I sure hope the american stereotype is of Popeye the sailorman.
I sure hope the american stereotype is of Popeye the sailorman.
Kingdom of the Scots Version 3: Faction Preview - CLAN COMYN
There was no more powerful clan in Scotland towards the end of the thirteenth century than that of the Comyns. With their headquarters in Badenoch the chiefs and gentlemen of the clan owned broad lands in nearly every part of Scotland.The bitter civil war between the Comyns and King Robert the Bruce ultimately led to the defeat of the English at the Battle of Bannockburn and to Scotland winning its independence. Click "Read" for a brief clan history.
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CLAN COMYN - Unit Preview
Clan Comyn held vast tracts of land in both the Highlands and the Lowlands. Version 2.0 distinguished these areas by restricting the recruitment of Highlanders to the Highlands only. This concept has been extended and enhanced in version 3.0 by linking unit availability not only to the location of settlements but also to each factions origins. The Comyns, therefore, will have clan units available in the Highlands and also a full contingent of feudal units beyond.
In this way the Comyns are unique among the clans as unlike the MacDonald, MacKenzie, MacDougall and MacLeod factions, they will be able to recruit nearly all the units that Scotland can. The other Highland clans will be able to recruit only basic feudal units east and south of the Highland line with some advanced feudal units only available as mercenaries.
Below is a selection of screenshots featuring units of Clan Comyn:
Clan Comyn starts the game holding the lands of Mar (Aberdeen) and Badenoch (Aviemore), Mar being feudal land and Badenoch being clan land.
One of the other differences with Version 3.0 will be that certain settlements cannot build walls and in the case of the Comyn faction, Aviemore is unable to produce large walls to hide behind. If the user wishes to hide behind walls to outlast an enemy assault then they will need to expand their settlement as a castle.
Moreover, all settlements on the Scottish Islands and west of The Highland Line start the game as villages, with the exception of some historically significant places such as the strongholds of Dunstaffnage, Dunvegan (vanilla Skye), Wick, Inverlochly and Inverness and trading towns such as Stornoway and Kirkwall.
Last edited by The Bruce; February 15, 2008 at 08:42 PM.
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We'll add some more Comyn related screenshots here too!... and this one.
Last edited by The Border Reiver; February 07, 2008 at 04:00 AM. Reason: Reopened by TBR
Brilliant british style ;-)
WOW
will they be playable ?
Last edited by The Bruce; February 06, 2008 at 02:48 PM.
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@DragonsWarrior - Thanks, though I prefer Scottish Style!
@ Swagger - Yes, they will be playable in at least one campaign.
include Clan Scott!! Excellent job on the units by the way. I feel Comyn will be a powerful faction.
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The map in version 3.0 is a modified version of the Kingdoms Britannia map and there is not enough room for all the clans we would like to add. Clan Scott are on the list for inclusion eventually (in the big map version).
Clan Comyn will certainly be a powerful force in Scotland, as they were historically until the Bruce destroyed their power!
@DragonsWarrior...thanks mate, there'll be more on the way soon!
@Swagger, thanks for being patient. Clan Comyn has turned into quick a good looking faction to play, although I admit i'll find it hard not to play with the MacDonalds!
@Balmung....have no fear my fellow Border Reiver, there'll be your riding family when the big map is launched....why I hear you ask?? Well that will be the faction I choose to play the most too!
@Bruce well done mate, looks good!
who made the exelent skins ?
clan comyn colour is black right ?
what do you mean in ''least one campaign'' ?@ Swagger - Yes, they will be playable in at least one campaign.
you will make multiple campaigns..like eras ?
i wonder if you could reintroduce the saxons, and simulate the invasion of england by william the conqueror, and simulate the fights between willy and harald...
but im just dreaming...
i would like to help in anyway...
i've recently joined the Dawn of Kingdoms mod team...
i have some experience..
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Looks good guys
Now how about the MacLaran clan (my clan)? I joke, we were never a hugely powerfull clan
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Very nice!
Very Nice! + REP
Tobolight...thanks very much!
Icefrisco....good to see you again, thanks mate!
Mackios....quite right, we can't fit all clans, but the Clan name MacLaren has been added to the names files!
Swagger....The Bruce is solely responsible for the skins! We will slowly be releasing 3 campaigns all based in the same period, but with clearly designed parameters!
We won't be going back in time to the Norman/Saxon period. The only Saxons left in this time will be the Earls of Dunbar in East Lothian, should this make it into the game!
The Bruce and I really need help with making some new unit models and of course beta testing when that becomes available! I'm not sure The Bruce wants to share the skinning work, but there is still quite a lot of things that need to be done in this area too!
Those units look good. Are those suppose to look like how clan comyn had theirs, like color and style?
Providing the short history was nice also.
Last edited by Muzz1497; February 07, 2008 at 10:54 PM.
Wow this is shaping up to be awesome.
I have found no evidence to suggest that the Clan Comyn fought in red and black - it is in fact very unlikely. However the Comyns of Badenoch (not Buchan - cheers Wilddog!) had the red shield with a yellow motif. As the English already use similar colours I thought I would use black with red instead. The leaders of the period were referred to as the 'Black Comyn' and the 'Red Comyn' so I think its fitting artistic license. The tartan is based on the Comyn tartan first published in 1842 and is therefore also unlikely to be authentic for the period but what can you do!
Last edited by The Bruce; February 08, 2008 at 03:14 PM. Reason: Corrected - Well spotted Wilddog
Well, yesss. I see forward to any updated version.
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All the info I have is that John the red of Badenoch was the gules, three garbs Or (ie 3 garbs on a red background) and the Earl of Buchan was 3 garbs on a blue background.However the Comyns of Buchan had the red shield with a yellow motif.
Those are the motiffs I'm using in my mod.
Glad to see you're making progress though. Nice display page and good summary of the history.