hey guys, i've decided to help wes out with the graphics. assuming wes can use graphics from BKB's and VH's mods, i'm going to try my hand at the factions that aren't covered. i'm just about to have a look at what VH and BKB did for their graphics. i'm aiming for quasi-historicality for the flags. as for the almoravids, i've already made the graphics, because i didn't really like the look of the existing one (BKBs?). but it was just my preference, and i didn't have a good idea, so i slapped a koranic "allāhu" on a white background. here's what a couple of the shields look like:
https://img58.imageshack.us/img58/60...board020rc.gif
what do you all think? is it lame? is it offensive? should wes just use BKBs if he gets permission?
ok, i just looked at VH's graphics, i really like his new "glory" shields, and if wes can use those, he should. of the other shield types (e.g. castle flags, battle flags, stratmap shields), the ones that i think could be changed are (note: i don't know if wes will implement all of these factions):
almohads: i can't find out much about the flag beyond a plain white flag. i have an idea for putting a rosette on a white field; i saw a wargamer do that to represent the al-muwahiddun. here's a prelim mock-up. thoughts?
https://img58.imageshack.us/img58/31...board018dq.gif
burgundians: use the "ancien" coat of arms, the alternating gold and blue diagonals (maybe leave the red border off).
byzantines: either use the gold cross on a red field with the "beta" firestalls:
https://img89.imageshack.us/img89/84...board031jb.gif
or use the double headed eagle, though that came after the fourth crusade, iirc.
denmark: use 3 blue lions "passant guardant" on a gold field.
egypt: might have an overhaul in mind for the egyptian faction. need to confer with wes some more.
golden horde: use the red crescent over a grey disk on a white field.
irish: use brian boru's flag (gold "woman harp" on a blue field).
lithuanians: gold "towers of gediminas" on a red field.
novgorod: don't have a good idea yet, but the current one is the modern coat of arms...
serbia: maybe use the purported red double-headed figure (eagle?) on yellow field from the "
Monumenta Cartographica Jugoslaviae II"?
turkey: similar to egypt, i have an idea to overhaul this faction a bit.
any thoughts?
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