Unit Request: Nizam-i Cedid

[spincrus]

I'm not really sure how much the "unit request thread" is actually read nowadays, so I thought a new thread would be better.

Nizam-i Cedid was basically the name given to the new Ottoman army established during Selim III era, which caused a great deal of turmoil and instability for some time, leading to rebellions among the already corrupt Janissaries.

Basicly, the Janissaries have started to become far too powerful and out of control, often seeking for whatever is best for them, but not the empire. They were highly corrupt towards the end of the 18th century and beginning of the 19th century, and replacing them with a reformed army was a must.

Selim III tried this, and was unsuccessful. His successor, Mahmud II (also called the first enlightened Ottoman Sultan), got away with the Janissaries, and formed the Nizam-i Cedid.



This is a basic picture I could find online, and I'm looking for more.

It's basicly ment to be a rifleman replacement for the Ottomans, but just giving them a red fez wouldn't really catch the realistic aspects of this unit.

The picture is the one of an officer, but in reality, they are not much different.

 

[Yoda Power]

Good idea. Hope someone will make it.

 

[Ekmek]

maybe editing the Union rifleman, which is all blue and add a red fez or a civ-colored fez would cut it.

 

[spincrus]

Here is a later Ottoman (later Turkish) infantry line-up (this is not exactly what I'm asking for, since it's so similar to the regular infantry already):

 

[spincrus]

Oh here we go; I have something very similar on my wall back in Istanbul, basicly an original photograph of two marines posing. I couldn't find that, but I found something more like what I've been talking about previously.

The regular infantry had yet another reform on their uniforms, in compliance with what their European counterparts were doing, but the navy kept the traditional 18th century type of uniforms until the declaration of the Turkish Republic.

 

[Pol_Cop]

Let's see what I find

 

[Dom Pedro II]

Nice pics. Good visuals are always important for unit makers...

 

[spincrus]

That's a nice one Pol_Cop, where did you find that? Actually that unit is more from the WWI era, but still nice.

Here is another one that's similar to yours:

 

[alireza1354]

ahhhh.. the good old days...

 

[spincrus]

I guess I'll be making this unit after all. I just borrowed Poser5 from a friend of mine. I'm fine with 3D GFX, and my first impression is that Poser doesn't seem to be hard at all...

(I've used an old, very old version of 3Dsmax once that I got from my highschool, about 5 years ago or so, and have Maya5 -which is available to download for free for non-commercial use).

 

[spincrus]

Caught it right before it dropped to the second page. I guess I have to bump it.

 

[Ekmek]

Hali Calisiyormusun?

 

[spincrus]

Originally posted by Ekmek
Hali Calisiyormusun?

Unfortunatelly not; I don't have time for a couple of days...

(he asked me if I was still working on this unit, in Turkish )