Originally Posted by
Mr Mac
Great work, but excuse me for doing some critiquing. I was the adviser to a number of mods, which unfortunately were canceled because of their ambitious scope.
I was the adviser for the Scottish, along with a professor in Gaelic warfare in the period surrounding this time.
The skins are great, but I'm afraid the Scottish nobles in particular have a few glaring inaccuracies for several reasons:
1) They have kilts; kilts did not appear in Scotland until the 16th century earliest. Before that, people wore a sort of tunic with trews, sort of like tights but a bit more loose.
If you're looking for some color, keep in mind armor consisted of padded coats dyed in green, faded red, browns, and some faded yellow color as well.
2) By the time of the Vikings, Beserkers based on the Picitsh model you've adopted had ceased to exist. By this time, Alba's inhabitants were Christian, and had dispensed with such a pagan martial ritual.
You did well with the archers though, that's how I imagine they'd look, however, by this time, the Scots had adopted the Longbow from the Welsh, and used it quite a bit.
What's more, they were beginning to adopt Anglo Saxon and even Continental ways of fighting, Flemish immigrants came over around this period as well.
The Scots also had adopted a technique of long spearmen in formation flanked by axemen.
Your skins/models are very nice, but they differ with the reality of how it was. I'd say they're colorful, for sure, but I'd also try to eliminate that "team color" effect it's presenting. For one thing, team colors didn't exist like that in real life, and secondly, it sort of detracts from the overall presentation.
But very good job from a technical standpoint.
At this point in time, in the Viking Age, Scotland did not really exist as a unified entity. There were still the Picts to deal with, as well as the Norsemen who had to be integrated into Scotland after they settled the Orkneys.
I'm not sure what the national flag would be, considering a nation at this point was simply the leading kingdom in the area. That said, there were the Dal Raidans who had the Red Hand of Ulster, a Red Hand painted on their banner, that certainly could be used as well.
But yeah, so far, this is a stellar effort, and it hits home on a few areas, but overall, I think some overhauling needs to be done for Alba because there are some pretty blatant inaccuracies.