X-XI AD Western Slavons

Lu Mong · Post by **Lu Mong** » February 24th, 2006, 1:43 pm

Mortless: Uh,... You're right... But still it sounds weird... maybe "Vladyka", but I cannot find it in dictionary...

Alks:Yeah... I suppose that is for the best. Leaving this kind of things in Polish (Or maybe in language of the one side? I mean german units with german names?)is imho best...
Kitajec:Wow! Your art is really great! I am amazed... I particulary like the "pirate" unit...

cataphractos · Post by **cataphractos** » February 24th, 2006, 6:40 pm

Nice artwork. Have you in mind of making frank heerbanns? Even if unique units like Francisca throwers or Huskarls (they're not franks, though)? It could be nice.

Kitajec · Post by **Kitajec** » February 25th, 2006, 8:59 am

Well, thats XI century, and Franks throwing axes (francisca) were fighting with Roman Empire abotu 500 years before...

in XI century Franks looks rather like Germans (there were no big differences in weapon and clothes*) You can see tipical XI western european knights and warriors at the Bayeux Tapstery http://hastings1066.com/.

Huscarls were Scandinavian mercenaries in western Europe, in middle-eastern Europe they were called "Varangians" **

*well not so big to draw them in Wesnoth (72 -72)

** All Scandinavians, travellers, setllers, merchants and warriors were called Varangians. So thats the same as VIKINGS i think

Kitajec · Post by **Kitajec** » February 27th, 2006, 1:49 pm

German infantry part II

cataphractos · Post by **cataphractos** » February 27th, 2006, 2:08 pm

Kitajec wrote:Well, thats XI century, and Franks throwing axes (francisca) were fighting with Roman Empire abotu 500 years before...
in XI century Franks looks rather like Germans (there were no big differences in weapon and clothes*) You can see tipical XI western european knights and warriors at the Bayeux Tapstery http://hastings1066.com/.

Yep, effectively I've forgotten the medieval setting...

Kitajec · Post by **Kitajec** » February 27th, 2006, 4:37 pm

german cavalry

Kitajec · Post by **Kitajec** » February 27th, 2006, 10:16 pm

and now... the bosses !

Slavic Kniaz vs German Imperator
Boleslav vs Otto or Heinrich

hehe

Alks · Post by **Alks** » February 27th, 2006, 10:18 pm

gooooodie...

it's the matter of time, till the first stats will come out...

szopen · Post by **szopen** » February 28th, 2006, 11:39 am

Alks wrote:Around 1000 there was also a Scandinavian Vikings stronghold in Poland, in Jomsborg.

It wasn't. There was Wolin, called also Julin or Jumne, city of Slavic pirates, in which also dwelled Scandinavians - according to contemporary chronicles. All data about Jomsborg is based only on sagas from ICELAND from XIII century, while no contemporary sources (or archeological data) supports it. Jomsborg is a myth.

Alks · Post by **Alks** » February 28th, 2006, 12:24 pm

more than interesting.
Could you recommend me some source on this subject? I'm infinitely curious.

dthurston · Post by **dthurston** » March 1st, 2006, 4:35 pm

Aren't the heads too big on all these units? There doesn't seem to be enough detail in the faces to justify all that space.

Kitajec · Post by **Kitajec** » March 1st, 2006, 5:02 pm

maybe heads are too big, but that's my style

and more details? i'll try to do something with this.

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that's Poludnica and Strzyga - female deamons form slavic legends hehe

cataphractos · Post by **cataphractos** » March 1st, 2006, 7:57 pm

Seem nice. Which are their peculiarities/characteristics?

Mortles · Post by **Mortles** » March 1st, 2006, 8:01 pm

The Striga and Polednice is not so similar like on theses images.

Kitajec · Post by **Kitajec** » March 1st, 2006, 9:34 pm

Your right Mortles, Poludnica is a monster that attacks in noon, on the plains.. and Strzyga is rather something similar to Wampire.

i tried to make them the same monsters (1 lvl and 2 lvl) but it doesn't make sense. sorry, my fault

and i'll change it