Amazon: Total War

**SubRosa** · 02-15-2009, 04:58

Thank you Legio.

I spent the last day condensing the EDU and DMB. A most onerous task, especially when you consider I have to do it twice, once for the BI version and a second time for the RTW version of the mod. After this next release I am no longer going to support the RTW version. It is just too hard to update two versions of the same mod.

Back to that Spearwoman. I added a pila for a precursor weapon. I think this may make them the only spear unit in RTW that throws a javelin. The BI version of the unit has the shield wall ability, and can throw the pila just fine while in the wall. The RTW version has the phalanx ability, and I found cannot throw the pila when in phalanx formation. Interesting.

I also did some minor tweaks to the skin, making her shoulderpads made out of mail, and adding a greave to her leg. Finally, I outlined the dragon symbols in black, and now they look much better. I am still not sure which to go with, but now I am leaning more to to Option 1.

Option 1

Option 2

**Olaf Blackeyes** · 02-15-2009, 08:25

Pick one is 1337!
Go with it.

**Sir_Lysander** · 02-15-2009, 16:14

The first unit (the more intricate dragon) with the metal greave looks better as a later-game unit.

**SubRosa** · 02-15-2009, 20:06

I like Option 1 the best as well. It seems to be unanimous across several forums. However, the problem is that when you zoom out to even a small extent the dragon just becomes a yellow blob. Even on the large unit card.

The problem is that with it being not only a rectangular shield, but a figure 8, I have to fit the image in that very narrow stretch of territory across the center of the shield. If I am going to center the image that is. I could put mirrored dragons at the top and bottom of the shield, but I do not think that would look good.

So I think I will go back to square one and look for more images to use. What I really need is something that is tall but narrow, to fit the shield. Unfortunately dragons in those dimensions are typically Asian, and I want a Western dragon to reflect a Germanic/Slavic influence.

**SubRosa** · 02-15-2009, 22:35

I have my final version of the Spearwoman shield. The answer was obvious. I took the wings off the more popular version and was thusly able to enlarge it to cover nearly all of the shield.

The Daughters of the Wyrm.

**Sir_Lysander** · 02-15-2009, 22:46

Originally Posted by SubRosa

I have my final version of the Spearwoman shield. The answer was obvious. I took the wings off the more popular version and was thusly able to enlarge it to cover nearly all of the shield.

The Daughters of the Wyrm.

The winged version would look great on a round shield - provided the skin shows the whole shield and not just half or one-quarter to prevent mirroring or flipping.