Various Armors, Reinforcements and Gadgets (VARG) - a submod for DAC 1.2. (28.2 -FINAL UPDATE!!)

[The Black Goldfish]

Greetings

This submod seeks to "improve" and give various units from most factions a visible armor-upgrade. Originally started as an Dorwinion-only improvement, I have since expanded into more factions, which will be revealed soon.
I'm not really good at introducing what I've been doing, so without further a-do, here's some pretty pictures:

DORWINION

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Dorwinion - Basically, I was a bit disappointed when I first looked at Dorwinions units, so I decided to spruce them up. I went for an east-meets-west vibe (Oriental Gold from Rhûn, Slavic/norse patterns and styles from Dale and Rhovanion) and looking from above, this, I think, creates an "evolution" in armor style, from Dale over Dorwinion towards Rhûn. Their inspiration from each other should be more apparent.


Thorn Swordsmen - base unit

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Thorn Swordsmen - Elven Upgrade (Inspired by Shadow of Mordor's Dorwinion unit)

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Regents Bowguard - armor upgrades

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Regents Spearguard

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Regents guard - Pavise shields (taken from base DAC 1.2)

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Paladins of Dorwinion, with new face-mask

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Dorwinion officers

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DUNLAND

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"You've got mail!"

Dunlending Warband, Armor upgrade

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Dunlending axemen, new "non-upgraded" version

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Dunhird Champions armor upgrade

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KHAND

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New Brotherhood units, based on the Khandish units from DaC 0.52

Brotherhood of the Bow

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Brotherhood of the Lance

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Brotherhood of the Axe

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NOTHERN DUNEDAIN

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New cardolani units, graciously extracted from The Ruins of Arnor open resource

Cardolan Archers (Upgraded unit will also receive spear as secondary weapon)

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Cardolan Sentries

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ROHAN

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Eorling Militia upgrade

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Various lower tier has received visual armor upgrade

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(Unupgraded left, upgraded right)

Helmingas armor upgrade, now finally reflecting their status as the finest archers of the kingdom!

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DALE

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Barding Marksmen new upgrade

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Royal Archers bodyguard; improved skin from the Hobbit movies

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HARAD:

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Hasharii Armor upgrades (Also for archers)

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Harad Bodyguard - Black Serpent Guard

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Harad Militia armor upgrades

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Harad Mid-tier armor upgrade

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DWARVES:

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Orocarni Spearmen, avaiable through Orocarni Halls as Erebor

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Ered Luin has got some new shield for the final upgrade of their spearmen and swords-unit

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New Erebor General

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Others:

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Elder Council new upgraded skin

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Upgraded Hin-e-Daur, partially inspired from Hobbit-movies

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Lindar Mariners (To be included in DaC 2.0)

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Upgraded look for Goblin middle tier units

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New, terrifying Castellans of Dol Guldur... Make Sauron proud again!

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New skin for Avari Elders

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New look for Upgraded Avari Guard/ Avari Naharim

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Vale of Anduin - New Vale Spearmen with upgrades

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Eotheod Spearmen

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Comes complete with UI-icons and a few new strap-map models too!

"SO WHERE CAN I DOWNLOAD?" I hear ye cry!
RIGHT HERE!!!
[Updated 28/2/18 - New units!]


Of course, BACK UP YOUR FILES! I cannot stress this enough, and not doing so is at your own risk. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
I will try to help as much as possible, if bugs occur, but do not expect a 24/7 hotline

This mod goes great with my other little banner-mod (HINT HINT!)

A HUGE THANKS goes out to the following teams and modders for various assets:
-The original TATW-creators, namely King Kong and DisgruntledGoat for their creations
-Divide and conquer team, for their submod
-Broken Crescent (Some assets for Khandish units)
-Big Unit Submod
-Third Age Reforged (Various assets and tips)
-Rise of Mordor (for inspiration!)
-Spice Masters Heirs of Rhovanion (For Dorwinion Regents units)
-Rusichi TW Mod/Resource (Dorwinion General and strat-map model)
-The Ruins of Arnor open resource (Cardolan units)
-Forgotten Realms of Gathered Submods (FRoGS), namely Curufin, for Vale Spearmen unit
-Leo.Civil.Uefs's 4.0 Alternative Patch (And you BETTER read that damn FAQ!!!!) - Orocarni assets
-Arthalion and his Lindon Mod
-Umbracatervae777 for his improvement to Dorwinion paladins
-Adjudant-Major for his Minor Additions (Evil factions banner carriers)



I hereby give permission to use these assets for other modders. Have fun!

- TBG

[MIKE GOLF]

The DaC community will enjoy this.

[HoneyBunBadgers]

Wow, those look Awesome! Can't Wait to see what else is in store!

[The Black Goldfish]

Thanks. I bring an update for you, check the first post

[HoneyBunBadgers]

Epic! Cant wait to download it once its out!

[NeedsABetterName]

Ooh Shiny!

[♔atthias♔]

good stuff here

[Taurion of Lindon]

I think that the dorwinion spearmen should have larger shields like pavises or kite shields just a thought.

[The Black Goldfish]

I think that the dorwinion spearmen should have larger shields like pavises or kite shields just a thought.

Yeah, I see what you mean, more akin to those of the crossbowmen and the axeguard, right? I'm no expert unfortunately, and everytime i've tried replacing their shields, I got it wrong... But I'll see what I can do about it.

[lolIsuck]

Those are some good-looking units, the Elven upgrade for the Thorn Swordsmen is my absolute favourite.

[elud]

Looking good!

[umbracatervae777]

Would play Dorwinion again, my favourite faction since i know DaC

Also could you add new unit card too?

[The Black Goldfish]

Would play Dorwinion again, my favourite faction since i know DaC

Also could you add new unit card too?

Unit cards and Unit_info pics are included. I'll see if I can get a preview up soon

[Hummingbird]

Definitely like your Elven-path version of the Thorn Bladesmen. My one tiny criticism however is the golden round shield doesn't quite seem to fit in with the purple and grey colouring of the rest of the unit. A different shield might be preferable.

[Morrowgan]

Dorwinion strikes me as rather Byzantine...

[The Black Goldfish]

Dorwinion strikes me as rather Byzantine...

Yeah, that's intentional.

[The Black Goldfish]

New previews of some units from the Northern Dunedain and Khand in first post.

[umbracatervae777]

Just a suggestion

I think Dorwinion horse armour should be colored with gold like their troops armour, and maybe with a bit purple dash on its black part.

[The Black Goldfish]

Just a suggestion

I think Dorwinion horse armour should be colored with gold like their troops armour, and maybe with a bit purple dash on its black part.

Yeah, giving Dorwinion some different horse-armor is not a bad idea, but I don't think gold is the way to go (it'll just look like Rhûn's horses). I'll see if I can do something about it, but it's not a high priority for me.

[Taurion of Lindon]

well done Goldfish I love the designs for the brotherhood units they look like the old khand units from .52 but with some Ottoman influences.