King Louise Assurbanipal - new skins, units

FLAG:
In the times of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1795), a banner of the Commonwealth was used, combining the heraldic symbols of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The Commonwealth banner was initially plain white emblazoned with the arms of the Commonwealth which consisted of the heraldic charges of Poland (White Eagle) and Lithuania (Pursuer). Since both Polish and Lithuanian coats of arms consisted of white (Argent) charges in a red (Gules) field, these two colors started to be used for the entire banner. During the 17th century, the banner was usually divided into two, three or four horizontal, often swallow-tailed, stripes of red and white.

POLISH ARMY:

The variety of headgear of Polish soldiers in the 18th century:

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UNIFORMOLOGY - Lesson 1
BOMBARDIERS DE LA MARINE:
UNITS PREVIEW


Between the various faction previews I will also released a short presentation - uniformology lessons. This is the first of them. I decided to present a unit little-known but have interesting uniforms.

The Bombardiers de la Marine were the elite corp of the French Navy. They existed from the late seventeenth century to the 80s eighteenth century. In 1692, two companies were created: one in Brest and one in Toulon. A third company was created in Rochefort in 1694. The Bombardiers de la Marine wore a red coat with blue facings. Below I present the uniforms of this unit.

Caps:





1. UNITS:


Bombardier, Compagnie de Brest, 1701-03:




Sergeant, Compagnie de Brest, 1701-03:




Corporal, Compagnie de Rochefort, 1703:




Sergeant, Compagnie de Rochefort, 1703:




Bombardier, 1715:




Sergeant, 1715:




Bombardier, Compagnie de Rochefort, 1731:





2. SOURCES:


Bombardiers de la Marine: Brest & Rochefort, 1701-03 (drawn by Robert Hall)




Compagnie de Rochefort: Corporal, 1703 & Bombardier, 1731 (drawn by Michel Petard):




Bombardiers de la Marine, 1701-03, 1715 and 1731 (drawn by Eugene Leliepvre):




Figures of Compagnie de Rochefort: Corporal, 1703 & Bombardier, 1731:




Bombardier, Compagnie de Brest, 1701-03 & Sergeant, 1715 (the collection assembled by H. J. Vinkhuijzen):




Bombardiers de la Marine: Brest & Rochefort, 1701-03 (Musée national de la Marine):




Bombardier and Corporal, 1715 (Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection):




Sergeant, 1715 & Bombardier, Compagnie de Rochefort, 1731 (Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection):





CREDITS:

King Louise Assurbanipal: previews creator; chief modeler and skinner
Lordz: some elements of textures & models
Ogniem i Mieczem: some elements of textures & models
Sources: Eugene Leliepvre, Michel Petard, Robert Hall, H. J. Vinkhuijzen, Anne S. K. Brown & Musée national de la Marine

HOPLITES 3.0
coming soon...

I created HOPLITES 3.0 (Rome Total War units skinpack).
HOPLITES 2.1 was one of the most popular skinpacks in recent years. Now comes the long awaited H3.0. The skinpack will be downloaded in the new year. Now take a look at the announcement and first units preview.