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    Logue's Avatar Semisalis
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    This is the first picture of the scots that i have seen and it looks nice, although about to get a kicking from the english . lol
    The only point i would like to make here (gets the needle and starts picking*) the saltire should be sky blue not the royal blue that is on the union flag!

    http://uk.media.pc.ign.com/media/800...g_3499095.html

    my point made, what are your thoughts?

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    The colour of the saltire in those days would have been more related to what dye was available, not what shade they wanted. Just be glad the flag isnt a glamour shot of mel gibson!

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    true but it was dyed darker for a reason, older dyes ran alot more than our modern dyes and if you were to read up about how the flag was adopted then it should be sky blue.

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    I'll admit its darker than it should be aswell, and I know the story about King Angus, Sky Blue, and Saint Andrew, my dad is a Scot

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    Good stuff.

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    The banner is all right ^^ .... but why i have a feeling that the graphics in this Screenshot is ugly -_-

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    Its more the colors on those skins than anything. The matching uniforms..argh. Although it is nice to hear units will be comprised of 3 or so different unit models and skins, so at least we'll have a lot to work with.

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    In other shots it's been as much as 7 or 8 different uniforms. I'd be pretty sure the scots are a WIP atm.

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    i find it frustrating the colour choice they have choicin the brigt blue and white makes it painful on the eyes.




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    i don't think the can do any worse than bright blue or pink ( apart form putting them together ....)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ewan
    i find it frustrating the colour choice they have choicin the brigt blue and white makes it painful on the eyes.
    Hey CA Have done alot worse *cough* barbarian Invasion *cough* I personally find it ok but time will tell.
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    It's not as bad as it might be. As for the flag, I would have preferred to see the Lion Rampant, but perhaps this is more recognisable to ten year-olds... ahem, I mean the fans. Joking aside, it does actually look very good. For now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zenith Darksea
    It's not as bad as it might be. As for the flag, I would have preferred to see the Lion Rampant, but perhaps this is more recognisable to ten year-olds... ahem, I mean the fans. Joking aside, it does actually look very good. For now.
    the lions royal flag for the scots is actually the same colour as the english 3 lions so it would of been confusing when the 2 armys fought ( specailly since these 2 factions are right beside each other)




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    Default Re: first look at scots banner

    Any one notice the spears/pikes in the upper left corner of the picture?

    Also yeah the lion would have looked cool they could have done a mixture of both with the lion and the saltire.

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    The Lion Rampant was first used as a symbol of Scotland as the Royal banner by 'The Lion' William I of Scotland in 1165, and since that is 85 years after the start of the game, it would be inaccurate. And I doubt CA will go through the trouble of changing the banner later in the game.

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    but im sure CA's main reason is because its not in braveheart




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    Though I am of course "pro emancipation" I don't like pink units either. I hope that CA might put a little more effort into the banners. However, it will be difficult to make them "historically correct" as the game will cover a huge amount of time (err..turns) and banners often change during such periods.
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    The logical thing to do would be to take the banner that was used at the time the game starts - though what banner the Scots used in the Year of Our Lord Turn 0, I'm not sure...

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    Wow isnt that taking it a little too far? To be complaining about the shade of blue on a banner?

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