Mercenary mod[art mod]

[Lion.Kanzen]

May be after after Xiongu faction can be nice start produce eyecandy units and mercenaries. I have a list, and we cant do one by one. Can be useful for mods.

Isn't gameplay mod.

 

Edited October 21, 2017 by Lion.Kanzen

[Lion.Kanzen]

@Nescio you can ask here if you needs units.

I can help you with sources. and Alexander with 3D . but he isn't  2D artist like me.

Stan can helped with many things and niekt with maps and coding

 

[Nescio]

Thank you for the invitation! However, my requests are not mercenaries Besides, half of them have already been completed by Alexandermb. Anyway, here is the full list again:

• Macedonian gastraphetes crossbowman: https://wildfiregames.com/forum/index.php?/topic/22959-gastraphetes/
• Mauryan battering ram: https://wildfiregames.com/forum/index.php?/topic/22974-mauryan-ram-request/
• Arab/Bedouin dromedary camel spearman:

Spoiler

• Maybe combine elements of the following units?
  • Arab javelinist (sele infantry skirmisher)
  • Nabatean camel archer (ptol cavalry [sic] archer)
  • Persian spearbearer (pers infantry spearman)
• Note: a camel is not a horse. You can actually sit on a dromedary camel with your legs crossed:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Dubai_camel_race.jpg

• Libyan/Egyptian chariot archer:

Spoiler

• biga (two-horse chariot); one driver and one composite bow archer (or javelinist)
• lighter and nimbler than chariots elsewhere
• small D-shaped platform, axis at the end
• six-spoked or four-spoked wheels
• Carthage and the Persians recruited large contigents of them in Classical times
• very approximate dimensions (as you can see, my drawing skills are limited):
• they also formed the core of Bronze Age Egypt's armies; reproductions and specimina preserved in tombs:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Xviii_dinastia,_carro_egiziano_rinvenuto_in_una_tomba_a_tebe,_1550-1291_ac_ca..JPG

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Replica_of_Tutankhamun’s_chariot_(side_view).jpg

• epigraphical evidence:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ramses_II_at_Kadesh.jpg

http://www.ancientegyptonline.co.uk/chariots.html

• artist's impressions:

https://gridclub.com/subscribers/info/fact_gadget_2009/best_ever_qa/history/ancient_egypt/1638.html

https://weaponsandwarfare.com/2015/11/02/egyptian-chariot-warfare/

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?620622-Chariots

• modern reenactment:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/ancient/did-king-tut-die-in-a-chariot-accident/

 

On second thought, I'd also appreciate cattle and other fauna: https://wildfiregames.com/forum/index.php?/topic/22944-domesticated-animals-livestock-and-other-fauna/ However, those certainly do not have any priority.

 

To have things clear, is this thread only for visual actor requests, or also for other art? Currently I'm reusing existing icons, however, I certainly wouldn't mind to have a couple of more appropiate portraits, provided they're in the same style as the icons already in the game.

[Lion.Kanzen]

 

Which other art you need?

 

[Lion.Kanzen]

 

 

[Lion.Kanzen]

[Lion.Kanzen]

Supongo que todo el traje y el turbante.

@Alexandermb

[Nescio]

1 hour ago, Lion.Kanzen said:

Which other art you need?

Need, nothing really However I could use some unit icons, provided they follow the same style as most existing ones in art/textures/ui/session/portraits/units

It seems the following colour scheme is broadly used (excluding siege weapons and ships):

• citizens: blue
• mercenaries: green
• champions: red
• heroes: purple

Nice to have would be new icons for:

• Mauryan battering ram (matching the visual actor Alexandermb designed)
• Macedonian gastraphetes crossbowman: red
• Dahae horse archer: blue, green (no armour, just a horse, a man, a composite bow, and a quiver)
• Carthaginian/Numidian cavalry javelinist: blue, green
• Celtic cavalry swordsman: blue, green
• Iberian cavalry swordsman: blue, green

 

And perhaps someone could also create icons in the same style as the existing ones in art/textures/ui/session/portraits/structures for a few new structures:

• camel stables
• chariot stables
• cavalry stables with the horseshoe pointing upwards (∪ instead of ∩)

 

Edited October 24, 2017 by Nescio
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[Lion.Kanzen]

@wowgetoffyourcellphone you create that icon scheme, there are a post how do that?

[Alexandermb]

Maybe the spear animations i've made for the xiongnu horses could work for the dromedary but it would need some test with the prop points, otherwise it will take a little modifications to the camel mesh file for move the rider.