

bolt action rifles, revolvers....you'll want to hit your targets with the first shot!

read some jules verne or arthur conan doyle to put yourselves in the mood

http://www.bromfieldhall.co.uk/tlwtitle.jpg

there will be a huge amount of work to do and i will be asking to borrow from a few people.

i would also like to do a movie style campaign intro to give thanks and credits to contributors

[Col. Faulkner 0]

HMS Thunder Child? So this is set before the Martians invaded then?

[nikki191 0]

Mars and Venus? more territory to claim for queen and country lets sail the aether and have at those martian rotters by jove!!!

[WingedSerpent1969 0]

@Col. Faulkner

just keeping options open....the neo-victorian style does lend itself to a wotw scenario too....two birds with one stone and all that!

[Col. Faulkner 0]

Mars and Venus? more territory to claim for queen and country lets sail the aether and have at those martian rotters by jove!!!

In H.G. Wells' "War of the Worlds" HMS Thunder Child took out

three of the hitherto invincible Martian war machines (before

being destroyed herself), restoring some morale and hope to

the beleaguered humans.

"WingedSerpent" is apparenty a patron of classic Sci-Fi.

[WingedSerpent1969 0]

mmm.... may br we could sneak a triffid or two into the island flora

[Casimir 0]

sounds very interesting and origional.

i hope to see this project turn good.

any information on progress or are you still in the planning stages?

regards

cas.

[WingedSerpent1969 0]

still planning and trimming the impossible from my train of thought...

i hope to start small and keep adding "expansions" however it does pay to remain ambitious and much of what i wish to acheive is already out there albeit in a diferent form......

i'll try to post regular updates(rl permitting), and if anyone has any ideas or creations they think usefull please donate...i'll be sure to credit any and all contributions whether intellectual or material..

releases will be as and when ready and then final release candidates when suitable

ttfn

[Col. Faulkner 0]

mmm.... may br we could sneak a triffid or two into the island flora

King Kong wipes his butt with triffids.

[pathetic_berserker 4]

ok here is the provisional shopping list and scenario

1. ironclad warships  W and E

2. a shore party of sailors/ marines / soldiers for E and W

3. civilian adventurers/ missionary and an airship

4. a steam ship wreck

5. mysterious savages(something spectacular in the pipeline already)

6. the Nautilus and crew

a mysterious tropical archepelago with ancient ruins

provisional scenario......

I think youve done a great job here keeping the list small and relevant to your senario. Put missions first and expand the addon requirement to fit the mission gives purpose to the addons. Precisely the kind of thinking wich could make it work.

The Nautilis may end up being little more than eye candy, but that doesn't matter as much if its more of a plot device.

1 question though, you say east and west, naturaly. I take it Brits will be west but what is the focus for east? I believe your choice of uniforms for east is many, the Brits were certainly not shy of standing on toes during the expansion years of Queen Victorias reign

[WingedSerpent1969 0]

@Pathetic_Berserker

yeah the choice is quite wide, i think to start with E will be other colonial interests in africa.....the rest of europe basically...Belgum France and i suppose 'Germany'

to be honest i think sailors will fit the scenario best and the similarities in uniforma of that era make my life a little easier...

http://www.sacktrick.com/igu....rms.htm

http://www.britishbattles.com/tim-reese/zulu/ near bottom

blues and whites!

[oldbear 390]

Of course Britain will try to save the world from Sudenland menace.

Sudenland is of course a Prussian/Boers state, the growing power in South Africa.

And of course indigenous people are not feeling right about this, so they are all fighting Zoulayan rebellion (zoulou+sepoy) an improbable alliance between africans rebels and ex-indian soldiers.

[WingedSerpent1969 0]

due to the amazing community that we have things are trotting along at a nice pace,

not due to my diligence and labour but the kind offers of help from some talented and creative community members

(you know who you are.....thank you so much)

so it looks like i can be a little more creative and ambitious......now where did i put that shark with a laser

i will give weekly updates on progress or more frequent [rl permitting]