Forgus
02-04-2006, 19:29
Greetings Europa Barbarorum fans!
You might think that now, that the Open Beta is released we settled down for a little -though well earned - rest. Nothing can be further from the truth! With the contribution of our long time and new members we continue to work in earnest for what we think is the greatest mod created.
And now to the point. Creating a mod is not only making models and textures. There are a lot of little things that must be created. Ancillary portraits are amongst them.
As always, historical accuracy is our main concern. We feel obliged to find the most accurate portrait of the ancillary.
Sometimes we are lucky like in the case of my personal favourite, Karneades The Academic:
https://img332.imageshack.us/img332/7765/prew4karneadescyrene7rx.jpg
Or Marcus Porcius Cato Censorius (Cato the Elder):
https://img332.imageshack.us/img332/5387/catocensoriuspreview58fx.jpg
Or Krysipphos.
https://img332.imageshack.us/img332/6074/preview3krysipphos8le.jpg
But sometimes I have difficulties. Often the bust I use is broken. This is Kleanthes of Assos:
https://img310.imageshack.us/img310/3483/preview1kleanthesassos6wz.jpg
Sometimes we have no bust at all, but a better quality drawing helps me a bit like in the case of Eratosthenes of Cyrene:
https://img310.imageshack.us/img310/3585/preview2eretosthenescyrene9uj.jpg
...and there are times when the best quality image looks like this, like of the Gracchi:
https://img408.imageshack.us/img408/1978/gragghipreview73yo.jpg
Sill there are nightmares. He is Kallimachos of Cyrene:
https://img323.imageshack.us/img323/5691/callimachuscyrene2ye.jpg
I hope all of you fans understand now, how very important it is to have pictures for these renown scholars, artists and soldiers of antiquity in order to make our mode more living, but still, historically accurate. So please help us, and contribute on the following link, where I eagerly wait for your help on the matter.
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=60271
Should you feel that a great man of out timeframe (272BC-14AD) is carelessly ignored, and preferably you are in possession of an image on him, please do not hesitate to post it to us, and we promise we will listen. Oh yes, barbarian named ancillaries -also Eastern, or Carthaginian ones- are warmly welcomed!
But only a small minority of our ancillaries are named... there are hundreds of ancillaries in our Ancillary Portrait Catalogue like these:
https://img507.imageshack.us/img507/3949/eighth1la.jpg
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We hope you’ve enjoyed this week’s update!
Please note that unless stated otherwise, ALL pictures shown in our previews are of works in progress. We continue to improve on all parts of EB, and we will continue to do so long after our initial release.
Since some areas where these news items are posted cannot handle wide images, we appreciate your restraint from quoting full-size images.
As always, if you have questions or comments, the best place to post them is here, where the EB team is most active:
Europa Barbarorum ORG forum (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=70)
Europa Barbarorum TWC forum (http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=31)
We give special thanks to Imageshack (http://www.imageshack.us) that provides us with a simple, foolproof, and free way to show you all these pictures each week.
Have a great day!
Sincerely,
The Europa Barbarorum team.
You might think that now, that the Open Beta is released we settled down for a little -though well earned - rest. Nothing can be further from the truth! With the contribution of our long time and new members we continue to work in earnest for what we think is the greatest mod created.
And now to the point. Creating a mod is not only making models and textures. There are a lot of little things that must be created. Ancillary portraits are amongst them.
As always, historical accuracy is our main concern. We feel obliged to find the most accurate portrait of the ancillary.
Sometimes we are lucky like in the case of my personal favourite, Karneades The Academic:
https://img332.imageshack.us/img332/7765/prew4karneadescyrene7rx.jpg
Or Marcus Porcius Cato Censorius (Cato the Elder):
https://img332.imageshack.us/img332/5387/catocensoriuspreview58fx.jpg
Or Krysipphos.
https://img332.imageshack.us/img332/6074/preview3krysipphos8le.jpg
But sometimes I have difficulties. Often the bust I use is broken. This is Kleanthes of Assos:
https://img310.imageshack.us/img310/3483/preview1kleanthesassos6wz.jpg
Sometimes we have no bust at all, but a better quality drawing helps me a bit like in the case of Eratosthenes of Cyrene:
https://img310.imageshack.us/img310/3585/preview2eretosthenescyrene9uj.jpg
...and there are times when the best quality image looks like this, like of the Gracchi:
https://img408.imageshack.us/img408/1978/gragghipreview73yo.jpg
Sill there are nightmares. He is Kallimachos of Cyrene:
https://img323.imageshack.us/img323/5691/callimachuscyrene2ye.jpg
I hope all of you fans understand now, how very important it is to have pictures for these renown scholars, artists and soldiers of antiquity in order to make our mode more living, but still, historically accurate. So please help us, and contribute on the following link, where I eagerly wait for your help on the matter.
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=60271
Should you feel that a great man of out timeframe (272BC-14AD) is carelessly ignored, and preferably you are in possession of an image on him, please do not hesitate to post it to us, and we promise we will listen. Oh yes, barbarian named ancillaries -also Eastern, or Carthaginian ones- are warmly welcomed!
But only a small minority of our ancillaries are named... there are hundreds of ancillaries in our Ancillary Portrait Catalogue like these:
https://img507.imageshack.us/img507/3949/eighth1la.jpg
---------------------------------------------------------------------
We hope you’ve enjoyed this week’s update!
Please note that unless stated otherwise, ALL pictures shown in our previews are of works in progress. We continue to improve on all parts of EB, and we will continue to do so long after our initial release.
Since some areas where these news items are posted cannot handle wide images, we appreciate your restraint from quoting full-size images.
As always, if you have questions or comments, the best place to post them is here, where the EB team is most active:
Europa Barbarorum ORG forum (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=70)
Europa Barbarorum TWC forum (http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=31)
We give special thanks to Imageshack (http://www.imageshack.us) that provides us with a simple, foolproof, and free way to show you all these pictures each week.
Have a great day!
Sincerely,
The Europa Barbarorum team.