I just stumbled onto this yesterday.

The Renaissance is the perfect time to base a RTW mod because of the incredible blend of the old and the new.

I hereby offer my humble services for this noble cause. (yes I know there's a special thread for that but it doesn't seem active)

Unfortunately, I can't do much of the really difficult stuff (skinning&graphics). I may be able to change parameters for units, buildings etc. I've done that a lot for MTW, however RTW seem a bit more complicated in that respect. If there is a guide for modding these things, you could point me to it, so I'd make the effort and learn it.

In the meantime, I can do a lot of reaserch, testing, ideas and such. I'm quite familiar with the period and have a very useful collection of resources at home. Also, I'm willing to do whatever digging is necessary, at the library, internet. In short i can do the following:

1. Historical battles - don't waste another minute thinkig about that. If this mod is ever finished, I can whip up up to ten battles of the period, both famous and some less so, various factions, in a day. It is too early to be thinking about this, but trust me, it's no problem.

2. Units - for the Italian city states, Ottomans, Moors, Mamluks, 100%, all the units. I have both the info and a huge sellection of pictoral sources, I just have to find somebody with a scanner and sent it to whoever will be doing the skinning.
Hungary, Hre, France, England, Russia - up to 50% , various region specific units from Scotland, Ireland, England, Balkans... Info and pictoral sources as well. Point me to however is compiling the selection of units and we'll have it done in no time

Artillery units for all factions

3. Music - I have a Carmina Burana in mp3 format (Excalibur soundtrack). Fits perfecty in the period. I can upload it in a couple of days if you think it would be useful. I think it would fit perfectly for battles.

4. Advice on some structures

5. Can write ingame texts for most of the units (if I'm familiar with them), info for various factions, compile a list of Renaisssance miracles of the world to replace the existing ones, compile a list of new inventions that appear from time to time at the begining of a turn (like the Archimedean screw).

Maybe something else as well.