Axum Spearman

[ShiroKobbure]

all make him into a musketman:

try to make the guy in blue into a rifleman:

and what clothing should the javlen thrower wear?

 

[Snorken]

Looks good.

 

[The Last Conformist]

I turned Shaka into an African army, if you really want one. It's in the scenario.

I'll just pop in to say that Shaka, and king units in general work pretty well as armies, once you convert them (or trick Plotinus into converting them ) into the appropriate format.

Kings also make good Leader graphics - the Maya scen uses Smoke-Jaguar as the Army and Montezuma as the Leader.

 

[Mithadan]

Frickin wicked Ethiopian warrior dudes coming up, by the looks of it!

Shiro, which one is the guy in blue? Looks all black & white to me, I guess it's the guy wearing the black robe. I think the guy in white squatting on his haunches looks the coolest, but whatever. I don't care. These guys are super intense. Super glad I ain't fighting them!

 

[Plotinus]

I think the guy on the left with the sword is the coolest, but they are all highly cool and would make great units. Now you know why Ethiopia never got conquered, apart from that brief business with Mussolini.

As for the outfit of a javelin thrower, perhaps he would be best in an outfit like that of the guy squatting in that picture, but with a javelin instead of a gun.

If you were to make the Touraeg Warrior in both rifle and sword wielding versions, that would be best of all!

 

[Sword_Of_Geddon]

He looks more Enlightenment era than Industrial, like the Civ3 Rifleman. Although apart from the US and Britain, there isn't much of a difference to my knowledge. Anyone have any pics of late 19th century Ethiopians?

 

[ShiroKobbure]

i can try to do the guy with the sickle sword too. but what would he replace??
I didnt know if the guy on the left was wearing dark blue or black.

 

[ShiroKobbure]

can someone release the Shaka king unit as an amry unit? I would like to use it too.

 

[ShiroKobbure]

check out a preview
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=3695887#post3695887

 

[Plotinus]

OK, because I'm nice, here you go...

 

[Sword_Of_Geddon]

Did the Zulu use standards or banners like the European nations or Japan?

 

[COAtlantis1745]

I wonder if someone would be willing to do a palette edit on this spearman. Would be nice to have a variation with tannish, near-eastern skin tones. . .

Otherwise, I'm fairly late with this but. . .I LOVE this unit! We are in definite need of more Bronze Age units.

 

[ShiroKobbure]

ok, I will release a North African/Middle Eastern version

 

[Rambuchan]

Great to see all this happening. Crucial contributions.

Great unit in the OP too Shiro. Thanks a bunch.

 

[ShiroKobbure]

op whats that?

 

[mrtn]

Opening Post, i e the first post in the thread.