i am running out of ides for supporter infantry...and i know this is not a good example!
i mean someone with big shield and lighter armour, not black, but with an attachemnt to be reckoned as a crusader!
what i want to say is that we might need also lighter infantry forms - the units sandris made over time for the russians express this - he has done an absolute covering of light infantry to very heavy pikeman and then again to lighter infantry towards the end of the 16th century...i believe it is very stressing to revisit a faction, i mean as a creator, because some want to fight with supporters, other immagine a pure knightly universe with dismounted heavy cavalry, other use skirmishers or lighter versions of infantry.
i would suggest the following approach
this pattern fits from late antiquity to renaissance...
heerban swordsman (axe or morning star or large knife - like sandris units) - not armoured - a shield and a weapon;
light infantry with axe, shield and a helmet - like many of sandris russians (imperator light sicilian muslim infantry),
than medium infantry with a helmet, sword, large shield and a bambakion or lighter armour,
than heavy infantry with sword or morning star, or pickhammer and mailed or scalled armour,
than dismounted knights(hm french knight by imperator) or crusaders (very good intention of shiro)
than dismounted noblemen - creme de la creme! with the heaviest gear available
double handed units with axe, sword or pike - good coverage - we could need some few examples more
heerban spearman - spear and shield - even barfooted for the medieteranian world
light spearman with helmet
medium spearmen with bambakion - some byzantine and balkanian units are missed (third ranks and so on units)
supporter spearmen with mail (firts ranks unit)
guard spearman with heaviest gear possible
heerban archer with bow and carrying a knife (no attack with knife)
light archer with bow, knife and leather helmet or hat (sandris and imperator)
medium archer with bambakion (sandris' byzantine archer)
heavy archer with mail or scales and shield on the back(sandris and imperator)
heerban crossbowman (town militias)
light crossbowman iwth helmet
medium crossbowman with bambakion - few examples
heavy crossbowman with metal armour - well covered
heerban javelinman (youth soldiers)
light javelinman (hebrides irish by balam)
medium javelinman - missed
heavy javelinman - also by balam - the late roman javelinthrower - still a very missed unit especially for the byzantines and balkanian or skandinavian world!
slingers - are pretty made except we could need some for the medieval world, especially for the mountain people of everywhere
gunmen - very good covered!
siege units - partly covered...we could need some more specific areas covered like medieval italy, spain, russia, india
heerban cavalry some examples
light cavalry - good coverage
medium cavalry god examples are already made
heavy cavalry/knights - very good coverage
noblemen with ultraheavy gear - partly covered
heerban cavalry with spear - some examples
light cavalry with spear - some examples
medium cavalry with spear - not really present
heavy cavalry with spear - very well covered!
heavy guards with spear - not really covered
heerban mounted archer - some exaples
light mounted archer - some exaples
medium mounted archers - any example?
heavy mounted archers - good coverage
light mounted crossbowman - some examples
medium mounted crossbowman - some examples
heavy mounted crossbowman - good coverage
light mounted javelinman - some examples
medium mounted javelinman - some examples
heavy mounted javelinman - some examples - i think the military tradion of javelin throwing is very important, because it was present in eastern europe till late 18th century! and is not well covered here...though sandris, imperator and balam made units regarding this way of combat!
camel units - here and there - no good coverage - heavy and light version, and different military traditions can bring up a variety of units
elephant units - very well covered!!!!beautifull and realistically correct elephant animation by balam!!!!!! maybe some siege elephants - like rams or carrying different siege equipment...
religious units - very well covered!!!!!!!!!!! shiro!
peasants and settlers - very well covered!!!!!!! plotinus!
scouts and kings - not really here...
leaderheads - very well covered!!!!!by many creators!
ancient and medieval ships - not really covered! - i just found a site with hundreds of pictures only with byzantine warships - a whole universe...maybe someday i could help somebody with information...
i just followed vuldacon's suggestion to tell how i see this wonderfull site and to say what i would add.
people, first thank you for reading this! second, this is just a suggestion, a way to see military unitpalette exhibited, this is not a request, but no more than a suggestion.
my idea is that the larger factions like the enlish, french, turks, russians (complete covereage), italians (almost complete coverage), indians (thank You balam) - should receive a near to complete array of the units proposed and the smaller factions like pechengs, alans, wolga bulgars, due to similar traditions a shorter array of those units but if combined they should represent the totality of a larger faction
also, now to shiro who intends to create a crusader unit line, or to complete the existing units - i would recomand, due to the uniqueness of the historical situation - the crusaders to have all the unit types presented above - so that they represent not only the levant crusaders, but also late cyprus, rhodes, malta, latin constantinople or the teutonic lands (- both in transylvania and in the baltic area) - so many fighting tradition! - there could be also englishmen in the teutonic order, or czechs, or poles, or italians (not really to represent each one of them - but i hope you understand what i mean) - and please no hurry! - what you create now will echo in history! - you don't believe me, but it is true.
