Here's a unit requested by egroen for use in the Lord of the Mods. I guess it could be used as an Arab-type unit as well, even though the shield probably isn't accurate. Oh well. Enjoy it, if you want to.

http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads10/HAR1.gif

http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads10/harad_anim.gif

Download (http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads10/Harad_Swordsman.zip).

Awesome! Looking very good :)

Good, good, good, everything looks good (but what else is new)
Seriously, great job.

WhooHoo!!! Thanks, Utah!

Awsome job utah even if it isnt totally accurate as an arab unit it still makes an awsome flavour unit.

Looks byzantine, except for the shield. Nice unit!

Wow, what a pleasant suprise! I forgot egroen had suggested this. We were too busy fighting about the rest of the Haradrim unit graphics, I guess! :lol:

Nnnnnnnice!!
Like how he adjusts his belt in the fidget. Death and fortify animations are real good too. Excellent work.
Do you think you could trim his beard and swap the shield you used for the Qin warband and just rerender the animations? You know, to get an Asian swordsman?

Nnnnnnnice!!
Like how he adjusts his belt in the fidget. Death and fortify animations are real good too. Excellent work.
Do you think you could trim his beard and swap the shield you used for the Qin warband and just rerender the animations? You know, to get an Asian swordsman?


Adjusts his belt? Oh. He's supposed to be stretching his back a little bit. Oh well, to each his own.

No, I won't be adjusting this model to make an Asian Sworsdman. ShiroKobbure already sent me a pm asking about this. I adjusted this model tonight to see how it would translate to the Asia Swordsman. I just didn't like the way it looked though. Sorry.

Great unit! I'll be using it as a Parthian swordsman in my mod :) .

Looks like a Turkish Swordsman or a Central Asia equivalent.

Good job. Nice to see there are still units being made for LotM.

Now, you guys are missing the most obvious 'flavor' use for this unit. . . give him over to the Hittites. The shield looks about right, his head gear kinda sorta looks Parthian-ish, and the sword is good.

I would use him as a Hittite Medieval Infantry or Footman.

Other than that, an excellent Haradrim unit, Utah :goodjob:

Utah, you have really been a big help with LotM.... thank you so much!

Just because I am always interested in seeing what units are based off of, I'll list my source for this unit:

http://stresa.hostireland.com/~edmancollection/images/EDLO27P.jpg

There has been some confusion over who was an easterling and who was a southron which the movies essentially perpetuated. According to Tolkien, this unit is essentially your perfect 3rd age southron... swarthy, with golden and bronze brazen armor. A curved sword and dark red robes (civ color for Harad).

As for the easterlings, they were also swarthy but more squat and barbarian-like with big beards. In other words, just like the most recent easterling Utahjazz created for us.

lovely looking unit

Adjusts his belt? Oh. He's supposed to be stretching his back a little bit. Oh well, to each his own.

No, I won't be adjusting this model to make an Asian Sworsdman. ShiroKobbure already sent me a pm asking about this. I adjusted this model tonight to see how it would translate to the Asia Swordsman. I just didn't like the way it looked though. Sorry.Damn. Well it still makes a fine ottoman or persian, and anybody who points out otherwise can go to hell.

I think I will use this as a Mongolian Swordsman (Already have the Hun Warrior for Medieval Infantry). It's not perfect but the unit looks enough like one I think.

It's a great unit however its used.

Thanks, it look awesome! :)

Thanks again mate for your continued support of the mod. :thumbsup:

Well, it's always a pleasure to help out with LOTM.

Very nice:goodjob:

This Unit was made on September 11th 2001... E err uh 2005
*Puts on American Flag colored Baseball Hat*
SEP SEPT SEPTEMBER 11 even 11 September 11 september
Lol....Bush...rapping

But overused comments aside its a great looking unit
I will use is at a byzantine unit.
If you modify the shield to a round shield I would use it as Generic Muslim Infantry/
PLEASE MODIFY IT. But either way it is a very,very,very,very good unit with the coloring and the graphics and the Jabajoob Awhh you know what Im talkin about

Looks good. :)

There has been some confusion over who was an easterling and who was a southron which the movies essentially perpetuated. According to Tolkien, this unit is essentially your perfect 3rd age southron... swarthy, with golden and bronze brazen armor. A curved sword and dark red robes (civ color for Harad).

As for the easterlings, they were also swarthy but more squat and barbarian-like with big beards. In other words, just like the most recent easterling Utahjazz created for us.

actually the site this is from calls it easterling alright... http://www.edmancollection.com/product_pages/lord_of_the_rings/edlo27/FrontEasterlingP.jpghttp://www.edmancollection.com/product_pages/lord_of_the_rings/edlo27/BackEasterlingP.jpg

http://img-fan.theonering.net/rolozo/images/mcbride/far_harad.jpg
http://img-fan.theonering.net/rolozo/images/mcbride/warlords.jpg
http://img-fan.theonering.net/rolozo/images/mcbride/sea_lords.jpg
More Tolkien Impressions (http://fan.theonering.net/rolozo/collection/mcbride)

I knew that... we chose our inspiration directly from Tolkien, however.

The links you provided see the Southrons more as we have envisioned from our reading.

I c, yes, had me similarly confused :) been some time since I read all that

The Easterlings and Harad have been difficult. Tolkien wrote very little about them and even less about how they looked. I think he was planning on writing more about them but died before his thoughts materialized.

It does give us some leeway to use our own creative thinking with these nations, and I hope it will not disappoint! :)

:bump:

Here are some sounds I badgered aaglo into making for this unit. All credit to him (and to utah for the gfx).
They are already used in LOTM and WH, but maybe someone else could use them...

Thanks, mrtn and aaglo.