FueledByOCHD Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 that would be epic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragnar Lothbrok Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Ragnar Lothbrok is incredibly famous, I'm not sure if he was just a legend or a real person, but either way, you could make him a hero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niektb Posted May 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 On 07/05/2014 at 6:39 AM, Ragnar Lothbrok said: Ragnar Lothbrok is incredibly famous, I'm not sure if he was just a legend or a real person, but either way, you could make him a hero Well, I personally want some historical base before implementing stuff.But hero-related stuff are discussed here:http://www.wildfiregames.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=18520 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flavius Aetius Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragnar_Lodbrok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radagast. Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Did you know of the Oseberg ship? °Asa the great queen is said to have been buried with this ship.I landed there via:Ragnar Lodbrok -> Sigurd Snake in the Eye -> Aslaug -> Sigurd Hart -> Ragnhild & Guttorn (both children) Those siblings were captured by the berserker Haki until Halfdan The Black (unvoluntary son of the aforementioned famous °Asa H°akonsdotter, which freed herself from captiveness and ruled for 20 years).Halfdan + Ragnhild were the parents of Harald Fairhair (remembered as the First King of Norway). Quote The unification of Norway is something of a love story. It begins with a marriage proposal that resulted in rejection and scorn from Gyda, the daughter of Eirik, king of Hordaland. She said she refused to marry Harald "before he was king over all of Norway". Harald was therefore induced to take a vow not to cut nor comb his hair until he was sole king of Norway, and when he was justified in trimming it ten years later, he exchanged the epithet "Shockhead" or "Tanglehair" for the one by which he is usually known. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radagast. Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 (edited) Thyra -- Granddaughter of Ragnar Lodbrok Edited May 7, 2014 by Hephaestion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FueledByOCHD Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 if i remember quickly the oseburg was just used as a burial ship(pretty much carnation) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 Is very nice serie that Vikings , I'm not sure how accurate is but have nice cut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flavius Aetius Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 It's a good show, but it's not historically accurate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mega Mania Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 (edited) On 06/05/2014 at 7:46 PM, Ragnar Lothbrok said: Hello, I'm so happy to see a Viking Civ in the works! Has anybody here been following the History Channel's "Vikings"? I do believe you will find a lot of inspiration from it! http://www.history.com/shows/vikingsIndeed, it's a good TV series but it scores average in historical accuracy.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2306299/trivia?ref_=tt_trv_trvhttp://www.academieduello.com/news-blog/facts-foibles-history-channels-series-vikings/ Edited May 8, 2014 by Mega Mania 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 On 08/05/2014 at 11:31 AM, Flavius Aetius said: It's a good show, but it's not historically accurate.yeah that hair cuts style XD. but im talking about Weapons and Shields, may be buildings.Obviously the story plot isn't because like HBO Rome need have drama a an structure argumentative Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mega Mania Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 The TV series was eager to Immortalize Ragnar Loðbrók although some of his achievements wasn't historically accurate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flavius Aetius Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 The equipment isn't great really. I'd have to pay more attention to it to tell you exactly what's wrong with it, but it's gotten to the point where I ignore any hope of having a historically accurate item in a movie or TV show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 On 08/05/2014 at 4:58 PM, Flavius Aetius said: The equipment isn't great really. I'd have to pay more attention to it to tell you exactly what's wrong with it, but it's gotten to the point where I ignore any hope of having a historically accurate item in a movie or TV show.i know I was study media, I know about artistic freedom with costumes, hair cut style, and with the facts.The facts can follow a storyline based in a drama, without drama no nobodies see the show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radagast. Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 Agreed. Though I at least trusted HistoryChannel the most, but maybe that's an illusion. It's difficult to say if there is any series out there which can be completely trusted. At last not even the historians share the same opinion. (Thus it might be difficult to be 100% accurate within the time-frame. Or it's all just intentionally to outweigh other documentaries which might have been favouring other theories. Difficult to tell.) Quote if i remember quickly the oseburg was just used as a burial ship(pretty much carnation)Oh. At least it reminds me very strongly of certain other stories which were written down in the last century by masters I have never seen and whose stories I hope will never be lost in any fire (as happened to many ancient writers whose tellings I would love to read). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flavius Aetius Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 I agree that you can't be entirely historically accurate in a TV show/movie, but there are a lot of things they could easily do to make it more accurate, and neglect doing so.E.g. all the crappy Roman costumes in the History Channel's Roman programs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Druide Gaulois Posted May 14, 2014 Report Share Posted May 14, 2014 Do you guys still have plans of using a civ center? I made some drafts, the lower structure is based in Norwegian buildings, whilst the upper one is more Swedish inspired. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted May 14, 2014 Report Share Posted May 14, 2014 On 14/05/2014 at 10:49 PM, Le Druide Gaulois said: Do you guys still have plans of using a civ center? I made some drafts, the lower structure is based in Norwegian buildings, whilst the upper one is more Swedish inspired.Nice. I'm not sure how niektb wants the look of the viking buildings but I like your concept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Druide Gaulois Posted May 14, 2014 Report Share Posted May 14, 2014 On 14/05/2014 at 11:20 PM, Lion.Kanzen said: Nice. I'm not sure how niektb wants the look of the viking buildings but I like your concept.Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niektb Posted May 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 I really like your sketches, Le Druide Gaulois! But unfortunately, the Vikings won't have a Civic Center Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanderd17 Posted May 15, 2014 Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 Niektb, maybe they could have a non-buildable CC, like the ptolemies. Just so the random map and skirmish starting entities match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Druide Gaulois Posted May 15, 2014 Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 On 15/05/2014 at 2:49 PM, niektb said: I really like your sketches, Le Druide Gaulois! But unfortunately, the Vikings won't have a Civic Center Thanks, niektb! I'm already very satisfied there will be a viking civ in the game, so no problem .It's predictable they'd have less buildings than most civilizations. By the way, will the longhouse aslo work as a farmstead? It was common for the Vikings to keep their animals inside their homes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan` Posted May 15, 2014 Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 @Le Druide Gaulois Nothing prevents you from doing sketches for the corral and other buildings though. I'd be more than happy to bring them to life . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Druide Gaulois Posted May 16, 2014 Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 Stanislas69, that would be an honor! Just a question, will this viking faction be christian or pagan? Cuz if they're pagan they'd have a simply rock circle as a temple, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki1950 Posted May 16, 2014 Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 On 16/05/2014 at 1:30 AM, Le Druide Gaulois said: Stanislas69, that would be an honor! Just a question, will this viking faction be christian or pagan? Cuz if they're pagan they'd have a simply rock circle as a temple, right?Or a Yew tree stone circles are more neolithic ie: about 1000 BCEnjoy the Choice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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