New 3D unit : Scots Gaurd

[Sponge]

New unit is up looking pretty sweet

check it out here

[The Walrus]

Lookin sweet. Might have to play as Scots or France first if these are better longbowman then the armoured longbowman. I will cut my enemy down in a storm of bodkin arrows.

[Flogger]

It looks very nice and all... But the French get elite longbowmen? Longbowmen are the only advantage England have over other factions in the first place...

[God-Emperor of Mankind]

Very cool looking unit. :tooth:

[Lord Tomyris]

It looks very nice and all... But the French get elite longbowmen? Longbowmen are the only advantage England have over other factions in the first place...

Though in the Grand Campaign, they'll have the strategic advantage of being an island faction.

[The Walrus]

Don't forget billmen. (are they including those dudes?)

[shadyrome]

Anyone Notice the bow look very neat

[God-Emperor of Mankind]

Don't forget billmen. (are they including those dudes?)

Yes the billmen are in.
There is a pic of them in the Burebista thread.

[Lord Janos]

Don't forget billmen. (are they including those dudes?)

Yes, there is a screen shot of them to be found among these screenshots here: http://pff.swrebellion.com/index.php?topic=4626.0

And i'm loving those longbowmen... i may just have to play the Scots. They are very interesting with their units and situation. If they managed to conquer Britain they could potentially be rather powerful.

[Rusty Catapult]

They look tight. But they'll figure in the wide list of casualities caused by my zweihanders and gothic knights
(HRE forever)

[The Mongol]

They look tight. But they'll figure in the wide list of casualities caused by my zweihanders and gothic knights
(HRE forever)

Haha, welcome to the club.

Mmm, Zweihanders..

[Grand Duke Vytautas]

Very sexy unit in shining armour and stuff but where is his secondary weapon (sword or dagger)? And btw he carries not a longbow like english archers (whose longbows where man's size look at armoured longbowmen), but just a normal-sized bow (like trebizond archer) - at least that's what I've noticed

[tco]

looking good

[Last Roman]

Very nice looking unit. Is it historical? I've never heard of the "Scots Guard" before.

[Pelican Man]

Now that unit looks reallll good. PHEW..... couple more weeks, then we got ourselves a DEMO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

P-Man

[westy159]

Why do they keep giving archers armour? Heavy armour was expensive and no one with half a brain would use it on their men who are meant to stay away from the actual battle.

[Last Roman]

Why do they keep giving archers armour? Heavy armour was expensive and no one with half a brain would use it on their men who are meant to stay away from the actual battle.

Because it was the King's personal guard.

[Centurion-Lucius-Vorenus]

Scots and French shall pwn england together it seems...

But that Longbow looks like a normal sized one.

[Legio XIV]

damn good looking unit there

though i was hoping i'd see a unit of highlanders, but the scots guard look more like body guards rather than footsoldiers, so i mightbe wrong.

[BKB]

I think if they are reduced significantly in both unit size and ability then they should be fine. The scots around the selkirk forest and lower scotland would have been armed with the great warbow but would not have had the numbers and training the english and welsh bowmen had.

I think common sense for archers with money was that they would buy some armour. These would mainly be retainer archers for the great lords. Most lower standing and yeoman archers would have been happy with a sallet or close fitting helmet, a padded jakke , a bow, quiver, a secondary weapon, most common and prefered was the falchion and of course some arrows