the Armory

[absinthia]

CAVEAT!

Gamefront only keep files for 60 days, unless downloaded. so i leave it to TWC to take care of these files from now on!

here is some of the items i made for various mods that did not make it, most stuff has never been released.

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indo-persian Dhal shields:

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a few Takouba swords, Mali Empire:

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a Mughal helmet:

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heavy flyssa, moroco. designed to punch through chainmai:

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gurade(?), ethiopia:

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shamshirs/scimitars:

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"islamic" heavy axe:

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and a few unit rosters, including layered .psd texture templates.

Romano-Britons, 7th century:
short explanation of the roster:

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Combrogi - Britons(fellow countrymen):
Safwywyr - javelin/spear men
armour: no armour
shield: nice painted shield.
weapon: javelin and spear.

Marchog Safwywyr - mounted javelin/spear men
armour: no armour.
shield: nice painted shield.
weapon: javelin and spear.

Picelwyr - pike men
armour: none
shield: none
weapon: pikes

Pagens - peasants:
Saethwyr - shooter man
armour: no armour.
shield: no shield.
weapon: bow and knife.

Amaethwyr - farming man
armour: no armour.
shield: no shield.
weapon: stick and stick.

Teulu - Household troops:
Ceffylwyr - skirmish men
armour: leather cuirass on maile hauberk, helmets, cloaks.
shield: fancy painted shield.
weapon: javelins and sword

Llong Ryfel - fighting men
armour: metal cuirass or good maile hauberk, fancy helmets, cloaks.
shield: fancy painted shield.
weapon: sword

Urddo yn Farchog - (heavy cavalry)
armour: metal cuirass on maile hauberk, fancy helmets, cloaks.
shield: fancy painted shield.
weapon: spear/lance and sword.

Mintai - cohort/troop of men(trained professionals):
Mintai Saethwyr - troop of shooter men
armour: no armour, cloaks.
shield: no shield.
weapon: bows and knives.

Mintai Amddiffyniad - defensive troop
armour: initially no armour upgrade to maile and helmet, cloaks.
shield: painted shield.
weapon: spear.

Mintai Ymosodol - offensive troop
armour: initially no armour upgrade to maile and helmet, cloaks.
shield: painted shield.
weapon: sword.

officers:
Llywodraeth - Command
armour: leather cuirass on maile hauberk, helmets, cloaks.
shield: fancy painted shield.
weapon: javelins and sword

Anglo-Saxons. 7th century:
short explanation of the roster:

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Fyrd(levy) units:
Gebur - lowliest "free man".
armour: no armour.
shield: simple shield, no boss.
weapon: javelins and axe.

Kotsetla - "middle class" farmer.
armour: initially no armour, upgrade with cloak and helmet.
shield: bossed simple shield, upgrade with covered bossed shield
weapon: axe

Geneat - rich farmers.
armour: initially no armour, though has cloak. upgrade with helmet.
shield: bossed covered shield.
weapon: spear and saex.

the 2 upgrades are not really meant to be armour upgrades, just wealthier people.

Ceorls - free men
armour: padded and helmet.
shield: fancier bossed covered shield.
weapon: spear - long saex.

Thanes:
Spear Thanes
armour: maile hauberk and helmet w/nasal guard, cloak.
shield: nice painted shield.
weapon: spears.

Sword Thanes
armour: maile hauberk and helmet w/nasal guard, cloak.
shield: nice painted shield.
weapon: swords.

Eorls Thanes
armour: maile hauberk and helmet w/nasal guard, cloak.
shield: nice painted shield.
weapon: spears - swords.

Kings Thanes
armour: padded and maile hauberk and helmet w/nasal guard, cloak.
shield: nice painted shield.
weapon: spears - swords.

Briton Celts, ca. 200bc.-100ad.
a partial and generic roster without cavalry or characters.

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there are some shield textures for which there are no models, the ones on the right:

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the roster is designed to have an equipment reform that supposedly occurred during/after the Gallic wars 58-51bc. the reform is from pointy to port style helms and spindle shaped to round shield bosses. the upgraded unit also has somewhat heavier armour combined, while there is still a crazy bare chested guy.
slingers; young men/boys, no beards or Torcs.

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javelineers, young men, no beards or Torcs.

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spearmen, experienced warriors wearing Torcs, shields and some helmets. some bare chested, also when upgraded.

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swordsmen; basically the same as spearmen, but with swords...

Generic Slavs, ca. 9th century.
this is not actually a roster, it is the items used to generate the Slavic roster of WotN.

as a moding resource everything is free to use by anyone for any moding purpose what so ever. no permission required, no support given.

[dragonsign]

okey okey, you will get some rep..... greedy "#"€#

[Horsa]

+ Rep.

[Anakin Skywalker]

coolness

[Nakharar]

i oew you some anyway

[John-117]

id give rep but i am unable

btw, is that vacus lux lucis mod gonna be up any time soon?

[AnthoniusII]

My friend Absinthia your work quarandes that you will be tiered to count the reps sooner than you think!

[jml322]

This is some great stuff!!! I have serious jealousy issues... which I hope to compensate with a load of more tutorials, questions, and practice, practice, practice...

JML322

[knight of virtue and valor]

Those are great, plus rep!

[KoRnflakes]

+rep

[absinthia]

updated with:

some slavic axes

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some bearded axes:

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[Nakharar]

excellent i owe you loads of rep anyway

[paradamed]

Those weapons look sharp and realistic! I liked them!

[Copperknickers II]

Mughal helmet is amazing, as i have already said. It is a shame you decided to quit modeling, we need a modeler for Rise of the Mughals and your work would have added a big selling point.

[Horsa]

Those Axes are beautiful + rep again.

[absinthia]

It is a shame you decided to quit modeling

well, as you can see i did not quit modeling. i simply had to cut down on the various moding projects i was involved in.
the mughal helmet is not quite finished and there are a couple more i would like to make. they sure had some wicked cool helmets, those mughals. helmets are a bit more tedious to skin, compared to mainly flat surfaces like swords, axes and shields.
that in mind, i still intend to make those dhal shields we talked about earlier and probably some talwar swords.

any way

here are some shamshirs/scimitars that still requires some more work - The Great Conflicts

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"islamic" heavy axe - The Great Conflicts

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cheers
the friendly arms dealer of TWC.

[Horsa]

I'm gonna have to owe you rep...

[Copperknickers II]

well, as you can see i did not quit modeling. i simply had to cut down on the various moding projects i was involved in.
the mughal helmet is not quite finished and there are a couple more i would like to make. they sure had some wicked cool helmets, those mughals. helmets are a bit more tedious to skin, compared to mainly flat surfaces like swords, axes and shields.
that in mind, i still intend to make those dhal shields we talked about earlier and probably some talwar swords.

Great news! Out of interest, how long does it take to make one of those weapons, roughly?

[absinthia]

Out of interest, how long does it take to make one of those weapons, roughly?

between coffee and cigarettes, 2-3 hours i would say. unless i already have a model that can be easily adapted.
for skins i use images of actual weapons and replicas. so the most part of the job is to edit the model shape so that the uv-map easily can be scaled to fit the texture.

[Copperknickers II]

And you use milkshape i presume?