Twitter discussion

[Tux]

Yay!
2 questions: Will the Lugians be in as faction (you said I got the faction right) or will they be just a regional unit?

They're just a regional unit recruitable by the Sweboz.

And I noticed little shield symbols on 2 of the unit cards Does that mean they'll have at least 2 stages of evolution?

Yep it's an early and late unit, most units in eb2 will be like this. It's a nice way to add to the diversity and not get bored of the units as the game advances.

Ah and I almost forgot to say that they look pretty awesome!

Thanks.

Nicely spotted Kuningaz, new EB faction is Lugians!

But yeah really nice units, also interesting as well being a mix of both Celts and Germanics from the looks of it.

Yeah the only one who thought that the unit may be lugian, both here and on TWC. Sadly no, there are other factions which were more important than the Lugians for that timeframe. Which factions those are will be revealed in the future.

[stratigos vasilios]

Their garb is light, but their will is fierce and independent. -gamegeek2

Any guesses?

[Ibrahim]

Any guesses?

well...

Their garb is light, but their will is fierce and independent. -gamegeek2

either they're arabianz...
or they're spartans!!

[moonburn]

i didn´t miss by much :X but you said you need writers ? i might be interested in making a litle creative writting to help out if you need it ^^ i had an idea for the scythians but i didn´t wrote it down but all i need is alot of sources about what you want me to write and i can compile a nice litle text that resumes the most important stuff while condesnsing it with a litle palacian/agorian debate for nice intros

[Kuningaz]

Nicely spotted Kuningaz

Thanks

Yep it's an early and late unit, most units in eb2 will be like this. It's a nice way to add to the diversity and not get bored of the units as the game advances.

Sounds great!

Any guesses?

Lusotannan maybe?

[Horatius Flaccus]

Arevaci?

[micko]

greeks

[Lvcretivs]

... and a new update:

Finished skinning an helmet, I wont say for what but here's a sneek peek: http://bit.ly/9e5X8r ~Tux

Hmm, the head of the mythical beast on top looks almost exactly like that of a 6th century BC Griffon protome of the Greek 'orientalizing' style - but it seems more likely based on late Achaemenid Persian Art of the 4th Century BC, not to speak of later Hellenistic variants of this motive... ;)

Could that be possibly be an helmet for an 'Graeco-Persian' factional elite cavalry unit (Pontos, based on coin iconography...) ;)

[Tellos Athenaios]

Tux is falling short of his usually sneak peak standards, in my opinion:

Most of Tux' sneak peaks are as much a preview to me as they are to you. But this helmet here, I actually have an idea who it belongs to. That bodes ill, next thing I might even know what units are in the mod before Tux previews them!

[micko]

Made some armour parts for the new horse model, next the leopard pelt and some hair styles for the horse.~Tux ...... Companion cavalry meaby ?

[Arthur, king of the Britons]

FInished the skins for some bearded guys in heavy armour - Gustave

[Phalanx300]

FInished the skins for some bearded guys in heavy armour - Gustave

SPARTANS! Finally! :D


Those leopard pelts on horses, probably Companion or some Baktrian bodyguards.

[Gustave]

SPARTANS! Finally! :D


Those leopard pelts on horses, probably Companion or some Baktrian bodyguards.

Definitely not spartans.
However, they are maybe the famous Santa Claus shock troopers in Lorica Segmentata...

[Noble Wrath]

@Gustave: Hahahahahahahahahaha! Priceless...

[Arthur, king of the Britons]

Haha

[Hannibal Khan the Great]

Santa! Not you too....

[Lvcretivs]

Gustave,...that's a really marvelous surrealistic masterpiece!

[stratigos vasilios]

Organizing the insane amount of text that will be our unit descriptions. Lots and lots of information for you guys to read up on. - abou

Text descriptions are an amazing part of EB. I learnt much more from just reading EB information than all the history channel viewing and history classes combined

[abou]

SPARTANS! Finally! :D

Nope. Not even slated for the first release.

[nazgool]

Definitely not spartans.

As i can see and read on twitter, you working on Carthaginian units now ( btw. this Liby-Phoenicians are beautiful )
I think that this bearded guys in heavy armour are Dorkim Leebi-Feenikim Aloophim or Aanatim Afrikanim Aloophim.

[anubis88]

Goddamn hippeis! Get a haircut and a job!

haha... awesome

[paullus]

hippeis or hippies? ;)

Lvcretivs, interesting guess on the helmet, but you're a bit off.

[anubis88]

hippeis or hippies? ;)

Hippeis are kewl :D

[maskoolin]

what is CUF ? thx

[Tellos Athenaios]

A kind of bitmap font used by M2TW/Kingdoms. Or: an EB 2 side project/tool that aims to allow modders to edit/generate CUF files for their mods.

[Apázlinemjó]

Things have been quiet lately. Many of us are on vacation. A few previews are in the works and a limited implementation of CUF has begun.

And

Summer is coming again, and activity gets lower. But work goes on. The roman General model is done and the Signifer is almost made. - JMRC

And days later:

Still ironing out the kinks for CUF, but here is a sample of how it might appear in game: http://yfrog.com/6cthureophoroidescp - abou

[paullus]

wow, wow, wow... some really cool stuff just got shown on the inside!

[anubis88]

wow, wow, wow... some really cool stuff just got shown on the inside!

How cool on a coolnes scale from 1 to 10?

42?

[Gustave]

42 is always the answer...

[Horatius Flaccus]

wow, wow, wow... some really cool stuff just got shown on the inside!

Come on, that's just cruel.