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    Stop teasing us, Jesus
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    https://twitter.com/EBTeam/status/970271923748864000
    Are there any sources for the "fake viking" horned helmets of the kartvelian warriors? They look really weird and impractical.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hellenikon View Post
    https://twitter.com/EBTeam/status/970271923748864000
    Are there any sources for the "fake viking" horned helmets of the kartvelian warriors? They look really weird and impractical.
    They are based on figurines.

    And you could find impractical helmets in Gaul too :



    And with the Celtiberians :



    I have my doubts as to why the kartvellians would use that tipe of helmet, maybe the horns in the helmets were like this :


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    The last helmet posted is already in game; it's a find from the other side of the Caucasus, and is present in the NW circassians and some Sauromatian units.

    Speaking of weird and impractical helmets, well the Ligurian one looks pretty damn weird too--and we have a bronze example of that one coming from a Ligurian necropolis. I don't think the impractical argument holds water here given that we already have weirder looking ones in game. The helmets are based off local figurines found in areas where there wasn't an interruption in material culture AFAIK; Arjos originally suggested it after posting pictures of the figurines for use in the Chaldian unit, but Sarkiss(our Armenia specialist) suggested that they be saved for the Kartveli instead. At any rate...The latest version of the Kartveli has that helmet as the rarest type.

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    Putting this kind of helmet in a whole unit from a figurine without any context is like putting this helmet on the heads of viking raiders:


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    Quote Originally Posted by Genghis Skahn View Post
    The last helmet posted is already in game; it's a find from the other side of the Caucasus, and is present in the NW circassians and some Sauromatian units.

    Speaking of weird and impractical helmets, well the Ligurian one looks pretty damn weird too--and we have a bronze example of that one coming from a Ligurian necropolis. I don't think the impractical argument holds water here given that we already have weirder looking ones in game. The helmets are based off local figurines found in areas where there wasn't an interruption in material culture AFAIK; Arjos originally suggested it after posting pictures of the figurines for use in the Chaldian unit, but Sarkiss(our Armenia specialist) suggested that they be saved for the Kartveli instead. At any rate...The latest version of the Kartveli has that helmet as the rarest type.
    i was fortunate, for there exists a brief testimony from Xenophon for the unit i worked on and he would have surely mentioned this original helmet type if it applied. the find itself is from the area further north east so it made sense to reserve this, if it is to be used, for the unit from that locale. unfortunately, not all unit designs are backed by the supporting written sources and oftentimes the evidence we do have is scant and necessarily requires a degree of conjecture.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sarkiss View Post
    i was fortunate, for there exists a brief testimony from Xenophon for the unit i worked on and he would have surely mentioned this original helmet type if it applied. the find itself is from the area further north east so it made sense to reserve this, if it is to be used, for the unit from that locale. unfortunately, not all unit designs are backed by the supporting written sources and oftentimes the evidence we do have is scant and necessarily requires a degree of conjecture.
    I know Xenophon wrote about helmets covered with leather/textile (in a similar fashion as the Paphlagonian did) but not about horned helmets. Is it in his Anabasis?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Genava View Post
    I know Xenophon wrote about helmets covered with leather/textile (in a similar fashion as the Paphlagonian did) but not about horned helmets. Is it in his Anabasis?
    afaik, Anabasis doesnt contain mentioning of horned helmets, if thats what you're asking.

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    Anything?

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    Does it take so long to take screenshots ?

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    It does if you want good quality ones. My rig is crap for visuals, people will just be complaining about how bad the quality is if I get them myself.

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    Quote Originally Posted by QuintusSertorius View Post
    It does if you want good quality ones. My rig is crap for visuals, people will just be complaining about how bad the quality is if I get them myself.
    What about other team members ?

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    Can't wait to see the new units!

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    Send me the current built and I will take some
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    Something else we've been working on.

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    I just counted, there are 10 fully-integrated, but un-previewed units.

    Sod it, crappy images captured by my rig it is.

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    Quote Originally Posted by QuintusSertorius View Post
    I just counted, there are 10 fully-integrated, but un-previewed units.

    Sod it, crappy images captured by my rig it is.
    Can't you just order some beta testers to make screenshots?
    If all else fails, you could just post code from the EDU

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    Quote Originally Posted by athanaric View Post
    Can't you just order some beta testers to make screenshots?
    If all else fails, you could just post code from the EDU
    Just had a better offer, so everyone should rejoice that they don't have to see what I do when I play.

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    Belgae?



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