Developers Preview Thread (some real action)

[Horsa]

This is for all the team to post for the public to see.

Concept Art
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...09#post5978109

Vígamenn
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...48#post6022248

Danish Army versus Swedish Rabble
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...13#post7338213

[mocker]

Disclaimer: much of this work will be changed before release.

[Horsa]

Disclaimer: most of these units will be changed before release.

Certainly.

[Giovi]

nice work

[xenos60]

Rather, I can't wait for this mod. The soldiers in each unit vary in appearance enough to make the units appear interesting, but not so much as make them seem like a rag-tag mob of bandits. The texturers have done a great job.

[verena xeventus]

Those screen shots look really good guys! I especially like the unit cards.

[Horsa]

Thanks.

[The Unknown Knight]

Can't wait for the mod

[Horsa]

Here's some never before seen concept art.

Low class viking:
http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/9...svikingdq1.jpg

High class viking:
http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/1751/...svikinglh9.jpg

Viking Peasant:
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/299...peasantlc3.jpg

[Horsa]

Its been pretty quiet in the public forums the past few days, so here's one of our new units.
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Vígamenn

Armament: Seaxes
Clothing: Linen
Unit size: Huge
Moral: Poor

Vígamenn are the hardscrabble and wild hangers on of a host, sometimes locals fighting as irregulars, sometimes paid thugs to putting their blades to good use. They are often a desperate sort of people willing to rush into a breach and cut down the foemen with savage enthusiasm, often because they stand in the way of the Vígamenn's next, and all to rare, meal.
Armed with a langseax and shield, as well a some armor, Vígamenn are savvy assault troops, able to fight irregularly both as a unit, as well as in method, biting and punching, and throwing clods of earth to blind combatants. This gives them an advantage on broken ground, in city streets, and marshy and wooded wilderness, but will be slain by more organized warriors in open terrain, in a fair fight.
Vígamenn are willing to do some of the less valorous work, such as slitting the throats of fallen fighters, and can be relied upon to fight.

"Five hundred doors and forty there are,
I ween, in Valhall’s walls;
Eight hundred fighters through one door fare
When to war with the wolf they go." - the Grimnismol

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[Harðurāðaz]

Three old screenshots i found in the darkest corners of my computer..........enjoy
(sorry about the crappy quality)

Danish Army versus Swedish Rabble

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My forces:

Hirðmenn - Viking Generals Bodyguard - 1 unit
Liðsmenn - Viking leidang Spearmen - 4 units
Rekkar - Viking leidang Axemen - 4 units
Víkingar - Raiders with twohanded axes - 6 units
Húskarlar - Guys with chainmail and twohanded axes standing behind the shieldwall - 2 units
Landsmenn - Chainmail, swords and shields also standing behind the shieldwall -1 unit

Enemy forces:

Vígamenn - cannon fodder - I think their were 10 units of these guys....

[Úlfhéðinn]

Here is some pictures from last year. There have been some adjustments after these pictures were taken.

The Fátœkis-fölk tossing contest:

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Jomsvikingar defending an entrenched position with the help of some Langbogamenn:

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[MagUidir]

Here is some pictures from last year. There have been some adjustments after these pictures were taken.

The Fátœkis-fölk tossing contest:

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Jomsvikingar defending an entrenched position with the help of some Langbogamenn:

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how did you get them entrenched? withthe stakes in front? looks great by the way

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[Mugg]

that all looks cool. I wonder how long is this mod in development?

[Horsa]

that all looks cool. I wonder how long is this mod in development?

As in when it will be released? No idea. But it can't be too far away now...

[Mugg]

dudes vikings didn't have yellow shields!

[Harðurāðaz]

dudes vikings didn't have yellow shields!

Vikings had yellow shields, Yellow, Black, Red and White where the most common colours

[absinthia]

cut from Hurstwick.

The Norwegian Gulaþing and Frostaþing laws specify the construction of a shield. The shield should be made of wood with three iron bands and a handle fastened to the back side by iron nails. A later revision of the law says that the shield should be made of a double layer of boards (tvibyrðr), and the front should be painted red and white.
Although the Gulaþing laws required three iron reinforcing bars on the back of the shield, archaeological evidence is very slight. If they were used at all, these reinforcements would have added strength to the shield and served to hold the plywood or planking together.
All the surviving examples are made from solid butted planks, although literary evidence, such as the 10th century Frankish poem Waltharius, and the Gulaþing laws, suggests that shields were made of laminated wood. No archaeological evidence supports this style of construction during the Viking era in Norse lands.
A few shields have survived from the Viking age, notably the shields from the Gokstad ship, which date from the 10th century. The ship was equipped with 32 shields, several of which survive intact. They were made from a single layer of planks butted together, with no iron bands, and the fronts were painted black and yellow.
Typical Viking shields were 80-90cm (32-36 inches) in diameter. Some were larger, such as the Gokstad shields, which were 94cm (37in) across. Based on surviving remnants, some of the smaller shields appear to have been as small as 70cm (28in) in diameter.
The Gokstad shields were approximately 7mm (1/4in) thick near the center and were chamfered so they were thinner at the edges. Most surviving shields are in the range between 6mm (1/4in) and 12mm (1/2in) thick, although shields thicker than 30mm (1-1/8in) have been found.

[Mugg]

i still don't think that they had pure yellow shields with no signs or anything , no other color on it. They weren't fags. Put some brown, they had more brown that yellow im sure!

[Harðurāðaz]

i still don't think that they had pure yellow shields with no signs or anything , no other color on it. They weren't fags. Put some brown, they had more brown that yellow im sure!

No they were not fags
They loved colourful things

From Viking Answer Lady

Another interesting source for Viking Age paint on wood comes from shields. The Gokstad ship, for example, had 64 shields, with some painted entirely in yellow, with the others painted in black