Diadochi Total War

[Turk2]

Wars of the Diadochi is a mod which brings you back into the 319BC,after the Dead of Alexander the great.It has a lot of new features,new Factions and new Units and much more.

This total conversation adds following new features in game:

-Complete new and redone Factions with new Units
-Complete new Map:From Italy into India
-New Buildings:Complete new Buildings such like Carthagian Harbour,Fortress,Buleuterion and much more
-Dual Recruitment System:Now you need a Barrack for Native Units and a other one for the Units of the Faction
-Battles:Will be much longer and more realistic
-New Vegetation
-New Skies
-Changes in Siege Battles
-New Loading Screens
-new Interfaces
-Recruitable Generals
-new Historical Battles
-12 new city specific Hoplites
-New sub-Faction system added,some of them have special Units
-Scripts makes the game more hard
and much more


A List of all Updated Previews:
Faction previews:
Rhodes:http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=96314

Others:
Map Preview:http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=95953
Mercenary and AOR Units:http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=106381

Recruitment:
We are looking for:
We need:
1.2D Artist
2.Screenshoot taker
3.Someone who is packing and unpacking UI cards for us

Our official forums:
Here:https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=229
Total War Center:http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=375

[Turk2]

After noone is looking at our forums,i decided to popst that here:
Here is the complete redone Kush Faction


The Kushites
https://img183.imageshack.us/img183/950/symbol128gaulskz8.jpg

--319 B.C. --
The reigning qore (king) of Kush is Nastasen. He ascended the throne in around 335 BC and stayed their til 310 BC (315 BC and the earliest). He was a warrior king and left inscriptions in Gebel Barkal about his two major military feats. He was the last Kushite king to be buried at the then capital of Napata.

Here's a depiction of him directly from his stela
"The king wears a pointed Egyptian kilt, a diadem with uraeus and streamers, a broad collar, and wide armlets and bracelets. An animal's tail hangs from his belt."

Wars of Kush during this period
The first of his military endeavor saw him lead a Kushite army north to meet an invasion from the Achaemanid Empire (Persians) led by Cambyses II. He crushed the army and took many prizes from them (cattle and ships according to the stela).

After that, he led his armies against numerous incursions frm eastern (East of Napata) desert Nomads called Matit. This began when the Matit raided into Kush at the city Kawa and looted some offerings to the God Amun (Nearly all Egyptian gods were worshiped by Kushites).

Family of the Qore
His mother was Pelekhe
His wife was Sakhmakh, queen co-regent (kandake)

Kushite Soldier Appearance
Kushite soldiers didn't wear much clothing. Most soldiers wore a kind of loin cloth (looks like a real short skirt to me) of a yellow or orang color with a belt. Attached to the belt is an animal tail (feline, like a tiger or leapord). Their hair is suprisingly Egyptian. They are usually depicted with bowl cut hair styles or short, curly afros. A white headband is worn on the crown of the head. Bead necklaces are also common.

Kushite Soldier Armament
The mainstay of Kushite weaponry is the bow. Kushite bowmen were extremely accurate and had amazing range. Their skill with the bow can not be overstated. THE EGYPTIAN HIEROLYPH FOR NUBIA IS A BOW.

The only weapon among the Kushites that is nearly as prevalent as the bow is the axe. The axe was used in conjunction with the bow for close combat or as the primary line of defense. I couldn't find any pictures of kushite axes, but I know they were made of iron by this time period.

Kushites adopted chariots from Egyptians by 712 BC and also used regular cavalry. The Kushites, according to Assyrians, were expert horsemen. They revered horses (qores were sometimes buried with horses).

The Kushites used animal hide shields (horse hide and elephant skin). These wouldn't be effective against persian or greek melee weapons, but offered good defense from arrows.

Kushites also had a reverence for elephants. They were used as trainers for elephants in Egypt and the near east. The only description of Kushite use of elephants in war is the questionable story of Candace of Meroe whom faced off against Alexander the Great at the head of a Kushite army atop an elephant. No persian or roman accounts of Kushite war elephants exist to my knowledge.

*Side Notes
The Kushites were darn near fanatical about their religous devotion. The Kushite conquest of Egypt was seen as a holy war on behalf of the god Amun by Qore (Pharaoh) Piye. They served in Egyptian armies since 2900 BC (Pharaoh Djer). They were ever present at policemen (Medjay tribes of Kush)

If you want to read more,go here:http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showpost.php?p=1938601&postcount=11:thumbsup2

Provinces:
https://img59.imageshack.us/img59/1731/mapbx2.th.jpg (https://img59.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mapbx2.jpg)

https://img59.imageshack.us/img59/1727/campblemhv5.th.jpg (https://img59.imageshack.us/my.php?image=campblemhv5.jpg)
https://img527.imageshack.us/img527/9999/meroeix4.th.jpg (https://img527.imageshack.us/my.php?image=meroeix4.jpg)
https://img527.imageshack.us/img527/922/axumqk1.th.jpg (https://img527.imageshack.us/my.php?image=axumqk1.jpg)

The Army:

Tribal Spearmen:
https://img503.imageshack.us/img503/9977/triballightjl5.jpg
Recruited from the Native population.No Armour,a little bit training.
Kushite Warriors:
https://img182.imageshack.us/img182/1186/warribu9.jpg
Those Units have no armour,but a little training and a hard life in the desert which makes this Unit good enough to hold the lines.
Kushite Axemen:
https://img503.imageshack.us/img503/3633/axeak0.jpg
The only weapon among the Kushites that is nearly as prevalent as the bow is the axe. The axe was used in conjunction with the bow for close combat or as the primary line of defense. I couldn't find any pictures of kushite axes, but I know they were made of iron by this time period.
Kushite Heavy Spearmen:
https://img503.imageshack.us/img503/8708/kushheavyspearzk7.jpg
Elite forces.Those Units have a little armour,are very good trained and had a hard life,which makes them to elite force of the nubian army.
Axemen Agema:
https://img59.imageshack.us/img59/664/agemail8.jpg
The only weapon among the Kushites that is nearly as prevalent as the bow is the axe. The axe was used in conjunction with the bow for close combat or as the primary line of defense. I couldn't find any pictures of kushite axes, but I know they were made of iron by this time period.
Archers:
https://img59.imageshack.us/img59/9056/archlightnb5.jpg
The mainstay of Kushite weaponry is the bow. Kushite bowmen were extremely accurate and had amazing range. Their skill with the bow can not be overstated. THE EGYPTIAN HIEROLYPH FOR NUBIA IS A BOW.
Meroe Archers:
https://img59.imageshack.us/img59/5585/meroearchte3.jpg
The mainstay of Kushite weaponry is the bow. Kushite bowmen were extremely accurate and had amazing range. Their skill with the bow can not be overstated. THE EGYPTIAN HIEROLYPH FOR NUBIA IS A BOW
Tribal Javelineers:
https://img182.imageshack.us/img182/6658/peltept4.jpg
Natives without armour,but with the hard live which they have,are they very good skirmishers.
Tribal Slingers:
https://img182.imageshack.us/img182/2723/slingbo6.jpg
Natives,who are fighting as slingers.No armour,no experience,but a hard life.
Kushite Light Cavalry:
https://img182.imageshack.us/img182/6141/cavlighttr4.jpg
The Kushites, according to Assyrians, were expert horsemen. They revered horses (qores were sometimes buried with horses).

Kushite Cavalry:
https://img503.imageshack.us/img503/1784/medcavsf4.jpg
The Kushites, according to Assyrians, were expert horsemen. They revered horses (qores were sometimes buried with horses).

Kushite Chariots:
https://img503.imageshack.us/img503/6830/archcacco9.jpg
Kushites adopted chariots from Egyptians by 712 BC and also used regular cavalry

Lesser General:
https://img182.imageshack.us/img182/233/lessergenne9.jpg

[MansaSakura]

Excellent job! Nubian Heavy Spearmen look great. Glad you got the hairstlye thing right. REALLY like the Meroe Archers. And the Nubian Cavalry...can't get enough of the zebra skin shield. I wish you could make the lesser general a unit by itself. He looks wicked!

[Turk2]

Updated with an Icon and new Unit names!
Thanks MansaSakura

[seign_thelas]

Nice work.

[Caius]

Keep it coming.

[Hax]

/raise

Hello everyone!

Since, according to Caius, work fully stopped on this mod, Gebeleisis and myself are planning on re-working this mod. We will try to incorporate as many features that were already in D:TW, but we will try and make it even more historically accurate.

We are currently looking for:

Everyone! Everyone that feels he or she could be of help, please PM either me or Gebeleisis! From skinners to scripters, from animation specialists to 2D artists, I'm sure you could be of help! However, at the moment, we are really looking for a...

Historian on either India or Nubia

Someone who knows their way in the EDU and such

-Hax

[DonAbruzzo72]

OORAH HAX!
Glad to be of help...anything on the Italics is my game...I might be able to supply a humble amount of Indian history. No effing clue about Numidia, sorry.
Semper Fi-
Don

[Spartan198]

Hooray! :yes: Diadochi: Total War returns from the grave...er,funeral pyre.
Seriously,though,I wish I could be of help,but my history knowledge is pretty limited to the Mediterranean region. I do have a good amount of Hellenistic arms and armor knowledge,though, so if you need to know anything,just PM me.

[Hax]

I have PM-ed ya both.