--- Preview of Eriador & Arnor ---

[King Kong]

---------- Preview of Eriador & Arnor -----------
------------- Units by King Kong & Disgruntled Goat --------------


Note:
The units and rosters of Eriador and Arnor are strictly based on the concepts and ideas of Disgruntled Goat, so I will add some of DG's original background information here:


Eriador

Eriador isn't a kingdom, it isn't a state, it's just a region encompassing the lands west of the River Greyflood to the River Lune. Because of this there was no central authority. The small villages and towns (like Bree) were completely independent. The northern lands, once prime Arnorian territory, has been completely abandoned except for a few Dunedain camps. While rebels might make for satisfactory filler for the area; a full fledge faction (properly implemented) can offer the player the opportunity for unique challenges.

Recruitment characteristics of Eriador:
Most of Eriador's units can only be recruited in special areas and in areas with a special resource, which will make expansions and even the defense of Eriador very hard.

For more information about the special recruitment requirements, please see DG's original thread:
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=300390

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Hobbit Archers


Hobbitry-in-Arms


Bandobras Archers



Breeland Militia





Woodsmen



Bandits





Greenway Sentries





Merchant Militia





Battle-ready Dunedain



Archer Militia



Woodland Hunters



Dunedain Rangers





Merchant Guard



Greenway Guards



Mounted Battle-ready Dunedain

The Kingdom of Arnor

Phase two is the creation and implementation of a Arnor faction which replaced the existing Eriador faction after the player meets several scripted goals. These goals will be difficult to achieve and it is my goal to have the player chose between expansion and achieving the Arnorian Re-emergence. Eriador will then consist of the following units which will be recruited in the standard fashion:

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Arnorian Militia



Arnorian Archers





Arnorian Men-at-Arms





Arnorian Pikemen





Arnorian Heavy Archers



Knights of Arnor





Knights of Annúminas





Dismounted Knights of Annúminas

The end...


As always, feedback is appreciated.

Again, a very very big thanks to DG for his help, ideas and concepts, for his awesome texturing skills and last but not least, his feedback regarding my work. Thanks!

[Muffer Nl]

YEAAAH!!!!!!

EDIT: So far for the first post part now om with the feedback:
The Hobbit units are great though I would have rather seen a little less armour on the Bandobras archers but that is very much personal. I must say that only Pippin would like it with less armour. Lain seems to prefer the heavier outfit.. The rest of the units look very, very good especially the Knights of Annúminas.

AS always with any work done by KK +rep.

[Jean=A=Luc]

I saw you (KK) hanging in the forum for an unusually long time and I thought, "he's got to be making a 1.5 preview".

Goddamn you Muffer. Anyone can just come and type out some illegible scream. At least you didn't yell "first!".

As for comments.

What to say, beautiful as always. Once again you and DG have used the right colours and types of equipment to present the faction's essence. The militia uniforms are gorgeous, there's a lot of woody green/brown. The Dunedain are armoured but still retain the ranger look and Arnorian units are "heavy" but still not quite as armoured as Gondorian ones since they're "not quite there yet" which is a correct representation imo. I love the metal/leather breastplates and all the belts. It's a good way to show that they can't afford full protection like Gondorians can.

I'm only slightly dissappointed that the spear/javelin unit DG mentioned a long time ago (Boar Hunters?) isn't in (woodland hunters are in its place I guess). I guess there'd be too many spear units then. It'd probably make more sense for Hobbit Archers to carry daggers rather than short swords as side arms but I have no substantial criticism.

[Nikos]

WOW! Simply spectacular!

[Pelican Man]

And just to think I was ready to leave work... good thing I checked what was going on!

Booya, that looks great.

THE P-MAN

[Painis_Cupcake]

THEY ARE AWESOME.
AWESOME.
AWESOME.

When is this patch released...?

[Muffer Nl]

THEY ARE AWESOME.
AWESOME.
AWESOME.

When is this patch released...?

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

*cries*

*goes to bed*

[Seleukos_I.]

Amazing!
The Knights of Annuminas are going to be my new favourite unit in TATW.

[Painis_Cupcake]

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

*cries*

*goes to bed*

I am Painis Cupcake! I will eat you.

[el Cid]

OMG, I simply love the knights of annuminas.

This is going to be great!

[killerrabbit]

Very cool!

[Dazo]

First to say first aww no it was Jean=A=Luc :p .

- Feedback ? Uh... (the first to say great lose the game, darn I lost !) Movie-like quality ?
Sure hands and forearms (arnorian archers) could have been better but armours and faces (especially arnorian pikemen and knights) are very gr...nice ! Also like the little flag (fanion in french, don't remember in english) for Annuminas knights, it just gives that little something... Woodland hunters give an actual feeling of wilderness while bandits have that "dangerous" touch about them. Nice variety and colors for Eriador, prefered: breeland militia and their nice shields. Merchant militia looks like spanish conquistadores in some ways, that's kinda strange at first sight but it's probably just me :p . Hobbits are frightening tehe !

Anyway, applause, gr...wonderfull job !

[Jean=A=Luc]

I just noticed units actually have fingers now, archers even hold their arrows in between them.

[Dazo]

I just noticed units actually have fingers now, archers even hold their arrows in between them.

Sure but the question is: how many do they have (I mean fingers) ?

[Jean=A=Luc]

Three's enough for me.

[IVIarkI2I]

wooow DG and KK thats some awesome work over here

btw this flag looks simmialr to European Union

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woow am still on 1st page what a succes

[Devils_Advocate]

+rep

[Basileutatos]

GREAT!!! Dismounted Knights of Annúminas!!

[Hermes Trismegistos]

Simply Amazing! This is going to be my favourite faction (or factions) for sure!!!

(my favourites at the moment are the dismounted battle-ready Dunedain...)

[Comandertony]

HOLY CRAP FINALLY.....YEAH.....