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Hey,

This nasty error ended my modeling at least temporarily:

Did I broke my RAM?

Ah, but Swiss guard is stationed to Vatican, you don't have to pay for lodging and its tax free. To be honest they are not really mercs anymore. More like standard security personnel. Anyway, well paid merc jobs are hard to find. Even French foreign legion only pays around 1000 euros a month.

Interesting thing that 'guitar' word. I agree with what you said about migration movements: we can only guess.

For example: There is an old word in finnish language that comes from the ancient iranian langueage. 'Vasama' or 'vasara' (lightning bolt or hammer in english) was used to refer to 'sky god weapon'. Now how was it that a tribe living in north of europe started to call lightning with iranian word? Some scholars say that it was propably at the time when some folks migrated here and made stone hammers as fighting weapons. Did they migrate all the way from Iran? who knows?

It was not the salary, but looting which made mercenaries rich. During the sack of Rome, Landsknechts and other Imperial forces looted around ten million ducats worth of property. As a reference, the ransom that pope himself had to pay for his freedom was only 5000 ducats. Imagine what it must have been like to rampage one of the wealthiest cities in the world and take whatever you want! They even robbed graves, churches and so on.

Swiss mercenary tradition on the other hand started with food salary. Swiss cantons were overpopulated and young men were starving, so they enlisted for a decent meal and lodging. Later of course they were paid by cash, when they had established their reputation. Also it was common that they gained a bonus worth of year's salary, if they succeeded in a defensive stand or assault. Kings and other employers were happy to pay that money, 'cos a swiss merc unit was often used succesfully against ten times larger feudal troops.

Today, Swiss guard salary is 1800 swiss franks a month. A bit high since theres little chance for looting 

Great job! Colours are a bit dark, but I guess that's just what the dark ages should look like.

I just can't wait to find out what happens next. Does Claire have the hearts to sell those poor river pirates to galley slavery?

Visibility above all. Prince of Wales was injured in face in the battle of shrewsbury, and it certainly wasnt that he couldnt afford a decent helm.

Kettle helm offers good protection against falling arrows. I think that the extreme need to protect your face was only beneficial in jousting or when you charged against pikes. In general melee you'd need better vision around.

I guess that husars used it somewhat two-handed, if they didnt have shields. And being an elite force, they probably were strong-wristed chaps.

Nice story I found today about english war bow and battle of shrewsbury:
http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/medieval/shrewsbury/default.aspx


Even though, I guess that my choise for the best medieval weapon would be some pole-arm. Perhaps the bill. Its cheap, easy to use and effective. Couple of strong-minded farmers could beat a knight when armed with bills, axes and daggers.

Aww, your right about the fenno-ugric langueges: those are uralic, not indo-european. I should know 'cos i speak one.

Sami people are really mixed into finns, swedes, norwegians and russians, and the language is very rare or near extinct. Like many other fenno-ugric languages.

Khergit are like ugric horse tribes (today known as Hungarians). I think they somewhat pestered central Europe during the dark ages.

Speak about the old origins, Fenno-ugric peoples could also be classified as "native europeans". Language is very old indo-european, and was dominant in northern europe before the arrival of german tribes, according to some researchers.

Pre-history is however vague, and the question about who was here first can be answered with little hard evidence. Were those guys who killed all the mammoths after the iceage blond or brown? What language did they speak?

Night time hack and slash in cramped town streets and gangways might look good. Torches flickering light on dark figures with occasional flash of steel..

I didn't read the whole thread, cos its so long. Maybe this extremely long sword hasnt been introduced here yet? To my understanding this is the longest sword actually used in battle anywhere in the world.

In M&B this sword would be comparable to a spear, in a sense that it would have only pierce damage. It could be single handed weapon, with a bit more damage than spear, 'cos its made entirely out of steel, unlike most spears. Maybe I should make an addon out of this?

"In addition to an 18 foot lance, the Hussar carried a second sword called a pallasz strapped to his saddle. This sword had a sabre grip and a straight, edgeless blade between four and six feet long. The cross-section of the blade was square like a fireplace poker and was used to pierce armor once the Hussar had lost or broken his lance." http://www.rencentral.com/sept_vol1/hussars.shtml


"The koncerz originated from a medieval sword and appeared at the end of the 15th century when it was about 1.3m long, quite heavy and badly weighted. By the late 16th century it had increased in length to a typical 1.60m overall (1.40m blade) and was much better designed. The koncerz was a stabbing sword, used more like a spear and it provided a rider with a very long reach. It had no cutting edge, just a sharp pointed end, being triangular or square in cross section."
http://www.jasinski.co.uk/wojna/comp/comp06.htm

And yes, I know this is a post-medieval weapon, but aren't crossbows too?

Some castles were taken by surprise. That would be fun to try in M&B.
You'd have to try and hold the city gate open for a certain period of time with your small surprise party when the town defender tries to knock you out or close the gate before the main attacking army arrives. There could be a timer saying: 10 minutes to reinforcements.. 9 mins .. 8 mins.. And then the town would be yours. you could even combine that with the existing 'sneaking into town' feature: If you manage to sneak in, you'd have the option to try and take the fortification by surprise.

Cossacks are of Ukranian origin I think. Refugees during the Polish oppression. Zendar sounds like Finland; between Rusis (Vaegirs) and Swedes (Swadians) fighting with each other. Except that they never used much heavy cavalry up in the northern Europe.