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  1. Sundiata
    Black base is ok. Indeed, when attached to the horses' head, it should look like it's connected to the halter, but I don't think that's going to be a problem as it will sit on top of the upper two bands of the halter anyway. Ok, I will , Seleucid horse-crown texture coming up (tomorrow or something).
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    Those are just perfect! Really... Doesn't need to be anything more or less than that. Love 'em! You have my seal of approval
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    So, a tunic, with a pelt partially draped over it, yes, that's possible. But be aware he shouldn't look like the priest, who also has a leopard pelt draped over one shoulder. I don't know about the leopard cape though ...
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    @Alexandermb, God, yes!!!! Compare: Could you share the files? Maybe I should make a new horse crown texture for the Seleucids as well now that we're at it? If you want to do the modelling?
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    Out of those guys, the guy on the far right is literally perfect for top tier Nubian spearman.. The only other variation for top tier Nubians that would be good is wowgetoofyourcellphones "Blemmye tunic" texture These guys need to feel like the poorly armoured and poorly marshalled troops Strabo was referring to... Armour and fancy stuff is for heroes, champions and some quilted cotton for pikemen and swordsmen..
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    @wackyserious Sorry, I think I see what you want. You want to make a New Kingdom heavy infantry unit like that chariot team with spearmen and solid coloured shields. The problem is we don't have a specific unit like that (Napatan temple guard kind of represents it though). I'm all for more units, but the current selection is already large, and there are other units that would have the prerogative I think, (like chariots).
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    This is not so good. Oval hide shields for the Nubian spearmen need to be white with black or red patches. Those are the only type of shields they get. Remember that these are the most basic citizen units and they're not supposed to be good units. No armour, inferior weapons... definitely no rhino or leopard stuff. Let the cheap units be cheap. Kush comes in to it's own with champion units, and good archers. The tiers will be defined by sashes and other adornments like necklaces and such, but the shields remain the same. Think of the Nubian and Nuba units as the most stereotype loincloth warriors. The urban elites with their fancy stuff appear among swordsmen and pikes, and the royals and nobles as champions. The King as hero can go all out, but you got them covered As a shield? I'm not sure. As a loin-pelt for higher ranking Nubians, yes.
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    Sure... But as you can see in most pictures the colours are mixed in with each-other. You could have one unit with solid colours (black & red), and another unit with patches (black & red), but not some shields with patches and some without in the same unit. I actually think the solid coloured versions are painted... Cool We should only use Egyptian style shields like that for: Napatan temple guard: but they get the leopard pelt Apedemak's temple guards pikemen, from the second tier going (but I was thinking to use the giraffe hides mixed with cow hides for them, both for small round shield and egyptian type shield, or maybe they could get the solid colours??) So out of the citizen soldiers, only pikemen get those shields (remember we're not New-Kingdom period but Napatan and Meroitic). By the way, I found a second very clear image of that shield type being offered to the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II, by Kushites, along with other Kushite items exported to Egypt: Shields in middle uppper section, with ebony logs, ivory, fans, ostrich eggs furniture, exotic pelts, bows, pottery, gold, slaves and exotic animals including a lion (those Kushite lions...) The guy on the far right is Amenemopet, the Viceroy of Kush. Full image for context (Ramesses II subjugation of Kush), from Beit El Wali (Nubia): Another possible horse crown variation. This is just a cutout from a public domain image (100 + year old). Don't know if this is useful or not?
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    @Alexandermb, if you're interested: We need a Kushite feathered horse-crown (prop), to replace the current Seleucid placeholder. I made a horse-crown texture with the exact outline: I made use of a 19th century image in the public domain I'm not sure if it should be used by cavalry champions or only by the mounted hero I forgot wowgetoffyourcellphone's awesome idea: Noble cavalry upgrade to Royal cavalry (after tech research). Noble cav doesn't get horse-crown, royal cav does... This one is for the mounted hero:
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    Not a bad concept... Although it's not very clear in AoE 2. Maybe we can simplify it: have one attack sound when your units get attacked and another one when buildings get attacked? It would help assess the severity of the threat. (I've had my base overrun more than once without even realising because I was so engaged in a battle somewhere else on the map, and likewise, have overrun people's base without them realising because they were fighting somewhere else) Those distance and time-paramaters are quite good (gives you an idea of the scope of the attack), but single units shouldn't trigger an alarm within 10 sec or 10 tiles of setting of one. (try avoiding annoying "alarm spam"). Maybe we can have an attack sound for when one unit get's attacked, and a second more serious/urgent sound when more than 10 units are under attack at the same time. Same for buildings. After the second more serious/urgent alarm has gone of, no more alarms should go off within a 100 tile radius, for a full minute of that alarm to avoid "alarm spam" (by now you already know you're under massive attack, and don't need to be reminded every 10 sec)
  11. Sundiata
    Perhaps a little, yes. The red seems to stand out too much. But the shape and all is good!
  12. Sundiata
    It's funny how you can spend hours on one thing and just minutes on another. Either way, it's all making the game look and feel all the better! I don't know about max tris for props like this, but I think it's ok. Could you share the file here, so that @wackyserious or @stanislas69 can incorporate it for the Meroitic swordsmen? perhaps just fix it diagonally on the back, that would be best (if you could fix straps that go around the chest, that would be awesome) Well, it actually turned out a little better than I was thinking, lol... I don't know if the colour is ok?
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    @Alexandermb, Jesus that was fast! Looks great (I don't know why the one on the right is stretched like that though) side-view, of course, duh... Yaaaaay, Kushite sword scabbard! One more thing is there could be 2 bronze rings, attached to those bronze bits in the middle, to attach the straps to. see examples. Thank you!!!
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    @stanislas69, @Alexandermb, if you have time and interest, could one of you perhaps make a model for the scabbard of the Kushite swordsmen? I already made the texture with the exact outline. Is it good enough? I hope you can use it.. It's supposed to be attached to straps, hanging around the shoulder on the back, or be tucked under a belt.
  15. Sundiata
    Ok, I think what's best is just 50/50 red/black for all the Nubian units: Kush_infantry_archer and Kush_infantry_spearman, as well as the Nuba mercs, kush_infantry_merc_javelinist and clubman
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    To get real technical, red dyed, blond dyed and black hair are all pictured. Red and blond (I know...) often appear together in ratio's of 50/50, but red is sometimes depicted exclusively, and black is also sometimes depicted exclusively. Red dyed and black appear most common, Blond appears regularly as well, but never exclusively. Red Ochre... Henna is used among Nubians today for painting hands and arms, but I don't think they use it for hair dying (I know other people do). Some tribes in Sudan (and Ethiopia/Kenya) still dye their hair red (with ochre). South Sudan: Omo Valley women, Ethiopia:
  17. Sundiata
    @wackyserious, The ochre dyed hair is only for Kush_infantry_archer and Kush_infantry_spearman. They shouldn't necessarily all have it, but they could. Depends on what you think looks better.
  18. Sundiata
    Ah, yes indeed..
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    And this guy for mid tier:
  20. Sundiata
    @wackyserious, sorry, sometimes I forget some nice references... This guy is essentially perfect for the top rank Nubian archer Kush_infantry_archer:
  21. Sundiata
    Ah, Indeed... If it's ok for you, it's ok for me. @wackyserious could you do something else for me? I made some sandals, and I'd like you to check if it's ok, or adjust them if it's possible. If they're ok, quality-wise for you, I'd like you to use the red sandals for all champions, and the golden sandals for all heroes. Let the regulars go barefoot (those filthy peasants..!)
  22. Sundiata
    @wackyseriousYeah, Pikemen would be generally dark, northern Sudanese (Nubians) have much more variety in skin-tone, so you could use the "lightest" skin-tone alongside the darker ones. That would be the most interesting and most representative of how the Egyptians also depicted them (both black and "reddish brown" skintones). [I originally didn't realise different skin-tones for the same unit were possible. The mixing you're doing right now is really ideal, just try to respect the "expected" ratio's, like 2 light, one dark, for Nubians / 2 dark, one light for meroites, something like that] By the way, the leopard and lion pelts would ideally not be loincloths, but the entire animal pelt (legs and all) wrapped around the legs, with the tail hanging from the butt.
  23. Sundiata
    Actually it can be the other way around. They can be bare-chested with a simple loincloth at rank 1, but receive leopard pelt and Nubian sash from tier 2 or 3. Wearing a Leopard pelt was a sign of bravery and symbol of prestige. [EDIT] lion cloths are just as good, by the way!
  24. Sundiata
    @wackyserious & @Alexandermb For 3d tier Nubian cavalry. For Champion cavalry: From the horse graves at Ballana. It's belongs to the 5th century post-Meroitic X-group, who inherited their cavalry culture from the Meroitic Kushites. Very similar, sometimes almost identical horse equipment is found among the earlier Kushites. These examples from Ballana (and also Qustul) are just much more intact (intact enough to be reassembled!). For Hero cav: a modified version of this, with a feather-crown, and a leopard pelt covering the back part of the horse. (I'm still working on an illustration for that one). The feather crown needs to be of the Egyptian type, definitely not the seleucid one.. Nubian cav would just use leather bands instead of these silver and bronze discs.
  25. Sundiata
    @wackyserious & @wowgetoffyourcellphone, quilted cotton armour can indeed be dyed in many different colours and patterns. 10th century Sudanese quilted cotton armour from the Kingdom of Makuria (a Christianised successor to Kush) Because this organic material decomposes very quickly, we don't have any surviving examples to show :/ But quilted cotton was used very widely from East to West Africa, and I can share some 19th century Sudanese quilted cotton armours, which are very probably inherited from the ancient designs. These armours are often used to protect cavalry (I'll make an African cavalry post soon). The very widespread (definitely pre-Arabic) nature of this type of armour and design, suggests an ancient point of dissemination. The earliest written reference to Sudanese cotton armour backs this notion (4th century BC, Greek text referring to Kushite quilted cotton armour for rider and horse)... Anyway: Here are a bunch of 19th century Sudanese quilted cotton armours: (be aware that you shouldn't use those decorated geometric patterns of squares, because it's specifically associated with the Mahdist war)
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