Mesoamerican Units

I just wanted to announce that I have just uploaded twenty new units into the database, as you can tell from the topic title, they are all from Mesoamerica or the Andes. I already now that BtS will feature EDUnits, however, most of these units where already made (or near completion) so I just decided to load them up anyhow. After all, the graphics guys at Firaxis probably lumped together North America, Mesoamerican, and Andean civilizations so some of their units may be rather generic, (for instance, the Aztecs may have to employ tomahawk warriors or use Plains Indian horsemen.) So someone can use some of these units for more indepth civ by civ EDUnits if they want. Or they may just want something a bit different.
Anyway here they are,

Mesoamerican Light Spearman
http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=6093

Mesoamerican (Maya) Axeman
http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=6094

Mesoamerican Crossbowman
http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=6095

Mesoamerican Musketman
http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=6096

Mesoamerican Maceman
http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=6097

Mesoamerican Heavy Footman
http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=6098

Mesoamerican Knight
http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=6099

Mesoamerican Modern Cavalry
http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=6100

Mesoamerican Rifleman
http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=6112

Mesoamerican Horsearcher
http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=6111

Coyote Warrior
http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=6101

Coyote Crossbowman
http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=6102

Andean Early Heavy Cavalry
http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=6103

Andean Heavy Spearman
http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=6104

Andean Pikeman
http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=6105

Andean Medieval Bowman
http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=6106

Andes Slinger
http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=6107

Andean Medieval Swordsman
http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=6108

Andean Knight
http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=6109

Andean Musketman
http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=6110


Please tell me if anything is wrong or just plain ugly, It's about 3:00 in the morning around here, so sorry if there are missing pictures or something's messed up.
Screenshots are in the links as always.

GREAT...hey, i dl some of these like an hour ago (I guess i saw them when u were uling them)...some very good imagination in units!!

Most will find their niche, I have no doubt about that!

Wow! And just as I was about to release my flavour mod. These are going straight in!

Nice work again Bakuel. Thanks.

That's a lot of new units.. Some of the Meso-American ones are quite good however I don't really like some of the Andean or Coyote ones, but maybe it's just their style. Still good work on completing 20 native American units!

EDIT: Don't worry. Problem solved.

Is NifSkope something different then the Nifviewer that shipped with the game? I can open the meso-units just fine in it...

Maybe its just me then. NifSkope is here, btw.
I'll try them in-game.

I use NifSkope just to mainly look at files (as it opens them directly, unlike the SceneViewer) and I've noticed that files using blender stuff won't open with it. They work fine in SceneViewer though and in-game.

Ah. That explains a lot. Thanks, Chuggi.

Absolutely amazing! I think I like the Aztec Knight the best; it has that perfect blend of medieval armor while maintaining Aztec flavor.

If you are still in the mood for modding, I think you should do Egypt next.

Thanks again; they are amazing.

Ah... Egypt. I am short of Egyptian units. *wink, wink, nudge, nudge*

Excellent work here Bakuel, I don't know how you are going to top this one.

NikNaks93 said:

Ah... Egypt. I am short of Egyptian units. *wink, wink, nudge, nudge*

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This work goes beyond excellent....you can't imagine how good this stuff is. I informed the Total Realism team of it and hopefully they will include alot of it in the next version of their mod. I'm anxious to play with them myself...

Thanks for the kind words everyone!

@bernie14, my internet is extremely slow so it takes awhile to upload units …. I also fell asleep waiting for it to up load some of the units which may also explain why it took so long. I noticed someone started downloading them before I even started my thread!

@NikNaks93, I'm glad I got off my lazy bum and uploaded these then. At least these units are sure to get into one mod.

@Chugginator, Many of the Andean unit designs, I will admit, are a bit left field (as in smoking pot type left-field ). Originally, I was going to give Mesoamericans and Andes completely different medieval sets so I wanted them to each have a different design flavor and color scheme. If any of them get alternate models or designs, it’ll probably be the Andes units though. The Coyote Warrior was just a unit I made because I noticed there was already an eagle warrior in the database so I just wanted all of the major Aztec skin wearing warriors. I was going to make it more historically accurate, like the pic.
http://www.balagan.org.uk/war/iberia/1492/mexico/images/florentine_codex-viii-f-34r_coyote.jpg
But a full body coyote skin wouldn’t go well with the Aztec Jaguar which shipped with the game…

Sword_Of_Geddon@ Thanks!

Medieval and the missing Ancient Egyptian units are on my to do list. But that will probably be the only era, I just can’t think of an Egyptian rifleman and infantry without feeling ridiculous.

Good move on your part. Have you thought of doing Japanese Menjii Riflemen? Heres concept art, click full size.

Bakuel said:

@NikNaks93, I'm glad I got off my lazy bum and uploaded these then. At least these units are sure to get into one mod.

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Medieval and the missing Ancient Egyptian units are on my to do list. But that will probably be the only era, I just can’t think of an Egyptian rifleman and infantry without feeling ridiculous.

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Why not make arabian styled versions for those?

I have some concept art of an ancient egyptian style knight and footknight(intended to replace maceman perhaps) if your interested. Warning though, its not for those who don't like cool things....

Horus Knight(Maceman replacement)



Knight of Anubis(the model itself you'd make would be on a horse)