Portrait mod for SS6.4 v4.0 released (17/7/12)

[Zyzyfer]

Portrait Mod for SS6.4 v4.0

Download using link below:
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/downl...o=file&id=3785

Download Instructions:

1. Download file (.RAR file), using link provided;

2. Extract folder named SS6.3 into you mods folder (i.e. SEGA\Medieval II Total War\mods;

3. That's it, you're done!

Features:

1. All General portraits include Young, Old, Dead portraits + Alpha Channels for unit cards;

2. Northern European culture shares the northern_european folder- 000-171 portraits;

3. Eastern European/Southern European/Greek cultures share the eastern_european folder- 000-159 portraits;

4. Middle Eastern culture shares the middle_eastern folder- 000-050 portraits;

5. Princess portraits (includes alpha channels);

7. Merchant, Spy & Assassin portraits (includes alpha channels).

8. Custom portraits share the custom_portraits folder (these are unique characters to SS6.4 i.e Saladin, William Wallace etc)

Sample portraits:

note: portraits are purposely over sharpened as MTWII game engine blurs them (they look better in game).

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Eastern/Western/Greek culture:


Northern culture:


Middle Eastern culture:


Royal Ladies:

Credits:

Louis Lux-for allowing me to use 50 portraits from his TATW mod.
1stCohort-for allowing me to use his Princess, Merchants & Rogues portraits.
finix-for the portraits he posted around these forums.

Change-log

v4.0
1. More portraits added;
2. Minor editing to some portraits to improve quality;
3. Middle_eastern portraits redone to improve quality;
4. Added Merchant, Spy & Assassin portraits.

v3.0
1. Some portrait deleted (due to poor quality) and new portraits added;
2. Added more portraits on top of replacement portraits;
3. Added Middle Eastern culture portraits;
4. Many portraits resized and colour balanced for better appearance.

v2.0
Major overhaul- many portraits removed or redone from scratch-(I've gotten better at using GIMP).

[Polycarpe]

Great work mate, hopefully there's no copyrights issues.

[Caesar Clivus]

Personally I dont think I could stand to look at Russell Crowe as any of my generals (unless I arm him with an AP telephone ). And why does Sean Bean look batpoo crazy?

[Scorpius Centaurus]

It would add a lot to SS by having new portraits... it is a great idea. But when I want to see lord of the rings characters in my game, I will play TATW. I think it would be a lot better if you found portraits from actors who aren't so easily recognisable. There are plenty of movies set in medieval times to choose from. Under google images, look up old movies like the original Robin Hood and Ivanhoe, all the way to recent ones like Kingdom of Heaven.

[billydilly]

Agree with Scorpius Centaurus. I'm no fan of actor portraits in the game.

[mynameisowen]

Great work I'd love to see this realized, I agree with the above posters though.

[SoulBlade]

Those look great, but I think I still prefer the ones from MTW(1). I'm talking about the nostalgia patch from RR/RC.

[Anubisz]

Hello,

don't you know, does someone made portraits for princess?

[Zyzyfer]

Update:
Well I now have a total of 150 portraits (northern/southern/greek/eastern cultures) and slowly making progress (as I only have limited time due to RL commitments the process has been painstakingly slow ). I plan to release this mod once I reach 200 portraits. I've also redone some of the portraits to make them look a bit better; for an updated sample of my work please refer to OP.

Hello,
don't you know, does someone made portraits for princess?

I plan to include Cohorts princess portraits in this mod upon release. He has done a very good job on princess portraits.

[Gorrrrrn]

It would add a lot to SS by having new portraits... it is a great idea. But when I want to see lord of the rings characters in my game, I will play TATW. I think it would be a lot better if you found portraits from actors who aren't so easily recognisable. There are plenty of movies set in medieval times to choose from. Under google images, look up old movies like the original Robin Hood and Ivanhoe, all the way to recent ones like Kingdom of Heaven.

Well some of those are from movies set in the medieval period - including Arn - The Knight Templar.

(but you'd need to recognise the actors to know that.)

[SonofPeverel]

Well some of those are from movies set in the medieval period - including Arn - The Knight Templar.

(but you'd need to recognise the actors to know that.)

also the British tv show robin hood...great work tho!

[Lanier]

Great Idea... I was playing BC the other day and I was thinking how awesome it would be to have portraits like that in SS. I wonder if the BC team would let you use their portraits for the CS, the cumans, and the muslim factions? I would suggest staying away from the Lotr character portraits but it is your submod and, thus, your decision.

[Zyzyfer]

Great Idea... I would suggest staying away from the Lotr character portraits but it is your submod and, thus, your decision.

Got a few portraits from "Born of Hope" not exactly LOTR ( but I suppose based on LOTR), some of the actors look very "Slavic" and are relatively unknown, mostly used them for eastern European cultures. The portrait of Sean Bean in OP is actually from "Black Death" and not LOTR (if that's what you're implying). I must admit though I did make a portrait of Faromir and Aragorn but that is pretty much as far as it goes for the LoTR portraits (you certainly won't see any elves or dwarves and such)

[The Source]

orlando bloom and others from kingdom of heaven are good for northen euro's/french

king arthur-though DO NOT USE CLIVE OWEN, I BEG YOU

[Zyzyfer]

orlando bloom and others from kingdom of heaven are good for northen euro's/french

king arthur-though DO NOT USE CLIVE OWEN, I BEG YOU

OMG! Too late

p.s. You can always cut of his head when you capture him

[The Source]

can you post a link to the other portraits

[Zyzyfer]

V.1.00 available for download in OP. Please let me know if you have any problems with anything regarding this mod. *Note I plan to continue to make General Portraits and will be updating as appropriate. Hopefully this mod will be able to grow into something. ENJOY

[Andrew1994]

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the attachment...
Is it save game compartible?

[Liandro]

Marilyn Monroe should definitely be used for a Princess portrait

[GM207]

Hey guys, the link for the descr_cultures.txt up there is not working, any alternatives?