[UPD 07 DEC 16] Preview: Easterlings

**MOS-Lukas-Dwarf** · March 19, 2015, 04:14 PM

Holy

you guys are too good at this! This is incredibly amazing, reall appreciating the detail in this guys, cant wait to see it textured!

**Captain-Fracas** · March 20, 2015, 10:42 AM

Wow it's just awesome !

**Mordreth** · March 20, 2015, 12:02 PM

Dam, that dude has some swagger.

**zylyithe** · April 18, 2015, 08:38 AM

Hands down my favorite faction yay

**Sahlor** · May 28, 2015, 09:23 AM

While creating the Eastlings, what sort of feeling are you trying to give them as a faction, if I may ask? What, in general, will the Easterlings be like

?

**Mr.Jox** · May 28, 2015, 09:45 AM

Balchoth - film armour design, Variags - mix of Samurai, Huns and Mongols armour style and Wainriders ofc film concept arts + Baclhoth parts.
Each faction will have some uniqueness: Balchoth will be well armoured, Wainriders will have wagons and chariots, variags will have nice mount units (missle, melee, heavy missle, heavy melee etc.)

**ArchBasedBishop** · May 28, 2015, 07:36 PM

Originally Posted by Mr.J

Wainriders will have wagons and chariots, variags will have nice mount units (missle, melee, heavy missle, heavy melee etc.)

Model the variags/khandish units on something like this? Heavy Axes, no swords, archers, samurai/mongol-esque

Will Khand include chariots in their regiment? Or is that just a Easterling thing?

**ArchBasedBishop** · May 28, 2015, 07:42 PM

And since Harad doesn't have a page yet, maybe I could throw in a quick suggestion. How about these guys as the General's body guard? Harad could have General's mounted on Mumaks or protected by these badass looking berserkers

Harad Abrakhân Guard

http://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/...h%C3%A2n-Guard

**Alkar** · July 04, 2015, 10:33 AM

Originally Posted by Revan The Great

I wanted to point out that the work on the Easterling helm looks great, but I strongly caution you to avoid the temptation of making the unit's armor appear 'Gold'. For one, this rarely translates well into TW - it usually just looks yellow. But besides, as we can see from the OP's avatar the Easterling armor is in fact grey, or off-white, and very much appears to be steel. Dusty, battle-tested, while still being ornate. One of my big complaints from the TA:TW mod for Medieval 2 was that the Easterling armor was far too 'yellow' and I hope you guys avoid this pitfall.

Although, the shield that Mr.J posted looks -superb- and I could very much get on board with a burnished brown coloring as well.

Well, according to the lore, the Men of the East were largely in the Bronze Age, and had scale armor of overlapping brazen plates (like the Mongols).

**Eric92** · November 24, 2015, 07:39 AM

Any progress with the Easterlings?

**Enpremi** · November 24, 2015, 04:32 PM

Originally Posted by Eric92

Any progress with the Easterlings?

I've recently taken over this faction. I'm supplied with proper mesh for the Balchoth soldier, but it still needs some tweaking before I can move onto the highpoly version and create textures. Unfortunately, as I soon as took over I got busy with other things, mostly school, so I haven't made any progress so far.

**MOS-Lukas-Dwarf** · November 24, 2015, 06:16 PM

YAyayayay i was really hoping this faction would get some of your loving Enpremi, they really need some loving, cant wait to see progress soon! No rush

I really hope to see some golden kataphract Armour you talented

er <3

P.s. I think i need mental help. All the models you and Mr J do get me hard.

**Berem** · November 25, 2015, 08:40 PM

Originally Posted by MOS-Lukas-Dwarf

YAyayayay i was really hoping this faction would get some of your loving Enpremi, they really need some loving, cant wait to see progress soon! No rush

I really hope to see some golden kataphract Armour you talented

er <3

P.s. I think i need mental help. All the models you and Mr J do get me hard.

You know, you need no

ing help, it is "just" that you are from Tenerife and I from Brasil, you must have in you <<I presume>> Spanish ascendency, so you have "El Fuego" in your blood, entrails and your body, so it is easier to get stiffy

; I myself have Italian ascendency, it is almost the same or better yet!

P.S.: But if you get hard so easily just with that, that can be a practical problem!

But it is true that shining pre-alpha swag is awesome!
P.P.S.: Imagine the effect the more high poly or more polished stuff will cause!!! Há há há

**MOS-Lukas-Dwarf** · November 25, 2015, 09:14 PM

Yeah man I'm just a special snowflake when it comes down to Mods for Total war.
I'm actually British but my dad is Portuguese, so i think so aha.

I just really like voicing my appreciation for the modders because its beautiful work and they're not getting much out of it!
(Also Enpremi is tempted to make a Windlance for Dale and i love siege equipment so hard it hurts.)

**Enpremi** · December 05, 2015, 10:16 AM

The Sun rises in the East
-erlings!

**Havelock Vetinari** · December 05, 2015, 10:23 AM

They look incredible

!
but that pun ...

**Alkar** · December 05, 2015, 11:52 AM

Originally Posted by Enpremi

The Sun rises in the East
-erlings!

Both the modelers for the Easterlings have done an excellent job, plus rep to you guys!

**MOS-Lukas-Dwarf** · December 05, 2015, 10:19 PM

The scale of the pieces of Armour in relation to each-other is integrated perfectly. Loving the variation of the two reds also!

Cant wait to execute Dwarves with these awesome

ers, i remember their banners being bad-ass in the films too.

<you know these would be quite cool with a flame throwing siege weapon type unit if it was possible, not sure why but it feels right>