Celtic based faction: New villager

Post by **Pic** » August 17th, 2006, 1:15 am

Actually, women warriors and even rulers among the ancient Celts were very common.

http://www.lothene.demon.co.uk/others/womenrom.html

The above is a link about women warriors among ancient civilisations (not a very good one granted, but it has a few lines on the celts)

sid6.7 · Post by **sid6.7** » August 17th, 2006, 4:12 am

Temuchin Khan wrote:
sid6.7 wrote:ONLY becuase isnt it historical that
celts had women warriors and it
suprised the romans a bit?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I know of only one: Boadiccea. By that standard, it makes more sense for the Marauders to have female warriors!

boadiccea was a queen/leader and famous, that doesnt mean there
were not less famous women celt warriors...she just got the
historical spotlight so to speak..

Flametrooper · Post by **Flametrooper** » August 17th, 2006, 4:58 am

Well, I'm planning to include a female Warrior variation (like how you can get female Magi). It would be a bit too much work to make a female variation for every male unit, and if I had to pick one, the Warrior would be the best. I'm thinking sexy chick with a big sword totally kicking enemy butt. The drawing will have to be of the highest quality.

(On a side, and more serious note, I realize that the Celts went into battle naked. Since this is not an option in Wesnoth, I would just like to get your opinions: is a simple leather bra or hair falling over her breasts better? Or some third option? Please don't get into a debate like that mermaid portrait thread.)

Temuchin Khan · Post by **Temuchin Khan** » August 17th, 2006, 1:48 pm

Flametrooper wrote:I realize that the Celts went into battle naked.

Not all! Just the ones who wanted to prove that they had more courage than the rest....

sid6.7 · Post by **sid6.7** » August 17th, 2006, 9:55 pm

Flametrooper wrote:Well, I'm planning to include a female Warrior variation (like how you can get female Magi). It would be a bit too much work to make a female variation for every male unit, and if I had to pick one, the Warrior would be the best. I'm thinking sexy chick with a big sword totally kicking enemy butt. The drawing will have to be of the highest quality. (On a side, and more serious note, I realize that the Celts went into battle naked. Since this is not an option in Wesnoth, I would just like to get your opinions: is a simple leather bra or hair falling over her breasts better? Or some third option? Please don't get into a debate like that mermaid portrait thread.)

bra for me!

sid6.7 · Post by **sid6.7** » August 19th, 2006, 1:38 am

here is a map to contribute to the
celts/picts/gauls/druids faction...

http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12601

player 2 would probably be thier main "locale"

Flametrooper · Post by **Flametrooper** » September 16th, 2006, 12:19 am

Well, after my Gnome faction sort of failed (due to lack of interest in them), I decided to come back to this, as it had at least marginally more interest and potential. I have tried drawing a new image: The Warhero (It already had an image, but that was stolen). Level 2 warrior. (Insert standard comments-and-criticism-welcome comment here.)

Temuchin Khan · Post by **Temuchin Khan** » September 16th, 2006, 3:52 am

Flametrooper wrote:Well, after my Gnome faction sort of failed (due to lack of interest in them), I decided to come back to this, as it had at least marginally more interest and potential. I have tried drawing a new image: The Warhero (It already had an image, but that was stolen). Level 2 warrior. (Insert standard comments-and-criticism-welcome comment here.)

Actually, I was interested in the Gnome faction. Sadly, however, I could never get it to work, with either 1.1.9 or 1.0.2, and I still don't know what the problem was. What can you do?

Flametrooper · Post by **Flametrooper** » September 16th, 2006, 3:57 am

Bad formatting, probably. By tomorrow, it being the weekend, I should be able to get you a working release.

Tux2B · Post by **Tux2B** » September 16th, 2006, 7:32 am

Good to see they're back from the dead!

The new picture is good, but there is one odd thing for me, which is that he looks ill (something like a scary blue-spot illness or poison).

halleck · Post by **halleck** » September 16th, 2006, 8:45 pm

Ya, what are those blue splotches?
Oh, it looks good btw.

Temuchin Khan · Post by **Temuchin Khan** » September 16th, 2006, 8:47 pm

Come on, people, it's blue war paint!

Flametrooper · Post by **Flametrooper** » September 16th, 2006, 8:49 pm

Blue warpaint. The Ancient Celts sometimes dabbed blue paint (made out of a type of leaf called woad) on themselves in battle. It was supposed to make them look scary.
EDIT: Oh, Temuchin posted while I was typing.

halleck · Post by **halleck** » September 16th, 2006, 8:51 pm

Oh. It just doesnt fit in very well. I think it looks too bright. Maybe different shading. Or maybe have the warpaint symmetrical.

Edit: I guess if you make the warpaint any darker it wouldnt look blue...
Whatever, just ignore my post or something...

Post by **turin** » September 17th, 2006, 12:25 am

Warpaint is a good idea, but I don't think it is well executed here. Look at the Dwarvish Berserker to see how warpaint (or, in that case, tattoos - but they look similar) can be done well.