Unit request: 17th century cavalry

[Ardeshir Shah]

Hi, I'm looking to create smoother medieval/post medieval unit progressions for a personal mod. Thanks to Conquests and the Napoleonic scenario in particular, I now have a very nice path for infantry: musketman -> fusilier -> Napoleonic infantry -> Rifleman. However, the choices for cavalry are lacking - there really isn't anything between the standard game Knight and Cavalry. I think the best unit to fill this gap would be some sort of 17th century cavalier of the types used in the Thirty Years' War or the English Civil War - a fully or partially armored horseman with a brace of wheelock pistols or carbine and a saber. I have no artistic skills, so would anyone be up to making one? I imagine a lot of people could find a use for such a unit. Here are some pictures.

Here's some Austrian cavalry of the 30 years' war

Another Austrian 30 years' war cavalryman

English Civil War cuirassier

English Civil war dragoon

 

[Steph]

You can find an English Ironside in the Cossacks conversion thread.
You also have a Spanish Reiter in the American Conquest conversion thread

 

[Exel]

But we don't have a Hakkapeliitta, which is a serious lack.

 

[Kal-el]

If you get rid of the Ottomans, since they overlap with the Byzantines (on the world map), then you can use the Sipahi in this role.

 

[The Last Conformist]

Someone's made a "Dragoon" unit that's from about the right period. I'm too lazy to excavate it ATM, but it should be buried somewhere in the Unit Graphics forum.

 

[Supa]

>> Someone's made a "Dragoon" unit that's from about the right period

I think it was named 'Cuirassier'.
Steph also made a lot of conversion from America Conquest and Cossacks. You might be able to found a few cuirassier, dragoon and hussar over there.

Edit : Dumb me, Steph has already answered.

 

[The Last Conformist]

The files do say "dragoon" ...

 

[The Last Conformist]

Ekmek's made a unit called "Dragoon", which can be DL'd from his sigline. I think it's the same one; it should be interesting in any case.

 

[Ardeshir Shah]

I found the dragoon, but it's very odd looking - it's front legs are shorter than it's rear. It also lacks a civilopedia picture. Also, I don't play world maps very often and I think the Turks are an important civilization, so I don't want to cannibalize the Sipahi (actually, I'm planning to make the Sipahi replace this new cavalier instead of Cavalry for the Turks.) I suppose the Ironsides from Cossacks could suffice, but my experience has been that the Cossacks units don't blend very well in the Civ3 milieu.