So uh, African unit models.
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Prussia would like a word with you about that. Sure the teutonic knight got new troops, but prussia still use the standard ones.
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Wonderful. I mean after a quick google search I found something like this:
Quite possibly the single greatest army uniforms I have ever seen.
Note: A illustration made by a Richard Scollins, showing Ashanti warriors of West Africa.
So, did anyone else notice that one of the main complaints was at least give them some boots...and not one of the soldiers in that picture is wearing shoes except the Europeans.
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That's just a drawing. There's other ones with boots.
Actual period art suggests footwear (at least for the Mande Cavalry which was equipped by the Mansa)
Being barefoot was quite normal though, a lot of WW1 soldiers from the French colonies went barefoot.
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We may see some more Prussia love when they release Evangelical Majors (the real one) alongside (guessing) Sweden and France finished up. I just hope if they give Prussia some units it takes the Tier 2 from Branden and gives Branden 1,3, and 4. Like Holland and the Netherlands.
But yes, some African tribal culture packs would be sweet action!
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And hopefully also for Kongo and (if I can dream) Mutapa. Since unit packs tend to come in threes and fours now though they definitely have the potential to cover a lot of ground at once. Ideally I'd like to see Ajuuraan, Kanem Bornu, and some of the smaller pagan nations covered as well (Zazzau would be a good pick thanks to their god-queen, or Benin and Dahomey for their ideas). Oh, and the Maghreb. Morocco could use some unique models.
Id love to see those African Units Upgraded. Mali, Congo and Ethiopia deserve some Unit Pack Love and maybe even some unique game mechanics. The " vanilla" african unit models are absolutely terrible, I do not know why they were modelled this bad compared to the rest of the game's unit models.
I should figure out how to make a unit pack mod, because some of the indian units from the indian unit pack dlc could pass for ethiopian style units.
I should figure out how to make a unit pack mod, because some of the indian units from the indian unit pack dlc could pass for ethiopian style units.
It also would be nice to be able to replace all the unit graphics with simple rectangles with inf/cav/arty info inside. And some indicator that inf/cav ratio gives tactics penalty.
I don't really care much how map painting tools look like.
I don't really care much how map painting tools look like.
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Also will the baseline tier 1 Eastern European infantry get a look(ontop of the horrible African models)
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Wonderful. I mean after a quick google search I found something like this:
Quite possibly the single greatest army uniforms I have ever seen.
Note: A illustration made by a Richard Scollins, showing Ashanti warriors of West Africa.
Are they Dwemer from Vvardenfell ?
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African units are fine for me too. But what i really expect is African advisor portrait. White faces are really annoying in Africa. At least for independant nations. Same thing for Asian.
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It's not a big deal at all, but it's a small one. Small nuisance. Small nuisance that just sits there. Sits there, laughing at you, knowing you can't do anything about it.
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Jup, beeing barefooted was normal in 95% of Sub-Saharan Africa. Even the knights which faced the Europeans in the colonial wars of the late 1800's/early 1900's rode their horses barefooted, despite wearing gambesons and chainmail armours over their whole body. The only culture which made a widespread use of boots, atleast for cavalry, was Christian Nubia (Makuria and Alodia).That's just a drawing. There's other ones with boots.
Actual period art suggests footwear (at least for the Mande Cavalry which was equipped by the Mansa)
Being barefoot was quite normal though, a lot of WW1 soldiers from the French colonies went barefoot.
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Wonderful. I mean after a quick google search I found something like this:
Quite possibly the single greatest army uniforms I have ever seen.
Note: A illustration made by a Richard Scollins, showing Ashanti warriors of West Africa.
Those men are not Asante. Their head pieces look like those worn by the Oba and nobles of the Kingdom of Benin.
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