Ancient/Pre-Steam Unit Graphics

[Tanelorn]

One more Huscarl:

 

[EZRhino]

Beautiful work Tim. In keeping with your general theme, will you do Lombards, Bulgarians, Andalusians or Avars at some point?

 

[Tanelorn]

Thank you EZ. Sure, I will go full Dark age.
Let's start with the Viking Hersir:
The first is a thrall, the last is Leidang & the rest are bondi, of various means.
Anglo-Saxons next.

 

[gapetit]

Nice units Tanelorn

 

[Tanelorn]

Beserkers going beserk.
Banana going bananas.

Thanks G!

 

[CurtSibling]

None of those beserkers are wearing bear-skins...Which is what they were known for.

 

[Tanelorn]

Good point Ciaran.
With all that fur my banana joke would sound a bit hairy, though.
Anyway, their momma was so hairy, they almost died of rugburn at birth.

The last guy is one of the Úlfhéðnar "Wolfmen"
The 2nd row are (edit: Middle-) Anglo-Saxons: Select Fyrdman, Thegn spearmen, Ceorl.

 

[CurtSibling]

That's more like it!

 

[Tanelorn]

Thanks for the input C.

Lombards and Alans next
-Edit- Large tubular Saxon quivers attach to the front, from the belt. I have found pictures of both singe (as shown) and double point belt attachment . In the latter case, the quiver hangs verticaly. I am not sure if the latter one is practical for walking and the unit looks funny.
If anyone strongly prefers the vertical quiver setup I will change the stance, not to have the quiver hanging between the archers legs.

 

[gapetit]

 

[Tanelorn]

-edit- I deleted the "joke". Seriously not funny. I am kinda mean when I'm under the weather.
I love their shield patterns, I could be making them by the dozens.

 

[Tanelorn]

Lombards from their conquest of Italy from the Byzantines to their subjugation by the Franks.

Gastaldi/ Gasindi & unarmored followers, also dismounted.
Lombard Archer arimannus 450 to 774 AD:

Lombard infantry arimannus, 450 to 584 AD:

 

[EZRhino]

Wonderful!

 

[Tanelorn]

Thanks EZ!
The Alans are the last of the Cimmerians/ Scythian /Sarmatians & the axe is their trademark weapon.

 

[Patine]

That might just fill a gap in my Fall of Rome scenario I have in my short-term queue. You don't happen to have an Alan on a horse too, do you?

 

[Tanelorn]

Sure, I can do that. Do you have a source other than DBA online in mind?

 

[Fairline]

super units Tim!

BTW I have a crapload of Germanic / cuman / hun / alan etc units on my old HD. I'll post em if I can recover them

 

[Tanelorn]

Thanks & that would be awesome!
An F14 or a Millenium Falcon at some point would be epic.

 

[Patine]

That F14 will now be an albatross around his neck until he actually makes it...

 

[Tanelorn]

Coleridge!