Quote Originally Posted by ScionTheWorm
I think this is actually very important, it sets the mood for the whole experience. agree?
Yes, I agree to that. Unfortunately I felt restricted to make it look more like a painting because the graphics you get on the campaign map and the battle field rendering doesn't look that dark either. I don't know what others think but I'd go for a combination of say 5 edited battle scenes screenshots and around 10 nature pictures from Nordic winter landscapes. The battle screenshots could be really cool if we arranged them well.

Here are some suggestions for new loading screens ideas (some are nature views, others are battle scenes):

1. a small army on a hill in the foreground, looking down on a huge army below in the background.
2. half-way through a chargefrom the best knights into a flank of the enemy
3. some hand-to-hand combat with all units mixed up with each other
4. a burning village with viking raiders running around with torches and swords (this one will probably have to be a combination of own images and in-game screenshots - perhaps it's too complicated)
5. a naked, snow-covered field, with dead bodies lying in the foreground, and a battle scene far in the background
6. icelandic southern coast
7. a norwegian fiord seen from the sea or perhaps from an inland mountain
8. a forest of thin trees edited so it's looks really eerie
9. a Rus siege of Constantinople
10. a Viking siege of Paris