Gaius Baltar's Images of the Malestrom of Battle - UPDATED 9/14/2023

**Alexander78** · April 15, 2019, 03:13 AM

Great pics Van Zandt. I especially liked the image of the sea battle. Is it the Empire or Napoleon? In any case, a cool screens.

**Swaeft** · April 15, 2019, 09:40 PM

Agree with Alexander here, the ship battle image is my favourite out of those. Good stuff!

**Gaius Baltar** · April 17, 2019, 08:48 PM

Originally Posted by Alexander78

Great pics Van Zandt. I especially liked the image of the sea battle. Is it the Empire or Napoleon? In any case, a cool screens.

Empire, I never purchased Napoleon as I had to move to a new job ta that very moment in time.

**Gaius Baltar** · April 17, 2019, 09:18 PM

Some captures from a West Saxon campaign Thrones of Britannia ..... using an older desktop with new graphics equipment but really pushing it to the limit.

Saxon warlord and sword thegns preparing too defend Dorecaester 880AD

**Alexander78** · April 18, 2019, 04:15 PM

Cool shot. I like the atmosphere of the shot as the warriors prepare to repel the enemy attack. They have determination.
I need to try the ToB. But, from what I've heard, in ToB is missing blood textures . Without blood, battles don't look so realistic. I'm used to blood in Rome, I'll miss it in ToB.

**Gaius Baltar** · April 18, 2019, 06:38 PM

Originally Posted by Alexander78

Cool shot. I like the atmosphere of the shot as the warriors prepare to repel the enemy attack. They have determination.
I need to try the ToB. But, from what I've heard, in ToB is missing blood textures . Without blood, battles don't look so realistic. I'm used to blood in Rome, I'll miss it in ToB.

I have the "Blood, Sweat and Spears" DLC (2.99 USD). Plenty of blood in the action now. I have been using this older desktop with an older graphics card and it does a decent job if I turn everything else off.

I had to shut down because of a massive thunderstorm last night but Ill post some more of the battle in the next posts.

**Gaius Baltar** · April 18, 2019, 07:00 PM

Archers of the West Saxon Royal Army defend the walls from the Ledeborg's in the Battle of Dorecaester 880AD.

They actually took a alot of casualties from the Ledeborg archers.

Firing as a group .......

**Swaeft** · April 21, 2019, 07:16 AM

Nice shots! Don't see that many pics of archers, mostly its the infantry and cavalry slogging it out. Good for diversity

**Gaius Baltar** · April 21, 2019, 01:59 PM

This is from the same archer series from my previous post. I unit of unarmored axemen trying to push a ram up to the gate. As you can tell it was a massacre.

**Alexander78** · April 21, 2019, 02:35 PM

Oh, these guys got hit by a rain of arrows as far as I can tell. I wouldn't want to be in their shoes. And I like those blood stains on the grass.) Since I can see that the DLC you wrote about above works fine, I need to get to ToB. Great series, Van Zandt.

**Gaius Baltar** · April 23, 2019, 05:36 PM

Viking Invasion

**Gaius Baltar** · May 15, 2019, 08:50 AM

Naval battles from a Carthage campaign in Rome II

**Gaius Baltar** · June 21, 2019, 12:29 PM

From some recent UESW contests

UESW 462

UESW 461

**Gaius Baltar** · February 01, 2020, 05:46 PM

POTW 590

**Swaeft** · February 08, 2020, 08:55 PM

Looking forward to seeing more!

**Gaius Baltar** · May 10, 2020, 10:13 AM

POTW 600 submission

**paleologos** · May 12, 2020, 03:03 PM

So did this guy live or what?

**Gaius Baltar** · May 17, 2020, 11:48 AM

Originally Posted by paleologos

So did this guy live or what?

This was from a battle recorded on CinEd around 2008, but I do recall both sides for the most part wiped each other out. This particular unit of knights and their opponents were both annihilated.