Faction Preview: The Easterlings of Rhun

**Doctor** · April 07, 2009, 09:37 PM

Incredible...if there were any doubts on whether or not I was going to play Rhun first or not they are now all gone. Well done and keep the fantastic work up master of textures. (+REP of course)

**Soul Reapir** · April 07, 2009, 09:47 PM

God i want to play Rhun first now!, but must stay true to isengard!

**SigniferOne** · April 07, 2009, 09:47 PM

DG, no comment on the bedouin cloth idea?

Also, Clan Warriors have two weapons -- very nice there!

**ISA Gunner** · April 07, 2009, 10:01 PM

Holy potatoes! *shock and awe followed by excessive drooling* Rhun....looks.....amazing.....must....play.....now!

**darcsabre** · April 07, 2009, 10:01 PM

the wait was so worth it. The detail is amazing. I just had an orgasm looking at your work. thank you so much ^^

**aurther** · April 07, 2009, 10:05 PM

very nice units. well done.

**Pud** · April 07, 2009, 10:05 PM

Absolutely amazing! Fantastic work DG!

**ace4455** · April 07, 2009, 10:13 PM

Holy Crappers! That is amazing work. Love the golden armor and especially those horses covered in them! +rep my friend.

**MadTiest** · April 07, 2009, 10:16 PM

Originally Posted by darcsabre

the wait was so worth it. The detail is amazing. I just had an orgasm looking at your work. thank you so much ^^

Oh noes! Indonesia is attempting to ban everything that is sexually arousing. This mod will surely be next. I'm still waiting for a pop-up asking me for my credit card number in order to receive 'premium acces to full length videos of even younger Easterlings'.

Although the units look good, I have to admit I might have preferred units more similar to SignifierOne's, instead of the current Mongols. That said, the current 'mongols' are obviously of high quality, so this is just a matter of personal preference. And the current 'movie Easterlings' are perfect. This is fact.

**maxi90** · April 07, 2009, 10:16 PM

this is far beyond what i expected. excelent work DG. and +rep of course

**Nikos** · April 07, 2009, 10:21 PM

in! AWESOME PREVIEW! I can't wait for the release!

**Brightgalrs** · April 07, 2009, 10:35 PM

Wainriders...?
Awesome stuff.

**Aetius** · April 07, 2009, 10:39 PM

My initial reaction:

The The Dragons Claw Regiments look exactly the same as in lotr, 50 seconds in.

**Spacel0rd** · April 07, 2009, 10:40 PM

Excellent stuff Devs. Congratulations on what i'm sure will be the most downloaded mod in MTW2 history! It's visually stunning. Here's hoping the release goes as great for you as all your models look. Cheers!

**Haigojan** · April 07, 2009, 10:41 PM

I just noticed the 15th picture had a mounted Medieval II Denmark captain as the Rhun captain.

**Fooy99** · April 07, 2009, 11:02 PM

very very very SEXY!....don't mean to sound gay but damn!!....great job u guys....so does this end the making of the factions?

**Danny_K_1** · April 07, 2009, 11:04 PM

Well apart from the remake of Dale and Eriador and the obvious tweaking of factions in future releases I'm pretty sure its done

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**The Sixth Wizard** · April 07, 2009, 11:26 PM

Crap on a stick!! Rhun is a combined arms strategy!

These units are awesome! As a hardcore Tolkien fan, I can admire your creativity in fan fiction and staying as true as possible to Tolkien's original work. I can just see this units in my head at Pelennor Fields, where the "fierce axe wielding men of Rhun were thrown into the fray". I love how you've made the tribal society of Rhun coherently gathered, under religion, and I love how you've explained the effect of Alatar and Pallando on the East. You've won me over!

I do think they could do with more cavalry though ...

But I guess in the books Rhun's men were always mentioned on foot with axes. The cavalry traditions of the Wainriders couldn't have completely disappeared, could they?

Wait. I just realised. "The finest cavalry in all of Middle-Earth."

*twitch* must play mod, must play mod, must play mod .......

Go, Dragon Skin regiments! Kill those Gondor soldiers! Yeah!

Hey, so far Rhun has awesome Variag light cavalry, awesome Cataphracts, good armour piercing infantry, good armoured infantry, good light infantry tribesmen, good light archer Variags, good crossbowmen and good heavy archers. Err, what's their weakness?