Some Middle Eastern Units and some other stuff

Yeah, intentional. I guess you can say that "moar" is sort of like an internet meme.
 
@Xyth
No problem, tell me if you need any other simply request with the models.

@Castor_Troy,
So you where the one who requested it, you where one of the 2-3 candidates I thought who requested it so I wasn't that far off. I'm glad you like the unit!

@veBear
Coyote's tutorial that SaibotLieh linked is your best bet to learn how, personally I actually know only the most basic nifswapping since I can attach the model to the proper bones in blender.

@embryodead
I fixed the Black Shirt and Timur's weapons, thanks for pointing that out. I'm glad those are the only bugs you ran into!
I was actually planning to make a Georgia set with a few Alans thrown in (gotta have more nomads!), but made Makuria instead. I will still do Georgia in the future.
 
@Arian and j_mie6 Thanks!

@Capo, that's a Russian unit, one of the Chernye Klobuki. As you can see I had already started making the Russian units and this one slipped into the screenshot.
I will release them when I am finished the rest of the Russian units.

@veBear
Feel free to ask as many questions as you want, noob or otherwise! But must of what I know has to do with blender, so I can't help that much when it comes to nifskope.
 
no problem, the flamethrower will be needed sometime in the future i'm sure of it!!!
 
The flamethrower actually gave me an idea for WoL, Bakuel, so it might - just might - be making a cameo appearance there. ;)
 
Bakuel said:
@Capo, that's a Russian unit, one of the Chernye Klobuki. As you can see I had already started making the Russian units and this one slipped into the screenshot.
I will release them when I am finished the rest of the Russian units.
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Sorry about that, I didn't mean to spoil a surprise, I just assumed it was some sort of Seljuk unit (since it was an Alp Arslan screen) that you forgot to include. :blush:
 
Hey, this is great! Another set of nice units to look through and a very detailed representation of middle-eastern armies at that! Thanks Bakuel......it seems that I have become an almost exclusive fan. It is nice to read that you're going to include some more of the European and Asian civs in some of your upcoming projects. Could prove interesting!

Where do you happen to find reference material for some of your units? Do you still use DBOL or have you widened the scope of your sources? (I would guess, though, that your recent production is the result of general interest and reading about middle-eastern military history.)
 
While that's not an exclusive source, I can at least vouch that I'm supplying Bakuel with Osprey Men-at-Arms and Elite series books on subjects he's making at any given moment. That alone is quite a lot of research - and I'm pretty sure that he doesn't stop at it. DBAOL's designs are often quite arbitrary; I wouldn't rely on them that much.
 
As he says, Walter Hawkwood was the one that supplied a lot of the Osprey references, without these things would be a *lot* harder and there would also be a lot less units. I also used DBA online sometimes, but one should not, as a general rule, use DBA online as your only reference as sometimes the art in that site is rather off. I don't want to criticize it too bad, as it is the work of multiple different artists and researchers, but some of them are very bad and it is sometimes hard to separate the good sets from the bad ones so it's generally best to proceed with caution. If you don't already know, a sister DBA site also has some short essays on different army sets which are sometimes very nice and well researched. As these notes include painting tips and other such things, they are sometimes invaluable. But once again, you should proceed with caution, some refernce good sources, some don't.
I studied middle eastern history (focused on 900-1200) and wrote my senior thesis on it, even though it was not focused on warfare, I had some written sources to rely on. I also consulted other sources such as the hadith for the early islamic packs to figure out what type of turban they wore. There were also plenty of other miscellaneous research things like that, while historical accuracy is sometimes a false claim as no one can know for *sure* how the common medieval soldier dressed, in these packs you will find very little complete "asspulls", they were all pretty well researched and where sources were sketchy, I tried to make educated guesses.
In general, this pack was a labor of love as while I love ancient middle eastern history as well as east Asian history, medieval middle eastern history is actually what I focused on in college.
 
Walter Hawkwood said:
While that's not an exclusive source, I can at least vouch that I'm supplying Bakuel with Osprey Men-at-Arms and Elite series books on subjects he's making at any given moment. That alone is quite a lot of research - and I'm pretty sure that he doesn't stop at it. DBAOL's designs are often quite arbitrary; I wouldn't rely on them that much.
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Oh yes...DBOL is quite arbitrary. Osprey's Men-at-Arms along with their other works are excellent resources. Their publications have been around for some time and were/are used a lot by scale modelers and hobbyists. Naturally, they are just as relevent when it comes to 3d art.

Bakuel said:
As he says, Walter Hawkwood was the one that supplied a lot of the Osprey references, without these things would be a *lot* harder and there would also be a lot less units. I also used DBA online sometimes, but one should not, as a general rule, use DBA online as your only reference as sometimes the art in that site is rather off. I don't want to criticize it too bad, as it is the work of multiple different artists and researchers, but some of them are very bad and it is sometimes hard to separate the good sets from the bad ones so it's generally best to proceed with caution. If you don't already know, a sister DBA site also has some short essays on different army sets which are sometimes very nice and well researched. As these notes include painting tips and other such things, they are sometimes invaluable. But once again, you should proceed with caution, some refernce good sources, some don't.
I studied middle eastern history (focused on 900-1200) and wrote my senior thesis on it, even though it was not focused on warfare, I had some written sources to rely on. I also consulted other sources such as the hadith for the early islamic packs to figure out what type of turban they wore. There were also plenty of other miscellaneous research things like that, while historical accuracy is sometimes a false claim as no one can know for *sure* how the common medieval soldier dressed, in these packs you will find very little complete "asspulls", they were all pretty well researched and where sources were sketchy, I tried to make educated guesses.
In general, this pack was a labor of love as while I love ancient middle eastern history as well as east Asian history, medieval middle eastern history is actually what I focused on in college.
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Agreed and I feel Osprey publications are a blessing as a reference in that they offer an historic interpretation in the form of colored drawings as well as some background. Seemingly, the research and art that goes into making an accurate unit is often far more fun and satisfying than playing with it in the game? In effect, historic military modeling but on a computer instead of a work table.
 
Fantastic units ........... as usually ;)
Already downloaded .......... as usually :)
Bravo ! ............. as usually :lol:
 
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