Another New Unit - What is it?

[Zaknafien]

1. Bartix Armored Ninja
2. Arche Bartix
3. The Unnamable One

[spirit_of_rob]

I will say SpiritofRob. I will start to appreciate more the art this guys do with models.

Thank you but its not mine im afraid

[Zaknafien]

you guys have gotten tantalizingly close, however..

[Fondor_Yards]

Should have gone with my first instinct....bah....

1. Half Saka Half Greek Assault Infantry
2. Saka
3. ERm...Kali?

[Julian the apostate]

BARTIX WOULD NEVER ALLOW SUCH MONGRELS INTO THEIR ARMY, plus the selukid influence wouldn't on their small island off arabia.

The shield looks like it'd be something closer to the mediteranian or a little north but not as far east as the Saka. plus the white fringe around the neck makes me think it could be some sort of saka religious unit as the team said that the saba had a rather vicously advancing religion.

war priesty guy
sabean
i don't know the team that well, i will guess THE NEW GUY, whoever you are

[Barnabas]

I'll take a stab in the dark. :)

I hope it is a unit for Pontus. I can dream, right?

1 Dorikim Agemata / Doryphoroi Pontikoi
2 Pontus
3 antiochus epiphanes

[Bava]

EDIT- darn it! Bavarian beat me to it. not again!!!

I know the feeling, he did the same to me...

So I´m the official forum bad guy now? Oh, the joy....


If its not a noble footman, perhaps the unit consists of the Saka Rauka/Hellenic
ruling class ( offspring of Saka nobles/Hellenes)?

[Teleklos Archelaou]

Not only have they not gotten it, they're getting colder and colder. *evil laughter*

If this statement was taken to its logical conclusion, some hint could also be derived from it. It is exactly accurate.

[The Celt]

Wazsup n00bs? Celt's first post!


Hmmmm....well lets see....I guessed an Iberian or Irish unit at TWC but now I'm starting to think its Arabic(Saba). TA didn't you not mention somewhere that the Saba were going to receive a couple more units or was that the Lusitanians? Of course I'm not sure a Saba would run around barelegged in the desert mountains of S.Arabia. I could be wrong though so I'll go with......Late post-Roman Sabean Warrior!

[Teleklos Archelaou]

Well, Saba still will be getting a number of units for sure (by 1.0 - I honestly don't remember if they have a "forgotten" unit in 0.81). But I will say that this is not one of them. Hope you enjoy the forum over here. It's a pretty active bunch.

[The Celt]

Darn it I was so sure! :( Ahwell, now I'm intrigued even more!
And yes, this forum is nice, I always liked coming to the .org, its just that there was so much more going on at TWC.(Now it looks like too much is going on)

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

A couple random guesses:

Saka archer cataphract

Lusatanii irishmen

[Eduorius]

Teleklos when can we say our second guess?

[Teleklos Archelaou]

I'll put a new image up in a few hours with more revealed.

[Slider6977]

1 Galatian mercenary heavy infantry
2 Lusotannan
3 Billy everyteen

[Teleklos Archelaou]

Here are some more sections revealed:

Again, as the guesses have continued, things have gotten colder. What direction does that lead you in then?

[Eduorius]

Well here is my second guess.

1) Its a Lesser General or Officer.
2) Getai
3) Caius Brittanicus.

I am certain he is Getai because of his helmet showing Thracian and Sarmatian influence. His scale armor also shows Sarmatian influence. The falx have been changed by a sword showing that he must be a command person.

The wild guess is who did this because as I said before I never have paid too much attention to who does this magnificent art. My guess its Caius Brittanicus because of the Hellenic standard bearers, but really I have no clue.

Well hope it is correct.

[paullus]

Well, the standard bearers were Spirit of Rob (correct me please if that's wrong...) and Caius does not work with us. However, it is a VERY talented skinner, so if you look around elsewhere, you may find some of his work for other mods.

[Puupertti Ruma]

Been doing some deducting.

If this statement was taken to its logical conclusion, some hint could also be derived from it. It is exactly accurate.

Before this the guesses wen't from getai to galatia to iberia. So if we go west and it goes colder, we should go to west. Iberian was my first guess, but well...

-Gosh guys, two of you have gotten really close with the unit, but didn't hit it exactly.
-Someone has guessed the faction (a few people really).

Before this there was two very similar guesses:

Hm, lets see...

Bronze scale, bronze greaves, white cloak, richly ornamented long sword with round tip, oval/round shield, bronze phrygian style (???) helmet.

Perhaps one eastern faction unit with a hellenic touch?

1.Heavy Infantry (sort of noble footmen?)
2.Saka Rauka
3. a new guy

I heard TA talking about a recently added Saka unit soooo...

1) Saka heavy infantry/foot nobles (maybe not from homelands or from conquered territories)
2)Saka-Rauka
3) Aymaur? Spirit_of_Rob? Teleknos? i don't know this one...do I still get a prize if I'm right?

EDIT- darn it! Bavarian beat me to it. not again!!!

You can't go much more east than Saka, and TA said there were 2 very close guesses, so my guess is:

1. Saka General
2. Saka-Rauka
3. The new guy (EB's the only mod I watch, so if they don't tell I won't know)

[Teleklos Archelaou]

Smart work PR, but you didn't hit gold this time. Apply the logic again and you might get it. At least you're thinking in the right direction.

[Geoffrey S]

Second guess. The scales definitely indicate an eastern influence, and the model appears too high-poly and individually detailed to be anything but a general or officer unit. Helmet is puzzling, since it looks like something the Getai would have.

- Pontic lesser general
- Pontus
- antiochus epiphanes

Actually, half-wondering if it's a Galatian officer due to the sword. A curious mix of styles here.

[Thaatu]

I'm pretty sure it's one of the Power Rangers, I just can't figure out which one. Judging by the camouflage skirt and the shotgun, it must be the Yellow Revolutionary Power Ranger from Cuba.

If I'm wrong just say it to my face, I can't stand the suspense.

[Danest]

He must be ptolemaic or seleucid. Unless the Saka or Sarmatians have some kind of heavy foot unit. ;) But I'll go with Ptolemaic, or something close to that area.

[Eduorius]

Not only have they not gotten it, they're getting colder and colder. *evil laughter*

If we are getting colder and colder is not beacause of the climate in were this new unit is. After the first guess of Getai, then it came Galatia, Iberia, and Saba if we went south. How can this be because of climate?

Now he have a Thracian helmet, but the helmet shows also Sarmatian influence. Scale armor can be tricky because even it is mostly used by Eastern factions, it is also used in the West by some "Barbarian" factions.

If he is no Getai, then I have no clue.

[Orb]

Sauromatae lesser general
Saromatae
Themagicskinninggenieswhichworkforeb

[Sdragon]

Some sort of rebel unit from around the Bosporus area mabey? Or the rebel factions general? Or do they have a model already?

[Bava]

Uh, at least i guessed the phyrgian style helmet so it has to be somewhere around the north eastern part of the mediterranian (and perhaps the black sea).

The thing that puzzles me the most about the helmet is that his face seems covered with scale, too. Do we get another "tank" unit like the thorakitai agyraspidai and the lusotanian one? That would be sweeeeeet!






Argghh, forget what i wrote above, its one of the powerpuff girls....

[QwertyMIDX]

I think waiting for them for get the artist is pretty unfair. Have we even shown any of his EB work in public before?

[Bava]

I think TA mentioned his name once in a post and as far as i remeber he said that this unit is his first submission for EB. The only one i can think of would be
king louisse assurbarnipal...

[Birka Viking]

I think it is.. Pahlavian Heavy foot soldier and Pahlav and skinner is PROMETHEUS??