Countdown to Open Beta - Sauromatae

[TheTank]

Eadingas, told me a while ago that EB is busy creating a proto finnic, baltic and maybe a proto slavic unit.
Will the sauromatae's able to recrute these chaps and will the sauromatea's rely alot on non-iranian units for infantry?!

PS: are the baltic,finnic units done I want to see them

[Angadil]

will the sauromatea's rely alot on non-iranian units for infantry?!

They will certainly use non-iranian infantry, but they will also recruit infantry from settled Iranian peoples, should they conquer the appropriate regions

[GoreBag]

Looks good. I wasn't expecting to see it, but here it is. Upon what is the signature pic's art based, if I may ask?

[Angadil]

Upon original Sarmatian art, of course Specifically a boar tusk carved in a Sarmatian variant of the "animal style" that was unearthed at Blumenfeld in the lower Volga region. Very representative of Sarmatian art. It could depict a dragon....

[TheTank]

Upon original Sarmatian art, of course Specifically a boar tusk carved in a Sarmatian variant of the "animal style" that was unearthed at Blumenfeld in the lower Volga region. Very representative of Sarmatian art. It could depict a dragon....

I read somewhere that sarmatian art and scytian art influenced germanic art highly.
I think the artwork on the faction icon resemble's Vendel art and Anglo-Saxon art but I am not an expert

[Angadil]

I read somewhere that sarmatian art and scytian art influenced germanic art highly.
I think the artwork on the faction icon resemble's Vendel art and Anglo-Saxon art but I am not an expert

The influence is true and that resemblance you mention is there as well, IMO. It was another "Sarmatian legacy" that I was considerin to bring up in the faction description, but thought it was already long enough. In any case, through the contact of the Sarmatians with the Germanic peoples the "animal style" of the steppe nomad became one of the influences shaping up European Medieval Art.

[GoreBag]

Upon original Sarmatian art, of course Specifically a boar tusk carved in a Sarmatian variant of the "animal style" that was unearthed at Blumenfeld in the lower Volga region. Very representative of Sarmatian art. It could depict a dragon....

Fascinating. I don't suppose there are any pictures of this scattered conveniently around, are there?

[Angadil]

Fascinating. I don't suppose there are any pictures of this scattered conveniently around, are there?

Sure:

[King of Atlantis]

cool. EB really does their homework.