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In medieval art and written sources we quite often see units of Knights and man-at-arms, on the battlefield, to be armed with spears, on foot. Should or could most factions have such units?

Well historically there was no such distinction between spear and melee units, because the spear was most often the main melee weapon and swords were backup weapons.

Yeah, all the annoying clichés from Hollywood about the Middle Ages, “because in the Middle Ages there was no sunlight and everything was dirty and muddy and there was no concept of personal...

They used this as a model for the Bulgarian tsar in tsardoms mod:

https://www.deviantart.com/thinkerman/art/Another-Bulgarian-Emperor-Concept-624569920
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Bulgaria still had an union with the Pope during the mod start date. I think that this would be very interesting.

The one in the left maybe is a ottoman and sallets are 15th century helmets.

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/522558363000879002/

Arms of the Duke of Philipopolis (?),

(herzog von phinnional)

Miltenberger Wappenbuch, # 296

c. 1486-1500

Matthæus :)

Yes I did read them, they were compulsory literature in school (I'm a Bulgarian). I just find them a little ironical.

Matthæus wasn't Marko Kraljević a traitor, who fought and died on the side of the Ottomans in 1395 ad. against the Hungarians and Wallachians?

Do you think that it would be a good idea to add War Darts / Fletched Javelins in the mod. From the sources it seems that they were very common during the medieval age.

Matthæus that's is not true, I don't know about Serbia, but in Bulgaria there have been found 14th century armors like bassinets and coat of plates. I have posted pictures of them in the Bulgarian...

In terms of the effectiveness of plate armor vs longbows in those videos dr. Tobias Capwell- curator of the Wallace Collection explains it very well. In part 2 around 7:00 he shows a historically...

@Wallachian but on what should we then rely on?

@Wallachian my answer is in the Bulgarian Thread.

@Wallachian you made a very good point. I honestly never thought about that. All the manuscripts and chronicles from the medieval period, that I have seen are depicting people during the hot seasons....

@Wallachian the furry hats that they have are not used by the Bulgarians during that period. The Bulgarians have a traditional hat called calpak and it looks completely different, but it obviously...

I do not offend, I'm just confused why do you ignore historical sources and prefer cliches?

@finix emperor Ivan Asen II (1218-1241 ad.) has no place in the tier 2 roster, because tier 2 represents the late 14th-early 15th century. I agree with @slytacular the chichaks have no place in the...

Ltd. I have to say that the Hungarian units look phenomenal, great work.:)

finix the Bulgarian Levi Spearman and Bulgarian Hooked Pikemen need to be changed, because there are very clear evidences, from the 13th and 14th century, of how did the Bulgarian commoners looked...

Really nice work finix!:)

CrossTd I'm not romanticizing. I said that some historians assume, that maybe there is some truth and that's because the good organization of the uprising and that nobody questioned their authority...

Teutonic an example: In order to commemorate the battle of Klokotnitsa, the Bulgarian emperor Ivan Asen II had an inscription carved in one of the marble columns of the Church "Holy Forty Martyrs" in...

CrossTd nothing of this is true. Peter and Asen were aristocrats and claimed that they were from the same bloodline as the old Bulgarian emperors (some historians even assume that maybe there is some...

About the units, as I said in one of my previous post:



Teutonic actually I'm inclined to trust Lala Shahin, because he even reported to the sultan that he had the intention to retreat his...

Teutonic I think that there was a misunderstanding. I said that hessam did a really good job with most of the Bulgarian tier 2 and tier 3 units and that they look really nice. I think that the...

Teutonic I mostly agree with you and hessam did a really great job with most of the tier 2 units. I still don't think that the eastern influence was very strong during the 14th century. And I think...

Teutonic for example the city Samokov was founded in the beginning of the 14th century as a mining settlement. At that time the Bulgarian craftsman were in direct contact with the Saxon miners and in...

hessam apart from the Bolyars, about which I highly disagree, I still think that you are doing a great job in this mod and I know that you are putting a lot of effort and time in it. Most of the...

Ok show me your sources about those clothes and hats, because I can show you sources about the clothes of the Bulgarian nobility during that period and actual equipment. The the tier 1 Despot's...

hessam in terms of the Bolyars: first of all I can assure you that the Bulgarians never used such clothes and as I can see from the manuscripts the Bulgarians never used such hats, actually they...

Despot was a Bolyar equal to a lord. My point is that the Bolyars should be heavily shock cavalry. They should be heavily armored (with the best armor possible for the time period), including their...

The Boyars were equal to knights, those are not accurate at all and I haven't seen any sources supporting those outfits. And as I said before the strength of the Bulgarian army was the heavy cavalry.

Most of the units look good, but the Boyars look just ridiculous. What are those hats, the clothes. Why are they not armored and why are they horse archers. Horse archers were mainly allay Cumans...

Really cool.

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Inscription: Byzantine (?), 13th century

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For comparison: on the left picture you can see the tier 1 Bulgarian Tsar, on the picture in the middle you can see the reconstruction and on the right picture you can...

An example of how inaccurate the reconstructions, on which the tier 1 Bulgarian Tsar is based on, is the fact that the artists, who made the reconstructions, have put brown boots on the...

I'm not particularly sure what kind of helmet is the tier 1 Tsar actually wearing?