I used a body and head model of warband to use as base for the armor so boviously there wont be any double head
I will texture the armor myself so count can texture other things,but if I get too late them I may just send himt he armor whit the uws displaced atleast,cuz I am still busy but in like 2 weeks may be fully free to work on the mod
I guess there wont be problem in adding music of other game right?I mean legal problems though we dont get any monetary gain form this mod so I guess is all right,also the civ games does have good music
for the wonders,there is varios cities that where inhabitted by previous civ that where ruins at the time of the aztec and they even used them as zones of pilmigrage
best example is teotihuacan who was a big city of a pre aztec civilization that was huge and in fact have one of the biggest piramyds in the world,and the name was given by the aztecs and means "city of the gods" due to its monumentality and the aztec where influenced by the arts found there and other groups,so those can work for the wonders and there is plenty I think
since you want to add the maya as a faction and not being acurate,maybe we can use the cities that surrendered to the spanish as the faction cities
I mentioned before that chichen itza surrendered to the spanish but we can make it a fully city of the faction
also maya can be tricky to depicts weaponry and other stuff since theyr are not 100% know eiter but we can base them on the other groups
for example I think they used the same cottom armor but maybe it wasnt exactly like the aztec ones,and as I posted before theyr macahuitl was probably of a diferent design too
also it seems theyr armor was filled whit rock salt inside the cottom,so maybe they where more resistant than the aztec design
also they have both round and squared shields,the squared seemed to be flexible made of leather so probably where mostly a defense from proyectiles rather than melee attacks
it seem mayas didnt used so much the proyectiles weapons like atlatl and bows and prefered close combat,it seem theyr favorite weapons where spears
this are some images of warriors from murals
as you can see they where even more extravagant than the aztecs,though is unknow if they really dressed like that for combat and the painting is just idealized
one seem to be holding a mace,or maybe is a torch or a trumpet
here is one that seem to be using a atlatl or maybe a plain javelin
here some dignataries,holding spears and the probably torches
it seems that mayas used breastplate but maybe it was for decoration purposes since they where hanging and not fixed
a more realistic depiction of a warrior
as you can see the headgear was big so I guess if you want to use it you may turn to 1rst person view lol,also unlike the aztec they used heads over theyr heads instead of theyr head inside the mouths
pottery figure depicting a warrior in a more realistic way,and similiar to the tipical aztec armor and dressing,dont know if the thing covering the shoulder and chest is the mentioned cheastplate but is probably some jewelry
this is a interesting figure that shows a supposed helmet that was worn by the highest ranked people,aparently the helmet was made of stone so it would have been very heavy,is unknow if it was indeed used in warfare or just for parade
this imgae show a depiction of a shield whit the face of a war jaguar god whit crossed spears that symbolised war or just battle,dont know if the spears where so highly cuz the mural paintings dont show that but once again this are the mayans we are talking about and they where very ormanted,or maybe if those snake headed spears existed they may have been used in parades or dances
and a more real depiction from the books we use as source
mayans have lot of territory,and since they will be a single faction,I guess they would right?,they may even have more than the aztecs so I guess it should be better if we give them the territory that was habited at the time of the conquest that seemed to be mostly the coasts of yucatan and by doing that we dont go so far from realism
as I said various mayans cities didnt resisted the conquest,but the mayans where fully conquered around 100 years after the first spanish arrival but offcourse they wherent at the level of the big cites,but since we are not sticking to pure realism we can make them that advanced but not so much otherwise they may take away the atention from the aztecs in my opinion
so well I guess frist we will have to choose what dressing to choose since there is tons,like tons of heagear ranging from dear heads to a whole minijaguar on top of your head to even hogs heads,and all whit long feathers
you can pass hours and hours browsing images so I sugest we decide one first and them find some reference,like you want jaguar heads them we search jaguar heads,or we made up something
buildings are easy and they where more ornamented than the other groups,though since we will choose real locations we just base form those,I think maya cities wherent so big since they where very fragmented city states
we shouldnt made much props to them so they dont look too prosperous that show they whent on the collapse that happened before
probably you want to see the movie apocalipto but I think it have various innacuraceys,for example the movie shows the maya almost naked and for the real maya that didnt looked nice and was related to criminals and thiefs,also they mixed aztec stuff too,but it have some correct stuffs
anyway whit the maya we can be more free whit theyr image since some are unknown and the maya where very pictoresque too
I guess splitting tenochtitlan would require lots of models,or maybe we just reuse
the book says that the city was technically completed destroyed in a siege that lasted like 2 months,but since we can recreate that them I guess the map would be divided into the zones whit the residential zone whit houses and the ones whitt he temples and whatever
anyway as I said I suggest we dont make the mayas so expanded or extravagant or prosperous not just cuz is not so historicaly innacurate but cuz it would require more content and models
EDIT:I forgot one important thing
before the spanish arrived at yucatan,2 spaniards washed ashore and where rescued by the local mayas,one of them joined cortes when he found them and worked as translator,the other one which proved his fighting skills to the mayans turned into a important lord and was gonzalo guerrero who decided to stay whit the maya and protect them from the spanish so he is not just a character straight from a movie but a real one too,though he was killed in a battle later,he had 3 childrens,possible the first mixed blood of the continent
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonzalo_Guerrero
