[Preview] Units

[Feanaro Curufinwe]

Everyone loves some Kinslaying from time to time.

[Jagmodo]

Nice one!

Everyone loves some Kinslaying from time to time.

Says Fëanáro, eh?

[Bercor]

Everyone loves some Kinslaying from time to time.

Personally, I like it in the morning, before breakfast, with a tad bit of milk.

[Feanaro Curufinwe]

Says Fëanáro, eh?

Who else?

Personally, I like it in the morning, before breakfast, with a tad bit of milk.

I prefer Kinslaying at night, preferably with an element of surprise.

[Nelduin]

Knights of the House of Fingolfin :

[Ngugi]

Neat (Utúlie'n aurë!)

[Milner]

Not too bad, in my opinion...

[Hanti]

Just wanted to say: whoa!
Great sword, great helmet, great chainmail, great arrows. Wonderful.

[Feanaro Curufinwe]

Knights of the House of Fingolfin :

So, I see they look more heavily armoured than their Feänorean equivalent. So, the House of Fëanor has stronger infantry while the House of Fingolfin has better cavalry?

[Bercor]

The House of Feanor also has the armoured barded horse. It didn't appear in the preview because it was done recently:

[t1aro]

Beautiful units!

[~Asukav of Epirus~]

Great units, those shiny helmets and shields...

Keep it up! C:

[Stath's]

Amazing!! It creates big expectations!

[Bercor]

The Wildlings are coming to Beleriand!

[Jagmodo]

Lossoth, right? I didn't know they already existed in the First Age. Nice work.

[Bercor]

Rather their ancestors, the ancient people of Forodwaith.

[Nelduin]

Folk of Bór:

[Stath's]

very nice!! They remind me of Huns.

[Jagmodo]

Very good work.

I just want to note that even though houses of Bór and Ulfang were both called Easterlings or Swarthy Men, there is a significant difference between them:

They were short and broad, long and strong in the arm, and grew much hair on face and breast; their locks were dark as were their eyes, and their skins were sallow or swart. But they were not all of one kind, in looks or in temper, or in tongue. Some were not uncomely and were fair to deal with; some were grim and ill-favoured and of little trust. Their houses were many, and there was little love among them.

People of Bór were:

...worthy folk and tillers of the earth.

– agricultural and more sedentary. Apparently, different case were the people of Ulfang that were more of a hunters and gatherers – therefore more mobile folk. Those different lifestyles would affect their ways of combat, dress, culture; pretty much everything. So, while designing faction (units, traits, unique buildings…) this could be taken into account.

Here is an interesting essay about Men of Darkness if you are interested:

http://lalaith.vpsurf.de/Tolkien/Fr_Men.html

[Peredhel]

Thanks Jagmodo, I told Milner about that already, I don't know if he used that difference though, as it was already hard to come up with ideas for this (really poorly described) guys, but it will surely reflect in their buildings and in their armies composition though.