Ultimate Aurelian 321 Posted June 20, 2020 Report Share Posted June 20, 2020 On 6/11/2020 at 3:16 PM, m7600 said: @Ultimate Aurelian Duly noted, thanks. Here's how they start the game, with walls like the Iberians. I'll have to fix the textures though, and the models I made are a bit crude, gotta keep working on them. But I think this screenshot conveys the general idea. Some references for gates: They are a bit small and don't seem to have had doors; for gameplay purposes i'd keep the same general shape but make the gateway larger and put a palisade gate inside it. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
m7600 1.077 Posted June 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2020 Work in progress for the Zimbabwean background. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sundiata 3.197 Posted June 21, 2020 Report Share Posted June 21, 2020 On 6/9/2020 at 9:59 PM, Ultimate Aurelian said: https://historum.com/threads/the-diversity-of-early-african-architecture-ruins-thread.58840/page-25 Ha, I start posting on page 61 of that thread. @m7600, should check it out. You like it I'm sorry, I keep running short on time... 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
m7600 1.077 Posted June 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2020 @Sundiata No worries, glad to hear that you're ok! We're living in a crazy time right now. Over here we're still under strict quarantine. I'm sure you have a lot of things to contribute, but right now there are far more important things than videogames. Oddly enough, one of the reasons why I keep working on this mod is because it keeps me sane, in the middle of all this crazyness... 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
m7600 1.077 Posted June 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2020 Update on the background, it's still a work in progress. I'm just trying to improve the composition at this point. There's still a lot to do. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ultimate Aurelian 321 Posted June 21, 2020 Report Share Posted June 21, 2020 40 minutes ago, m7600 said: Update on the background, it's still a work in progress. I'm just trying to improve the composition at this point. There's still a lot to do. If you want to add player color in the checkered texture; it would be better to make the grey part player color. The black part is supposed to be empty space between bricks: 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
m7600 1.077 Posted June 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 Work in progress for the emblem. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ultimate Aurelian 321 Posted June 26, 2020 Report Share Posted June 26, 2020 On 6/23/2020 at 7:03 PM, m7600 said: Work in progress for the emblem. I think maybe you could make the bird gray and give the background a more natural dark green shade 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
balduin 290 Posted June 29, 2020 Report Share Posted June 29, 2020 The Kingdom of Zimbabwe was according to this map landlocked. However, the Zambezi river flows through the country, as well as several other rivers. The Zambezi ends up in the Indian Ocean. source: https://www.themaparchive.com/great-zimbabwe-c-1000.html Zambia fishing boats: source: https://artofsafari.travel/what-to-do/luxury-safaris-zambia/lower-zambezi-national-park/tiger-fishing-zambia/ Drinking, fishing, washing, transporting: the Zambezi River provides many services for resident people in its basin (photo credit: ETH Zurich/Elisa Calamita/Davide Vanzo) source: https://blogs.ethz.ch/ETHambassadors/2019/05/23/understanding-the-role-of-big-rivers-in-africa/ source: https://kevdieenglesman.wordpress.com/2012/06/01/zambezi-tiger-fishing/ source: https://www.internationalrivers.org/blogs/1104/the-zambezi-river-drained-bone-dry source: https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-local-people-fishing-village-zambezi-river-caprivi-namibia-africa-30529047.html source: https://www.gettyimages.de/detail/foto/zambezi-fisherman-lizenzfreies-bild/1075568204 source: https://neweralive.na/posts/fishing-moratorium-effected-in-zambezi source: https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-local-fisherman-zambezi-river-kasane-caprivi-namibia-africa-travel-30529071.html This boat type is called Makoro. In Zambia they still make them out of wood. source:https://vimeo.com/74689659 Great Zimbabwe did occupy parts of Botswana. Dombshaba is evidence of their reach. I think the Makoro should be the fishing boat of the Zimbabweans. 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
balduin 290 Posted June 29, 2020 Report Share Posted June 29, 2020 According to Wikipedia the Kingdom of Zimbabwe had many Asian and Arabic goods. That means they needed to get them by ship. Quote The Kingdom of Zimbabwe controlled the ivory and gold trade from the interior to the southeastern coast of Africa. Asian and Arabic goods could be found in abundance in the kingdom. (source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Zimbabwe) The monsoon 'trade winds' allowed merchants to travel between Asia (especially India) and East Africa. Quote The regular pattern of the monsoon winds in the Indian Ocean allowed for traders to plan their trade routes south and north along the East African coast: Kaskazi (north-easterly) December to mid-March This wind took traders south along the coast, blowing from the northeast to the southwest for approximately 4 months. Transitional period mid to end March A short period of change between Kaskazi and Kusi Kusi (southerly) April to mid-September This wind allowed traders to head up north along the coast. A mainly southerly wind blowing for approximately 6 months. Matalai (transitional period) mid-September to mid-November the change of wind from Kusi to Kaskazi - a period of rains and little wind. source: http://kenya-coast.com/en/item/the-east-african-monsoon-winds The following map shows the trade routes. Many of them went over the ocean. Makoro are good for fishing, but not long distance trade routes. For trading dhows where used. There are several different types of dhows, some for fishing some for trading. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dhow_znz.jpg source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dhow01.JPG Baggala (large dhow): source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sd2-baggala.JPG Dhows should be the trading vessels for both the Zambians and the Ethiopians. As both Kingdoms where connected by the same trading network. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sundiata 3.197 Posted June 29, 2020 Report Share Posted June 29, 2020 21 minutes ago, balduin said: Dhows should be the trading vessels for both the Zambians I don't think the Kingdom of Zimbabwe ever stretched to the coast. I think dhows might be inappropriate for them. The Kingdom of Mutapa, successor of Zimbabwe, did actually stretch to the coast and ruled Sofala the main port of the region. The actual sailing was done by resident Swahili's from the coast. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
m7600 1.077 Posted June 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2020 Here's a different problem: what names should the Zimbabwean heroes have? I have failed to find any names of their rulers or military leaders. It would seem that they have been lost. Or maybe I haven't searched thoroughly enough. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
balduin 290 Posted June 30, 2020 Report Share Posted June 30, 2020 21 hours ago, Sundiata said: I don't think the Kingdom of Zimbabwe ever stretched to the coast. Yes, you are right. 21 hours ago, Sundiata said: The Kingdom of Mutapa, successor of Zimbabwe, did actually stretch to the coast and ruled Sofala the main port of the region. Yes, you are right again. However, unless you implement the people from the Swahili coast, what ships should the Kingdom of Zimbabwe have? One trick would be make them mercenary ships from the people of the Swahili coast. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
m7600 1.077 Posted July 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 I haven't forgotten about this mod, I'm still working on it. But I think I will wait until the release of Alpha 24 before I publish it. Anyways, in the meantime, here's a concept I did for fun with MakeHuman, Blender and Gimp, trying to follow Angus McBride's design. 5 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sundiata 3.197 Posted July 17, 2020 Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 8 hours ago, m7600 said: in the meantime, here's a concept I did for fun with MakeHuman, Blender and Gimp, trying to follow Angus McBride's design. Very nice! I added some hand painted details based on the same reference: 2 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
m7600 1.077 Posted July 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 7 hours ago, Sundiata said: Very nice! I added some hand painted details based on the same reference: Looks much better! : D 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ultimate Aurelian 321 Posted July 17, 2020 Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 16 hours ago, m7600 said: trying to follow Angus McBride's design. I think the patterns on illustration are inspired by Venda people, some images that could be used as reference: 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sundiata 3.197 Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 Found some interesting boats of the Barotsi people of the Upper Zambezi river. Interestingly, the larger ones are also sewn boats: As I mentioned, the dhows aren't really appropriate because they probably have a non-African origin and where used primarily by Arab and Indian traders, as well as some Swahili. But if choosing a Swahili style boat for a special Swahili trader unit, the indigenous Mtepe sailing boats would be an excellent choice. Traditionally sewn boats with a rectangular coconut fibre sail, that may date all the way back to the early centuries of the Common Era (sewn boats are mentioned off the coast of Azania in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea): 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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