Sumskilz's Unit Creation Blog

**VINC.XXIII** · January 26, 2010, 10:52 AM

Of course, Sumskilz,I agree.
http://img188.imageshack.us/i/dangerousman.jpg/

A french actor(algerian or marocan ascendency) looks exactly to this "dangerous man", save his skin color less brown , and this actor ever have roles of dealer, corrupt policeman...

**crazyguy1916** · January 27, 2010, 10:51 PM

Spectacular work! I can't wait to see some more previews

**PyrrhusofEpirus** · January 29, 2010, 04:59 PM

Always love your work, sumskilz. As others have said I think it's your faces that stand out; they have a real personality that I haven't seen anywhere else. I also like the fact that you are making some proper Islamic units - no-one has paid much attention to these in the past.

Good luck with all your work.

**ZenBoy** · January 30, 2010, 06:28 PM

That´s fine art, man. The faces are great.
I hope all units will look as good as the stuff I have seen untill now.
Greetings

**Astor** · January 31, 2010, 08:19 AM

That is some amazing work, but regarding the Persians, would they have been so dark? I have a couple of Iranian friends who are pure Persian, since they're all Zoroastrians, and they're really fair skinned.

**sumskilz** · January 31, 2010, 01:03 PM

Originally Posted by Astor

That is some amazing work, but regarding the Persians, would they have been so dark? I have a couple of Iranian friends who are pure Persian, since they're all Zoroastrians, and they're really fair skinned.

I deliberately made some of some of the faces more fair-skinned (notice the one on the far right) because I have also met Iranians that are as light as most Europeans. But you are comparing modern Iranians to medieval Iranian soldiers who likely would have spent a lot more time outdoors (at about 33 degrees of latitude). For a better comparison, look at this Iranian football site.

**sumskilz** · February 01, 2010, 02:42 PM

We should be having full on preview soon with in-game shots of several Fatimid units, but in the mean time....

Abid al-Shira:

**Meister Röhrich** · February 02, 2010, 02:08 AM

Beatiful and accurate as always, nice!

**Nikephorus16** · February 02, 2010, 11:03 PM

He's got sum skills...

**gustave** · February 03, 2010, 06:41 PM

Awesome units mate !

**Alejandro Sanchez** · February 03, 2010, 10:47 PM

Excellent work!

**Astor** · February 04, 2010, 04:49 AM

Yes, I see your point, and by the period covered by the mod there would have been a lot of mingling between the dark skinned arabs and the basically white Persians.