R3: Roman Roster Reloaded

[Morfans]

This EE/LE roster was designed for my own versions of BC 1.05 & Chivalry 3.3, starting from Strelac's models.
Because SV got permission for using BC Roman units, I thought it could be of broader interest.

So here we go. Infantry first.

Kontaratoi.
Replacing Chivalry’s Skoutatoi. Basic line infantry, armed with spear and dagger, the latter being just “cosmetic”,
because M2TW spearmen’s secondary weapons are known to be inefficient.
Conical helmet, leather cuirass and leather gorget.

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Skutatoi.
Spearmen & swordsmen – spearmen replace Kontaratoi, swordsmen replacing the “dismounted lancers”.
All chain mail, classical shields.

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Menavlatoi.
Expectedly equipped with menavlon and a dagger. Pike animation, but no phalanx formation,
which is to me both visually nicer and historically more accurate. Initial version got chain mail,
for consistency with SV 3.3 models – but they turned out to be unbreakable: leather cuirass
seems more balanced, plus probably more accurate.

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Peltasts & Toxotai.
Like the original SV models, these are designed to be no riff-raff. Tough guys, can bravely engage melee, with their paramerion sword and round shield.

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Mourtatoi
Archers of Turkish origin, but well integrated in the Roman army (there even
was a specific tax for hiring these regiments). Very good at the walls too.

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Tzakones & Psiloi
Garrison units. They were also supposed to be palace guards, so their uniforms are decently… uniform.

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Labarum.
A must-have, at least for Romans & Mongols, whose tactical use of standards is well documented.
Here is a simple labarum. Models used for the officers are Strelac's "Spatharii".

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Coming soon : elite infantry (Vestiaritai, Varangoi, Paramonai) and light cavalry.

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[VINC.XXIII]

great stuff, particulary about the Briarius bearer, I failed to implement him...

[Ashton]

Nice !!

[2Shy]

Great work ! +rep

[The Despondent Mind]

Great

[Ixor_Drakar]

Looking good.

[Wallachian]

Great stuff +rep Im not too familiar with the units used, did u do reskin them?

[Constantius]

Excellent with this I can start playing this mod afresh, thanks for your superb efforts

[Averroes19]

Very nice models, +1 rep.
But, will you make them available for download? I would love to implement them.

[Consulo]

Is this being implemented into SV 4.0 or is this an optional add-on for the current version and future version...?

[Morfans]

Thank you, mates.

@Wallachian : Actually 3D models are new or heavily modified.

@Averroes19 : I do not have permission for 3.3 - maybe it's too late for that.

@Slim50 : I would be overjoyed to hand all the models over for 4.0 - should this be unpractical for any reason, I believe SV would not be against an add-on package


In the week end, I will take some screenshots of the elite units (Varangoi, Paramonai, Vestiaritai).


For the time being, here are some light cavalry units.

Trapezitae (javelins & spear)

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Hippotoxotai (bow & mace)

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[Wallachian]

Thanks for the answer. The updated units look fantastic!

[VINC.XXIII]

looks epic...the horizontal view is well choosen

about packaging, I think its the best solution, because my files have been removed(megaupload cataclysm...), I haven't received news from SV. And he was forward want to release once its possible what he made.
that would allow us to see clearer about priorities, as he replaced two factions, deleted a lot of useless units...etc

[Morfans]

about packaging, I think its the best solution, because my files have been removed(megaupload cataclysm...), I haven't received news from SV. And he was forward want to release once its possible what he made.

I am fine with packaging.

Too bad v4.0 has incurred so many roadblocks - on the other hand, it had become too big a project: step-by-step approaches are often more effective. Maybe, addressing one campaign at a time, with incremental releases ...

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[Morfans]

Elite heavy infantry, then.

Vestiaritai.
Armed with spatha, they wear chain mail + lamellar cuirass.
All men have splinted armor on their forearms and about 50% have splinted leg guards.

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Varangoi.
These are basically Strelac's models, with a few 3D/2D adjustments.
I restored classical 2H axe animation, removing that weird "mace" primary
used in BC.

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Paramonai (alternately, Pronoia Infantry).
Because not much is known about these regiments, one can unleash his imagination
I thought of an evolution of the vanilla "pronoia infantry", because I liked the idea of
the "scary macemen" reported by the historical sources. Availability starting at the
Mongol Invasion event.

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[Averroes19]

Dude!

Incredible work!!! +1 rep.
Oh please oh please someone give me permission to implement these. Please oh please SV!

[Constantius]

Can it not just be a sub-mod add on?

[Ixor_Drakar]

I hope so, one way or another I must play with these amazing units.

[2Shy]

Great heavy infantry! +rep

[VIP]

I will join the rest of people and state the obvious - great work!