Kahvi's mercenaries (New Sorceresses at post 907 -24.5.2016 )

[Kahvipannu]

Little heads up.

I want to remind currently Anakonda and her Amazons are for 1.44, I'll leave the dl link still there if someone wants to download it for it.

I checked and it appears Her and her troops are included in the official Battle for the Empire 1.5 (Have to get used to that name , CoW has changed the name for those who are not yet aware of this), and the CoW team added unique banner, recruitment video, and working sprites for them So please check them out.

So next update, Valkia, will naturally be for 1.5, so don't download current one for 1.5, since there is no reason for it, and it will up your game, 1.44 only.

[Grymloq]

Good news! Battle for the Empire sounds very strange It doesn't remind Warhammer

[Kahvipannu]

Good news! Battle for the Empire sounds very strange It doesn't remind Warhammer

Actually it is Rage of Dark Gods -Battle for the Empire, so I have to correct myself a bit here. GW is very protective of the usage of theyr brand names, like every big corporation, so it needed change I think.

[Kahvipannu]

Updated OP, now all previews, etc should work just fine for both Anakonda and Valkia, almost all had vanished:

Valkia The Bloody (Thanks Himster for idea)

Description Faction: Khorne/Chaos-undivided Type: Spawning general Bodyguard: Khorne chosen Ancillaries: The Spear of Slaupnir, The Scarlet Armor, and her Daemonshield. A Daemon Princess of Khorne who is said to be the consort of Khorne. Valkia was once the queen of a great tribe. She gained the attention of Khorne when she slew anyone in her tribe to question her right to rule. She then moved on to killing other Chaos lords and mighty followers of the other gods. One such was Locephax, a daemon prince of Slaanesh who was attracted to her and asked her to be a slave girl for him. This angered her and she killed him in a duel then placed his head on her shield. Khorne was from then on her patron God and she made a pact to fight her way north to the realm of Chaos and place her shield on the throne of Khorne. But on her journey north she was killed in battle. Khorne raged over her passing, brought her from the dead and turned her into a Daemon Princess. She has the legs of a Bloodletter of Khorne and the wings of a bat. Valkia carries The Spear of Slaupnir, The Scarlet Armor, and her Daemonshield. Armybook entry Art/figure Valkia The Bloody Khorne Valkia the Bloody Chaos-undivided

Next release:

-For CoW 1.5
-Valkia the Bloody for Khorne faction
-Unique ancillaries
-Possible musicians and banner-carrier for Amazons.
-Unique ancillaries
-Black armors for Chaos undivided faction

[Grymloq]

Now I can see Valkia perfectly, you did a marveillous unit!

[Himster]

Claaaaaasssss!!!!
Yay, I got mentioned, I'm famous now.

[Kahvipannu]

Little updated preview of Valkia. Model/Textures are ready now, and they are now using Chaos-Lord Skeleton, so Valkia will be same size (taller than normal man). In-game preview, and ancs listed too.

Valkia The Bloody (Thanks Himster for idea)

Art Valkia The Bloody Khorne - model updated Valkia -In game battle preview Valkia Ancillaries Daemonshield Will be updated.. The Scarlet Armour Will be updated.. The Spear Slaupnir Will bw updated..

Also I would like to have suggestion for the Hero-skill (rally) that suits for Valkia. Valkia's special rules can be found at OP, Armybook entry.

[Krystoforos]

what a dish! another reason to play as Corn(!)

[Kahvipannu]

what a dish! another reason to play as Corn(!)

I was thinking playing Khorne-campaign when the translation and voices are up, and Reiks C-Mammoth too would be awesome, last time I played long Chaos-campaign was maybe CoW 1.1 , so it will be interesting.

Nice to see it looks fantastic in game. I owe you some reps and this one is very well deserved.

Just give her traits/ancillaries/whatever to make her a 10 star general, which will represent her special rule for re-rolling break tests. Hero skills are silly because the AI don't use them. Not like the player needs anymore advantage over the AI.

Thanks mate.

I think you make very good point there, and that you are absolutelly right. I'll do as you suggested

Will be nice to command some Chaos-Mammoths with her

very nice kahvi, awesome modelling

Thanks mate. I tryed to stay close to the model/art, and it turned out pretty well, and this time around I knew a bit better what I was doing, when in the case of Amazons I was pretty much learning while doing.

And It's nice to see you around here, I think I haven't seen you here for awhile.

[Reiksfart]

Nice to see it looks fantastic in game. I owe you some reps and this one is very well deserved.

Just give her traits/ancillaries/whatever to make her a 10 star general, which will represent her special rule for re-rolling break tests. Hero skills are silly because the AI don't use them. Not like the player needs anymore advantage over the AI.

[Saladin]

very nice kahvi, awesome modelling

[Werebear]

perfect

[Werebear]

when you are planing to upload valkia?

[Kahvipannu]

when you are planing to upload valkia?

I was going to wait till the translated files, but if I finish all before that sooner. I still need to do coding for scripts and ancs, stratmap model, etc, but they won't take long if I don't up something.

Epicness.
What animation does she have? It kinda looks like her animation isn't spear, that makes sense.

Any thoughts for next on the list????????? hm hm hmmm, welllll, hmm. Nudge.

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It might be slightly bold of me to make yet another suggestion, but knowing myself as I do I'm sure I shall.

Yeah, all suggestion are always welcome. Tought I might try to do next Karnac's Lizardmen , since Lizardmen lack presentation in CoW. Could be something else tought, like Vespero's Vendettas, or something else..

And yes, she won't be using spear anims, since I'm pretty sure it isn't possible. Anims are C-warrior ones, but they looked natural with spear unit too, only thing is that wings won't move, but it would require winged humanoid skeleton and animations, that may be changed in future.

[Himster]

Yeah, all suggestion are always welcome. Tought I might try to do next Karnac's Lizardmen , since Lizardmen lack presentation in CoW. Could be something else tought, like Vespero's Vendettas, or something else..

Well I think Kaldour would be the coolest, remember the chap who was an imperial noble folowed Tzeentch, leads an army of imperial knights, brettonian knights, arabrian mounted nobles, estelian, tilean, all decked out in the warped gleaming armour of their homeland. A mercenary army so awesome You'd have to change your pants every time you see them charge.

Lizardmen are hard, karnac's lizardmen need to be totally re-written as they're from 2nd edition, everything has changed, they can't have bows or swords and in the new lore the replacement of lizaerdmen warriors (saurus warriors) are completely sub-servient to the slann. In the old version lizardmen were the original occupants of the world before the slann and were driven underground by the slann, in the new they were created by the old ones as slightly dim slave warriors almost completely dependant on the slann. You could re-write their background to fit the new editions, but it'd be tricky and very unofficial, I'd be happy to help.

Vesperro's vendettas are very cool but they're skirmishers good at guerilla actions and subterfuge, not particularly applicable in CoW. Plus the two hand weapon animation..........

If you're set on doing a unit of renwon that's awesome and hasn't been done yet I'd suggest Beorg bearstruck and the bearmen of urslo, king of the Baersonlings, I think you'd do a good job on him and his warriors, plus he needs to be done for the Norsca mod, you'd be helping out a fellow modder with a faction that we'll have in the future. In this vein is another Norscan of awesomeness: Wulfrick the wanderer, you just have to make one model for him like Valkia.

And yes, she won't be using spear anims, since I'm pretty sure it isn't possible. Anims are C-warrior ones, but they looked natural with spear unit too, only thing is that wings won't move, but it would require winged humanoid skeleton and animations, that may be changed in future.

Sounds good.

[Himster]

Epicness.
What animation does she have? It kinda looks like her animation isn't spear, that makes sense.

Any thoughts for next on the list????????? hm hm hmmm, welllll, hmm. Nudge.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

It might be slightly bold of me to make yet another suggestion, but knowing myself as I do I'm sure I shall.

[paradamed]

Another suggestion, Ungrin Ironfist:

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[Saladin]

ungrim ironfist is already in the game i do believe, battle model, scripts and all.
Personally i would like to see Menghil Manhide and his Manflayers, always a favorite of mine.

Vespero's Vendettas are pretty cool as well

[Kahvipannu]

Another suggestion, Ungrin Ironfist:

As Saladin stated I believe he is already in game

Well I think Kaldour would be the coolest, remember the chap who was an imperial noble folowed Tzeentch, leads an army of imperial knights, brettonian knights, arabrian mounted nobles, estelian, tilean, all decked out in the warped gleaming armour of their homeland. A mercenary army so awesome You'd have to change your pants every time you see them charge.

Lizardmen are hard, karnac's lizardmen need to be totally re-written as they're from 2nd edition, everything has changed, they can't have bows or swords and in the new lore the replacement of lizaerdmen warriors (saurus warriors) are completely sub-servient to the slann. In the old version lizardmen were the original occupants of the world before the slann and were driven underground by the slann, in the new they were created by the old ones as slightly dim slave warriors almost completely dependant on the slann. You could re-write their background to fit the new editions, but it'd be tricky and very unofficial, I'd be happy to help.

If you're set on doing a unit of renwon that's awesome and hasn't been done yet I'd suggest Beorg bearstruck and the bearmen of urslo, king of the Baersonlings, I think you'd do a good job on him and his warriors, plus he needs to be done for the Norsca mod, you'd be helping out a fellow modder with a faction that we'll have in the future. In this vein is another Norscan of awesomeness: Wulfrick the wanderer, you just have to make one model for him like Valkia.

Hmmm haven't heard those, they do sound very interesting, can't say anything at straight, I'll check them.

About Karnac, I will write with more tought more, a bit tired now. But yes, it would not be 100% official today, but there is a lot of units from old editions in CoW.
About Norscan-heroe's, FakeTwin is doing some impressive roster. I don't think he needs much "help", the sub-mod is progressing well, and since he propably have plans for thise at some point, I could consenrate on other units.

ungrim ironfist is already in the game i do believe, battle model, scripts and all.
Personally i would like to see Menghil Manhide and his Manflayers, always a favorite of mine.

Vespero's Vendettas are pretty cool as well

Vesperos would be pretty simple unit to do, and they are pretty cool, that's why I'm considering them. Tought it's one more merc for Empire... Others could need more love, like...

Dark-Elves! I have been mentioning Manhide and his band couple of times before, and DE really needs units more than Empire for example.

And talking about DE, I have one one totally reworked allready existing unit for DE to show soon, propably will squeeze to same release with Valkia.

[Krystoforos]

Yeah, factions without special heroes need it most. DE, HE, BP