Art for Era of Mystery

[Aura]

Here is the start for the first faction I have been working on for my new era, the Myorians. They live in nomadic groups on the plains and train great bulls to ride. The only non-mounted warriors are skirmishers that throw javelins at the enemy and shamans that can heal.

Other factions include the Kiaris, an all-female Amazon-esque civilisation with Greek influences and the Kalibaar, an elf barbarian faction that uses fire magic.



Got the bull's base from rhying's moose and the riders from footpads. I#m also looking for someone to work with me coding an era from some of my factions. PM me if interested.

[thespaceinvader]

One suggestion: vary something other than just the weapons - changing the poses of the riders will make the differences between them a lot easier to read.

[Fog]

They probably would use their free hand to hold the horn of the bull, it looks akward sticking out like that. Mm, execpt for the spellcaster line.

[JackBarber]

They probably would use their free hand to hold the horn of the bull, it looks akward sticking out like that. Mm, execpt for the spellcaster line.

Or maybe grip the hair(...main?) of the bull

[Aura]

I reposed the the scout line (swapped the weapon's hand, and made the other hand look like it was holding the mane). Does it look better ?




I also made a new Lv 1 unit, the Myorian Knight (I may give the bull drapes/more armour, and probably an axe for his weapon).

[Peter the Great]

The Myorian Knight has his arms in weird position. It almost looks like he's shrugging.

[Aura]

Updated Knight (fixed the arm and gave him an edited axe from one of rhying's dwarves).

[A-Red]

The knight has a very long torso and a small head. Fixing the latter can fix the former. I also think that adding horns to a moose doesn't necessarily make it an ox--it's pretty close, but shortening the beast's neck might help. Finally, while it's pretty cool that the spellblade has such absolute confidence and skill, it looks a little weird to blindfold a mount, no matter who's on it.

Pretty solid frankensteining though, especially the spellblade.

[Aura]

The spellblade's mount is supposed to be in touch with the spirit world and can see that way (I tried to add some bigger runes to the mount but they looked awful) which is why it is blindfolded. Maybe I'll recolor it to white with a grey mane and say in the background that albino mounts have spiritual powers and are ridden by the mystics. I will fix the knight though (his torso and parts of the rest of him were scratch so that's why they look somewhat off). Personally I'm happy with the ox-moose but if others think it's off as well I'll change it.

Here's a WIP for the knight's upgrade (gonna make the mount a little taller and make the rider look stronger, and fix the cloth shading).

[Aura]

Quick update, the skirmisher. A pretty simple edit. Basically final although if anyone notices big flaws please point them out (I still have to fix the eyes, and he is possibly a little tall).



The planned units so far (* is done):

Skirmisher* ---> Hunter
---> Elite Skirmisher

Spellsword* ---> Spellblade* ---> Mystic Knight
---> Magetouched

Knight* ---> Champion ---> Warlord
---> Heavy Knight
---> Totem Knight ---> Bullspirit Knight

Scout* ---> Outrider*
---> Forest-rider ---> Ranger

[Frogger5]

I think you should dim his right shoulder down a little. In fact now that I think of it, the whole shirt looks pillowed. His straps don't have any highlights while around it all these highlighter 'lumps' are popping up.
Apart from that, good work Aura, these are turning out well!

[Fog]

I made the sprite transparent and changed the dimensions.

[JackBarber]

Hrmm... Uh... The foot-pad edits are meant to be female right?
If not you may want to widen the stomach area just a bit.

[Aura]

Fixed the skirmisher. Now to finish the champion.



EDIT: Champion done. He got a new axe, shield and shoulderpads, a helm, and some gold inlay on his new thicker armour.



And here's the new civ sheet.

[Aura]

And the first Kiaris unit completed, the Kiari Archer. I edited her from an old sprite I found in the library. Her hair color might change.