Faction: Kedari (Arabian Nights-based)

Temuchin Khan · Post by **Temuchin Khan** » October 17th, 2005, 2:23 am

For some reason, I don't seem to be able to see the Ragel image.

Post by **turin** » October 17th, 2005, 10:53 pm

Odd.

Here's a new version of it, anyway.

Even if you can't see this one, can you tell me, what is his weapon?

Temuchin Khan · Post by **Temuchin Khan** » October 18th, 2005, 2:27 am

I can see this one! He looks fine -- a young desert lad dreaming of a bright future, but prone to the temptation to seek it by unorthodox means.

As for a weapon, let's give him a dagger. It would fit with the Hashishan branch, which I see as wielding a dagger, them being assassins.

I also see the Hashishan branch with darker robes (them being assassins), but light robes are great for the ragel. As for the eunuch branch, it should be beardless and bearing a battle axe.

Cuyo Quiz · Post by **Cuyo Quiz** » October 18th, 2005, 8:01 pm

Save the white pants for the Eunuchs too.

Temuchin Khan · Post by **Temuchin Khan** » October 22nd, 2005, 3:35 pm

We haven't discussed the Persids in a while, which is just as well since this is first and foremost the Kedari thread, but I came across another possible name for a Persian-based faction: Airiya. It also occurred to me a few weeks ago that "Parsids" might sound better than "Persids. So, Anyar and company, do you prefer Airiya, Persids, or Parsids for the Iranian-type faction about which we've been speculating?

Also, we came up with quite a long unit list for this proposed faction. Maybe we could cut it down a bit. The chariot line, for one, could probably be eliminated, as could the minion line. The chariot line would add little except cool graphics and ambience, and the desert-fighting abilities of the minion line could easily enough be transferred to one of the other units, such as the Kardakes, so I don't think it would be a serious loss to cut either of these lines from the proposed faction.

Anyar · Post by **Anyar** » October 22nd, 2005, 11:02 pm

Airiya sounds good. What does it mean though? (I think I saw it in a translation of the Avesta once, but I can't remember anything else)

Changed unit names:

Post by **turin** » October 22nd, 2005, 11:15 pm

Hm... IMHO, a new thread for the Persids, whatever is needed, so we don't get confused.

Once temuchin gets a good unit tree, I advise him to post it in a new topic to attract graphics.

Here's what I have on the Eunuch Guardian so far. I need to make his robes white, and give him an axe, but I just want to know if I'm going in the right direction.

Also, the Ragel has a dagger now.

PS: In case you were wondering, the reason this is taking me so much longer than with the lavinians is, I had a much clearer idea of what the lavinian units were supposed to look like...

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The eunuch doesn't look very good, IMHO. I guess you can ignore it. I'll draw a sketch and scan it to make it clearer what I was going for.

Post by **turin** » October 23rd, 2005, 12:41 am

Yep. Here's the new eunuch guardian. Doesn't look all that similar to the previous version.

It looks small, but it's the same height as normal human units..

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somewhat fixed version.

Post by **Neoriceisgood** » October 23rd, 2005, 9:45 am

His head is sort of small compared to the heads of other wesnoth humans, and that he's bald is no excuse.

Emmanovi · Post by **Emmanovi** » October 23rd, 2005, 10:04 am

Is he actually bald? It looks to me as it he has short hair covered by a cap.

Cuyo Quiz · Post by **Cuyo Quiz** » October 23rd, 2005, 2:45 pm

So i typed "islamic clothing" in GIS and i was bombarded with many kinds of tunics, headpieces and clothing. There also seems to be many ways to make and wear a turbant.

Use Google, get ideas. Oh damn i just created an slogan.

<X> Pillager · Post by **<X> Pillager** » October 23rd, 2005, 3:36 pm

Neoriceisgood wrote:His head is sort of small compared to the heads of other wesnoth humans, and that he's bald is no excuse.

Yes it is!

(And yes, he's bald)/

I'll work on making the head bigger, but what I really want to know is, does this look good for the Eunuch Guardian? I'm not sure what he is supposed to look like, other than no beard.

Garm · Post by **Garm** » October 23rd, 2005, 6:06 pm

A try to make a Hashishan of the ragel
the shades on the ground went nuts

Post by **Neoriceisgood** » October 23rd, 2005, 6:19 pm

Just like the unit it's based off of!

Post by **turin** » October 23rd, 2005, 6:24 pm

Sorry, but, uh, it's not really any good...