Sumskilz's Unit Creation Blog

**Cyrus the Virus** · February 15, 2010, 01:51 PM

Originally Posted by sumskilz

No, Bohemia is sort of close though.

That ought to be interesting.
...Just passing by.

**~~Cvetko~~** · February 15, 2010, 06:25 AM

Thanks for information, did you already make any late era units?

**sumskilz** · February 15, 2010, 07:11 AM

Originally Posted by Cvetko

Thanks for information, did you already make any late era units?

I haven't made any late era units, but Dome has made some Hussites.

**sumskilz** · February 16, 2010, 03:20 AM

Made a sword today that turned out pretty well:

I may need to thin the blade a bit, but I'll have to test it in game to know for sure.

**gustave** · February 16, 2010, 08:44 AM

Nice sword !

I may need to thin the blade a bit, but I'll have to test it in game to know for sure.

Yeah metallic parts always appear brighter ingame, especially if you play with the specular map... It looks fine imo.

**sumskilz** · February 18, 2010, 04:19 AM

Some more variations:

Despite looking very European, these are actually Fatimid swords. At the beginning of our time period, Egyptian arms manufacturing had more in common with Southern Europe than with the later Turkic influenced styles of the Mamluk period. This particular style survived in the western part of modern Sudan well into the 19th Century.

metallic parts always appear brighter ingame, especially if you play with the specular map

Yeah, I always use the alpha channel on the normal texture to add a bit of reflectiveness which makes it tough to judge beforehand. Like I think this bronze looks too yellow now, but will probably look correct in the game:

Edit: Here is a 19th Century Sudanese example. The medieval version had a blade about two thirds smaller, but they are otherwise nearly identical.

**tibu17** · February 18, 2010, 05:57 AM

Do you can made faces for cumans and units?

**sumskilz** · February 18, 2010, 06:10 AM

Originally Posted by tibu17

Do you can made faces for cumans and units?

I want to make faces for all the units in the game including the Cumans, but for our first release we will probably have the Rusichi Cuman units.

**Saruman the white wizard** · February 18, 2010, 10:22 AM

They look very good, actually I thought about asking for more pommel variations and you did just that

**Alexandros I.** · February 19, 2010, 10:41 AM

The swords look really good. Great work!

**ZenBoy** · February 21, 2010, 05:46 PM

I admire your skill, man ! Looks great ! Wow

**Horatius Flaccus** · February 23, 2010, 09:14 AM

Great pics!

**sumskilz** · February 27, 2010, 07:15 PM

Thanks guys! Sorry for the silence here for the last week or so. I've been putting all my new images into the upcoming preview which should be ready within the next few days.

**fenix3279** · February 27, 2010, 07:32 PM

Great!

Can't wait

**sumskilz** · March 08, 2010, 04:49 AM

Well, I'm done with my part of the upcomming preview and I've had enough time to get started on some more units. So here's a WIP of a unit that won't be in the preview:

**Meister Röhrich** · March 08, 2010, 11:42 AM

Awesome sums!

Could we maybe see some seljucs or moors next time, just asking cause I can't wait to play them in-game.

**gaby2002** · March 08, 2010, 11:53 AM

Very great units Sir!They are from the Great Seljuks faction right?

**sumskilz** · March 08, 2010, 02:35 PM

Very great units Sir!They are from the Great Seljuks faction right?

They are Daylami from northern Iran. They fought both for and against and against the Seljuks.

Awesome sums!

Could we maybe see some seljucs or moors next time, just asking cause I can't wait to play them in-game.

I'm picking the units I work on based on similarity in style to previous units so that I have a base to start from, so it might be a while before I get to the Moors because their style was very different. Fairly soon, I'll be making some mamlukes/ghulams for the Fatimids and Syria so I can use some of Pacco's new shields. After I finish the early units for the Fatimids, Syria, and the Seljuks then I'll probably take care of some of the early Christian Eastern units (Armenia, Georgia) and then the Moors.

**Meister Röhrich** · March 09, 2010, 02:30 AM

Originally Posted by sumskilz

I'm picking the units I work on based on similarity in style to previous units so that I have a base to start from, so it might be a while before I get to the Moors because their style was very different. Fairly soon, I'll be making some mamlukes/ghulams for the Fatimids and Syria so I can use some of Pacco's new shields. After I finish the early units for the Fatimids, Syria, and the Seljuks then I'll probably take care of some of the early Christian Eastern units (Armenia, Georgia) and then the Moors.

Thank you for this view into your work, take your time, I'm really looking forward to your units, even if they are not moors!