Medieval Kingdoms Total War: Republic of Venice (WIP)

[The_Culverin]

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The city of canals is a reminder that starting from a great defensive position is an ideal foundation upon which to build an empire. With the city itself perched on the Ri'Alto island and the Venetian Lagoon serving as a massive moat for the city, Venice is a natural fortress. Although the Venetians do not boast a noteworthy land army, they are the leading seafarers of the time. this gives them the ability to confidently defend their capital from direct attack, as well as establish trade routes more readily than most any other major power.

A century earlier the Venetians were plagued by Dalmatian pirates who preyed upon the merchants that plied their lucrative sea trade throughout the Adriatic. Through clever diplomacy, Pietro Orseolo, "Doge" of the Venetian Republic was able to isolate the marauding pirate Slavs into small, manageable groups that he then forced to surrender. This opened the door for Venice to evolve from an isolated trading city into a European power in its own right.


With their ability to dominate trade and traverse the Mediterranean, so long as the Venetians diligently protect their island city, they will always remain a force to be reckoned with.

Tier 1 (Early)

Lancia Milizia

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Lancia Sergente (Early)

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Venezia Spadaccini

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Venezia Berrovieri

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Venezia Lungo-Lanciere (Early)

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Venezia Piede-Cavaliere (Early)

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Venezia Cavaliere (Early)

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Venezia Cavaliere Berrovieri

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Milizia-Balestriere

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Venezia Balestriere (Early)

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Venezia Arcieri (Early)

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Doge di Venezia (Early)

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Teir 2 (High)

Lancia Sergente (High)

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Venezia Pesante Fanteria (High)

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Venezia Spadaccini (High)

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Venezia Picchieri (High)

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Venezia Piede-Cavaliere (High)

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Venezia Cavaliere (High)

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Venezia Montato Balestriere (High)

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Venezia Balestriere (High)

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Doge di Venezia (High)

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Things I plan to add:
-Finish up Early/High roster
-Venetian Late Units
-Dalmatian/Albanian Units for Venice

I hope you enjoy my first faction preview, I tried pretty hard on this!

[DonCornholium]

Amazing !

[Filips Augustus]

Truly gorgeous!

[Dom1no]

Stunning work !

[hessam]

Nice work The_Culverin.

one small point: The Barbute type of helmet (which you've used for high spear serjeants) is actually a late period equipment, since it entered the scene in 15th century.

[The_Culverin]

Thanks All.

Nice work The_Culverin.

one small point: The Barbute type of helmet (which you've used for high spear serjeants) is actually a late period equipment, since it entered the scene in 15th century.

I'm putting that Barbute variant in there as a placeholder until a more tier 2 type of that helmet, being made by sly, is completed.

Wow, some amazing work here! One small nitpick would be that the banners look very 2D, is there a way to make them a bit more realistic?

It's more of a game problem than a texture problem, from the fact that the flag model can't wave. I'm sure something can be done to make it wave, but it would take a long while for that to happen.

[Kjertesvein]

This guy may have chosen the wrong coat of arms for his job position. Or.. he is very brave.



Nice work, but don't forget the Peak Bascinets!

~Wille

[Ltd.]

Anything that keeps the Doge safe... imagine the bravery, when he's not even part of the bodyguards

[wrath of germania]

Wow, some amazing work here! One small nitpick would be that the banners look very 2D, is there a way to make them a bit more realistic?

[Visarion]

Waiting this preview for a long time and it was worth it!

[Linke]

Very nice Venetians.
I don't like the unit name stule though, either go italian or english not a fake non-authentic mix.

[The_Culverin]

Changed the names to all Italian.

[Linke]

thank you very much, italian names can be a submod though, so they match other units, but then not spear milizia but spear militia and so on. But I hope all gets native anyways

[FuzFuzFuz]

thank you very much, italian names can be a submod though, so they match other units, but then not spear milizia but spear militia and so on. But I hope all gets native anyways

I was actually working on such a submod, but progress was halted because of me joining the team and my general frustration on Google Translate for being unable to translate words in some languages (cant translate spearmen into Armenian for example). I have more than a few changed in my notes if anybody is willing to pick it up though.

[Ghibellino]

Names in italian should be:

Lancia Milizia= Milizia con lancia; Lancia Sergente= Sergenti con lancia; Venezia Spadaccini= Spadaccini veneziani;

Venezia Berrovieri= Berrovieri veneziani;

Venezia Lungo-Lanciere= Lungo-lancieri veneziani (or Picchieri veneziani);

Venezia Piede-Cavaliere= Cavalieri a piedi veneziani;

Venezia Cavaliere= Cavalieri veneziani;

Venezia Cavaliere Berrovieri= Berrovieri a cavallo veneziani;

Milizia-Balestriere= Balestrieri della milizia (or Balestrieri miliziani);

Venezia Balestriere= Balestrieri veneziani;

Venezia Arcieri= Arcieri veneziani;

Venezia Pesante Fanteria= Fanteria pesante veneziana; Venezia Montato Balestriere= Balestrieri montati venezianiani.
Btw beautiful units!

[Roman Heritage]

Names in italian should be:

Lancia Milizia= Milizia con lancia; Lancia Sergente= Sergenti con lancia; Venezia Spadaccini= Spadaccini veneziani;

Venezia Berrovieri= Berrovieri veneziani;

Venezia Lungo-Lanciere= Lungo-lancieri veneziani (or Picchieri veneziani);

Venezia Piede-Cavaliere= Cavalieri a piedi veneziani;

Venezia Cavaliere= Cavalieri veneziani;

Venezia Cavaliere Berrovieri= Berrovieri a cavallo veneziani;

Milizia-Balestriere= Balestrieri della milizia (or Balestrieri miliziani);

Venezia Balestriere= Balestrieri veneziani;

Venezia Arcieri= Arcieri veneziani;

Venezia Pesante Fanteria= Fanteria pesante veneziana; Venezia Montato Balestriere= Balestrieri montati venezianiani.
Btw beautiful units!

Yeah, it should be pretty much like this
Lancia Milizia = Lancieri Miliziani, or, if you go with an "old italic" feel, Lanciari Militiani/Lanciari della Milizia. Lancia Sergente should be Sergenti Lanciarii, or Sergenti con lancia.
Venezia Spadaccini/Berrovieri/Lungo lancieri should all become Spadaccini/Berrovieri/Picchieri Veneziani, di Venezia, or "de Venezia".
Piede-Cavaliere should translate as "Cavalieri appiedati di Venezia/Cavalieri appiedati Veneziani". Venezia Cavaliere Berrovieri should be named to "Berrovieri a cavallo Veneziani"

Not to sound presumptuous or anything, just because, the way it is, these names don't make sense in Italian, I fear

BTW, these units are just stunning. This is truly a quality work.

[Slytacular]

Or just go with a hybrid English and Italian mix like I have set up with the Norse factions.

[The_Culverin]

I plan on changing the names without Venezia to the more Italian variants given to me, but I plan on keeping (or just slightly changing) the names with Venezia in the title to what they are now currently, to keep it more simple and better flowing for non Italian speakers to read.

[Heisenburrg]

The hybrid english-native-mix like Slytacular did for norse factions is perfect; simple to read for non-english speakers, immersive, unique and it shows the unit functions clearly though.
This should be used uniformly for all factions.

[StephenCZ]

I strongly disagree. It could maybe work for Romance and Germanic languages but English-Slavic mish-mash almost always sounds terrible.