Don't get me wrong: I like 'em and I think they make very good "what if" units. If the Roman Empire had endured until the age of sail, this might really have been the way their ships looked.
Although it could use a little tweaking. But that's my humble opinion.
It's not a bad idea, perhaps you just need to try using a different shade of red.Well, actually the texture of the red sails does have shadows and structure at the same degree as the other sails. But perhaps the red ist a too strong color, so it isn't visible. Well, you can't allways win, I guess. I just thought might be interesting to try something new.
Well, actually the texture of the red sails does have shadows and structure at the same degree as the other sails. But perhaps the red ist a too strong color, so it isn't visible. Well, you can't allways win, I guess. I just thought might be interesting to try something new.
Personally I prefer the whaf-if-units both as a modder and a player. As a player I prefer what-if-units in general for those civs which have vanished somewhere in history. Sure, on the same land do live other civs today, but they don't have the same culture. If Rome never would been capture for example, I don't think todays roman soldiers or vehicles would look the same as italien does look. Especially if you think about how much Rome did influence europe. Even nowadays there are these influences, so just imagine how strong they would be, if the ancient Rome would still exist. So I like to imagine what those units, the buildings and so on would look like.
And as a modder I must confess, that it becomes boring to retexture the same units over and over again.
But I see, I will better do no more experiments.
If that's what you prefer to make, you should make them. But it's generous that you're making Italian units aswell, because I can make good use of them. 
No what if? But what about your great Meso-American ships, Chuggi (still waiting for a frigateNo, I like them. It's just that I'm biased because I don't really like what-if units in civ.
). That is the same thing. You should have made Mexican/Spanish ships, instead of those. Like JustATourist said: "ROME is not the same as Italy." Their ships would not have looked the same as other European nations if their empire had endured until the Age of Sail... So I am also in favor of the What-If units, including you Meso-American ships-set. I just hope JustATourist does not abandon his great idea while people have remarks about the first design. A first design may often be criticised, only to get a better end-result. Applying the tips that other modders give may result in a better shipdesign. And no-one has said it was bad.......
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