Spear or sword?

I'm having some difficulty deciding how to arm the Thespian Hoplites. Should they have swords? or should they be the standard hoplite with a 7-foot spear?

here are two images to aid your decision:

swordsmen

I say spear.

thinking about it, the best option is a combo between spear and sword...but not that too long spear!!!it would be better one a little bit short

hm, i guess a combo would be cool, although that is the accurate length gor the dora.

Also, do you think they should be mercenaries or not?

well, it depends if you are going to include the city of Thespia or not...;)

PD:why I can´t vote on this post? :(

well thespia is going in, and i dunno why not...

ok so I suggest the combo, one quest: did you take these thespians from kla´s skin pack? cause I remember from his first pack that the spears were like this.

I recommend you to reduce their sizes

Well i'veshortened th spear (from an old rtw model) and reworked the shield and cloak:


By foozlethegreat at 2009-11-24

Voted sword, probably ahistorical but looks cooler somehow.

Old_King_Coal congrats. this version is better than the other one but...put the overhand spear animation.