(268) Unit equipment requests

[SPQR]

Looks nice N8.

 

[Spawn Of Achilles]

I take it that's for 268 BC and not Timeless Kingdoms.

 

[SPQR]

That would be a good assumption Achilles. 

 

[ealabor]

well it could go either way really.

Remember the Greko-Roman faction

 

[SPQR]

Good point.

 

[Spawn Of Achilles]

Hmm didn't think about that. Which time period is TK for? I thought it was also 268 BC but I'm not too sure. Any confirmation?

 

[ealabor]

Hmm if the equipment ranges from 400 B.C. to 12-1300 A.D., i'd say there is no specific timeframe

Hey i'm not expert, but I might even go so far as to say thats why the mod is titled "Timeless Kingdoms", but dont take that from me, i'm just winging it by going on what the mod creator said.


 

 

[Spawn Of Achilles]

Heh, smart ass! I take a particular interest in your abnormal use of sarcasm.  But it does make a considerable amount of sense!

 

[FrisianDude]

Wow, N8rush10, that looks wonderful! 

 

[hospitallerskane]

gladiotor armor for winning a tournamnet?

 

[Somairle]

I haven't played in a while; are their single-edged Germanic swords? Might be nice for a late or high-tier unit, if those were in use yet. I'm pretty sure they were around by the 1st century BC. Celtic short swords would be nice too, especially up in Britain, with scarcer iron and so forth they'd be more cost effective, and in Ireland there were relatively few longswords (though they were present, just, they'd almost certainly been the province of nobles), but plenty of short ones (more or less large daggers, with broad flat blades, somewhat akin to a gladius in appearance). Maybe old-style Celtic longswords for the isles too, shorter with nice leaf shapes. For that matter, Iberian gladii, attenae swords, and other swords would be nice.

I'll reiterate some desires and list off some others. Fire-hardened javelins/spears with no metal (good for some of the more primitive or fringe places). Celtic clothing that isn't all the same color (a waistcoat and plain color shirt with plaid trousers would be nice), and removal of some of the bland vanilla-looking things from them (Celts were extremely colorful people, it'd be nice if they looked the part), correct one of the axes (it appears to be swung backward), more spear varieties for barbarians, and a general increase in barbarian equipment and units (it'd be nice to have roaming bands of wild Caturiges attacking merchants in the Alps, or Ligurian war parties fighting both the Gauls and the Romans).

 

[ealabor]

Definitely will look at diversifying the Gallic units as far as aesthetics go.

For the time being i'm not trying to think about 268 B.C. untill I get these other projects finished, but I would also like to look at expanding the equipment for the Germanic faction as well. There will be plenty for me to do once I crank up the flagship again.

 

[ealabor]

er, this is actually where the shields were supposed to be posted..

 

[jord932003]

Holy **** The Greek-Roman factions items are coming along very well.
The shield textures are good looking, very noticeable battering marks in the 1st shield, goes good with it.

 

[Xenophon]

looks great everyone. Keep up the good work.

 

[ealabor]

Alright, I figured what I was doing wrong with the shields - I wasnt giving the outer rim a shaded look.
Here's what i'm talking about...

Gives the item more of a 3D reference as well as makes the lighting logical.



Also as reference to how i've come along with texturing, here's a look at my old bronze hoplon lol..

 

[SPQR]

Very nice.

 

[BadabombadaBang]

Looking good.