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    Default [TEASER] ...Ērānshahr... or the empire of the King of Kings

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    Introduction

    The Sassanid era, during Late Antiquity, is considered to have been one of Persia's/Iran's most important and influential historical periods, and constituted the last great Iranian empire.
    In many ways, the Sassanid period witnessed the peak of ancient Persian civilization. Persia influenced Roman civilization considerably during the Sassanid period,and the empires regarded one another as equals, as suggested in the letters written by the rulers of the two states addressing each other as "brother". The Sassanids' cultural influence extended far beyond the empire's territorial borders, reaching as far as Western Europe, Africa, China and India. It played a prominent role in the formation of both European and Asiatic medieval art.

    The etymologic correct spelling of Sasanian empire (with just 1 "s") is more and more used by modern history books. This wording will also be used by AoD2.


    source text wikipedia

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    Dear User,

    AoD2 provides new 3D building models for almost all factions. Furthermore we offer a brand new unit tree matching the 6th and 7th century of Sasanian warfare. The new Teaser will offer some new screenshots of brand new units as well as 3D models (used for our customized settlement project).
    However, some old screenshots are also shown - for those you have missed the Teaser which was published long time ago. A Full-Preview will follow next time.
    Enjoy the next pictures.

    Best regards
    PM+Team


    Note: the shown content is still under construction. Means it is not finished yet. Textures of buildings and units can vary from the final result.



    3D buildings

    the hist. reconstruction:



    ...the Taq-i Kisra of AoD2




    Model made by Wundai
    Texture made by Pompeius Magnus
    UV mapping change by Seth Krn3ll
    Banners made by Pacco



    units


    Model (horse+soldier) by morfeasnikos
    Texture taken from empio and modified by morfeasnikos and Pompeius Magnus
    shield symbol by Pompeius Magnus (work in progress!)




    in action...








    Model + Texture made by empio




    ...a Numerus of Quinta Macedonia vs. medium equipped Sasanian unit


    models + textures of both units made by empio

    Last edited by Pompeius Magnus; May 14, 2011 at 07:05 AM.

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    Default Re: [TEASER] ...Ērānshahr or the empire of the King of Kings

    Nice teaser PM, although I have obviously seen these before, they are no less fantastic. Its an honour to be part of such a talented team


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    Default Re: [TEASER] ...Ērānshahr or the empire of the King of Kings

    Great work and presentation.
    Keep it up

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    good work people.. keep it Up
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    Default Re: [TEASER] ...Ērānshahr... or the empire of the King of Kings






    Just a question - why put a screenie of a low tier Persian unit fighting some elite Romans in a Persian preview?

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    Default Re: [TEASER] ...Ērānshahr... or the empire of the King of Kings

    why is the sun shining?

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    Default Re: [TEASER] ...Ērānshahr... or the empire of the King of Kings

    Quote Originally Posted by Pompeius Magnus View Post
    why is the sun shining?
    Because the thermonuclear reaction at the core (causedd by extreme pressure) produces lots of excess energy, in the way of radiation. Now, would you answer my question?


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    Default Re: [TEASER] ...Ērānshahr... or the empire of the King of Kings

    Great job. You are not stopping amazing me

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    Default Re: [TEASER] ...Ērānshahr... or the empire of the King of Kings

    Quote Originally Posted by Pompeius Magnus View Post
    Can I inquire what material the Persian shields are made out of, please? This ain't the best angle to see myself.

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    Default Re: [TEASER] ...Ērānshahr... or the empire of the King of Kings

    You see there a medium infantry group - called Paighan - equipped with a large wattled shield made by wood and strengthened by leather (as written in post 1: the textures can vary from the final result... so, the shield texture is not fixed)
    Other more heavy infantry units will be equipped with a Hoplon-like shield of course. But those units are more reserved for the full-preview.

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    Default Re: [TEASER] ...Ērānshahr... or the empire of the King of Kings

    looks like M2TW. No words.
    Amazing

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    Default Re: [TEASER] ...Ērānshahr... or the empire of the King of Kings

    Quote Originally Posted by Aetius1 View Post
    looks like better than M2TW. No words.
    Amazing
    Fix'd

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    Default Re: [TEASER] ...Ērānshahr... or the empire of the King of Kings

    brilliant work
    Under the patronage of Gertrudius!

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    Default Re: [TEASER] ...Ērānshahr... or the empire of the King of Kings

    that's the first mod ever to accurately reconstruct Ctesiphon the glorious capital of the Sassanian Empire, the Taq i jisra was the throne hall of the Persian kings was the greatest landmark of Ctesiphon


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    Default Re: [TEASER] ...Ērānshahr... or the empire of the King of Kings

    wow wonderful building

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    Default Re: [TEASER] ...Ērānshahr... or the empire of the King of Kings

    Awesome!

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    Default Re: [TEASER] ...Ērānshahr... or the empire of the King of Kings

    My two cents :

    Colossus of Barletta for AoD
    Last edited by Pompeius Magnus; May 19, 2011 at 06:25 PM.

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    Default Re: [TEASER] ...Ērānshahr... or the empire of the King of Kings

    What does this have to do with the Persians?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cocroach the great View Post
    What does this have to do with the Persians?
    Well my mistake.
    I've been asked to create such model for AoD and posted there as i thought it was a teaser for incoming release of the mod in general, not just for some specific cultures.

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    Default Re: [TEASER] ...Ērānshahr... or the empire of the King of Kings

    Quote Originally Posted by Seth Krn3ll View Post
    Well my mistake.
    I've been asked to create such model for AoD and posted there as i thought it was a teaser for incoming release of the mod in general, not just for some specific cultures.
    Seth Krn3l
    Seth it looks awesome adds more flavor to Constantinople, Thanks to you and Wundai and Pomps AoD's Constantinople will surpass byzantine1200.com.


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