America 1450

[assurbanippal]

Nicely done units, great work

[Morrowgan]

Looks damn good.

[Vladyvid]

Great job on the units! + rep

[Werety]

Good units !

[yuezhi]

Aside from the flag, how can you tell those Spaniards apart from French and English when the dress code is that diverse?

[saxdude]

By the fact that their are no French and English?

Quick history course, for around a century after the little italian sod arrived, the only europeans that ever got to and where allowed to America were the spaniards, and mostly (if not only) castilians, at that.

Personally, If it was up to me I'd remove the spaniards as a playable faction all together and just focus on the Americas, but that's just a personal preference.

Loving how it looks though, can't wait. :E

[Wallachian]

Very good looking units!

[Rampante-Cid]

Impressive work!!!!! As Spanish I must say that I have waiting for a mod that would expand the glorious adventure to search gold and glory of the infamous Conquistadores!!!!!
Thanks andima!!!
And as the spanish soldiers said before to begin a battle: Santiago y Cierra España!!!!!!!!

[saxdude]

:E

[saxdude]

Ahem*

News? hopefully?

[Frunk]

Looks very impressive! Good luck and keep fighting! +rep

[saxdude]

Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down...

[BarnicleBill1]

I would love to get these wonderful units. They are the best I've scene for the Americas thus far.

[saxdude]

So I guess this is dead...

[justdownloading]

This mod looks absolutely fantastic, please continue it if you are at all able. If you need anything at all ask me. I can't guarantee that I can do it, but hey...

To answer some of the questions in this thread:

Hernando De Soto reports that in Cofitacequi spanish saw macanà weapons very similar to aztec.

Yeah macana, not macuahuitl. Macana is a club which is a weapon I would expect every peoples to use. Macuahuitl was very specifically used in Late Postcalssic mesoamerica - the Mayans and any other people didn't use it to any significant extent. It was only the Mexica who adopted widespread usage. There was a huge trade route going north from Tenochtitlan in the Valley of Mexico and mesoamerican artefacts have been found in more northern sites like where these tribes are, so it would not be unreasonable to see some vague similarities in club types. Seeing macuahuitl that far up, however, would be very rare if not impossible. The only way that could happen would be through trade because there was no obsidian to create the blades in the area.

a good look at the map, but will there be Iroquis and such too?

Iroquois are too far north.


As to the military arms of the mesoamericans, I have a few images which may be helpful, assuming you haven't already found them.


Left to right: Maya warrior w/ spear, Maya warrior with club, Maya warrior with Atlatl, Maya Chieftain w/ jade mosaic warmask, flint knife and spear


Left to right: Maya general with spear and headdress, Maya general with most likely ceremonial Kukulkan/Quetzalcoatl headdress, spear and flexible quilted fabric shield attached to forearm, Maya general with headdress (may or may not be only ceremonial) and weapons, atlatl thrower


If you are still working on this/want more just ask. Those are Mayans, I have pictures for most mesoamerican cultures.

[andima]

The mod continues, but the release date is not close because there is still very much work to do.
Thanks to justdownloading for his help proposal, he is welcome and we accept any help he can give us.
At the moment we need of pictures of american cultures to make 3d warriors.
In particular we need pictures of Concho, Totonac, Tlapanec, Cuitlatec, Matlazinca, Mixe-Zoque, Popoloca, Soctona, Seri.
About the muskogean makanà have you some pictures? We can change it.

[assurbanippal]

glad you are still working on that promissing mod

[BarnicleBill1]

How is it going here?

[Frunk]

The mod continues, but the release date is not close because there is still very much work to do.

Any news, andima?

[RandomPerson2000]

How is the mod getting on