New 3d unit: Armoured Longbowmen

**TB666** · 08-25-2006, 16:51

New unit is up
http://www.totalwar.com/en/medieval2...its/index.html
Nice looking unit as always

**Bob the Insane** · 08-25-2006, 17:10

Cool...

Kinda reminds me of the samurai archers (in use rather than looks)...

**hoetje** · 08-25-2006, 17:41

Armoured longbowmen look cool indeed.

And TB666,omg,you are always so fast with reporting the newsflashes,I think you deserve another cookie.:P

**Vladimir** · 08-25-2006, 18:38

Sorry dude, it's hot there.

**Ibn Munqidh** · 08-25-2006, 19:03

No dude, it is there, and it looks great!

**Furious Mental** · 08-25-2006, 19:13

Nice. In screenshots and videos I've also seen "yeomen archers". Obviously lots of longbowmen then.

**Orda Khan** · 08-26-2006, 11:27

OK, I suppose. I would expect the buckler to be plain metal and not coloured and preferably hanging from his belt until hand to hand. The back quiver should not be there at all

.....Orda

**The Blind King of Bohemia** · 08-26-2006, 14:13

I would like to have seen the archers armed with the Ballock dagger or maybe even a falchion as in the early years of the wars with scotland and the opening phases of the HYW, they prefered the weapon especially when in times of the melee

The longbowmen would often hire themselves to most mercenary companies and would later serve in the 15th century Burgundian armies, mostly all were killed in the Swiss Wars though. The retainer archers of the Lords would have no doubt been armoured in some way. The lighter clad archers would use a padded jack and usually a helmet, most probably the sallet. Some archers if they coukd afford it would have had mail of some kind. Alot of the archers companies would have been ;ed to war by men who had fought against the scots from the Northern counties and using the the contracts of indenture, would sign up to serve in France and then low countries. As we all know the welsh were famous for their archers but the men of the north particulary Cheshire and the Macclesfield forests were reknown bowmen from the scottish wars

I also think they should be called warbowmen or great bowmen, as the term "Longbow" did not exist in that age.

**Orda Khan** · 08-26-2006, 17:04

Originally Posted by The Blind King of Bohemia

I would like to have seen the archers armed with the Ballock dagger.

Me too. An overlooked yet very effective weapon. Less cumbersome than a sword yet capable of deflecting blows and for parrying when used in conjunction with the buckler, which was also a very effective offensive weapon. The bollock dagger could easily find those areas between plate armour; armpits, neck area and the reason for its name, the crotch

........Orda

**Midnight** · 08-27-2006, 00:51

Not bad, but I'd prefer to see the quiver on the hip.

**sunsmountain** · 08-27-2006, 22:18

I prefer knives to swords as well, but archers did use both. In fact I'm pretty sure we'll see both, with the graphics engine generating them on the fly.