Caius Britannicus Presents: "THE CRUSADES"

[Spendios]

It's a very impressive project with a lot of beautiful units, keep up the good work !

[caius britannicus]

Todays Preview German Knights and Christian Maronites:


knights and maronites

[Radier]

Awesome...

[Helgi]

Todays Preview German Knights and Christian Maronites:


knights and maronites

[Clearchus]

These skins are stunning! Keep it up man, I can't wait!

[shifty157]

Im always impressed when i come to this page.

[Brutus]

Why did I not see this thread before?

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And why is there no drooling smiley?

This is so cool. I think I have most of the Osprey books you have. I recognised the Maronites immediately. I very much anticipate this and I like your approach, Caius!

[caius britannicus]

Whats this. An actual unit preview!

Crusader Turcopoles:

Turcopoles

You can also see a unit in the distance. Sorta a teaser of the mounted Templar Knights.

[Aenarion]

Great work as usually! Keep them coming!

[caius britannicus]

Also, because I'm gonna be busy with another essay and tons-o-school work the next 4 weeks (ya! exams!!!!!) I'll be posting another preview.

Cilician Armenian Men-at-Arms.

Cilician Armenians

[caius britannicus]

What the deuce another preview!?!

A Saracen unit for a change. The Black Guards of the Fatimid Caliph.

[Myrddraal]

Really good stuff!

[Helgi]

What the deuce another preview!?!

A Saracen unit for a change. The Black Guards of the Fatimid Caliph.

The Black Guards are looking good, can't wait to play this mod

[dclare4]

Hi Caius Britannicus,

Amazing work! If ever you decide to join a modding group they will be most fortunate.

Just wondering about the guys with the 'pot helmet' (the one that looks like a British WW1/WW2 helmet) - are these a new model or did you use something already in game?

More power to you!!
Harlechman

[al'Callaendor]

wow!!, it is not a"mini" mod!

[professorspatula]

That's it, I move forward the notion that we should ban Caius from the forums immediately! Everytime he posts another preview, the forums flood with the drool coming from the gaping mouths of the forum users as they stare on in amazement at his wondrous units. If we don't stop this man posting, we'll all be drowing in saliva within the month.

[Myrddraal]

Amazing work! If ever you decide to join a modding group they will be most fortunate.

Why on earth would he want to do that? I don't get it? The net community IS a modding group, its already divided enough with people holding back stuff for their mods only, why add extra divisions? I can understand holding back stuff to make your mod special, but adding extra pointless divisions within the modding community is the worst thing thats happened to the worldwide RTW modding community in my oppinion.

[shifty157]

Why on earth would he want to do that? I don't get it? The net community IS a modding group, its already divided enough with people holding back stuff for their mods only, why add extra divisions? I can understand holding back stuff to make your mod special, but adding extra pointless divisions within the modding community is the worst thing thats happened to the worldwide RTW modding community in my oppinion.

Well what can you expect when you have ten mods all based on the same period of time? They have to differentiate themselves somehow because theyre in direct competition for the largest support base. If you ask me the worst thing that happened to the RTW mod is that every period in human history has at least 3 mods devoted to it. Resources and energy should be put into more interesting mods rather than just the same thing over and over again. Its redundant and boring.

This mod is one of the few mods i have any respect for because of the quality of the work and its deviation from the norm. Awesome work Caius. I cant wait for this mod.

[Ciaran]

Well what can you expect when you have ten mods all based on the same period of time? They have to differentiate themselves somehow because theyre in direct competition for the largest support base. If you ask me the worst thing that happened to the RTW mod is that every period in human history has at least 3 mods devoted to it. Resources and energy should be put into more interesting mods rather than just the same thing over and over again. Its redundant and boring.

I think every modder works on what he personally is interested in. Considering they work for free that only makes sense, at least that´s what I would do, I don´t see sense spending my time on something I don´t care about.
And what´s wrong with competition? Every mod might have a slightly different angle at things and, finally, no one is forced to use a mod in the first place.

[KonstantinosXI]

Ciaran is right..in my opinion mods shouldn't be in competition..i'm creating a mod based on the crusades also me because i like that period, and i will not be in conflict with caius or other modders because i'm creating this mod for me..

[wlesmana]

I think modders should stop thinking about competition and make whatever they'd like. I'm sorry but I guess I'm the only one who thinks that modders are not volunteers for community service. I don't make mods to please the masses. I make them because I like working on it. Some like to work alone while others prefer to work with a group. But telling a modder to not work on his mod and join a team is plain silly. No one is getting paid to this stuff anyway so there's really no obligation.

Also, merging teams is not necessarily a good idea. Creative differences among other things and a big team where everyone wants to do something is harder to coordinate and will just become a slow lumbering ball of mush.

[caius britannicus]

As much as I love seeing people post in the thread lets not get off topic again. BUt I think I'll add some of my insight from my own experiences with RTR. Big mod teams suck. Its not fun. Its hard to co-ordinate (trust me I was RTR project director for nearly two months, its bloody hard to get a multi-national team to work together in a timely fashion.) Small 1-4 man teams are where its at. Your all buddies and you are all working towards the same thing. At least its been that way so far with Crusades and I don't see that changing. And as Wles said. I'm making the mod for me, just as many modders are making their own mods for themsleves. And its not so much that I even want to play my own mod (in fact I probably wont play more then a few turns). Its more the experience of creating a mod that isn't part of some massive community thats always hounding you to add this or that, or make this look like that or have it play like this. I just want to make something thats nearly 100% my vision. Not too much to ask I think.

And thats why I may not appear 100% receptive to suggestions and requests for content. It makes me feel like I'm giving away pieces of my own creation. Of course I listen to suggestions and requests and see how best I can fit them in and even add my own ideas to them.

Anyways, thats enough for now.

[Epistolary Richard]

This thread does seem to provoke some interesting discussions. Once again, I think the benefits or otherwise of working in teams is a fascinating subject, but one that's better served by its own thread in Mod Discussion rather than filling up this thread which Caius intended to show off the development of this particular mod.

Certainly no one is suggesting that modders shouldn't be allowed to work either individually or in groups. Caius, most assuredly as former RTR project co-ordinator, has a good deal experience of working as part of a team. It is good to see that he is enjoying modding as a 'solo artist'

[Myrddraal]

Certainly no one is suggesting that modders shouldn't be allowed to work either individually or in groups.

Just to clarify my position, thats certainly not what I meant. I guess I missunderstood the original subject. You may know that modding "organisations" are a touchy subject for me.

My ideal modding community is where all modders help each other out. For example, I'm going to be doing some scripting for Jidai no Ran, and Prom is going to help out with some WoT models, we're not members of some organisation, we're just modders, and because we share common goals, we help each other.

I really should split my own posts off from this topic. If anyone wants to discuss this further, I will. Otherwise, lets have another unit preview to cheer us all up

[Epistolary Richard]

Just to clarify my position, thats certainly not what I meant.

Of course, I was responding to the below:

But telling a modder to not work on his mod and join a team is plain silly.

we're not members of some organisation, we're just modders, and because we share common goals, we help each other.

Just like cool modders should

For example, I'm going to be doing some scripting for Jidai no Ran, and Prom is going to help out with some WoT models

Hmm... I'm doing some scripting for Prom for Res Gestae... so where are my models! :rant:

[Dooz]

Best medieval models and skins for RTR out there. Absolutely stunning. I really hope you expand this into a MTW for RTW type thing... really... that would be one of the best things to happen to the game. Amazing stuff.

[Pompei the Great]

Great stuff. I've enlisted in Crusader:TW and I would like to know what resources you are using for the Cursades section of Chivalry:Total War.

[caius britannicus]

PREVIEW!

Crusader Faction Family member and Royal Knights of the Kingdom

[al'Callaendor]

wow!!

[Pompei the Great]

They look like guys from Kingdom of Heaven.