9th Civ: It's Sweden

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I'm just going to throw this out there without anything to back it up: Jan III Sobieski.

A Jagiellonian would make sense too, and so would poland/ Poland-lithuania in the context of the ren. scenario
 
Gintoki89 that's my bet too, also it suits the Into the Renaissance scenario very well.
 
Is there any indication what side is up?

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I would guess it's not Majapahit, afaik there's no painting/picture of Gajah Mada.

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If we take the pic at face value, assume up is up, then I'd guess it's a piece of a belt, a (manly ;) ) skirt and a shin protector?
 
Looked up some pictures on Gustavus Adolphus due to frequent mentions and I'm putting my money on Sweden. Pic looks like the bottom part of a nice medieval-renaissance style outfit to me with the top of a leg guard and the dangling part of a belt. Some of the pictures on his wikipedia article could definitely support this.

This piqued my curiousity, and I have to say: if I'm correct about the picture being a boot and part of a dress-thing...it looks astonishingly like this picture:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gustavus_Adolphus_at_the_Battle_at_Breitenfeld.jpg

Maybe the black line casting a shadow is part of a sword.

...the dude does seem to like his doileys.
 
Yep, the full image will be revealed sometime today ;)

Great! I'll skip the suspense and find out when I wake up.

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I would guess it's not Majapahit, afaik there's no painting/picture of Gajah Mada.

I'd only search for comparisons, not exact matches, the snippet of image seems to come from something painted digitally so it's probably not a historical painting.

My bet's on Sweden....
 
The lower segment isn't bent in the right way for it to be an arm or a leg, and if that's a neck or a waist, that is almost certainly an African man/woman.

I'm guessing waist, and i'm guessing Kongo
 
Well, initial reaction was Zulu, had the right colour scheme going on. But there seems to be some pretty intricate embroidery/stitching/whatever going on, so perhaps not. It does look like we're looking at a cod piece with a sash above it, and some kind of strap dangling in front of that, but it's of course hard to tell.

I guess I'd be ok with Sweden, but honestly I'd find it a bit.. boring? Repetitive?
 
UA: Swedish Healthcare No unhappiness whatsoever for citizens

UU: Swedish metrosexual man Wears a scarf, crocs

UB: Ikea Furnitures built in the city cost less hammers, but take 200% more time to assemble

Does anyone know is there a swedish Civ fansite by the way?
 
If it's Sweden, we lose another Maritime City-State. I haven't seen any replacements pop up.
 
I'm from Sweden, and a historian at that. I have seen numerous portraits of Gustaf II Adolf over the years, and this is a mix of his parade outfits. The boot is a riding boot he used at the battle of Breitenfeld. The lace rims are typical of his coats and the strap does occur as well. I'm 95 % certain it is Gustaf II, and I couldn't be more pleased. If it's not him, then it's someone with a similar outfit from the same era, thus a Polish or Hungarian leader.
 
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