Updated 12/12/2014 LAVRENTIVS ROMAN UNIT RE-SKINS

[ROMAL]

I think that this modification is best historicity and high quality. On the topic of the Roman army created numerous of colorful surrealistic recolours, but in this work all the Romans look very realistic personalities.
I wish that the author would have continued his work and made a new update more realistic of Legionnaires each group.

[Neuf05]

I think the same, his reskins were very great !

[Lavrentivs]

Hi guys, things have pretty hectic in real life to say the least, a lot has happened these past few months (preparing to move, finding work, financial problems- the usual boring stuff. And then my mod files were all deleted), so I am truly sorry for going dark yet again. The mod was in frozen state, but I would have felt very rude rotten if I'd just left it at that and not say a word about it. However, I don't want to just come out with excuses for you guys and not deliver. These past few days I have been working on Roman units again, and have permission from Kaziel to use some of his great textures in my mod. I working on making these units compatible with other mods too.

I will upload pics of progress so far and would appreciate any suggestions/criticisms you may have. I won't be going dark on you guys this time; you have been very polite and shown a lot of support and you deserve better. I will carry on working on these republican re-skins I have tweaked with in the free time I have had. I'm trying to work out how to make these compatible with others mods so that they can over-ride the Roman units but not interfere with anything.

I have been taking a look at this Divide Et Impera mod, I have tried it out and I like it very much plus there are some nice models which would make my units better (i.e. republican swords). I would like to look into making compatible re-skins for the mod's Roman units if I can get permission.

[♔Greek Strategos♔]

Hi guys, things have pretty hectic in real life to say the least, a lot has happened these past few months (preparing to move, finding work, financial problems- the usual boring stuff. And then my mod files were all deleted), so I am truly sorry for going dark yet again. The mod was in frozen state, but I would have felt very rude rotten if I'd just left it at that and not say a word about it. However, I don't want to just come out with excuses for you guys and not deliver. These past few days I have been working on Roman units again, and have permission from Kaziel to use some of his great textures in my mod. I working on making these units compatible with other mods too.

I will upload pics of progress so far and would appreciate any suggestions/criticisms you may have. I won't be going dark on you guys this time; you have been very polite and shown a lot of support and you deserve better. I will carry on working on these republican re-skins I have tweaked with in the free time I have had. I'm trying to work out how to make these compatible with others mods so that they can over-ride the Roman units but not interfere with anything.

I have been taking a look at this Divide Et Impera mod, I have tried it out and I like it very much plus there are some nice models which would make my units better (i.e. republican swords). I would like to look into making compatible re-skins for the mod's Roman units if I can get permission.

Hey mate...Don't be sorry...REAL life is more important for sure...
I'm sure we can all understand....
I have a suggestion though...I'm sure DEI team will want you if you address your interest to join them...
You are far too good to stop modding...

Cheers...

[Lavrentivs]

Marian legionaries with added textures from Kaziel. The colours are not final. Here we see use of thracian and montefortino helms alongside the older attic styles which were likely still in service at the time. They are clad in mainly in hamata (both celtic and Roman), but other legionaries wear organic forms of bodyarmour such as leather and quilted linothorax. The topic of the use of organic armour among Roman troops in this period is still one of active debate, but the theory can be supported by sculptural (Glanum reliefs: D'Amato, 2009, pp.11, 12, Campidoglio monument) literary (Caesar BC III, 44) and numismatic evidence (coins dating to the servile revolt in Sicily 101 BCE. Ref: Cantilena, Cipriani, and Sciarelli, 1999, p. 29. Denarius of Manlius Aquilius. Reference in: D'Amato 2009 p.39).

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[KLAssurbanipal]

Amazing chainmails my friend.

[Lavrentivs]

Amazing chainmails my friend.

I wish I could say that they were mine, but they are the fine work of Kaziel who kindly gave me permission to use his textures on my units.

I will really have to look into making my own textures at some point, but I don't know where to start really. Any suggestions?

[Lavrentivs]

Hey mate...Don't be sorry...REAL life is more important for sure...
I'm sure we can all understand....
I have a suggestion though...I'm sure DEI team will want you if you address your interest to join them...
You are far too good to stop modding...

Cheers...

Thanks for the kind words mate, I appreciate it. I'll make an effort to post regularly and actually release this material this time round though!


All republican units re-skins are now finished bar Marines, who I will be finishing off tonight. I have almost finished the imperial units too! I am still trying figure out how to colour these units individually again however, because I can no longer extract and edit the unit variable tables and edit them for some reason. Anyway, I will post a few screen shots of what is coming up throughout this evening.

On a quick note, I am moving tomorrow and will likely not have a connection in the flat for a while, but I will carry on working on finishing these units off, and then use the library connection to upload the files

Principes (Hamata and montefortino textures courtesy of Kaziel):

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Hastati:

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Triarii:

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[♔Greek Strategos♔]

Very nice mate...

[Lavrentivs]

Salvete,

Home wifi should be fixed on the 21st, so expect the skins to be uploaded on that date, it will give me some time to finish off the mod too. Also, I have worked out how to over-ride DEI's skins with my own, so I will ask the DEI team if I can make a sub-mod for their Roman skins. Would be nice to use their cogotas style swords for my republican units, too.

[♔Greek Strategos♔]

Salvete,

Home wifi should be fixed on the 21st, so expect the skins to be uploaded on that date, it will give me some time to finish off the mod too. Also, I have worked out how to over-ride DEI's skins with my own, so I will ask the DEI team if I can make a sub-mod for their Roman skins. Would be nice to use their cogotas style swords for my republican units, too.

That would be great...

[alex_shields]

Hey Laurentius, I really hope you can bring back the original Marian legionary reskins you made a year ago. They looked mean, grungy and tired and completely authentic. The shields were simple and red and the maille the troops wore was also simple, befitting of that issued by the state to a large army. Glad you're back though, I've been using DeI and Caesar's Named and Numbered Legions mod, but the Marian troops with the oval scuta are still missing!

[Falco]

Welcome back Lavrentivus!

[Lavrentivs]

Salvete fellas,

I've finally managed to get my act together and finish off my re-skins. Thank you for all your patience and support. I'd also like to thank Kaziel who kindly allowed me to use his great armour textures.

Expect updates in the future such as tunic/shield colours and new models if I can get permission to use them! Let me know if you have any suggestions or bugs.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/2v...0LAVRENTIVS.7z












Thanks again, enjoy!

[scruffy505]

I miss the original mod for the Marian legions, these new ones are look great but I miss the HBO Rome style, the basic gritty looking legions. Do you happen to still have the original hbo style troops anywhere??

[alex_shields]

Haven't played this game for a month or so, but I periodically check in to see if Laurentivs has been active and released any updates. And so here we are today - with his re-release of my favorite reskin! Thanks Laurentivs!

[L1Mavrick]

Hey Lavrentivs, what are the units you reskin in this mod? in the front page I only see a few units there. I'm currently using Legionaires Armies Mod. I was hoping to know if your reskin is better than the Legionaires.

[L1Mavrick]

Hey just a question, I was searching through the pages, and I saw some links, about some Marian Legion Reskin, Officer Reskin, Marian Units Replaced, and Marian Legionaires No Coloured. Are these reskins/mods including in the main download link in the front page? is it included in the @LAVRENTIVS mod?

[♔Greek Strategos♔]

Lavrentivs
Where are you mate???

[L1Mavrick]

Well I'm going to see which units is reskin, going to make my own comparisons now