A European military observer wrote, "Their military force may be said to consist of cavalry... A Sikh horseman is armed with a matchlock (of large bore) and sabre of excellent metal (and also a spear), and his horse is strong and well-formed."
The Sikh manner of attack was called dhai-phat in their language---i.e. two-and-a-half strikes. A body of cavalry rides up to the enemy force, fires its matchlocks, and quickly rides away before reloading and returning to repeat these tactics. After the enemies have been thus softened, the entire mass of Sikh cavalry envelops them with a sudden rush and cuts them down with their swords.
I guess the facing of the coat could be civ-color. In the illustration hes holding a musket. The b&w image just above him shows a similar type - The whole gun is metal with a lot of surface decoration. Imperator1961s unit is just included for comparison - its a different type of unit. but his Ottoman helmet with a couple of feathers added would do fine here.From central India and Rajputana came a more common form of fabric armour... There were two main patterns. Those entirely of quilted fabric... a long straight and full coat with with scalloped flaps over the shoulders and upper arms and high matching riding-boots. The padding generally consisting of layers of soft material and a thin one of cotton wool, faced with crimson or green velvet and lined with silk or satin. The surface of the whole was decorated with nails in a scale or diamond pattern... in some cases a layer of thin leather was laid beneath the velvet to give a firmer seating to the little nails, which were simply bent over at the back.
H. R. Robinson (Oriental Armour) on the 1000 Nail Coat
Who was that question aimed at? Was it an Area-of-effect attack or a single-target hitscan shot?Are you going to make some GL &/or Army units? If so, do you want suggestions for India?
@Cimbri: There's a link to an Indo-Greek scenario which is somewhat in development in my sig, if you'd be up for collaborating ideas?
That team has put a lot of work into their mod. Including a fair amount of historical research. Some of the written descriptions & accompanying unit images don't match their historical references. Why? It's clear from their unit parade that they've done a lot of reskinning of models from other factions - a necessary part of the modding limitations they have to work within. Meaning that a lot of the clothing, etc. is not specifically Indian - let alone Mauryan. All their work is very well-done in game terms. But don't expect a C3 conversion of a reskinned unit to be anything like historically accurate. They'd make good stand-ins until "3rd century BC Mauryans" can be made by someone - like Sandris - who pays careful attention to detail on each particular unit.Check out these sweet sweet Indian 3rd century BC Mauryans from the M:TW2 Europa Barbaroum II team.