Medieval Kingdoms Total War: The Kingdom of Castile

[The_Fawn_Rescuer]

Kingdom of Castile




Tier 1

Alfonso VIII "El Noble," Rey de Castile

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Caballeros
Heavy Shock Cavalry

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Foot Caballeros
Heavy Infantry

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Dismounted Sergeants
Castile's front-line troops. Melee infantry with precursor javelins.



Jinetes
Skirmisher cavalry

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Spearmen

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Crossbowmen

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Castilian Sergeants
Medium cavalry

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HonderosC
light slingers

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Almogavars
Light skirmish infantry

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Peones
Polearm infantry

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Mounted Adventurers
Pilgrims on their way to St. James of Compostela (or other famous shrines), and mercenaries for hire, northerners were often at hand to help the Spaniards take back Iberia from the Moors. Though not as popular as fighting in Outremer, men could expect to gain holy favor and possibly even martyrdom, and they did not need to travel nearly as far.



Dismounted Adventurers
Pilgrims on their way to St. James of Compostela, and mercenaries for hire, northerners were often at hand to help the Spaniards take back Iberia from the Moors. Though not as popular as fighting in Outremer, men could expect to gain holy favor and possibly even martyrdom, and they did not need to travel nearly as far.



Spanish Order Crossbowmen
Mounted crossbowmen from the military orders

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Spanish Order Cavalry
Knights of the five major military orders in Spain during the 13th century: Order of the Hospital, Order of the Temple, Order of Santiago, Order of Calatrava, Order of Alcantara. These are Spain's most elite troops, men who have devoted their lives to fight the Infidel.


Spanish Order Footmen
Knights of the five major military orders in Spain during the 13th century: Order of the Hospital, Order of the Temple, Order of Santiago, Order of Calatrava, Order of Alcantara. These are Spain's most elite troops, men who have devoted their lives to fight the Infidel.

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Tier 2



El Rey de Castile

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Dismounted Men at Arms

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Crossbowmen

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Jinetes

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Caballeros

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Foot Caballeros

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Heavy Spearmen

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Peones

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Spanish Order Cavalry

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Spanish Order Footmen



Adventurer Knights

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Adventurer Footmen

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Tier 3

El Rey de Castile

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Heavy Crossbowmen

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Castilian Guard Infantry

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Handgunners

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Jinetes

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Caballeros

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Foot Caballeros

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Pikemen

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Rodeleros

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Heavy Spearmen

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Hombres de Armas

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Adventurer Footmen



Adventurer Knights



Spanish Order Cavalry


Spanish Order Footmen


Monteros de Espinosa

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Officers

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[Kjertesvein]

That looks fresh. Nice!

​~Wille

[Hassassins]

One comment, your spanish names like "Lanceros" or "Monjes Militares" arent historical names for units, they are just translations from english. For example, "Lanceros" is not a unit, is just "spearmen" in english, or "Caballeros", means "Knights" in spanish, Maybe you want to change it to be more accurate o realistic.

[hessam]

I'm not sure but it seems like your ballesteros are using arrows instead of bolts. Otherwise, good job.

[Filips Augustus]

I fully understand your choice to combine the military orders from your references. It looks awesome well done!

[The_Fawn_Rescuer]

Fixed some coloring issues so there are no 'generic' colored tunics, and they all match the red, white, yellow, black color scheme I have chosen for Castile (the low-class units had this problem).

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Used different tunics on the caballeros to make them look richer, like men who could afford nicer, more colorful clothing, also fixed the VMDs so their equipment matches better.

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Also new officers that I didn't get a good screenshot of and I need to post later. I hate Attila's stupid 'mood' filters

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[Filips Augustus]

They look awesome Fawn!

[The_Fawn_Rescuer]

Prepare your body for Tier 2!


Officer for Knightly orders based on Tomb Effigy for Frey Martin Vasquez de Arce (I know the effigy is from a later period, but I altered the equipment to be in period for the 14th Century. I did this because I had a better idea for the Tier 3 officer that I wanted to use instead).

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Knights based on period Effigies and artwork.

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Last, but not least, El Rey Tier 2!

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[StephenCZ]

Great job. The unit roster has a true Southern European feeling.

[mrhyde69]

beautiful work so far, very promising! one request however (please do not take this the wrong way or anything, but being a Spaniard myself I feel the need to ask). Why did you only use dark hair to depict the Iberian people? I understand there are a large majority of southern Europeans with darker features compared to northern europeans, but we also have a decent assortment of blonde and red hair genes. If my words aren't enough, take another look at some of the reference material you're using that depict the iberian/visigoths from the time period.

overall its not a big deal, i'm just curious as to why there is a lack of diversity of hair color?

[The_Fawn_Rescuer]

There isn't a lack of red or blonde hair. I don't know what you are talking about.

[mrhyde69]

excellent! I will take your word for it

[The_Fawn_Rescuer]

excellent! I will take your word for it

There is a lot of variation in the units. Perhaps just the ones visible in the screenshots happen to not have blonde or red hair. I just came back from a trip to spain two months ago, and I'm well aware of your country's Gothic heritage. Similar to what I did with KJC, there is a mix of some darker-skinned (eastern) skins as well as roman, nordic (they are the only skin model with blue eyes), and german. There are also some with red beards (though that I made that more rare with this faction), and some with blonde, and some with dark brown.

[mrhyde69]

thanks that's very reassuring! don't get me wrong, your work is absolutely amazing and I look forward to the next update

[The_Fawn_Rescuer]

thanks that's very reassuring! don't get me wrong, your work is absolutely amazing and I look forward to the next update

Thanks very much! The whole area of central Spain from Zaragoza down to Toledo is one of my favorite places on Earth, plus I really admire Spanish culture and history. It's very important to me to make Castile a historical and beautiful faction for this mod.

[The_Fawn_Rescuer]

Updated with Tier 2

[Bobi_TWR]

i don't know how the units could look better.Outstanding work!

[Dom1no]

Beatiful units, perfectly done job !

[Filips Augustus]

My goodness this is awesome...

[Slytacular]

Muy bien! Very nice!