The Saxons Are Awesome + Vikings Units

**Hadrien Ier** · March 04, 2015, 04:01 PM

It's a cosmetic overhaul of the saxon faction (include also all the viking units), no stats has been modified. It doesn't need the DLCs and there is a version without the levy women. The goal of this mod is not being 100% historically accurate.
It is historically accurate but not necessarily in the same era as Attila, one century at farthest, like in the retail game.

The version with levy women
The version without them
The version with levy women and vanilla pikemen
The version without them but with vanilla pikemen
The version without javelin behind the shields

Remember, if you want to use my mod with others ones, you have to manage your load order to load my mod before any other one. To do so, download this program it's a modmanager:

ModManager

Extract the file, launch the program, check the mods you want to use and put my mod on the top of the others by using the up arrow.

All the roster:

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New equipements added with this mod:

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Some references that helped me:

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Credits:

Some new 3D models (mostly the helmets) are from this awesome mod for Mount and Blabe Warbands: Brytenwalda

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**GODzilla** · March 04, 2015, 04:20 PM

Oh damn that looks sweet. Could you please remake all other barbarian factions and release it yesterday?

**helmersen** · March 04, 2015, 04:41 PM

Wow these are beautiful! +rep!

**Hadrien Ier** · March 04, 2015, 04:44 PM

Originally Posted by GODzilla

Oh damn that looks sweet. Could you please remake all other barbarian factions and release it yesterday?

Maybe in the future but not so soon. At least the other northmen factions share a lot of units with them. If you research a complete makeover you could try Fall Of The Eagles, i 'm working on it too, and you can load this mod before to use them both.

**VladM93** · March 04, 2015, 04:47 PM

The units look incredible!!! great job

**♔Greek Strategos♔** · March 04, 2015, 05:01 PM

Hey Hadrien...
Amazing units plus Rep...

I have a few questions though...So more info would be great...
Is this mod only a re-texture???
Does it changes stats or other things???

Cheers

**Hadrien Ier** · March 04, 2015, 05:23 PM

Originally Posted by Greek strategos

Hey Hadrien...
Amazing units plus Rep...

I have a few questions though...So more info would be great...
Is this mod only a re-texture???
Does it changes stats or other things???

Cheers

It's nothing than a cosmetic mod no stats or anything else has been changed. It's fully compatible with almost everything (obviously not with a other mod that change the saxon units).

**♔Greek Strategos♔** · March 04, 2015, 05:25 PM

Originally Posted by Hadrien Ier

It's nothing than a cosmetic mod no stats or anything else has been changed.

Thanks for the quick answer...your mod is very much a game changer for the eyes...

Cheers

**Arthalion** · March 04, 2015, 05:40 PM

nice work ! it seems we all have the same idea to begin by saxon faction oO

**Nutsh** · March 04, 2015, 07:09 PM

Very nice work Hadrien

Got a question for you tho : if saxon ppl got enough gold to get gold helmets, why whould they go to war or raid ? ahahah

Pretty much immersion breaking for me !

**Hadrien Ier** · March 04, 2015, 07:33 PM

Most of the time it's made from brass or copper but anyway if they go to war or raid it's because, at the beginning, it's a way of life and at last they do that to conquer new lands and established a new home on fertile lands like in the south of England.

Ironically centuries later the danish and norwegians vikings will do the same on their conquered lands.

By the way the gold or the silver are too soft to forge a good weapon or a armor but some are gilded with it for prestige purpose.

**Nutsh** · March 04, 2015, 08:36 PM

can t agree more with you

How get rich on battlefield : keep stealing others' helmets

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**Hadrien Ier** · March 04, 2015, 08:59 PM

Pretty much this, get loot or die tryin. But like i said i don't try to do a lesson of history, i made that for gameplay purpose, to give to the player a feeling of satisfaction and achievement.

In this era most of the warriors don't have armor and are not so well armed and equipped but it's a game and you have to have a attractive faction roster with iconic gears even if it's out of frame.

**Samio** · March 04, 2015, 09:09 PM

Originally Posted by Hadrien Ier

Pretty much this, get loot or die tryin. But like i said i don't try to do a lesson of history, i made that for gameplay purpose, to give to the player a feeling of satisfaction and achievement.

In this era most of the warriors don't have armor and are not so well armed and equipped but it's a game and you have to have a attractive faction roster with iconic gears even if it's out of frame.

Great stuff. I think more mods should have this kind of goal. Historically accurate mods are great and fill a niche but sometimes you just want things to look satisfying.
It's always a great feeling to finally get that unit with awesome looking armor!

**Indalus** · March 05, 2015, 05:33 AM

Looks incredible, I'm even considering getting the Longbeards DLC so I can use this mod, and of course play as the factions after I'm done with the Saxons!

**Aguirre** · March 05, 2015, 06:34 AM

Very much needed mod, great job

**East Londoner** · March 05, 2015, 05:53 PM

Hadrien Ier i think you should check out Attila Enhanced Saxon skin mod by Arthalion your saxon skins plus his would make one amazing lookin army. Any skins that are left over or share the same unit could be made into new seperate saxon units

**Hadrien Ier** · March 05, 2015, 07:58 PM

I totally respect his work and obviously he has remarquable skills but we have a different vision about the design of the units.

He mix some unmatchable element like a crest on a sutun hoo helmet which don't have a niche to put in one, and so on, it look cool but it's not my cup of tea.

Long story short, i think it's not disrespectful to say that i want to follow closer the historical usage of some gear even if i make some compromise with history but only about the timeframe like the use of the sutton hoo helmet etc, but never too far in the future or in term of foreign cultural influence.

Like i said before i would try to find a good mix between good game design and the History.

@Arthalion

Je vois que tu es un compatriote et je t'adresse de sincères salutations dans la langue de Molière.

**East Londoner** · March 06, 2015, 02:42 AM

Ok bro. Maybe you could make a varient each so people can use both mods together?

**Marcus Iska** · March 06, 2015, 03:36 AM

Hi Hadrien,I wonder if there is any chance to make your mod for those who don't buy the DLC ??

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