Faction Preview: The Easterlings of Rhun

[maxi90]

in fact i was just thinking about it. it doesn´t seem like they have any weakeness (except, maybe, not having many cavarly units?). but we will have to wait to see how do they work in game (although i must say i cannot imagin any unit standing a chance against those dragon skins)

[Atatmonaster]

Yeah, I'm thinking about starting as Rhun now too.. First it was the Dwarfs.
But this is just incredible... !!

ya same here. dwarves look great but these units are incredible

[BlackViper]

And right now I have to go to school
I will just come to late because I didn't see them good enough.

+rep those details they are so... so... ahh...

[Radboud]

In the world of the Late Third Age Chariots are pointless. Particularly with Rohan sitting between Rhun and Gondor. IMO it was Rohans defeat of the Balchoth that finished off the wainriders for good. Chariots are only good against massed infantry. They just make no sense against the combined arms army of Gondor and the cavalry-centric army of Rohan.

I am satisfied with the current roster, great job +rep.

[The Sixth Wizard]

Did anyone else notice the armour of the Dragon Skins has little runes across the shoulder plates?!

OMG.

[Khan84]

Nothing short of amazing! Can't wait for this now...

[Soul Reapir]

(shaking in atimidation) Well maybe, Isengard can settle with an allience with Rhun? (hopes to the dark lord that they say yes!)

[Dea Paladin]

the dragon claw regiments are the best! These are the only easterlings ones actually shown in the movie.

[King Kily]

absolutly amazing !! I would rep+ you if I could xD
this just changed my mind of which faction I'll play first

[The Edain]

Ahh DG i have to thanks you, you've made my B-day now By the way All the units look great Oh one thing i did notice was the General in the background of one of the pics was the standered M2TW model, will thins be changed for final release?

Peace out!

[Haerski]

Wow, those are definitively few of the best looking units I have ever seen in M2TW mod or even in official game.

Hope my computer still can handle those if there is no lower quality textures available. I would like to play campaign on huge unit scale since playing siege battles is not recommended if you don't want to break illusion. Well, I can always adjust shadows or Anti-Aliasing to make it run smoother.

Really nice. My favourite faction of this mod just changed. Hope it's as good as it looks.

[Dario, the Sicilian]

Amazing models! All I can say is....wow! Have some rep.
Good infantry and cavalry and crossbows. Does Rhun actually has a weakness?

[alexej]

And more cool looking bad guyz i like them, but i like Rohan and Dwarfs even more

[Saruman the white wizard]

This are the most beautifull units I have ever seen
I think Rhún will become alot more popular in the which faction will you play first thread, I think I will play Rhún first now.

Amazing models! All I can say is....wow! Have some rep.
Good infantry and cavalry and crossbows. Does Rhun actually has a weakness?

I think their weakness is high upkeep and low numbers because they seem to have a perfect elite army.
Or they are weak in the begin of the game and will get more elite armies later in the game.

Those faces and details (Inscriptions on shields)... they are just unbelieveable...
And all those new sort of weapons like dual wielding and double halberds are just awesome.
I would give you +1000 rep if I could.
DG

And one last question: Is the blood in the pictures ingame? It looks like it is photoshopped, but if it's ingame it would be awesome.

[DjAci]

First I would like to say that the whole graphical concept of TATW is superb, and by far surpasses that of the vanilla

Second I want to congratulate all the modelers on an excellent job, Alletun, KK, Shredder, Kreceht.

Third, I want to apologize to the beforementioned modelers for needing to say that DG's preview is the the best so far (I am not a Ruhn fan) and that (unlike minor corrections necessary for other privews) I have absolutely nothing to add...perfect.

P.S. the textures are godlike!!!

[Icewingman]

Amazing looking models!!!!! respect DG

[Saruman the white wizard]

I keep looking at it all the time , but I have finnally found something to critize after looking at it for a very long time
The horse gaurd seem to be a bit too heavy armoured in comparison to their horse, if they have the money to afford such impresive armour, why don't they spend something on a little armour for their horse.

[Severin86]

man, that's just unfair.
When I first saw this mod, it was absolutely clear for me to play Gondor. Then there was harad and i had to make a tough decision. And now you come along, presentig this guys. Crap, again i have to decide...gnarf!
But anyway, this units are absolutely fantastic. as most others mentioned before, the dragon regiments just rock.
But I like the ornaments on the clansmen tunics as well. They give diversity and just...wow, details. excuse my lack of words, i'm still shocked.
As soon as I can, you get you rep

[yalcin87]

why the have arabic letters ?

[Saruman the white wizard]

why the have arabic letters ?

Well arabic looks eastern
And does the inscription mean something or is it just a bunch of random symbols?