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Horsemen and muslim units
Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:28 pm
by rifthead
I'm trying to build a tagset based on the crusades, and I'm looking for a few more sprites to round out my unit selection. Right now I really need some good muslim units on horseback (if I can't find anything, I'm planning on using the Bushido samurai bowmen). Does anyone know of any good horseman sprites that might fill that role? Also, any islamic looking units would be much appreciated.
Re: Horsemen and muslim units
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 6:24 am
by vinylrake
rifthead wrote:I'm trying to build a tagset based on the crusades, and I'm looking for a few more sprites to round out my unit selection. Right now I really need some good muslim units on horseback (if I can't find anything, I'm planning on using the Bushido samurai bowmen). Does anyone know of any good horseman sprites that might fill that role? Also, any islamic looking units would be much appreciated.
Not to be too picky, but from your description it sounds like you are looking for units that look like fighters from a specific geographical area (mid-east/'Arabian'), not followers of a specific religion.
e.g. You are looking for mid-eastern looking warriors on horseback, not Norwegian horseman who happen to be muslim.
I don't recall any horsed units in the plugs, but there are a couple Egyptian maps that might have something you could use.
The only maps/unitsets I know for sure that have mounted units are:
Bushido (bowmen)
Castle Defence (lancers)
1861 Civil War, Blue and Grey(?), etc (mounted officers)
Hexographica (mounted knight)
Leagues from Somewhere (axe-wielding peasants riding pigs)
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 9:14 am
by rifthead
haha thanks vr. I appreciate the pickiness, especially since this is focusing on a somewhat culturally sensitive time period. I didn't want to say arabic because the muslim armies during the crusades were made up of arabs, turks, kurds, and several others peoples, who's main unifier was Islam.
I'll have to check out that castle defence plugin.
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 12:09 pm
by vinylrake
rifthead wrote:haha thanks vr. I appreciate the pickiness, especially since this is focusing on a somewhat culturally sensitive time period. I didn't want to say arabic because the muslim armies during the crusades were made up of arabs, turks, kurds, and several others peoples, who's main unifier was Islam.
i hear ya, that's why I put the 'arabic' in quotes - I was thinking general region, not actual 'arab'. Guess you are just looking for units who could pass as Mideastern mounted warriors/fighters from the Crusades.