end of days (the revenge of satanae)

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telling the whole legend would take to much of my time as im working alone if you want to know more about magog look here
http://www.harpazo.net/magog.html
http://www.lasthour.com/GOG-MAGOG.htm
or just gogle gog magog :tongue:
satanae knights; the order of Abbadon,the elite cavalry of the satanae army,
the order of Abbadon.are knights possessed,said to be infused with the blood of thier master,best used as a shok force on enemy flanks,
Abbadon:The angel of the bottemless pit,also known as the destroyer,the fallen angel of death and destruction,in Hell he is the chief of the demon locust who have human faces the tails of scorpions,and the bodies of winged horses.


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just a few images ect......hope you like them.

hope you don't mind just edited this thread and wanted to bump it,

Nice screens, but could we get a bit more info? Is it for RTW or BI, which factions are there, is it complete or work in progress... the like.

sorry i thought it was obvious its for bi, and the links to the legend of gog magog should give you an idea of the back story,

but i'll summerise,
It is said that in preperation for the birth of the anti-christ an army nation will arise in the east called the nation of magog, the dregs of man will be drawn to it and form an army as has never been seen on earth,
this legend has grounding in all religions and is mentioned in the bible and
the quran, set in the dark ages as there is little known of that time in history i am working on a conciet that those events have already happend,
and been struck from records by the church in order to hide the truth
about the anti-christ:inquisitive:

the faction list so far is...
(working names only)
the kingdom of briton,
the confederation of france,
german,gomer,the cimmerians
the kingdom of spain
the papal seal(protectors of rome)
illuminate(satanae rebels)
the order of togarmah(satanae rebels)
satanae
others may be added depending on if i have to do it all myself

my intension is that at the start if you play as a christian kingdom you
will have trouble with the rebel factions (who will be able to horde)
making it hard to blitz the campaign,while the satanae gather strength
in the east,

and if you play as the satanae you have problems with the ..............:listen:

is there a book about this war or are you just imagining what the soldiers
looked like?
& for the evil side then will u make the evil general anti-christ?

yes there is a book it's called revelations you can pick it up in most bookshops
but religious ones are better:2thumbsup:






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This looks like an AWESOME mod man, well done and carry on, please!

thx alot :2thumbsup:

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Exael legions:these are the out cast of the world the lowest of men the excomunicated,they
have flocked to the nation of magog to join the satanae cause and are met with open arms by thier dark masters,on joining the ranks of evil they have thier eyes burned out so they may never again see the wonders of god.this makes them fearless in battle,they are the basic foot soldiers of satanae generals.
Exael: A minor devil, he was of the order of angels when he fell and is that much closer to humanity. therefore he finds it realatively easy to dwell with mortals.

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the order of baal:men at arms,
during the war of magog many men will lose thier faith in god and be converted to the dark side,
these are such men,far from being weak due to thier former beliefs they are hardend of heart and all the more fearce because of thier fall,they are the backbone of all the satanae armies.
Baal:the second chief of staff of the abyss 'baal is the patron devil of idle men. he commands sixty or seventy legion's of demons and resides in the easton region of hell.


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Verrier: spearmen the second basic unit of the satanae armies they are born as satanae but must learn obidience to thier dark masters, so are forced to fight on the frontier boarders to prove thier skill in combat,
Verrier: He tempts men to disobey orders by making thier necks to stiff to bow to the yolk of obedience.(he is most likely a moderator at the twc) :)

enjoy :2thumbsup:

My goodness, remind to never sign up for the Exael legions... And the helmets for those men-at-arms of the order of baal look a lot like German helmets from WWII... curious... :creep:

Impressive. Youre getting alot better as you go. Especially your textures. Keep up the good work. Its a very interesting mod.

So crucify the ego, before it's far too late
And leave behind this place so negative and blind and cynical
And you will come to find that we are all one mind
Capable of all that's imagined and all conceivable.

o you sound like just the type thier looking for:inquisitive:
ww2 yeh i was going for the medieval type helmet(don't know what thier called) and reached this point and thought looks good and stopped,

thanks alot guys:2thumbsup:

Sallets?
The helmets the Gothic Knights wear in MTW. Or, an even better picture is in the Chivalry mod threat here: https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showt...t=56706&page=2.
I think that´s the style you´re going for. And yes, those helmets, with their neck protection going halfway around look pretty much like the "Fritz"-helmet.

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armies of darkness.
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fallen in battle.

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looks pretty trippy...
anyway, so is this idea of "armageddon" only based on the Chrisitan, Jewish and Islamic prophecy's?

and satanic docturine, the "myth" of magog does appear in the bible,torah and quran so i thought it has as much truth to it as many historical mods and alot more than some,the two links at the top of the thread give a good over view. there may be other angle's to it but i'm a one man team so i'm going to keep it as simple as possible,

Satanae Juda,

I appreciate your original work my man.

Can I give some input, as I've researched the bible and biblical archaeology?

Perhaps the 2 main faction names/groups/whatever should be called:
Annointed and Abbydon, instead of Tubal and Meschech.

It would be truer to the "end times" theme. :2thumbsup:

Regarding:

So crucify the ego, before it's far too late
And leave behind this place so negative and blind and cynical...

It looks like you are holding onto a poignant topic: Ego death

BTW, every religion, including esoteric, alchemical, freemasonic speaks of an ego death. Tibetan Buddhist Dzogchen speaks of "naked awareness" as a way to do just that.

Thank you kindly sir, Hellas1 ~:cool:

thanks for the input all knowlage is power,
tubal and meschech are the two brothers who are said to instigate the legend of magog, i'm not sure about the annointed as a faction but that could make a cool unit name, as for abbadon,hehe someone asked me about the use of him before. originaly back when rtw was a gleem in the eyes of many a blood thirsty gamer, it was my intension to work on a historical mod
set in sumeria and incorperate the origins of satanism,but a small accident with my hand(i fell)
ment that any art work i did was limited, so i began to do alot of research, by the time my hand was better(it's still not right) bi was on the horizen and i couldn't miss the chance to mess with the religion so i started this. any more suggestions you have i'll be happy to listen my bible knowlage isn't great, my occult knowlage on the other hand,well i belive the correct term is moohaha

from The three books of occult philosophy:henry cornelius aggripa:
first published :1531

abaddon:hebrew abdon(destruction)see job28:22.it was used as the name for a region of gehenna in later rabbinical writings,aftersuch usages as occur in proverbs 15:11 and 27:20.In the new testament it is the name of the angel of the abyss,and occurs only in the book if revelation 9:11.

The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces. Their hair was like women's hair, and their teeth were like lion's teeth. They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle. They had tails and stings like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months. They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon.
-- Revelations 9: 7-11

milton uses the name abbadon to describe the pit of hell in the poem
Paradise lost,

and from the book i used for my description,The devil genevieve morgan
tom morgan,

Abbadon:the angel of the bottemless pit,also known as "the destroyer"
abbadon inspiers anarchy and chaos. The fallen angel of death and destrution,
in hell he is the chief of the demon locust who have the faces of humans,tails of scorpions,and bodies of winged horses.Abbadon is often associated with satan or sammael,and is often depicted with or confused with fellow angel of destrction,Apollyon,who holds the keys to the abyss.

also see here,
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Nephilim footknights: The elite infantry of the satanae armies the nephilim are feared even by thier own masters,said to be the sons of the Angels who lay with the daughters of Adam, thier soul pupose in life is the destuction of the world of men and the restoration of the dark lord, they are heavely armoured and fight with spears and swords,

Hi S.J.,

Regarding the Nephilim, "Nephal" in Hebrew means mighty.
In Genesis, it talks about them existing before and after the flood of Noah!

If you research the bible, you'll find that the Nephilim, "im" suffix means many of in hebrew, that they were actually Giants!!! Not men.
Actually a union between demons and women.

A number of the early church fathers said they were offspring off demons and women. I don't think that the women said "yes, why not!" nor does the biblical text say anything about them denying the union, it's kind of moot on it.
BUT...were talking demons not angels like cherubim, seraphim, watchers, or the four faced angels of the book of Ezekiel either, so I sense deception was involved.

If you research it, there were 7 tribes of Giants, Nephilim, Zamim, Zamzumim, Anakim, Emim, and others. Joshua in the book of Joshua was told to "utterly destroy them."

In the book of either I or II Samuel, Goliath who fought David was approx. 13 ft. tall, in text it's measured by cubits, and he was one of those forementioned giants.

Now, insofar as occult literature is concerned, the "occult" I believe in is NOT devil worship, nor "new age," nor divination nor full blown magic. Occult means hidden or secret. Open only to the worthy ones. Meaning if you work along certain lines, you're eligible!
It consists of esoteric schooling meaning the refining of one's character, morals, ethics, and mind cognizantly towards a benevolent/good outcome and "holiness" or "purity" if you will, called the "white" path or right handed path.

So, this is more input for you.
BTW, ever hear of Rudolph Steiner, Mdme. Blavatsky, Charles Leadbeater, Alice Bailey, Paracelsus?
They promoted Theosophy, Steiner then expressed Anthroposophy which includes an "occult" history of the Christ. Om Tat Sat

ok my research on the nephilim comes from the book fallen angels and the origins of evil,which i first read some fifteen years ago so finding the parts on the origins of the nephilim is time consuming, but i did read that once, honest,

ah ok i've found one of the part's it does say rebel angels so that's close,

as for the occult yes i no it's not devil worship but i'm making the same connection that crowley and lovecraft made (i know it's lazy but i got a hole heap of mod work to do) in that connecting magick to the sumerian worship of the ancient gods is the path which offers the least resistance, to my mod, flamers can't argue with a lost society and lost culture,

if i had more time/help i would love to inclued the different tribes,

ah found another section it says the giants were the offspring of the nephilim. and the daughters of men,

i'm not familier with the names above although mdme blavasky, rings a bell is she part of the church of satan? i used to know a few satanists through music, ever heard of nurse with wound or current 99,

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Hi S.J.,

No I haven't are they bands?

BTW, How will converting one faction to the other (religion wise) figure in your mod?

I suggest you implement evangelists for the "good" side, and cultists for the "bad" side in place of diplomats (aka RTW).

Btw, Mdme. Blavatsky along with 2 other people started the Theosophical society in the late 20th century.

Nice pic of the temptation of saint anthony too!

Secret orders should be available upon reaching a certain level in the game man. Ex. Freemasons, Golden Dawn, Rosicrucians, etc.
Make for more interesting game play, IMO.

Peace, Tat Tvam Asi

yes they were bands, in my younger days i worked in a small print shop in soho(london) and they used to get all there art work done there, they were preety nice guys considering thier intersest in the occult,it was through them that i first got into the dark side,often reading the books they left as reference, i love the idea of replacing diplomats, .
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Deus vobiscum

Cool S.J.,

I thought that replacing the dip's would be interesting.

Thanks for the info.

Let me know what I can do for you.

Hellas1

indeed the dip's have to play a part along with act's of god and christian generals becoming possessed(i know thats a bit hollywood but hope it will add to the games playabilty) or satanae generals having a vision of god and converting, my first thought is always going to be how the mod draws you into the story or it's just a mod

if you have any modding skills let me know i'm still in the unit revamp stage but will need help at some point.:2thumbsup:

Listen man,

Thanks for the news.

I don't have modding or skinning skills, but I do have historical understanding both Biblical and non-Biblical.

I'm available.

Give a hollar, dude.

Later, Hellas1

Quote from Mdme. Blavatsky in "The Voice of the Silence:"

"The mind is the slayer of the real, slay the slayer."

My quote: "Indeed."

i shall give a very loud holler when i need some help,but what do you mean no skills, you do yourself a diservice you can type and obviously have an abundance of brain power, at some point i will have no more graphics or peripheral work to do,then i will have to enter the world of text editing.
now i'm a fairly smart guy but my typing and spelling skills are for ****
so that's a task im dreading. hand on my cold black heart five months ago i'd
never even heard of modding,but by banging my head off the wall for a few months and picking every tutorial here and at the twc apart ,i've mannaged to get this far(although i do work in animation so i did have some skills before i started).so no skills thats piffle my freind, i think you'll suprise yourself at what you can achive if you just take the first step.(or am i thinking of alchoholics)

qoute from juda
no skills? "indeed":2thumbsup:

please don't take my tone as harsh i'm just trying a little cajoling.:2thumbsup:

S.J.,

I shall consider what you say and look into these matters.~:lightbulb:

Thank you.

Hellas1

do, honestly there is a serious down trend in new people taking up modding at the momment,maybe its just seasonal,with the summer around the corner
i guess modding takes a back seat, and alot of people are gearing up for M2.

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The priests of Dumah: the black priesthood are a seceret society within the satanae ranks, often sent out during battle to assassinate enemy generals, their attacks are ferocious and unrepentant, armed with the same heavy meat axe they use in ceremonial human sacrifice, they are amongst the most deadly of satanae forces.

Dumah; The guardian of Eygpt during the Hebrew exodus, Dumah was the angel of the "silence of death". He is one of the seven princes of Hell.

Hi S.J.,

wasn`t all of Medieval Europe scared of Gog & Magog, personalized by the Mongols? Maybe some "Devil`s Horsemen" would spice up the whole thing too.

BTW nice units & the story is pretty cool. Keep on armaged:2thumbsup: ing!!!!!

Totally original and interesting looking mod SJ. I'll give this a look when it's up for download

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Hi S.J.,
wasn`t all of Medieval Europe scared of Gog & Magog, personalized by the Mongols? Maybe some "Devil`s Horsemen" would spice up the whole thing too. BTW nice units & the story is pretty cool. Keep on armaged:2thumbsup: ing!!!!!

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I'm not sure, maybe hellas 1 would know better, i think that it's likely that the story would have been suppressed by the church in the west, in the east the mongols were a much more real threat, and i think they were refeared to as "the devils horsemen", oo yeh devils horse men, well it's my intension, that when my moddeling skills get better to create something based on the armour that gary oldman wore in the oppening section of dracula, Muhaha.

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Totally original and interesting looking mod SJ. I'll give this a look when it's up for download

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Thanks alot for the good vibes guys.:2thumbsup:

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and satanic docturine, the "myth" of magog does appear in the bible,torah and quran so i thought it has as much truth to it as many historical mods and alot more than some,the two links at the top of the thread give a good over view. there may be other angle's to it but i'm a one man team so i'm going to keep it as simple as possible,

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what part in the bible old or new testament, and chapter does it appear in or start in? (im catholic) btw nice looking mod.

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what part in the bible old or new testament, and chapter does it appear in or start in? (im catholic) btw nice looking mod.

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Prophetically, Gog will be the leader of a great army that attacks the land of Israel in the end times. Gog is described as "the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal," from the north "the land of Magog" (Ezekiel 38:2-3). The prophet Ezekiel prophetically describes Gog attacking Israel with a powerful force (Ezekiel chapters 38-39). According to this prophesy of Ezekiel, Gog will be defeated by God Himself on the mountains of Israel. The slaughter will be so great it will take seven months to bury all of the dead (Ezekiel 39:12). The Book of Revelation also mentions Gog and Magog (Revelation 20:7-8). The prophesy in Revelation is essentially a restatement of Ezekiel's prophesy.

Magog was a grandson of Noah (Genesis 10:2). The descendants of Magog settled to the far north of Israel, likely in Europe and northern Asia (Ezekiel 38:2). Magog seems to be used to refer to "northern barbarians" in general, but likely also has a connection to Magog the person. The people of Magog are described as skilled warriors (Ezekiel 38:15; 39:3-9). The Book of Revelation uses Ezekiel's prophesy about Magog to portray a final end times attack on the nation of Israel (Revelation 20:8-9). Many Bible prophesy teachers identify Gog and Magog as Russia and/or China. This is possible, but not explicitly clear in the Bible.

sorce.
http://www.gotquestions.org/Gog-Magog.html

I was brought up catholic to, though lasped now. so please don't feel there's any anti christian vibe here. it's just the base i chose for the mod.

And thanks for the compliment:2thumbsup:

no anti christian vibe just curious.

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The order of the Dragon, the Dracule, the Devil's horsemen, many legends have been written about these men, in the time of light before the darklord came they were the devils sole force on earth, they have been hunted for many years and driven from thier homelands, but now the tide has turned and these dark knights have returned to reap a bloody revenge, they wear heavy armour forged in the blood of thier enemies, they carry a long spear and a heavy broad sword,

an evening shot with a bit of enhancement, hope you like it.
Satanae;The army of Darkness.
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This looks magnificent, keep it up. :2thumbsup:

wow...very nice :2thumbsup:

I love outstanding ideas, that's why I'm a die-hard fan of Blue Lotus. And it is obvious that a new genius is growing up here.

satanea juda, I'd do everything to get you banned if you, one day, tell that you've given up on this amazing project :smoking:

Wow thanks alot guys, so this is the big guy himself, the spooky thing is i've had more problems with this model than any other, as if some larger force has been against me.

And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was

Death, and Hell followed with him.

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"Woe to you, Oh Earth and Sea, for the Devil sends the
beast with wrath, because he knows the time is short...
Let him who hath understanding reckon the number of the
beast for it is a human number, its number is Six hundred and
sixty six."

I left alone my mind was blank
I needed time to think to get the memories from my mind

What did I see can I believe that what I saw
that night was real and not just fantasy

Just what I saw in my old dreams were they
reflections of my warped mind staring back at me

'Cos in my dream it's always there the evil face that twists my
mind
and brings me to despair

The night was black was no use holding back
'Cos I just had to see was someone watching me
In the mist dark figures move and twist
Was this all for real or some kind of hell
666 the number of the beast
Hell and fire was spawned to be released

Torches blazed and sacred chants were praised
As they start to cry hands held to the sky
In the night the fires burning bright
The ritual has begun Satan's work is done
666 the number of the beast
Sacrifice is going on tonight

This can't go on I must inform the law
Can this still be real or just some crazy dream
But I feel drawn towards the evil chanting hordes
They seem to mesmerise me ... can't avoid their eyes
666 the number of the beast
666 the one for you and me

I'm coming back I will return
And I'll possess your body and I'll make you burn
I have the fire I have the force
I have the power to make my evil take it's course

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The Anti-Christ; the satanae Generals.

Iron Maiden, lol!

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The Azeal; Generals bodygaurds, These heavy knights have come from the kingdoms of the north, sworn to protect the dark lords during their unholy war, they never speak unless in battle, where they chant an Evil prayer for victory to their lord Lucifer.

This mod looks to be very interesting. I've read the Book of Revelations but I would like to see a RTWmod that includes it. Out of curiosity, what does the Heavenly side look like from your perspective?

Heh that's a good point i havn't included much on the good guys, well there's a couple of shots of the Kingdoms of briton on the first page, the guys with the red cross on white tunics, the blue checks will be france and the spanish similar to the britons, the germanics hmm i've reskined the saxons for them 7/8 times already and cant decide. it's all because the satanic faction are the last ones i've done and as i've got better at skinning i may redo all the others, one problem i've come up against is i can't decide what to call the other factions. So far i,ve come up with,

The Kingdoms of Briton.
The Kingdom of france
The ........Germanic....blah
spain.

Not very cool any ideas for dark ages kingdoms.? The Satanae have to many cool names to chose from. but christian kingdoms, i don't know.:wall:


Satanae Standard, and Xaphan: the Xaphan are the protectors of satanae palaces, entrusted keepers of the larger cities during the wars of magog, sorry it's a hot day and i can't get going.
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And cheers for all the Love guys. oo err,

any islamic or otha faction ideas?

Possibly, a faction to cover the russian tribes (sorry history not my thing) there already skinned, although i'm not sure about including them as every faction will require more work and i want to keep it to a minimum, there will be a faction for the Papal seal (protectors of rome), i want to make them sit in and around rome so taking it will be hard, as i think with most versions of Rtw once you take rome it's just a matter of time until it's game over.

Islam should be included, as it is central to the magog legend, but i don't want to add them until the end, as i need to create a new religion for them and the Satanae, and i'm not sure if you can add two, and the same for adding a culture which i know i can only add one. hmm that reminds me of how much i still want to do.
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Hi S.J.,

I was thinking....

There, by the way, is the legend of Shambala and a great war which would take place against Buddhists and Islam.

I don't want to push anything my man, but I do believe that the 2 are probably connected therefore I propose that a Buddhist faction be included.

This is about the end of the world so to speak and that is what the legend of Shambala is about.

Check it out on the web, under the Berzin Archives dude.

Later, Hellas1

"The mind is the great slayer of the real, Slay the slayer"-Mdme. Blavatsky
The voice of the silence

Shambala- it's also a great tune by the beastie boys.
That would be awsome, and quite unique, i've thought about this for awhile and really want to give it a go, if not in the first realse then maybe in a second, my intension was to have a buddhist faction turn up as an emerging faction, this would save me the problem of an extended map, the only problem is wanting to do things right and to add a new culture for the Satanae Islam and Buddists is impossible as far as i know, then again it may come down to Islam or Buddhists, islam is more in keeping with magog, but buddist would be cool.


Cultures.:juggle2:
Hmm thinking:
if the sassanids=Islam
Satanae replace barbarian
all others= christian
1 new could be buddhist,

The amount of work keeps getting bigger rather than smaller.:sweatdrop:

http://www.berzinarchives.com/kalach...hala_long.html

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Impressive work!

Sassinids were zoroastrian....

I know, i was thinking aloud, in the sense of Islam replacing the sassanids.
~;)

Hi S.J.,

I think for this end time mod both Islam, Buddhism and "Hinduism" should be addressed, as imo they would converge to meet each other and/or evil per se head on.

I mean your, now, dealing with one of the fastest growing religions:Islam and in the East: Buddhism from India to Tibet to China & Japan, which is heavily impacting the west.

S.J. my man, when you look at the bible: Revelation, koran: judgement day, buddhism: great battle of shambala, "hinduism": the manefestation of Kalki avatar, a type of christ-like figure saving humanity from evil, etc.

Ya' gotta include them at some point man.

Just my opinion :2thumbsup: I think it has some merit.

Later, Hellas1

It would indeed be cool to include everyone i can, but the work load for a lone modder is huge as it is, especialy as i'm having to learn everything as i go, but if the first version which will see the satanae grow in whats now turkey and fight in the west, i promise that if possible the second set in the same time frame will go east. by then i should be able to turn it out in half the time, although i would have to make a new map, but perhaps i could beg unit models from one of the oriental mods.

~;)

SJ.

Kerubim Order.

https://img253.imageshack.us/img253/...orders58cm.jpg
The Kingdoms of Albion.

https://img257.imageshack.us/img257/...orders30xw.jpg
The Kingdom of Spain.

https://img445.imageshack.us/img445/...orders42qw.jpg
Tubaal?

And a couple of fight scenes!
https://img169.imageshack.us/img169/...morders4ik.jpg

https://img259.imageshack.us/img259/...orders23lr.jpg

SJ, the soldiers in the 3rd pic seem too vividly coloured. Their wear looks like pyjamas. And also the armor color of the guys with blue shields would be better if they were more pastel.

Hope critics don't frustrate you ~:)

Really? to vivid, i think when i took the shot they had there backs to the sun, so i lightened the shot because at the twc someone said my shots are always to dark:laugh4: oh well one mans vivid another mans desaturation,
i don't mind critique at all, but i'm not promising to change anything,~;)
these are still wips the stretch on the skirt and sleaves is already sorted.


Edit; Slightly desaturated them,~;)

A little something i've been sitting on for a while, Splash loading screen and satanae faction symbol.

https://img222.imageshack.us/img222/1574/splash6jf.jpg

https://img209.imageshack.us/img209/...ymbol020ie.jpg

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The Legend of Shambhala

According to tradition, Buddha taught The Kalachakra Tantra in Andhra, South India, in 880 BC, to the visiting King of Shambhala, Suchandra, and his entourage. King Suchandra brought the teachings back to his northern land, where they have flourished ever since. Shambhala is a human realm, not a Buddhist pure land, where all conditions are conducive for Kalachakra practice. Although an actual location on earth may represent it, His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama explains that Shambhala exists purely as a spiritual realm. Despite the traditional literature describing the physical journey there, the only way to reach it is by intense Kalachakra meditation practice.

Seven generations of kings after Suchandra, in 176 BC, King Manjushri Yashas gathered the religious leaders of Shambhala, specifically the brahman wise men, to give them predictions and a warning. Eight hundred years in the future, namely in 624 AD, a non-Indic religion will arise in Mecca. Because of a lack of unity among the brahmans' people and laxity in following correctly the injunctions of their Vedic scriptures, many will accept this religion when its leaders threaten an invasion. To prevent this danger, Manjushri Yashas united the people of Shambhala into a single "vajra-caste" by conferring upon them the Kalachakra empowerment. By his act, the king became the First Kalki - the First Holder of the Caste.

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http://www.berzinarchives.com/kalach...hala_long.html

And so i with that little chestnut in mind and my start date being 666 i give you. The Buddhist warriors of the Shambhala. no unit names yey apart from the guys in white, any medieval buddhist warriors out there who want to suggest names?. Anyway the Shambahala with be a small but powerfull faction, they will consist of few units but there will be no weak links in thier ranks, Warrior monks are the core of there armies and they will be well trained and focused in battle.enjoy. :wink:

https://img209.imageshack.us/img209/5356/group6gn.jpg

https://img215.imageshack.us/img215/4127/group021iq.jpg

The monk's dresses need a bit more spicing, me thinks, SJ.

Which ones? the Guys in white are historically correct(well as close i could make them),lol i know it's a shock to me that i actually made an attempt at using a reference picture, and the guys in black, the heavy infantry, are simplistic in their outfit because their bad ass and don't need armour or adornment. thanks for the advice though, i'll probably use the same models for other units so maybe i'll make them a touch more spicy.~;)

Some more Buddhist Warriors.

https://img54.imageshack.us/img54/432/group037od.jpg

Hey guys, I'm new here. This mod forced me to register because I love the idea, and would love to throw in my own ideas/input.

It's looking grand so far, but I think one very important aspect of this mod, especially for atmosphere will be the music and sounds. What ideas have you got for this so far? I think the music needs to be suitably biblical/apocalyptic, y'know with epic choirs and such :knight:

The sounds, obviously depend on what you want from the units. I guess that's a sort've secondary issue right now, but I feel a mod based around this subject would almost depend upon its atmosphere, which will need to be secured from all areas of the game.

My two cents for now, as they say!

The music will indeed be important and for that i need to check on copywrite for the main theme, as far as i know it isn't copywrited so fingers crossed i can use it, it was held by the vatican for many years only to be performed as a weapon in the event that the Antichrist should appear.i've already got it installed on my own version and it works really well, as for the unit sounds thats a bit more difficult as i'm doing this on my own, but i do intend to do at least new sounds/speeches for the Satanae.

thanks for the support.

SJ.

Ooh, could you let me know the title of that song? PM me if you don't want everyone else to hear it yet, but I am genuinely interested in the music itself, not just to get a sneak peak at the mod's sound :P

more random shots of Shambhala warriors. oh yeh it was rainning.

https://img161.imageshack.us/img161/3584/group053kt.jpg

https://img134.imageshack.us/img134/2589/group043jd.jpg

something i'm thinking about for the Shambala as a replacment for onagers. i have no idea how to implement them in game but, maybe. :no: :yes: :no: :yes: :wink:

https://img56.imageshack.us/img56/857/cannon5vv.jpg

I would make the barrel head recessed if I were you, otherwise if you get it to work the cannon ball will come out of a solid looking hole ingame.

Either that, or make it belch a large amount of smoke, thus covering up such graphical anomilies.

Hi S.J.,

I looked at the Buddhist warriors, nice.

An idea, if I may:

Why not include Tibetan buddhist warriors as well?

Do you know that Stephen Hayes, who was a major force in bringing ninjutsu to the Western consciousness back in the 80"s, stated in one of his books that in Tibet, they have a form of fighting called "Trulkor?"

Trulkor is a form a yoga, similar to HaTha yoga but there is also a martial aspect to this which, according to Hayes, is based on "illusion fighting."
It probably refers to the use of slights of hand, body angling and certain foot placements, which all conspire against the "enemy" to make him/her think something is happening, when in fact their imminent defeat is at hand.
A concept very similar to ninjutsu, which I practiced for some time and
researched a bit into.

Om, Ah, Phat!

Hellas1- A Dzogchen meditator (Tibetan buddhist, not Bon) :2thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by satanea juda

Which ones? the Guys in white are historically correct(well as close i could make them),lol i know it's a shock to me that i actually made an attempt at using a reference picture, and the guys in black, the heavy infantry, are simplistic in their outfit because their bad ass and don't need armour or adornment. thanks for the advice though, i'll probably use the same models for other units so maybe i'll make them a touch more spicy.~;)

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I meant the guys in black, their outfit seemed to simplistic to me, however there are your reasons -so keep what I said as a sidenote for now, in case any other critic comes this way :bow:

Snevets and Gibby, yep recessesd it shall be as adding a particle FX for smoke isn't likely or possible, i need to examine the ballista firing action as thats the hight of the cannon, and see if i can expand it to look plausable.

H1. as always your thinking on the same lines as me, i have to make a unique model for the tibetan unit, as i want the robe to be non-symetrical, and i need to see if i can find an animation that will work as a two handed staff. they will be the elite of the Shambhala units. (i think i'll have to use the chosen axe animation)

LEN. some of the units i've changed slightly by giving them subtile stripes on the trousers and sleaves, which may not be very evident in the screen shots but look really nice in game, i just need to tone down some of the flesh tones,

As always guys thanks for the interest and comments.:2thumbsup:

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https://img77.imageshack.us/img77/5531/preview040np.jpg

nice units ;)

Naam, Jaeen...
Its good to see Islamic units.

Might i recommend for the Bhuddists, the use of the Vajra or the use of Bohditsavvas as soldiery, that might be cool.

It more and more looks bound to be interesting. So, how many fations or cultures, if there are more than one faction per culture, are there? The Dark ones, the Islam, the Christians, the Buddhists... did I miss any? You know you can have up to six (completely) different cultures (Carthage and Eastern share their portraits and then some more stuff, to the best of my knowledge, and it´s possible to add one new culture).

KxI, thanks!
Beuchamp,! the Shambhala are pretty much locked, but if you find a nice referance pick and they look cool....?
Ciaran, i think i only need to add 1 culture for the Satanae, the others will surfice as they are, eg; islam replaces the sassanids so i only need to change the religion, and the Buddhist were the huns so again just switch the religion, the satanae are a bit more complicated, because i built them over the romano british(i don't know why) and i want them to be Greek! with thier own religion.

https://img263.imageshack.us/img263/...rprev014ly.jpg

https://img352.imageshack.us/img352/...erpre020qy.jpg

https://img258.imageshack.us/img258/...erpre037wi.jpg

https://img302.imageshack.us/img302/...erpre041ge.jpg

The Germanicae; The Germans have few units but are a powerfull faction, thier main strength will be in thier infantry which is efficient and ruthless, they are also very good at penalties. :tongue:

https://img154.imageshack.us/img154/7906/title1vi.jpg

https://img212.imageshack.us/img212/5630/group035td.jpg

https://img232.imageshack.us/img232/3073/group011vt.jpg

https://img147.imageshack.us/img147/1144/group027th.jpg

https://img232.imageshack.us/img232/7576/group048kj.jpg

Truth be know,these are maybe the tenth time i've skinned the french, so thats why thier kind of eclectic, i've just never been happy with them, so they go as is, anyway, the Francia will be as expected, right in the middle of everything, alliences must be formed early on, or they will be crushed by the growth of the surrounding nations as they ready for the end of days. They will have good infantry able to stand against any foe, but strong cavalry will be in short supply.

Hey S.J. What's up man?,

Excellent work as I've been watching. Continue it.

I had an idea, maybe you already incorporated it.

Since this mod is Apocalyptic in nature, to me it seems
right if you include 2 unique factions, 1 good/1 evil:

7 Angel Princes of God
& their counterpart
7 Demonic Princes of Satan

Perhaps these could be integrated to "show up" at around a
certain time or event, aiding each respective side.

Just a thought.

Peace out, Hellas1

Well my idea was to have a unique unit for each faction that would only be recruitable in a certain city at a certain point, eg;Albion capture Tingi in north africa, and from that city they can recruit angels/???? islam caprture ??? and can recruit prophets, when and if they build a huge chuch/mosque. the problem is that to make the unit worth having it would have to be small but super powerfull, in which case they would be to strong for the other factions, bearing in mind that the Ai almost never recruits the best troops, making it to easy to defeat, also while this is a fantasy mod i want to keep it as realistic as i can, so non human units are a problem,don't get me wrong the temptation to put in LOTR type demons is huge, but i'm not sure about it. though if i ever finish this mod my next idea is the war in heaven, two factions, a heavenly map with fantasy landscapes, angels and demons. man as the slaves, maybe one day.

As always thanks for the input.

Hs.

Yes S.J.,

War in Heaven. Now THAT would be a trip!

However, since this mod is apocalyptic in nature,
Do propose the final climactic end between the
last greatest 2 factions to have avatars showing up
for each side assisting in battle against the other?

Ex. In Shamballah lore, Islam will face Buddhism and the final avatar of Maitreiya Buddha will appear. :book:

Similarly in "Hindu" belief at the climactic end of ages, Kalki avatar will show up. :book:

Same with the Book of Revelation also. :book:

Just a thought S.J. Being the eager individual that I am.

Continue the beautiful and original mod my man.
Om Tat Sat......